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Case Strategy FAQ

Answers to the most common questions about Case Strategy.

General​

What does Case Strategy actually produce?​

One unified, side-aware strategy report built for your matter: the issues, numbered grounds for your side with strength ratings, the opposing arguments you should expect with prepared rebuttals, verified authorities for and against, the applicable provisions, evidence gaps with cures, speaking notes, cross-examination questions, and a neutral judicial evaluation. See Understanding the Report.

Legal Research answers a question; Case Strategy argues a matter. Research gives you cited answers to what the law is. Strategy takes your matter — and your case files, when attached — plus the side you act for and builds the whole battle plan: your arguments, their arguments, and the authorities each side will use — then lets you stress-test it and rehearse it.

No. Case Strategy is preparation support. Every authority is verified and linked so you can check it, but you remain counsel — read the key cases, verify anything flagged with a caution badge, and make your own judgment on strategy.

Sides and setup​

What sides can I act for?​

Petitioner, Respondent, Plaintiff, Defendant, Appellant, Complainant, Accused, or Prosecution — or type a custom capacity (e.g. Intervenor, Third party, Amicus). The declared side shapes every section: grounds are built for your side and the opposing arguments are the ones coming at you.

Which jurisdictions are supported?​

India at launch, with citation verification against Indian Kanoon. The jurisdiction chip in the composer shows the run's jurisdiction.

Do I have to select case files?​

No — case files are optional. The grounds, opposing arguments and provisions are researched against live case-law databases, so a strategy can build from your matter description alone. Files are where the report gets its documentary teeth: evidence analysis grounded in your actual record, cross-examination questions drawn from what the documents say, and record citations you can take to the hearing. Note that Smart Suggestions does need files — it derives its proposals from the file contents.

How many case files should I select?​

When you attach files, select everything that frames the matter — pleadings, orders, key evidence, correspondence. The report is only as good as the record it reads; a strategy built on the judgment alone will miss what the evidence affidavits would have told it.

What does Deep Mode do?​

A more thorough pass — wider sourcing, deeper analysis of the record — at a higher credit cost. Use it for complex matters or when the stakes justify the extra rigour.

The report​

What do the strength ratings mean?​

Strong grounds rest on admitted facts or binding authority squarely on point — lead with them. Moderate grounds hold but carry a condition — usually an evidence gap to cure. Weak grounds are consequential or dependent — keep them, but don't build the hearing on them.

Why does the report argue the other side's case?​

Because the other side will. Each anticipated opposing argument comes with a prepared rebuttal and, for adverse authorities, a how to distinguish note — so the worst case you meet in court is one you've already answered. See Understanding the Report.

What is the neutral evaluation?​

A deliberately side-blind read of the matter — strengths, vulnerabilities, likely bench questions, and an overall confidence direction. It's the section to read first: it tells you what to prepare before the judge asks.

Verification​

How are citations verified?​

Every cited authority's reporter citation is looked up in the public citator for its jurisdiction, and the case name on the resolved judgment is compared to the one the report gives. The result is a Verified, Citation mismatch, or Not found badge. Separately, the passage Judicio retrieved for each authority is checked against what the report says it holds, and an unlocatable pinpoint paragraph is withheld. The full judgment is not read — see Verified Authorities.

What do the treatment badges mean?​

Where later courts (or the legislature) have dealt with an authority, it carries Followed, Distinguished, Overruled, or Superseded — so an authority that's no longer good law can't ambush you at the hearing.

What should I do about a "caution" count in the header?​

It's the number of authorities that aren't fully verified (mismatch + not found). Hover their badges for the specific problem, and verify each against the official report before relying on it. The Check cites dot on a ground card shows you which grounds they touch.

Scenarios and moot court​

How do scenarios work?​

Ask a contingency in plain language and Judicio shows which grounds move, the per-ground strength deltas, and the revised confidence — in a named child version, so the original report stays intact and versions stay comparable. See Scenarios.

What are the moot court modes?​

Opposing counsel (spar with the other side), Bench grilling (rapid-fire questions from the judge alone), and Full moot (the complete courtroom). Sessions run up to roughly 20 turns and end with a feedback scorecard. See Moot Court.

Does a bad moot session affect my report?​

No. The session is a rehearsal — the report is untouched. The scorecard's arguments that faltered and missed authorities are inputs for your preparation, not edits to the strategy.

Credits​

What does Case Strategy cost?​

A strategy run costs 15 credits (standard) or 35 credits (Deep Mode). Scenarios are 5 credits each; moot court sessions are 10 credits per session. Exporting and saving to Judicio are free. See Credits Explained.

Am I charged if a run fails?​

A run that fails before producing a report charges nothing, and the history row offers a retry.

Citation verification is not part of that. It runs after the report is finished and is best-effort by design: if a citator is unreachable, you still get the report and you are still charged for it — the affected authorities simply carry a "not found" badge instead of a verified one. That is deliberate, so an archive outage never costs you a completed strategy.

Troubleshooting​

The run failed at citation verification.​

Occasionally the public citator is unreachable. The run still completes and is still charged — verification is best-effort and runs after the report. The affected authorities carry a "not found" badge; verify those manually before relying on them.

A ground I expected is missing.​

The report builds from the record you selected. Check that the documents carrying that ground's facts were among the selected files, then re-run — or test a scenario framed around the missing angle to see how the strategy would change.

The side is wrong.​

The side chip is set in the composer before the run — a report argued from the wrong seat should be re-run with the correct side (the grounds and opposing arguments will be rebuilt for it). Runs are independent, so the mistaken run simply stays in your history.