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Step 4

Litigation & filing

Building the chronology, the statement of facts and the bundle, and checking every assertion against the record before you file.

Where AI fits

AI helps assemble a chronology and a first draft, and links factual assertions to the record. It never authors a citation unchecked — the sanctions of 2026 are the warning.

The steps

Step 1

Build the chronology

One row per event, with the document reference.

Step 2

Draft the statement of facts

Every assertion tied to the record.

Step 3

Assemble the authorities

Table of authorities, each one opened and checked.

Step 4

Prepare the bundle

Index, pagination, sign-off.

Step 5

File

Fee earner confirms the final version.

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