Connect evidence. Explore causality.
Use evidence to understand who acts, who decides, and who influences whom.
When you are caught up in the situation, stepping back is difficult.
What happened? What role did each person play? Where do you start when explaining your situation to a lawyer?
Piece together the facts, distinguish what the evidence establishes from what still needs checking, and prepare your next steps with your adviser.
- Investigation
- Understand the claims
- Examine causation
- Prepare the report
Understanding a case takes more than collecting documents.
Among accounts, correspondence and claims, how do you identify the key facts and what is missing? Connect sources, examine contradictions and organise the questions that need a closer look.
Three cofounders: explore a public example case
This fictional example uses prepared excerpts, analysis and a report outline. It does not present automated analysis of a new case.
Understand how actors interact through evidence.
Who acts, who decides, and who influences whom.