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# Overview

Commercial litigation work runs across district courts, the commercial division, High Courts, and the Supreme Court. The procedural choreography is dense. Jurisphere's Litigation workflows are designed for exactly this complex infrastructure.

## The shape of the work

A commercial dispute moves from intake through pleadings, interim reliefs, evidence, arguments, judgement, and, where the matter goes that way, appeals. 

* [Translation](https://jurisphere.gitbook.io/jurisphere-guide/translation/overview-of-the-translation-tool) of non-English correspondence and a [Master List of Dates](https://jurisphere.gitbook.io/jurisphere-guide/list-of-dates/overview-of-the-list-of-dates-tool) over the full record happen at the start; both are mechanical and produce the foundation everything else builds on. 
* [Litigation Workflows](https://jurisphere.gitbook.io/jurisphere-guide/document-review/workflows-on-document-review) handle the structurally consistent work across all forums: pleadings synopses, strength of the documentary record, requisition lists, affidavit consistency checks, procedural history, and cross-examination contradiction sweeps.
* [Research](https://jurisphere.gitbook.io/jurisphere-guide/research/overview-of-the-research-tool) carries a larger share of the work than the workflows do. Authorities research, point-by-point precedent analysis, and citator-style verification all sit in Research.
* As the matter matures and a case theory crystallises, focused [Lists of Dates](https://jurisphere.gitbook.io/jurisphere-guide/list-of-dates/overview-of-the-list-of-dates-tool) replace the early Master LoD.
* The [Drafting Pane](https://jurisphere.gitbook.io/jurisphere-guide/drafting-on-document-review) handles long-form pleadings and submissions. [Custom Workflows](https://jurisphere.gitbook.io/jurisphere-guide/creating-custom-workflows) from your firm's prior plaints, written statements, and SLPs make the drafting firm-specific.

## How the work moves

A mandate moves through the stages below. The detailed walkthrough — with the tools each stage uses and the call the lawyer still owns — is on the next page.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Pre-Litigation Assessment</strong></td><td>Conduct case law and statutory research for case strategy.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#pre-litigation-assessment">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#pre-litigation-assessment</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Document Intake</strong></td><td>Process voluminous and messy case records with advanced OCR.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#document-intake">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#document-intake</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Case Preparation</strong></td><td>Build chronology / List of Dates from full case record.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#case-preparation">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#case-preparation</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Drafting</strong></td><td>Draft plaints, petitions, and applications using firm precedents.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#drafting">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#drafting</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Document Review</strong></td><td>Review opposing party's pleadings, evidence, and documents produced.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#document-review">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#document-review</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Hearings and Arguments</strong></td><td>Prepare brief notes and arguments for senior counsel.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#hearings-and-arguments">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#hearings-and-arguments</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Post-Hearing and Enforcement</strong></td><td>Analyse court orders and draft compliance, appeal, or execution documents.</td><td><a href="/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#post-hearing-and-enforcement">/pages/1e56e8461c5afe38c309eb7e487baf844b634d11#post-hearing-and-enforcement</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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**The shape of the time saved.** Final-arguments preparation that used to take a full work-week closes in roughly half the time. The Master LoD anchors the early triangulation. Research carries the authorities. The focused LoD carries the hearing.
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