The litigation lifecycle

Frame the dispute, the parties, and the result you are seeking.

Assess merits, risks, and the theory of the case.

Secure documents, messages, and records before they are lost.

Classify, version, and index every piece of the file.

Turn the facts into a dated, sourced timeline.

Map who is involved and who can testify to what.

Find the statutes and decisions that govern the dispute.

Weigh the procedures and outcomes open to you.

Generate and send a formal demand before suing.

Attempt settlement before formal proceedings begin.

Assemble pleadings from your facts, parties, and exhibits.

Check form, citations, and completeness before filing.

Have affidavits sworn before a commissioner for oaths.

Commission a bailiff to serve the proceedings.

Deposit the proceedings with the court registry (greffe).

The matter enters the court docket (plumitif) and live tracking begins.

Track every delay and protocol date so nothing is missed.

Disclose and receive exhibits under the rules of procedure.

Prepare and track examinations and undertakings.

Manage protocol, scheduling, and case-management hearings.

Prepare for judicial settlement / mediation conferences.

Draft and track interlocutory motions as they arise.

Confirm the file is complete and inscribe for trial.

Assemble the paginated, court-ready book of exhibits.

Compile the cited statutes and decisions for the bench.

Prepare witnesses and their examination outlines.

Build the plan of argument and anticipate the bench.

Run the war room: order of proof, binders, logistics.

Present the case at the hearing.

The court takes the matter under advisement.

The court renders its decision.

Break down findings, costs, and what was granted or refused.

Choose a path: accept, negotiate, or seek a remedy.

If contesting, select and launch the appropriate recourse.

• Retraction of judgment
• Appeal
• Leave to appeal
• Judicial review
• Application for annulment
• Opposition
• Contestation of enforcement
• Stay of enforcement
• Rectification of the judgment
• Interpretation of the judgment
• Reopening of the hearing

A judgment without collection is often worthless — establish whether recovery is economically worthwhile before spending on enforcement.

Map the adverse party's network — a litigation-focused CRM of relationships.

• Controlled companies
• Directors
• Shareholders
• Lawyers & agents
• Creditors & debtors
• Suppliers
• Affiliates

Locate assets across every category and track transfers over time.

• Bank assets
• Real estate & hypothecs
• Companies & shareholdings
• Movable property & vehicles
• Income & employers
• Intellectual property & royalties

Spot fraudulent conveyances, suspicious transfers, and judgment-proofing via an asset timeline.

Choose the measures most likely to actually collect, given the assets found.

Formally demand that the losing party comply with the judgment.

Issue the mandate that authorizes forced execution.

A bailiff carries out the enforcement measures.

Seize assets according to the context of the matter.

• Bank seizure
• Wage garnishment
• Seizure of movable property
• Seizure of immovable property
• Expulsion
• Eviction
• Sale under judicial authority

Track the amounts recovered against the judgment.

Distribute the recovered amounts to the creditors.

The judgment is fully satisfied.

Archive the closed matter; justice has been rendered.