Khayalo
Law firm pack

From intake to cross-examination. Every draft cited.

Khayalo's law firm pack prepares chronologies, cross-exam question packs, research memos, and trial bundles. Every factual claim is traceable to a source document or judgment. Partners review drafts with the citations live, not blind.

Pains we solve

Does any of this sound like your Tuesday?

Associates spending 20-hour weeks building trial bundles from discovery that already contains everything needed.
Cross-exam prep packs drafted Sunday night, with opposing inconsistencies spotted at 09h15 on Monday, mid-hearing.
Research memos with unverifiable assertions that partners won't sign off without redoing the work.
Month-end time capture reconstructed from memory. Always under-billed, never over-billed.
What's in the pack

8 systems, built and tuned for law firms.

Intake screening

New enquiries triaged by practice area. Conflict-check memo drafted on every new client. Routed to the right partner with a structured brief.

Chronology & bundle builder

Scans disclosure documents and builds a time-stamped chronology. Every event cites back to the page and paragraph in the source. Exports into trial-bundle format, ready for counsel.

Cross-examination prep pack

Given opposing witness statements, surfaces inconsistencies with pinpoint citations. Drafts cross-exam question packs for counsel review. Flags the three weakest points in your case and the three strongest in theirs.

Deposition & hearing summary

Transcripts turned into time-coded summaries with pinpoint citations to transcript pages. Attorneys jump straight to the quoted passage.

Citation-backed research memos

Legal research memos with every factual claim cited to statute, case, or source document. Partners verify by clicking through to the exact paragraph.

Judgment & directive monitoring

SCA, Constitutional Court, Labour Court, and High Court judgments in your practice areas. Delivered with implications for your live matters attached.

Time capture from activity

Passive capture of billable time from email, calls, and document work. Drafted entries for attorney review. No month-end memory game.

Client matter portal

Clients see plain-English status on their matter, the next step, and what's waiting on them. 'Any update?' queries drop to near-zero.

Typical outcome
~300 associate hours recovered per quarter

For a 20-partner firm with six active litigation matters per quarter, running the full pack.

Average trial preparation burns ~80 associate hours per matter. Pack cuts ~50 hrs per trial through bundle building, chronology, cross-exam prep, and citation-backed research. 6 trials × 50 hrs = 300 hrs/quarter. At R600/hr standard associate rate, ~R180 000 recovered. Illustrative, based on comparable engagements.
Plugs into what you use

We speak your stack.

LexisNexisJutastatCaseLinesAJSSage LegalSAFLIIMicrosoft 365GmailWhatsApp Business

Not listed? We integrate new tools on request, typically within two weeks.

Compliance & trust

Built to satisfy the regulators you already answer to.

POPIA

Tenant-isolated data. No cross-training between firms. Disconnect equals full purge within 30 days.

Legal Practice Act & LPC Rules

Attorney-client privilege preserved. Every outbound draft routed through the partner approval queue.

Evidence & verifiability

Every draft includes the source documents, page numbers, and case citations it drew from. Partners verify by clicking through. Nothing leaves the firm without a citation trail.

Rollout at your pace

Four phases. You decide how long each one runs.

Our recommendation14-day watch window for this pack. You can go shorter or longer during onboarding.
Phase 1 of 4
Watch window

All 8 systems run silently. Daily digest to partners with drafted chronologies, research memos, and triaged enquiries for live matters. Nothing sent outside the firm.

Phase 2 of 4
First wave live

Internal advisory systems activate first: citation-backed research memos, judgment monitoring, and time capture from activity. Still no client-facing action.

Phase 3 of 4
Half stack live

Chronology & bundle builder switched on for active litigation. Client matter portal opens for existing clients. Intake screening starts routing new enquiries with briefs.

Phase 4 of 4
Full pack live

Cross-exam prep pack and deposition summary systems go live for counsel. Conflict-check drafts fully automated on every new client.

Questions partners ask us

The honest ones, answered honestly.

How do you ensure the chronology cites the right source?

Every fact in the chronology includes a citation to the source document, page, and paragraph. Partners verify by clicking through. Drafts with uncertain citations are flagged, not silently included.

Does the cross-exam prep pack hallucinate questions?

No. The pack drafts questions only based on contradictions or weaknesses it finds in opposing statements. If it's uncertain, it flags the statement for manual review. Every proposed question cites the paragraph it's based on.

Is the judgment monitoring accurate for SA courts?

We pull directly from SAFLII, the SCA, and the Constitutional Court judgment databases. Coverage acknowledges the lag between judgment and publication. Summaries that rely on pre-publication sources are flagged.

What happens if time capture gets a billable entry wrong?

Every drafted time entry waits for attorney review. The system is conservative by default. It flags uncertain activity for the attorney rather than over-billing.

Can clients see everything in the portal?

No. Partners control what's visible per matter. Strategy notes, pleadings in draft, and privileged communications are never exposed. The portal shows status, next steps, and client-actionable items only.

What happens to data if we cancel?

Full export within 7 days. Full purge within 30 days. POPIA requires it, so do we.

Start your watch window for law firms.

Assessment takes four minutes. First drafts land in your daily digest within 24 hours.