Trial preparation

Ready for the witness, and ready in the room.

Build examination questions and case theories before the hearing, then keep a running transcript on the day with alerts when testimony contradicts what is already on the file.

Empty courtroom with polished wooden benches and counsel's lectern before a hearing
Works in any courtroom — the questions and alerts come from your file, not a template.

Before the hearing

Add a witness — with or without attaching a matter first — and generate examination and cross-examination questions from the documents and the chronology. Statements open in the same rich editor as drafting and save as you edit, so you can correct wording immediately.

Narratives let you build competing case theories side by side: your storyline, the other side's, the facts that support each, and the points that need strengthening. Lock one as the case you are running and keep the alternatives for comparison.

In the room

A quiet second pair of eyes: the transcript keeps running while contradictions and follow-ups surface beside it.

Zealia — Trial toolkit & Live hearing
Cross-examination plan — R. Vale
  • You signed the delivery note on 14 March, correct?
  • You never told the carrier about the change, did you?
  • Put the email at Exhibit C to the witness
Witness added without a matterStatement auto-saved
Live hearing — recording
Witness

I never saw the delivery note that day.

Contradiction flagged

Statement ¶9: “I signed the note on arrival.”

Suggested follow-up

Put ¶9 of the witness statement to him now.

Ends with a hearing note you can open in Drafting.

Illustration of witness preparation and the live hearing panel. Testimony shown is an example.

On the day

Continuous transcript
Recording in short clips, so a network stutter loses nothing.
Contradiction alerts
A quiet flag when testimony conflicts with the file.
Objection prompts
Lines you can read out, when there is a basis for one.
Flag as you go
Mark a turn as admission, contradiction or come back to this.
Prepared questions
Your checklist beside the transcript, ticked off live.
Hearing note
A written note at the end, ready to open in drafting.

Preparation that comes from the file

Questions and alerts are drawn from the matter's own documents and chronology, not from generic templates — which is also why case analysis and the document vault are worth running first.

Common questions

What is in the Zealia trial toolkit?
Witness preparation with question sets, examination and cross-examination planning, opening and closing statements, objection notes, and live-hearing assistance that transcribes proceedings and flags contradictions, admissions and objection points as they happen.
Can I add a witness without opening a matter?
Yes. Witnesses can be added directly in the trial toolkit and attached to a matter later.
What happens to a generated statement?
It is saved automatically and opens in the same full editor used for drafting, with formatting, fonts, versions and export.
How does live hearing transcription bill?
Transcription is charged on the speech actually recorded — silence is not billed — and hearing notes can be exported straight into drafting.

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