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One whole matter, not just one document — the story behind the full review

A construction company owner wrote to us that he'd built his own system because our platform only ever understood one document at a time. That's how the full review came about — along with four new construction-law case examples and a free form check for your own quote.

6 minDocuments & matters
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In one sentence

A construction company owner wrote to us that he'd built his own system because our platform only ever understood one document at a time — that's how the full review came about, along with four new construction-law case examples and a free form check for your own quote.

The email that started it

Our first paying customer runs a prefab-house construction company. His matter was a dispute with a subcontractor who never finished the job — a case with many documents: the contract, change orders, correspondence, invoices. His feedback: the analysis wasn't enough, because our platform only processed a single document, or a small handful, per analysis run — so he'd built his own system to see his documents in context.

That wasn't an ordinary feature request. It was evidence of how seriously he took the problem, and a sign that our analysis stopped exactly where a real matter actually begins: with several documents that together tell one story.

What came out of it: the full review

Who wrote which document, what contradicts what, and what builds on what — all of that could already be inferred from the individual documents, but it was never brought together as a standalone offering. The full review now evaluates several uploaded documents together: a timeline of events, a relationship graph of everyone involved, and an evidence overview in which every statement points to its source in the original.

The price — 150 to 600 credits, depending on the size of the matter — is always shown before you start, never afterwards. A report you've already received stays fully readable even if further documents are added later.

Four new case examples from construction law

Our customer's actual case had no coverage until now: substitute performance, when a subcontractor fails to deliver, is a topic of its own. Four new case examples close that gap:

  • Subcontractor fails to deliver — substitute performance under §§ 636, 637, 280, 281 BGB or VOB/B, once a deadline set for remedial performance has passed without result.
  • Change order is disputed — when client and contractor disagree over payment for additional work.
  • Tradesperson's defects — when a tradesperson disputes defects or refuses acceptance.
  • Building permit rejected — what an objection against it means and which deadlines apply.

Plus a template for the subcontractor agreement and an automatic form check for your own quote and terms and conditions before you send them — checked for open placeholders, a missing signature, a missing date, and forgotten references to attachments, deterministic and at no extra cost.

What this doesn't replace

The form check reviews the form, not the content — it says nothing about whether a clause is valid or whether a right-of-withdrawal notice is even required. And the full review is an analysis, not legal advice: it organizes what's in the documents, but it doesn't settle a dispute. For a larger amount in dispute, a contested claim for substitute performance, or when the other side raises its own claims, the matter belongs in a lawyer's hands.

→ Full review in the Help Center · For construction companies · Subcontractor fails to deliver · Change order is disputed

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