Case File Score
A ten-point check of how complete your documentation is — the records, bills, photographs, timeline and deadline that any conversation about a claim starts from. It scores the paperwork, never the claim, and prints as a cover sheet you can take to a consultation.
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Estimate only — not legal advice. This is the published math for case file score, shown as a range. Your actual outcome depends on facts, evidence, and decisions this page cannot see.
Case File Score
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Nothing on the list is documented yet. That is a normal starting point; the timeline is usually the easiest one to produce, and it makes the rest easier to gather.
This score measures how complete your paperwork is. It says nothing about whether a claim is strong, what it is worth, or whether to bring one — those are questions for a lawyer, and this checklist is what makes that conversation shorter.
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🎓 Understand this tool
What it is
A ten-point measure of how complete your documentation is for an injury claim, a support case, or a property tax appeal. It scores the folder, never the situation — a complete file and a strong case are different things, and conflating them is exactly what this tool refuses to do.
How it works
The checklist is drawn from what the arithmetic on the rest of this site actually needs as inputs, plus the two things almost nobody has: a dated timeline written in one place, and the filing deadline written down. Each item names why it matters factually — an itemised bill lists procedure codes where a statement shows only a balance; a parenting calendar kept as it happens carries weight a reconstruction does not; a limitation period ends a claim regardless of merit.
Getting the most from it
- Pick the kind of file you are building — the list changes, because an assessment appeal and an injury claim need different things.
- Tick only what you actually have in hand, not what you could probably get. The gap is the useful part.
- Work the missing list. Almost every item exists somewhere already and can be requested from whoever holds it.
- Print the sheet and take it to a consultation. A lawyer’s first half-hour is usually spent establishing exactly this.
Reading your result
The score is a completeness percentage on a ten-point scale, nothing more. Ten out of ten means your paperwork is in order; it does not mean a claim is strong, valuable, or worth bringing. Zero means you have gathering to do, not that you have no case.
What it can't tell you
This cannot tell you whether to bring a claim, what yours is worth, whether the evidence you have is persuasive, or what a court would make of it. It does not review documents and cannot spot what is missing beyond its own fixed list.
Frequently asked questions
How many items on a documentation checklist you currently have in hand. It is a measure of your folder, not of your situation. A complete file with a weak claim still scores ten, and a strong claim with nothing written down still scores zero — which is exactly why the two should not be confused.
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