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The all-in-one case brief platform for Kenyan advocates. AI-structured analyses, hybrid search, judge profiles, and citation-ready blocks — every brief linked to the original judgment. Every Brief Sourced From Kenya Law.
the platform
| module | status | detail | open |
|---|---|---|---|
| structured briefs | AI-powered | Bottom line, executive summary, ratio decidendi, orders, timeline, FAQs — every holding traceable to the page it appears on in the source judgment. | brief |
| hybrid search | vector + keyword | Find cases by concept, citation, or party name. Filters for court, outcome, date range, and topic. Built-in RRF reranking. | search |
| judge profiles | fully linked | Click any judge in a brief to see every decision we've indexed. Build a view of how individual judges reason. | judges |
| bookmarks & history | personal library | Save briefs, track your reading history, replay recent searches. Cross-device sync coming soon. | desk |
| case alerts | coming soon | Save a search and get notified when new cases matching your criteria are published on Kenya Law. | alerts |
| citation graph | 1.5M edges | Every brief links to the original judgment on Kenya Law. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Spot overruled decisions instantly. | citator |
the problem — your legal research is scattered
Kenya Law for judgments. Word docs for notes. WhatsApp for citations. There's a better way.
old way · fragmented & slow
- Scroll Kenya Law listings by hand
- Read 40,000 words to find the ratio
- No idea which cases have been overruled
- Copy-paste citations into Word
- Manually check for new judgments
counselconnect · everything in one place
- Hybrid search across 300K+ cases
- Bottom line and ratio in 30 seconds
- Citation graph flags overruled decisions
- Copy-paste-ready citation blocks
- Daily ingestion from Kenya Law
who it's for — every stage of your career
Whether you're fresh from KSL or a Senior Counsel with decades of experience.
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- Read structured briefs to understand how courts reason
- Save cases to build your personal research library
- Track judges and build familiarity with benches
- Use the citation block for exam answers and moots
- AI Legal Chat for quick research on 300K+ cases
start exploring today 30+ brief categories
recent briefs — never miss what matters
Akinyi v Ogwari & another
dismissedSupreme Court cannot hear appeals from Small Claims Court cases because the law says High Court decisions are final.
Wafula v Maru
dismissedApplication for certification of appeal dismissed — leave refused on general public importance.
Jamila Maalim Hussein Eymoi v Republic
partially allowedCourts cannot revisit past sentences, but must credit time already served in remand.
pipeline — from judgment to brief in four passes
Daily scrape of new.kenyalaw.org. Raw HTML stored in R2.
Extract metadata, parties, judges, statutes, citations.
Four-pass LLM pipeline: metadata → analysis → insights → QA.
Chunked embeddings loaded for hybrid semantic + keyword search.
every kenyan court
plans — priced for kenyan practice
M-Pesa, card, or firm invoicing. No hidden fees.
| plan | price | includes | cta |
|---|---|---|---|
| student | 500 KES/mo | 50 briefs/month · full search · bookmarks + history · basic export | start free |
| professional | 2,000 KES/mo | unlimited briefs · citation graph · PDF + DOCX export · case alerts · annotations | start trial |
| firm | 1,500 KES/seat/mo | everything in professional · team collections · shared annotations · consolidated billing | talk to sales |
notices
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Every brief links to the original judgment on Kenya Law. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. AI-generated briefs — not legal advice; always verify against the original judgment before relying on them in court. Not a substitute for legal advice. A subdomain of counselconnect.co.ke.