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Being clear about limits is part of how Portia is built. This page sets out, plainly, the kind of thing Portia helps with and the things it deliberately does not do. The second list matters as much as the first.

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What Portia helps you do

Portia helps with the structural, organising side of preparing a civil case:
  • Organising your evidence so it is easy to work with
  • Helping you understand where your case stands in the process
  • Helping you prepare the documents the court process involves, laid out in a clear, expected structure
The aim is to reduce the effort of the parts of self-representation that are about order and structure, so those parts are less overwhelming.

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What Portia will not do

Portia deliberately does not:
  • Tell you whether you have a case
  • Tell you how strong your case is, or whether you will win
  • Recommend what you should do, or which outcome to pursue
  • Give legal advice
  • Represent you, or act for you
  • Replace a solicitor or barrister
These are not gaps waiting to be filled. They are lines the tool holds on purpose. Deciding whether you have a claim, how strong it is, and what to do about it, is the work of a regulated legal professional, or a decision that is yours to make. Portia surfaces and organises; it does not judge your case or advise you.

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Why it works this way

A tool that implied it could tell you whether you would win would be doing you a disservice, because it cannot know that, and acting on false confidence in a real dispute can leave you worse off. Honesty about the limits is what makes the tool safe to rely on for the things it does do.
Portia is a document-organisation tool for people handling civil disputes in England and Wales. It is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. Learn what Portia does.