Solomonic Use Cases
On this page, you will see how Solomonic can help you with different use cases. We have split this into two broader strands:
Download a summary PDF of Solomonic use cases here.
Market research
This page outlines what you can do with Solomonic to help you with your market research. To see exactly how to use specific Solomonic features to help you with market research, click here.
Research and targeting
Research a market
Identify the key players in your industry. Gain insights on who the frequent litigants are and which law firms are representing them and research current and emerging trends within your industry.
Learn more about how to gain insights on your targets here.
Identify areas of high claim volumes in the market
Analyse recent industry data to pinpoint sectors experiencing high claim volumes. Investigate which types of claims are most prevalent, and identify the key players within these areas. Find out which law firms are actively involved in handling these claims and examine current and emerging trends affecting claim volumes.
Learn more about this here.
Spot gaps in your relationships
Examine your clients’ litigation history and current relationships to understand their involvement in claims, including both claims issued against them and those they have initiated. Identify the nature of the work they have been involved in and determine which law firms have been handling these matters. See how you can fit into the picture and address any gaps in your relationship with the client to offer more value.
Do this by navigating to the relationship pages.
Prospecting
Defend your existing client relationships
Evaluate and defend the current state of your client relationship by setting up an alert from previous years to keep up with litigation activity and any new developments. Stay informed about potential issues, and proactively address your client needs.
Spot opportunities for proactive BD approaches
Monitor prospects and warm leads within your market using alerts. This will help you spot the opportune moment for engagement, allowing you to proactively reach out and capitalise on any BD opportunities.
Develop a ‘hook’ for prospecting
Conduct research on the competition of your prospects in one place. Dive into their outcome history, relationships and litigation activity to develop a “hook” that you can use to win a meeting with your client.
Thought leadership
Explore current and emerging trends within the litigation market from various data views, opening the discussion from multiple perspectives. Be the first to raise relevant insights within your field - hot off the press.
Pitching
Spot your competition
Identify key players and competitors within your sector to gain insights on your market share and competitive positioning. Discover your client's historical relationship with other law firms through the relationship pages and investigate which law firms have been handling similar client matters that might impact your share of the pie.
Understand your prospects’ litigation profile
Demonstrate your understanding on your client’s litigation profile. Delve into their claimant/defendant ratio and whether they tend to settle or go to court. You will see an overview of this on each party landing page, but to explore further, access the party ‘Outcome’ page.
Conducting your due diligence
Demonstrate your understanding on certain matters and your clients' litigation activity, and build confidence in your approach through data-supported facts. Produce a report before the moment of engagement to demonstrate due diligence.
Legal research
This page outlines what you can do with Solomonic to help you with your legal research. To see exactly how to use specific Solomonic features to help you with legal research, click here.
Working on a new matter
Understand your clients’ litigation profile
Analyse your clients’ litigation history to gain insights into their previous cases and outcomes. This understanding will help you tailor your approach to new matters, anticipate potential issues and develop a strategic plan that is aligned with your clients’ past experiences and current needs.
Find the relevant information on our party ‘Outcomes’ pages and ‘Claim history’ pages. Use the dropdown next to the entity title to navigate between these pages.
Identify outcome patterns of similar claims and contextualise your advice with data
Review past cases with similar characteristics to identify patterns and trends in outcomes. Analyse historical case data to manage your clients’ expectations and make informed decisions. Robust case outcome analytics provide additional and defensible context for your advice by benchmarking it against past behaviour.
Monitor other parties and claims that may impact your case
Keep a close watch on the activities and claims of other parties that are involved in or related to your case by using our alerts. Monitor their legal actions and developments that could influence the outcome or strategy of your case. Stay informed, anticipate potential contingencies and adjust your approach accordingly.
Review your competitors
Monitor activities in competing firms. Examine their area of focus, claim they are interested in, success rates and understand their positioning. Spot opportunities for differentiation and gain a competitive edge.
Find the relevant information on our law firm ‘claims’ pages. Use the dropdown next to the entity title to navigate between these pages.
Case research and due diligence
Identify appropriate Judgments for research
Locate and analyse judgments that are pertinent to your case. Filter your search based on appeal outcomes, factual subject matters, remedies, topics and many more.
Do this by navigating to the Judgments listing page and using our selection of filters. Explore more filter options by clicking on the ‘All filter’ button on the top left-hand corner and learn more about our judgment data filters here.
Identify potential counsel and experts
Research potential barristers and experts on the platform.
You will find a list of barristers, ordered by total claim volume and split out by claimant v defendant. Filter by chamber, court, seniority and others to refine your search and use the dropdown to see all recorded comments that Judges have made on barristers we have on the platform.
Our data on experts is slightly more limited, in that we only have data on experts that have had a notable comment made on them by a Judge. Filter by expertise and view all comments by using the dropdown. The number of judgments listed on the platform does not reflect all judgments the expert has been involved in.
To find out how to extract more information on barristers and experts, click here.
Review a Judge’s decision history
Examine the decision history of judges to gain insights into their judicial approach and tendencies. Inform your legal strategy and decision making by understanding past rulings and patterns of your Judge.
Find the relevant information on our judge ’Win/Loss percentage’ pages. Use the dropdown next to the Judge name to explore more of the data we have on your selected Judge.
Learn more about how to research Judges here.
Anticipate which counsel the opposition will use
Anticipate which barrister the opposing party may instruct by analysing past tendencies and cases similar to yours. Find the relevant information on our law firm ‘Relationships’ pages and use the filters to mimic your situation.
Maintain your client relationships
Proactively spot risk areas for your clients
Stay ahead of the game and identify potential risk areas for your clients by tracking their competitors, sector, or claim types using our alert builder tool. Share these updates to mitigate risk and ensure your clients are well-prepared for any potential challenges.
See a list of all topics we have on the platform and create alerts for any claims that might pose a threat to your client. For example, on data breach claims or ESG risks.
To find out more about how to use our alert builder tool, click here.
See who else your client is working with
Examine your clients’ litigation history and current relationships to identify who they’ve been working with. See how you can fit into the picture and address any gaps in your relationship with the client to offer more value.
Do this by navigating to the relationship pages.
