Stop rereading the bundle. Start building the case.

Silkworm turns your papers into a structured, source-linked case map, freeing your preparation for case theory, conferences and cross-examination.

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For UK criminal barristers who want to spend less time reconstructing the papers and more time deciding what to do with them.

Identifying charges
Cross-referencing evidence
Building chronology
Briefing Ready

Preparation should move the case forward.

Silkworm keeps the chronology, allegations, evidence and source documents connected, so each hour you recover can be spent on work that requires professional judgement.

Build the Theory

See the allegations, evidence, disputed facts and weaknesses together, giving you more space to test competing explanations and develop the case theory.

Prepare the Advocacy

Move from document triage to conferences, examination-in-chief and cross-examination with the relevant facts and sources already organised.

Completeness Checks

Missing documents, inconsistencies, outdated rulings, and procedural risks are flagged early, ensuring nothing is overlooked.

Fully Linked to Source

Every finding is linked directly to the underlying document. Click to open the page it came from.

How it Works

Upload your bundle and get a clear, structured overview in minutes. Spend less time paging through documents and more time preparing the case.

Silkworm Case View
Briefing Note
R v. Smith & Others
2 Risks

Disclosure Gap IdentifiedHigh Priority

Witness statement refers to CCTV footage from the 'Blue Lion' pub (Exhibit RB/2), but this exhibit is not listed in the provided index.

Summary of Case

The defendant is accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm under section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, following an altercation on 12th August.

The Dashboard

  • Case summary and key facts
  • Chronology of events
  • Missing documents and follow-ups
  • Inconsistencies and procedural risks
  • Sentencing guidelines check

Use the time for the work only you can do.

Silkworm does not replace legal judgement. It protects the time needed to exercise it: testing the theory, preparing the client and planning how the evidence should be presented and challenged.

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Arrive at conference already oriented to the important questions.

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Prepare examinations around the evidence rather than around document discovery.

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Re-enter a case quickly when the hearing or papers have moved on.

Create capacity without lowering your standard of preparation.

Prepare More Deeply

Invest recovered time in case theory, client preparation and advocacy.

Accept Work with Confidence

Increase capacity when the diary allows, without preparing less thoroughly.

Protect Personal Time

Reduce the repeated document work that consumes evenings and weekends.

Trust & Security

Your case papers stay private to you. We never access your data without explicit written authorisation, and it's never used to train or fine-tune AI models. All documents are processed in a secure environment and deleted according to your chosen retention settings.

Bank-grade encryption
GDPR-compliant
European-based servers
No training on your data

Frequently Asked Questions

Silkworm ingests your case bundle and extracts the material that actually matters. It turns large, document-heavy cases into a structured, easy-to-skim dashboard showing what the case is about, what’s disputed, what the key issues are, and where the risks lie. It’s designed to help you get oriented quickly, understand the shape of a case fast, and reduce the time spent at the front end working out what matters.
Silkworm is built for UK criminal barristers who regularly work with large, document-heavy case bundles and need to get across a case quickly without missing something important. It’s particularly useful when you’re newly instructed, picking up a case mid-stream, preparing for a conference, or facing tight turnaround times. Instead of manually sifting through hundreds or thousands of pages to work out what matters, Silkworm helps you see the structure of the case fast: the core allegations, the disputed facts, the key issues, and the potential risks. The result is quicker orientation, better preparation at the front end, and more time spent on strategy rather than document triage. Silkworm is currently designed specifically for UK criminal practice. Other practice areas and roles are not yet supported.
No. Silkworm does not exercise legal judgement, make strategic decisions, or take responsibility for a case. It organises and surfaces information from a bundle so that lawyers can understand it faster. It reduces time spent on document triage and initial orientation. It does not replace analysis, advice, drafting, client handling, or advocacy. Used properly, it supports junior lawyers by accelerating the mechanical front-end work and freeing up time for higher-value legal thinking and learning.
Silkworm is designed for reliability and safe failure. Where the bundle is unclear, incomplete, or inconsistent, Silkworm highlights uncertainty rather than inventing detail, as many AI tools do. All outputs must be reviewed by the user. For any claim, Silkworm provides page-level references back to the source material so you can verify key points quickly in context. As with any automated analysis, errors can occur—especially where documents are ambiguous, poorly scanned, or internally inconsistent—so Silkworm should be used as an orientation and triage tool, not as an authority.
Only the user. Silkworm provides structured analysis and highlights material within a case bundle, but it does not make decisions, form legal advice, or assume responsibility for outcomes. Professional judgement, strategy, and all final conclusions remain with the barrister using the tool.
No. Case data is not used to train Silkworm’s systems or any third-party AI models. Access to uploaded bundles is tightly restricted and only permitted with explicit written consent where necessary (for example, to diagnose a reported issue).
All data is encrypted at rest and in transit, processed and stored on European-based servers, and handled in line with UK data protection requirements and EU GDPR.

Your preparation is worth more than rereading.

Turn your next bundle into a working map of the case. Use the time you recover for strategy, advocacy and the growth of your practice.

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Two free bundles. No card required.