Editorial Policy

1. What we publish, and what we refuse to publish

CaseFilePrep publishes procedural information: what a document is, what belongs in it, what order things happen in, who receives what, and what commonly goes wrong. We publish checklists, sequences and definitions.

We do not publish, and will reject at review:

• recommendations about whether a particular reader should sue, settle, file or appeal;
• predictions of outcomes, damages figures, or “what your case is worth”;
• anything that interprets the law as applied to an individual’s facts;
• content that would encourage a reader to skip qualified advice on a high-stakes matter.

This boundary is not decoration. It is the difference between publishing and practising law without a licence. Read the full disclaimer.

2. Who writes our guides

Guides are researched and written by the CaseFilePrep editorial team and published under that single name. We are not attorneys, paralegals or licensed professionals in law, insurance or accountancy, and this site claims no qualification it does not hold. You will not find a professional credential asserted anywhere on it.

We think stating that plainly is more useful than the alternative. A great deal of legal content online carries impressive-looking bylines that cannot be verified, and a reader has no way to tell a real expert from a decorative one. What can be verified is our sourcing: every procedural statement is traceable to an official publication, and the link is printed at the foot of the guide. Judge the work by whether the sources say what we say they say.

The trade-off is real and we would rather name it. We can tell you accurately what the official instructions say and what order things happen in. We cannot bring professional judgement to bear on your circumstances, and we do not pretend to. Every guide identifies the point at which a licensed attorney is needed.

3. Sourcing standards

Procedural claims must be traceable to a primary source. In descending order of authority:

1. statutes, codes and regulations;
2. court rules, local rules and standing orders;
3. official court, clerk and government agency instructions, forms and fee schedules;
4. published guidance from bar associations and legal aid organisations.

Commercial sites - including formation services, claim-filing services and law firm blogs - are not accepted as the sole source for any procedural claim. Fees, dollar thresholds, deadlines and form numbers must be checked against the issuing authority on the date of publication or review. Sources are listed at the foot of each guide.

4. Checks before publication

Before a guide publishes it is checked against a fixed list. We do not claim an independent second reviewer, because a single editorial team cannot honestly claim one. What we do claim is that this checklist is worked through every time:

• that each procedural statement matches its cited primary source;
• that fees, limits, deadlines and form identifiers are current;
• that the jurisdiction is stated explicitly and not implied;
• that no passage reads as advice about an individual matter;
• that the guide tells the reader when to stop and consult a licensed attorney.

5. Dating and re-review

Each guide shows its first publication date and its last-reviewed date. Guides are re-reviewed at least every six months. We re-review immediately, out of cycle, when we learn that a rule, fee, form or threshold has changed. When a re-review changes substance, we update the last-reviewed date and note the change; cosmetic edits do not reset the date, because a refreshed date with no real re-check misleads readers and search engines alike.

6. Corrections

If we get something wrong, we fix it and say so. Send corrections to editorial@casefileprep.com with the guide URL and, if possible, a link to the authority that shows the correct position. We aim to acknowledge within two business days. Substantive corrections are noted on the guide with the date. Guides that can no longer be maintained accurately are unpublished rather than left to rot.

7. Independence and advertising

Our revenue comes from display advertising served by third parties, including Google. The editorial team has no visibility into which advertisers appear on which page and no advertiser is given review, approval or advance notice of content. We do not accept payment for coverage, do not sell links, do not publish sponsored posts as editorial, and do not operate a lawyer referral arrangement. Ad units are labelled “Advertisement” and kept visually distinct from editorial content.

8. Use of AI tools

We use software, including AI tools, for research assistance, drafting and copy-editing. We do not publish machine-generated procedural content unverified: every factual and procedural statement is checked by a person against the primary source it came from, and those sources are published with the guide so you can repeat the check yourself. Responsibility for accuracy sits with the publisher, not with a tool.

9. Accessibility and plain language

Guides are written in plain English with defined terms, semantic headings, meaningful link text and printable checklists. We aim to meet WCAG 2.1 AA. If something on this site is hard to use with a screen reader, keyboard or magnifier, tell us and we will treat it as a bug.

10. Reader privacy

We do not ask readers to create accounts to read guides and we collect as little as possible. See the privacy policy.