The commercial disputes Portia is built around.

This is you if

an invoice has gone unpaid and chasing it has stopped working, a customer or client owes you for work done or goods supplied, a loan hasn't been repaid, or there's a sum on the books that should have been settled and hasn't. It might be one significant amount or the same problem across several accounts.

How Portia helps

it helps you work out what a claim to recover money like this usually turns on, whether it's a straightforward debt or a broader claim, and what each would need you to show. Then it checks your own records, the contract or terms, the invoices, the correspondence, against that, so you can see what's well supported and where the gaps are before you commit time or cost to it.

This is you if

a supplier, client, or contractor didn't do what was agreed, delivered late or badly, or you entered the arrangement on the strength of something you were told that turned out not to be true. A job left unfinished, work that fell short of the spec, a deal that wasn't what it was sold as.

How Portia helps

it helps you identify the basis a claim like this might rest on, what the agreement required, what went wrong, and what it cost the business, and works through what each would need in evidence. It draws only on the documents you provide, so what you end up with reflects your actual position, not a template.

This is you if

your premises or property were damaged, someone came onto your land or site without permission, work nearby has interfered with your use of your own, or goods belonging to the business are being withheld and won't be returned.

How Portia helps

it helps you work out which kind of claim fits what happened, and what each would need you to show, then checks your evidence against it. These situations can look similar but rest on different foundations, so the value is often in getting the foundation right before anything is drafted.

This is you if

you're a landlord and you need to recover possession of a residential property, whether the tenancy has ended, rent is in arrears, or another ground applies.

How Portia helps

it helps you understand what a possession claim involves, the ground you're relying on and what a court expects to see, and helps you structure it from your own documents, the tenancy agreement, the notices, the record of what's owed. It keeps the focus on preparing a properly structured claim, not on tactics.