Accuracy

Retrieved sources, then an AI answer

Crito’s case tools return records and text retrieved from its collection. They do not generate a substitute decision when a case is missing. Legislation tools retrieve text from supported official sources.

Your assistant uses that material to write an answer. It can still misread a passage, miss a qualification, or make a claim the source does not support. Read the cited text and the surrounding context.

Paragraph references

A citation such as “at para 34” refers to the paragraph numbered 34 in the decision. Crito uses paragraph labels from the stored text or its paragraph-number fields. A printed label takes priority when both are present.

When usable labels are absent, Crito returns text blocks counted from the start of the document and identifies that fallback. Those positions are not paragraph numbers and cannot verify a pinpoint citation.

Some stored copies have missing text or gaps in their paragraph sequence. If the requested passage cannot be checked, open the source or use another copy. Long decisions may arrive in parts; ask for the next paragraph range to continue.

Search results have limits

Topic searches rank matches using both relevance and recency. Older decisions can appear lower in the results, even when they matter to the issue. A result’s position is not a measure of its legal authority.

Searches return a limited set of matches, not every relevant decision. If you know a case, search for its name or citation. A “not found” result can mean that the citation is incorrect or that Crito does not hold the decision.

Check court coverage and legislation coverage when a result is missing.

Citing cases and legal treatment

Crito can find related decisions and return passages where one case discusses another. It does not classify a decision as followed, distinguished, or overruled. Any such assessment in an answer comes from your assistant’s interpretation.

Read those passages before accepting the assessment. A missing citing case is not proof that no later court has considered the decision.