SIDQO
Sidqo for LawyersNew Zealand

Every case arrives organised

Your firm gets its own link, yourfirm.sidqo.com. Clients explain their matter in a guided chat and upload their documents. You open a clean case file instead of chasing emails, screenshots and attachments.

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No legal advice is ever given to your client by Sidqo. The advice is yours.

  • Client intake in 8 languages
  • Documents read on upload, scans included
  • Cases by link or by email
  • Memo drafts for you to check

The first hour shouldn't be admin

  • 01The story arrives in pieces.

    One phone call, three emails, a forwarded screenshot, and the employment agreement still hasn't turned up.

  • 02Deadlines don't wait.

    The 90 days to raise a personal grievance, Tenancy Tribunal timeframes, visa expiry dates. Time spent gathering facts is time taken from the matter.

  • 03Free first chats add up.

    You want to help everyone who calls. Not every call needs to start from zero.

Where a case starts

Somewhere in the pile is the case.

Legal work often starts with a messy pile of information. Sidqo helps you start from the strongest version of your client's case, and build the strategy from there.

    Chapter 01

    Client intake

    Your client explains their matter from a phone, in their own language, with no account to create. You get a case file.

    Your firm's link

    Your client tells the story on your link.

    yourfirm.sidqo.com opens a guided chat. Your client confirms their email with a 6-digit code or Google, tells the story, and uploads documents as they go.

    • Your firm's name on the screen, powered by Sidqo underneath.

    • Eight languages: English, te reo Māori, Samoan, Tongan, Chinese, Hindi, Tagalog and Punjabi.

    • About 10 minutes, on a phone, with no app to download and no account to create.

    • Confidential to your firm, and kept out of search engines.

    Read on upload

    They write in their language. You read English.

    • Every document read, scans and photos included.

    • Dates, parties and reference numbers go into the timeline.

    • Gaps go back to the client. The chat asks only what the document leaves open.

    • Their words stay in the conversation log. You read the summary, the timeline and the memo in English.

    Your intake address

    Or your client simply sends an email.

    • Clients email [email protected]. The first email with a document opens a case. Every later email from that address joins the same file, with quoted replies stripped out.

    • Or open the case yourself. Add the client's name, phone and email. Sidqo writes to them in your firm's name, and their reply, attachments included, files itself on the case.

    At the client's pace

    Built for a phone at 11 pm.

    Real clients don't have every document to hand, and they don't finish in one sitting.

    • Skip a document and add it later. A sent case file stays open for late documents.

    • Come back later. A 6-digit code or Google sign-in picks up where the client left off.

    • Pick a language and the whole intake changes with it.

    • Add a document any time from the case file panel.

    Chapter 02

    The dashboard

    Every matter your firm is working on, with the case file, the memo and the export in one place.

    Your cases

    Every matter, in one view.

    Each case shows its area of law, its stage and its next date.

    • Search by case, client or number, and filter by area of law.

    • Your own subdomain, under your firm's name.

    The case file

    A case file that builds itself.

    Summary, key facts, timeline and documents, sorted before you open the case.

    • Documents name themselves. IMG_7302.JPG becomes “PPI letter, Immigration New Zealand” on screen and in every export.

    • Exhibit letters and Bates numbers freeze on first export, so your references stay put.

    • Late documents still land. You get an email for each one.

    • Export what you need: the documents as one Bates-numbered PDF, the memo as a Word file, and the conversation log as Markdown.

    The memo

    A first-draft memo, ready on arrival.

    Once your client sends documents, the draft is waiting. It's a starting point you edit, not advice you rely on.

    • Marked for you to confirm. The draft cites no New Zealand legislation yet. Where a provision decides a point, it writes [statute to confirm], and Points to check flags it.

    • A second opinion. A separate review reads the draft against the case file and quotes each passage it would question.

    • Comment, then revise. Highlight a passage, leave a comment, and revise the draft in one pass.

    Case assistant

    Ask the case.

    Ask what is missing, or tell it what changed.

    • It answers from the file: what is on record, and what is still missing.

    • Edits apply to the case file. Documents you add are filed immediately.

    On a phone

    The dashboard, on a phone.

    Lawyers read cases between meetings.

    • A Call button beside the client's number.

    • A stage on every case: New intake, In review, Active matter or Closed.

    • A name on every case, even when the client never gave one.

    • Every screen checked at phone widths.

    Privacy

    Your clients' information

    The intake collects and organises. Your lawyers read the file and decide what happens next.

    • Where it's stored

      Case files and documents are stored with Supabase in London, UK. The app runs on Vercel in the United States. The AI models that read case files are run by Anthropic and Google, outside New Zealand. Nothing is stored in New Zealand or Australia today.

    • Who can see it

      Only the people at your firm you give access to, and anyone you choose to share a case file with. Sidqo staff don't read case files except to fix a problem you've asked us to look at.

    • AI training

      Your clients' information is not used to train AI models.

    • Deleting data

      You can export a matter at any time and remove documents from it. To delete a whole matter, ask us and we'll delete it.

    • No legal opinion to clients

      The intake assistant gathers facts and documents. It never tells your client what the law is or what to do.

    • Clients see their own file

      A client sees their facts, documents and timeline. The memo stays with you.

    Live demo

    See it working

    The demo dashboard is live. No sign-in needed.

    The lawyer dashboard

    Five sample New Zealand matters at Harbourside Law, Christchurch: a personal grievance, a bond dispute, relationship property, a partner visa and a probate. Open a case, read the file, and watch a memo draft stream in. The assistant and memo comments run in your own workspace.

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    Built with New Zealand firms, not just for them

    Sidqo started in the UAE, where it helps small firms take in employment, tenancy and family matters. We're now working with a small group of founding firms in Aotearoa New Zealand to shape the NZ version: the intake questions, the document checklists and the legislation the memo draws on.

    Founding firm offer
    • Free during the pilot
    • Your own branded link, set up for you
    • A direct line to the founder, so your feedback shapes the product

    There's no self-serve signup yet. Each firm is set up by hand.

    FAQ

    Questions from firms

    Does Sidqo give legal advice to my clients?

    No. The assistant gathers facts and documents and acknowledges what the client says. It never tells them what the law is or what to do. Advice comes from you.

    Does it know New Zealand law?

    The intake and case file work for any matter today. The memo draft is being extended to New Zealand legislation with our founding firms. Always check any draft against the legislation before relying on it.

    What does it cost?

    It's free for founding firms during the pilot. We'll agree pricing with you before the pilot ends, and nothing renews automatically.

    How long does setup take?

    We set up your branded link and dashboard for you, usually within two working days.

    Can my clients use it on their phone?

    Yes. It's built mobile-first, so clients can upload photos of documents straight from their phone.

    Questions

    Ask me anything.

    A question about Sidqo, or how it would work at your firm, goes straight to me. I read every message myself and reply within one working day.

    Or email joy@sidqo.com

    I use your details only to reply to you.

    Akhil Joy, founder of SidqoFounder · Dubai
    The founder

    Akhil Joy

    More than 10 years building products at scale. “The name comes from sidq, Arabic for truthfulness. It’s the standard I want this work held to.”

    • 2025 to 2026
      Careem and MagicStudio

      Global Head of Design at Careem, then Head of Design at MagicStudio.

    • 2023 to 2025
      Head of Design, Zepto

      Built the design team as Zepto went from No. 3 to No. 2 in quick commerce.

    • 2019 to 2023
      Swiggy

      SuprDaily grew from about 6,000 to more than 210,000 daily customers.

    • 2016 to 2019
      Uber

      Design Lead for Uber for Business, India and ANZ. Co-founded Blink in 2020.

    Be one of the first New Zealand firms on Sidqo

    We're working with a small number of founding firms. Tell us about your practice and we'll set up your link.

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    Sidqo provides legal information and workflow tools, not legal representation. Memo drafts are a starting point for the reviewing lawyer.