Guides
How to organise evidence
These guides explain how to put documents in order for a complaint, dispute or claim. They are written to be useful on their own, whether or not you ever create a report here.
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How to organise evidence for a complaint
A step-by-step method for gathering, labelling and ordering evidence before you send a formal complaint.
How to create an evidence timeline
How to turn a pile of dated documents into a clear, chronological timeline for a dispute or complaint.
How to organise emails for a dispute
A clear method for sorting and extracting the relevant parts of a long email trail before a dispute.
How to document a landlord repair problem
How to record dates, messages and photos of a repair problem so you have clear evidence of what was reported and when.
How to prepare evidence before speaking to a solicitor
How to organise your documents and write a clear summary before your first meeting with a solicitor.
How to identify conflicting accounts in documents
A practical method for spotting contradictions between statements, dates and figures across a set of documents.
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Create your evidence report
When your documents are gathered, TraceFolio can do the ordering for you: a timeline, key facts, conflicting accounts and open questions, each pointing back to the source document.