Matter AI in practice: real prompts for litigation, conveyancing, family law and more

Matter AI is built into LEAP and available to every user. These five prompts show you exactly how to put it to work across five practice areas.

One thing to keep in mind: Matter AI reads from your case file, so the prompts work best when the relevant documents are already on the matter.

Litigation

Scenario: Medical records, hospital letters, and GP correspondence are stored on the matter.

Provide a chronology of my client's hospital visits."

Matter AI will pull the relevant dates and events from across your documents and compile them into a clear timeline. Particularly useful when records span several years or multiple providers, and building that chronology manually would take the best part of an afternoon.

Conveyancing

Scenario: The relevant matter details, including property address and client information, are on file.

Draft a letter to the bank requesting release of title deeds."

Matter AI will draft a letter using the details it already has on the matter. Review and adjust before sending, but you will have a solid starting point in seconds rather than writing from scratch.

Family Law

Scenario: Financial disclosure documents are on the matter.

What is the total value of all assets disclosed by the applicant?"

Rather than working through each disclosure document to compile a total yourself, Matter AI will extract the figures and calculate the combined value. Useful for getting a clear picture quickly ahead of a client meeting or court appearance.

Immigration

Scenario: Correspondence and supporting documents for the application are stored on the matter.

Has the client provided details for character references?"

This is Matter AI used as a checklist. Instead of manually working back through the file to confirm whether a key piece of information has been provided, you get a direct answer. Particularly helpful when a matter has been running for some time, or when you are picking up a colleague's work.

Probate / Estates

Scenario: Correspondence and notes from the matter are on file.

What steps have been taken to verify the beneficial ownership of any relevant accounts or property?"

Useful for quickly auditing progress, particularly where verification steps may have been handled at different stages or by more than one person in the team. Matter AI will draw from your file notes and correspondence to summarise what has been done.

Adapting these prompts to your own matters

These examples are starting points. Matter AI works best when your prompt is specific, so if the first response is not quite right, try adding more context. "Provide a chronology of my client's hospital visits between January 2023 and December 2024" will return a more focused result than the broader version above. You can also follow up within the same conversation: ask a clarifying question, request a different format, or ask Matter AI to expand on something it has summarised.

Want to know more about Matter AI?

You can read a fuller overview in our earlier post on Matter AI or visit the Matter AI feature page.

Try it now If you are an existing LEAP user, open a matter with a reasonably complete file and try one of the prompts above. Starting with a matter you know well means you can quickly judge the quality of the output and build confidence from there.

Up next: LawY

The next post in this series covers LawY, LEAP's legal research tool. Where Matter AI works from your case file, LawY answers questions about the law itself. We will share five prompts across the same practice areas so you can see exactly what it can handle.