Like Google Search, Case Radar is using AI to make law accessible to the common man

In its own unique way, Case Radar is building a platform that bridges the gap between legal knowledge, its interpretations and accessibility through the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and technology. 

In a chat with Technext, the Co-founder and CEO of the startup, Agbo Obinnaya, explained that most people, even professionals, struggle to access law and rely on traditional processes that limit their workflow.

For lawyers, students and Nigerians, Case Radar is providing a go-to place for legal services in Nigeria that offer instant access to legal guidance without the complexity or high cost of traditional legal consultations.

Case Radar is the first tech legal generative AI platform in Africa built to bridge the gap between everyday people and the legal system while helping lawyers scale their practice. With its AI incorporation, which has been trained with Nigerian laws, it generates real-time interpretations of the law for users.

“It’s not just about automating legal tasks; it’s about democratising the law, giving both lawyers and the public the ability to access accurate legal information instantly. The real opportunity is in making the law as accessible as Google search, as reliable as your trusted lawyer, and as fast as AI, and that’s the future I’m working towards,” he said.

Evolution of Case Radar

Though founded in 2024, the journey towards building Case Radar started far back as Agbo’s undergraduate days at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University. As a law student, he felt the textbooks offered few resources which opened his eyes to the gap that needed to be filled. Like Google, which provides search results to users’ inquiries, he realised something similar could be incorporated into the law system with the help of technology and AI. 

Together with his co-founder, Ngwu AnthonyMark, they decided to build a law platform, having gathered insights and suggestions from colleagues, lawyers and other experts across the industry.

According to Agbo, Case Radar bridges the gap between legal document accessibility and affordability.

“From that survey, one of the issues they were mentioning was affordability and the fact that the resources they had looked like old government websites and were not enticing. It was not something that they wanted to keep coming back to. So this was what prompted us to build Case Radar with user experience in mind,” Agbo explained. 

While Case Radar is a one-stop shop for all legal services in Nigeria, it connects lawyers to the general public, and helps them with legal research or documents. It also provides the common man with an understanding of legal interpretations. 

For a lawyer who has a deadline to meet, he can easily use Case Radar to understand what a particular document is supposed to mean and get supporting instances.

Case Radar and its AI incorporation

One thing that defines the platform’s originality is its AI incorporation, which was trained using Nigerian laws. As the first tech legal generative AI platform in Africa, the startup is assuring reliability and offering the capacity to provide accurate Information for its users. 

Agbo mentioned that just like a lawyer passes through the 7-year process of becoming a lawyer, the AI was trained with various court judgements and laws to ensure its credibility. 

“You can rely on it like the way you should rely on a legal assistant or someone who has studied law. The only difference is that this AI has not been called to the bar and cannot practice as a lawyer,” he said. 

While most AIs are fond of hallucinating answers instead of telling users when no particular answer exists, Case Radar AI is trained to say ‘NO’ to a prompt that doesn’t exist in its database. This is especially so when dealing with fictitious cases or instances that don’t exist in Nigeria. 

According to the CEO, everything about the platform is done with ethical procedures and standards due to the nature of the industry it is serving. It is a class that has a lot of doubts and requires a clear explanation at all times. To him, Case Radar has gone ahead of that with its AI incorporation.

As AI is seamlessly enabling the day-to-day activities of every field globally, there’s a negative impact of AI cutting jobs in almost every profession. For the Law industry, Agbo believes that Case Radar is helping lawyers work around manual operations and not take their positions in the courtroom. 

He cited Lord Denning’s adage, “God forbid that a lawyer should know everything, but a good lawyer is one who knows where to find the law,” meaning a Lawyer cannot know it all but must know where to find the right answers. And that place is Case Radar. 

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How it works

Once a user gets registered via its web or application, they receive three free trials to access the platform’s abilities. After which they get to pay on an hourly basis. A user can also choose to pay N1,000 per hour or N3,000 per day. 

Overall, Agbo reiterated that AI in the legal system is helping people and lawyers to simplify their duties. It looks to end a situation where students and lawyers have to endlessly keep searching through materials for answers.

Moreover, Case Radar has been simplifying the employment window for lawyers who don’t have a physical location or for fresh graduates who struggle to land their first client. According to the startup, it has connected several lawyers to their first clients on the platform.

The platform is also helping the public and students navigate through complex legal documents and gain access to several case studies for their academic engagements.

Future plans

While Case Radar launched its V2 in April, it continues to work on making the platform better. Agbo explained that every new product or improvement on the platform is a result of users’ feedback and reviews, which have helped in strengthening expectations.

“We’ll be incorporating a lot of suggestions people have made, which can improve their experience. Everything is to make sure that we give them something better than before,” he said.

As it strives to present a seamless user experience to its users, the team is working on eliminating the number of technical glitches experienced by users on the platform. Aside from this, the co-founder said the main focus is to make sure that Case Radar is the number one legal tech-enabled AI platform in Africa.

The process involves gaining traction and popularity in Nigeria, then extending it to the African ecosystem. 

As part of its workings for V3, expected to launch around early 2026, more suggestions will be incorporated. It also looks to include laws of other African countries in its database.