Gaps & Questions

Gap Analysis

Garry identifies three types of gaps:

Unaddressed Arguments

Arguments from the opposing brief that your side hasn’t responded to. These are the most likely targets for judge questions at hearing.

Unanswered Court Questions

Questions the court has raised (in procedural orders or hearings) that your briefs don’t fully answer.

Missing Legal Authority

Cases, statutes, or doctrine cited by the other side that you haven’t addressed or distinguished.

Gap Severity

Each gap is rated by potential impact:

• Critical — directly relevant to the core dispute, likely to be raised by the judge
• Important — relevant but not central, worth preparing for
• Minor — peripheral, lower risk of being raised

Hearing Prep Questions

For each gap, Garry generates questions from a judge’s perspective — the kind of questions you might face at hearing. Each question includes:

• The question itself — framed as a judge would ask it
• Context — which gap or unaddressed argument triggers this question
• Prep direction — what to consider when preparing your answer (not a full answer, just pointers)
• Feitlijn search — a suggested case law search to find relevant authorities

Using Feitlijn Integration

Click any Feitlijn search suggestion to open it directly in Feitlijn. This lets you quickly find case law to support your position on identified gaps.

Downloading Results

Export the full gap analysis and question bank for offline preparation or sharing with colleagues.