I practise in complex litigation and build practical software tools that support it — practical tools for litigation workflows, document automation and quantum, including CaseFolio and QuantumPro.
Day-to-day practice in document-heavy claims, where process and accuracy decide outcomes.
Software built around how legal work is actually done, not how a vendor imagines it.
The systems behind effective cases: bundles, chronologies, schedules, deadlines and disclosure.
Removing repetitive production work so attention goes to judgment, not formatting.
Small, focused, local-first tools that solve one problem well and stay out of the way.
Two of these tools — CaseFolio and QuantumPro — are written up on the Projects page.
Builds court-ready PDF bundles with automatic indexing, pagination and bookmarks — and rebuilds all three when documents change, so late amendments no longer mean hours of renumbering.
A practical Schedule of Loss calculator for personal injury and serious injury litigation: quantum, JCG brackets, Ogden multipliers, SAR interest, Part 36 tracking and evidence checklists.
This site is a working record, not a shop window.
It collects practical tools, resources and writing around legal workflows — the unglamorous systems that make litigation faster, clearer and more reliable. Everything here comes from problems encountered in real practice, and everything is shared for information rather than promotion.
A solicitor who writes software, rather than a developer who reads law.
James Sheldon works in complex litigation in Manchester and builds legal technology alongside practice. He is fluent in five languages and has lived and worked in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Spain and Portugal.