Our methodology
How Justicara builds the record.
Every report follows the same five stages. No exceptions.
Reporting here begins with the document, not the claim. What follows is the workflow each investigation and analysis passes through — from gathering primary records to publishing findings and logging corrections in public.
- Stages
- Gather → Verify → Analyse → Publish → Correct
- Evidence rule
- Primary documents first; reporting corroborates only
- Verification
- Every document authenticated at source before use
- Attribution
- Characterisations attributed, never asserted in our voice
- Corrections
- Dated, described, and kept attached to the report
This page describes the standing workflow. Where a report departs from it, the report says so.
The workflow
Five stages, in order
A report does not advance to the next stage until the previous one is complete. The final stage returns to the first: publication is not the end of a story.
01
Gather
Primary records first — judgments, filings, statutes, gazettes and official documents.
02
Verify
Each document is authenticated at source and cross-checked independently before use.
03
Analyse
Evidence, legal context and editorial interpretation are separated and labelled.
04
Publish
Findings are set out with the underlying documents linked and dated.
05
Correct
When new evidence changes the record, the report is updated and the change is logged.
Stage 05 returns to stage 01 whenever new evidence appears
Independent
No party, donor or institutional affiliation.
Verifiable
Every substantive claim traces to a document.
Transparent
Sources are named. The process is published.
Accountable
Errors are corrected in public, not deleted.
Editorial principles
The standards behind every report
These five rules govern what gets written, how it gets worded, and what happens when it turns out to be wrong.
- 01
Fact and analysis are separated
You should always know which sentence states evidence.
Every report distinguishes verified fact, sourced context, and editorial analysis. Where a sentence carries interpretation rather than record, the wording signals it.
- 02
Primary sources come first
Court records, statute and official documents outrank reporting.
Judgments, filings, laws, gazettes, parliamentary proceedings and official reports take precedence over second-hand summaries. Secondary reporting corroborates primary evidence; it does not replace it.
- 03
Uncertainty stays visible
Disputed and unverified material is labelled as such.
Allegations, contested claims and gaps in the record are named openly. We do not smooth over uncertainty for narrative convenience, and we do not fill a documentary gap with inference.
- 04
Corrections stay on the record
Changes are logged, not quietly overwritten.
Material updates and corrections are dated, described and attached to the report they correct. The correction remains visible after the report is fixed.
- 05
Institutions, not individuals
Accountability writing avoids abuse and claims beyond evidence.
The focus is systems, institutions and documented public conduct — not personal attack, private life, or speculation about motive. Where individuals are named, it is on the basis of a public role or the public record.
Our promise
Accuracy is not assumed. It is continuously earned.
Publication is not the end of a story. Where new evidence, primary documents or credible corrections emerge, the record is updated and the change is logged in public.
