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DeedLens

How it works

From a pack of papers to findings your team can act on

DeedLens reads every page of a deal's documents, checks them against each other and against the rulebook for the state, and gives your team cited findings, the missing documents and the next step. A lawyer on your side confirms each finding before your client sees a report.

The process

From opening a matter to watching after closing

Every deal follows the same path inside DeedLens.

  1. Step 1 of 9

    Open a matter

    Pick the deal type, the state and the role your business plays: seller's agent, buyer's lawyer, developer, lender or property manager. DeedLens shows the documents that deal normally needs.

  2. Step 2 of 9

    Collect the pack

    Upload PDFs, Word files or phone photos taken in the browser, and uploads resume after a dropped connection. Send a request link so the seller or developer uploads directly. Every file is hashed on arrival, so a later swap is visible.

  3. Step 3 of 9

    Read every page

    DeedLens identifies each document type and reads parties, dates, plot and file numbers, sizes, coordinates, terms and money, each tied to its page. Fields read with low confidence, and every signature, go to a person to confirm.

  4. Step 4 of 9

    Cross check

    Party chain, property identity, dates and terms, money, execution, consent, stamping and registration are checked against each other and against the rulebook for that state and deal type.

  5. Step 5 of 9

    Report

    Each finding carries a severity, the page evidence, the rule and its source, the next step and who should act.

  6. Step 6 of 9

    Act

    Missing items become requests to the right party. New documents rerun the checks, and the findings they answer close.

  7. Step 7 of 9

    Review

    A person confirms or dismisses each finding, with a note. Only then can the report say reviewed, with the reviewer's name and whether they are a lawyer.

  8. Step 8 of 9

    Share

    A branded PDF or a private link goes to your client under your company's name, with the fixed notice.

  9. Step 9 of 9

    Watch after closing

    Ground rent dates, development deadlines and consent and registration windows go on an obligations calendar that you can download as a calendar file.

Anatomy of a finding

Every finding shows its working

A finding names its evidence, the rule that raised it, the sources behind that rule and the next step, so a reviewer can check it against the page before relying on it.
StopParty chain
The developer is not the title holderThe estate C of O is held by Holder Company Ltd, not by Developer Company Ltd, the developer selling the plot, and nothing in the pack links the two.

Evidence

Estate Certificate of Occupancy, page 1Allocation letter, page 1

Next step

Ask the developer for its agreement with Holder Company Ltd (in FCT mass housing, the Development Lease Agreement). Your lawyer confirms both at the registry search before any payment.Who acts: Developer

Rule

GEN.CHAIN.DEVELOPER_NOT_HOLDER v1

Sources

Land Use Act s.22: no alienation without the Governor's consent first had and obtained (opens in a new tab)PLACAGIS notice: titles for buyers in mass housing only after the developer files a complete application (opens in a new tab)AGISFCT land reforms: 2 of 445 mass housing developers met title requirements; 2,358 of 261,914 Area Council papers regularised (opens in a new tab)Guardian

Status

Openawaiting review
Sample matter, names changed.

  1. Severity. Stop, Ask or Note. The rule sets it, never the AI model.

  2. Check family. One of ten families, so findings group the way a reviewer works through a pack.

  3. What the papers show. Plain English built from the rule's wording and the evidence, in neutral words.

  4. Evidence. The document and page each fact came from, highlighted in the viewer.

  5. Next step and who acts. A concrete action and the party who should take it: agent, lawyer, seller, developer, surveyor or lender.

  6. Rule and version. The rule that raised the finding. Rules are versioned and never edited in place.

  7. Sources. Statutes, official notices, case summaries and law firm notes from the source library, each with its status.

  8. Status. Open until someone acts on it: requested, answered, then confirmed or dismissed by a lawyer with a note.

Severities

Stop, Ask and Note

The rule sets the severity, never the AI model. Where the law is unsettled, your firm can choose a stricter house position, for example treating every missing consent as Stop.
Stop
As it stands, the pack cannot pass a good title or perfect a mortgage. Do not pay or sign until it is resolved.
Ask
A document or a written answer is needed from a named party.
Note
Record it, watch it, or tell the client.

Rules and citations

Models read the papers. Rules decide.

DeedLens never relies on what an AI model remembers about Nigerian law. Models read the documents, versioned rules decide each finding, and every finding cites a stored source.

Source library

Statutes, regulations, official pages, fee schedules, case summaries and law firm notes, each stored with its publisher and a status: verified, conflicting or unverified.

Rulebook

Machine readable rules, each with an id, version, severity, message, next step, owner and citations. A rule is never edited in place; a change makes a new version.

Practice notes

How processes actually run: which office, what officials ask for, typical timelines. Each note carries its source and is labelled practice, not law.

Ten check families

Every finding comes from one of ten families. Checks run in code over the fields read from the pack.

  • CompletenessDocuments the deal type and state require.Ask
  • Party chainThe seller is the holder, each transfer link has an instrument, and company names match CAC records.Stop
  • Property identityPlot, zone, size and coordinates agree, the area from the coordinates matches the stated area, and the registry follows where the coordinates fall.Ask
  • Dates and termsTerm remaining, deadlines and date arithmetic.Ask
  • ExecutionEvery party signed, company execution follows CAMA, and witnesses and dates are present.Stop
  • Consent, stamping, registrationConsent obtained or its route shown, stamped within 30 days, registered within the state window.StopAsk
  • Money and feesSums agree across documents, fee changes and refund deductions.Ask
  • Clause riskForfeiture, refund penalties, transfer fees, development deadlines and clauses that contradict each other.AskNote
  • Official statusGround rent default, published revocation and void lists, acquisition and excision status, recertification windows.Ask
  • Document integrityFigures that appear altered, hand markings, duplicate numbers, impossible dates and photocopies only.Note

Where the law is unsettled

  • A rule whose source is conflicting or unverified runs in shadow mode: it is computed and logged, and hidden from customers until the legal adviser approves it.
  • Contested points, such as consent after Ibrahim v Obaje, are shown as contested rather than settled silently.
  • Your firm can set a stricter house position where the law allows a choice.
  • Before any finding is shown, a release check blocks it if it has no rule or no citation, or if its wording claims to confirm title or accuses anyone.

Review

A person confirms each finding before a client sees it

DeedLens finds and cites; someone on your team, or your lawyer, decides.
  • Someone on your team, or your lawyer, confirms, dismisses or edits each finding, with a note.
  • Only then can the report say reviewed, with the reviewer's name, and it says plainly whether the reviewer is a lawyer.
  • Sharing stays locked until the matter is signed off, and a report that carries findings from checks awaiting approval stays inside DeedLens.
  • The report goes to your client as a branded PDF or a private link that expires and can be withdrawn.
  • Every decision lands in the audit log: who, what, when, and the finding before and after.

Ask the pack

Ask questions of the pack

Ask “who signed the consent?” or “what happens if I resell?”. Answers come only from the pack and the source library, each with page and source citations. When neither covers the question, DeedLens says so and points you to your lawyer.

Obligations calendar

Dates that outlast the deal

Ground rent due dates, development deadlines, construction periods and consent and registration windows read from the pack go on one calendar. Download it as a calendar file for your team's own calendar.

Next step

Run a pilot on your own deals

Sixty days at no fee for selected agencies, law firms, developers, lenders and property managers: five seats, 20 matters and a weekly review call.

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