We’re rebuilding Canada’s justice system.
Courtready builds tools used by tens of thousands of Canadians, advises law firms on AI, and offers solutions that strengthen the integrity of Canada’s justice system.
Who we are.
Tom Macintosh Zheng is the co-founder of courtready.ca and a licensed lawyer in Ontario, Canada and England. Before launching Courtready, he practised commercial litigation in downtown Toronto. Tom has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and the Federal Court of Appeal.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University and a law degree from King’s College London in the UK. He also worked as a DJ before entering the legal and tech profession.
Tom has been published in CanLII, Mondaq, Lexology, Law360 and featured on Studying Law Around the World.
Soheil Kianzad is the co-founder of courtready.ca. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia and brings an academic and industry background in artificial intelligence, applied research, and technology-driven problem solving.
Before launching Courtready, he worked in research and engineering roles across academia and industry, focusing on building reliable, aligned AI systems and translating complex technical concepts into practical tools.
His work emphasizes responsible AI design, alignment with real-world constraints, and the deployment of scalable, trustworthy AI solutions in high-stakes domains.
Our work, organized by audience.
We work directly with law firms and other organizations to help them deploy AI properly and build bespoke tools and other solutions.
We design bespoke AI solutions for law firms that respect professional obligations.
We can integrate Courtready’s publicly available tools into your existing systems, with the option of additional custom features.
We create educational content for public-facing resources and internal training. Our partners include, among others, Openroom.ca and Canadians United Against Modern Exclusion.
A tool for the AI era: verify whether citations in a document actually exist before they reach a judge.
Canadian courts are dealing with AI-generated filings and ongoing efficiency challenges. We can fix both.
Our live database lets courts, regulators, and the public see the true scale of the problem.
A practical response to delays by giving litigants a way to book dates sooner without requiring any change to court operations.
The Federal Court already offers one. We think every court should.
Turning court-published interest rates into a usable calculator should be basic infrastructure.
Over 11,000 Canadians have used Courtready’s tools and educational resources to calculate deadlines and judgment interest, find court dates and navigate flight delays.
Where Courtready has been recognized.
Recognition
OBA Foundation Award
Co-founder Tom Macintosh Zheng is this year’s recipient of the Ontario Bar Association’s OBA Foundation Award, which recognizes exceptional contributions to the improvement of the justice system through public legal education, innovative research, or other means.
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Fictitious case law: A systemic problem in Canadian courts, 111 and counting
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The Rise of AI-Hallucinated Case Law in Canadian Courts and Tribunals
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AI is changing how courts and lawyers work.
We know the law and we know AI. We can help you maximize the benefits of using AI while minimizing the risks.