About Courtready

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.

20,000+Canadians served

40+Canadian law firms use our tools

46tools and research products shipped

Founders

Who we are.

Tom Macintosh Zheng Co-founder

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.

Tom’s research into how AI is disrupting Canadian courts has been covered by Canadian and international media, and cited by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, the Court of Appeal of Québec and Ontario’s Law Society Tribunal.

Tom 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.

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Dr. Soheil Kianzad, PhD Co-founder

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.

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What We Do

Our work, organized by audience.

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The Courts

Canadian courts are dealing with AI-generated filings and ongoing efficiency challenges. We can fix both.

AI-Hallucinated Citations in Canadian Courts

Our live database lets courts, regulators, and the public see the true scale of the problem.

National AI Policy Tracker

We are tracking 249 courts and tribunals nationwide to gauge how their policies are reacting to AI use by litigants.

Court Hearing Dates Finder

A practical response to delays by giving litigants a way to book dates sooner without requiring any change to court operations. See what we built for Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver.

CaseCheck

A faster way to detect AI-hallucinated case law for busy courts and tribunals.

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The Profession

We work directly with law firms and other organizations to help them deploy AI properly and build bespoke tools and other solutions.

Confidentiality-First AI for Law Firms

We design bespoke AI solutions for law firms that respect professional obligations.

System Integration & Custom Tooling

We can integrate Courtready’s publicly available tools into your existing systems, with the option of additional custom features.

Legal Education & Training Content

We create educational content for public-facing resources and internal training. Our partners include, among others, Openroom.ca and CUAME.

CaseCheck

A tool for the AI era: verify whether citations in a document actually exist before they reach a judge.

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The Public

Over 20,000 Canadians have used Courtready’s tools and educational resources to calculate deadlines and judgment interest, find court dates and navigate flight delays.

In partnership with the National Self-Represented Litigants Project: NSRLP members can upload full-length court documents to CaseCheck for citation verification.

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Recognition

Where Courtready has been recognized and cited.

Recognition OBA Foundation Award Ontario Bar Association · 2026

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.