Legal Knowledge Search System Demo

Freelancer Project Brief

Build a simple web demo for a legal knowledge search system

Project Overview

I have developed a structured legal knowledge system called Civil Enforcement Compass, which contains over 250 legal questions and answers relating to civil enforcement law in England and Wales.

The data currently exists in a spreadsheet with fields such as:

canonical_question

answer_text

alternate_phrasings

legal_basis

case_law_examples

tags

I need a simple web-based demo interface that allows a user to type a question and receive the correct answer from the dataset.

This is not an AI generation system. It should simply match user questions to the structured database and return the correct answer.

Scope of Work
1. Demo Search Page

Create a clean webpage with:

a search box: “Ask an enforcement question”

optional example questions

results display area

2. Search Functionality

When a user enters a question:

the system searches the dataset

matches against canonical_question or alternate_phrasings

returns the most relevant result

The output should display:

Answer text

Legal basis

Case law examples

3. Demo Limit

The demo should allow only 5 searches per visitor session.

After 5 searches, display a message such as:

“You have reached the demo limit. Civil Enforcement Compass contains over 250 questions. Contact us for organisational access.”

4. Dataset

The dataset will be supplied as:

CSV or JSON exported from my spreadsheet

The developer should build the system so the dataset can be easily updated or replaced.

5. Hosting

The demo should be deployable on a standard web host such as:

Vercel

Netlify

Render

or similar

The developer should provide simple deployment instructions.

Technical Requirements

The solution can be built using any suitable stack, for example:

Python (FastAPI / Flask)

Node.js

simple API + frontend

or a lightweight search solution

The key requirement is fast matching of user questions to the dataset.

No generative AI is required.

Deliverables

The project should include:

A working web demo with search functionality

The ability to query the dataset and return answers

A 5-question demo limit

Simple instructions for updating the dataset

Deployment instructions

Goal of the Project

The goal is to create a working demonstration of the Civil Enforcement Compass system that organisations can try before licensing the full system.

Optional Future Work

If the demo works well, I may later expand the project to include:

full database integration

user authentication

licensing access

white-labelled versions

Budget Note

This is intended to be a simple demonstration prototype, not a full AI product.