Maxwell Blackstone - UK Criminal Defence AI Assistant

This repository contains the code for Maxwell Blackstone, a web application that serves as an AI legal assistant specializing in UK criminal defence law.

Features

• Case Management: Create and manage criminal defence cases
• Evidence Management: Upload, organize, and analyze evidence
• Contradiction Detection: Automatically identify inconsistencies in evidence
• Defence Strategy Generation: AI-powered defence strategy recommendations
• Legal Reference: Comprehensive UK criminal law reference database
• Offline Functionality: Full functionality without internet connection
• Privacy-First Design: All sensitive data remains on your device

Technology Stack

• Frontend: Vue.js 3 with Vuetify 3
• State Management: Vuex 4
• Routing: Vue Router 4
• Local Storage: IndexedDB for offline data storage
• API: Serverless functions for legal reference data
• Deployment: Vercel for hosting and serverless functions

Project Structure

maxwell-blackstone/
├── api/                  # Serverless API functions
│   ├── legal-reference/  # Legal reference data endpoints
│   ├── knowledge-base/   # Knowledge base endpoints
│   └── analyze/          # Analysis endpoints
├── public/               # Public assets
├── src/                  # Frontend source code
│   ├── assets/           # Static assets
│   ├── components/       # Vue components
│   ├── views/            # Vue views/pages
│   ├── router/           # Vue Router configuration
│   ├── store/            # Vuex store
│   ├── services/         # Service modules
│   ├── utils/            # Utility functions
│   ├── App.vue           # Root component
│   └── main.js           # Application entry point
├── package.json          # Project dependencies
├── vue.config.js         # Vue CLI configuration
└── vercel.json           # Vercel deployment configuration

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 14+ and npm

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Start the development server:

   npm run serve
   

Building for Production

npm run build

Deployment

This application is configured for deployment on Vercel. See the deployment guide for detailed instructions.

Privacy and Security

Maxwell Blackstone is designed with privacy as the core principle:

• All case data is stored exclusively on your device
• No case information is ever transmitted to servers
• All processing happens locally on your device
• Only anonymous performance metrics are collected (which can be disabled)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.