60-second version
- Log in with Annotations activated on your subscription.
- Open any judgment and select text in the judgment body with your mouse.
- Add a highlight and comment - annotations save to your account and appear at /annotations/.
In one sentence
Highlight passages and attach comments directly on judgment text by selecting words on the case page when Annotations is active on your account.
Before you start
Annotations are a bonus feature (Annotations on your Profile). You must be logged in with an active subscription that includes Annotations (Trial, Student, Biz Plus, or selected on Starter/Pro Plus). Free reading does not save annotations. Verify activation on Dashboard → Profile. Browse all your annotations at /annotations/.
Steps
- Log in to SooperKanoon.
- Confirm Annotations is listed in your activated bonus features.
- Open a judgment from Cases search or any case URL.
- Scroll to the judgment text section on the page.
- Select a passage of text with your cursor (click and drag).
- The annotator toolbar appears - choose to highlight and/or add a comment.
- Save the annotation - it is stored against that judgment and your user account.
- Add more highlights on the same or other judgments as needed.
- Open /annotations/ to search and review all saved annotations across cases.
What you'll see
Selected text shows highlight styling with an annotation margin or popup (Annotator.js interface). Saved annotations persist when you return to the same judgment while logged in. The /annotations/ index lists your highlights with links back to source cases. If Annotations is not activated, /annotations/ shows an upgrade message instead of your data.
Common mistakes
- Trying to annotate without selecting text first - click-drag over the judgment body to start.
- Annotating while logged out - the annotator requires a signed-in session tied to your user ID.
- Expecting annotations in PDF download - standard judgment PDFs do not include your private highlights.
- Confusing Notes (toolbar modal) with Annotations (inline text selection) - notes attach to the case overall; annotations attach to specific passages.
Tips
- Highlight ratio decidendi paragraphs and add a one-line comment citing why it matters for your brief.
- Use
/annotations/search(when available from the annotations section) to find a highlight you made weeks ago. - On touch devices, use the touch-friendly annotator controls loaded on judgment pages.