Nimrita Dadlani, founder and CEO of Pivot, is redefining how we think about family law. Her London-based legal-tech company sits at the intersection of lived experience, technology, and justice, creating a new category in the system: evidence intelligence.
Dadlani’s journey into this space is deeply personal. A British-South Asian woman with roots in India and Nigeria, Nimrita knows first-hand the cultural and emotional challenges of divorce. Her experience of divorce, after a 14-year marriage, revealed a system that was fragmented, overwhelming, and emotionally exhausting. “When you take that step, it’s like throwing the pieces of your life into the air; your money, housing, children, family- and you don’t know where any of it will land,” she explains. For South Asian women, she adds, leaving a long-term marriage takes enormous courage, often under cultural and societal pressures.
It was during her own separation that Nimrita discovered the transformative power of proper support. Working with a coach and a divorce consultant, she was able to navigate the process with guidance and clarity. She realised that this kind of support was rarely accessible, particularly in a market that lacked digital tools for individuals going through divorce. While apps existed for grief or health challenges, there was nothing for divorce. Pivot was born out of this gap with a simple yet profound mission- to make legal processes fairer, faster, and more humane, particularly in emotionally complex cases like divorce.
Initially, Pivot was a consumer-facing platform, providing mediation coaches, legal guidance, and tools for conflict communication. Clients could, for instance, ask how to handle a disagreement over weekend childcare arrangements. But as Nimrita worked more closely with law firms, she saw a systemic issue: lawyers were drowning in unstructured evidence: WhatsApp messages, emails, PDFs, bank statements, voice notes, and more. Junior staff were overwhelmed, senior lawyers couldn’t scale efficiently, and clients were left confused and depleted by the sheer volume of “digital debris” modern relationships produce.
This insight led to Pivot’s evolution. Today, the company offers a deterministic, auditable AI platform that transforms messy, multi-format case materials into structured, searchable, court-ready evidence. The system identifies contradictions, extracts timelines, generates case bundles, and provides a single source of truth. For clients facing coercive control or financial abuse, this can be transformative. Years of WhatsApp messages, bank statements, and property transactions can now be uploaded, analysed, and linked to relevant evidence in minutes.
“It’s about evidence intelligence, not replacing lawyers,” Nimrita emphasises. “We’re enabling solicitors to spend time on human connection rather than administrative work. This reduces emotional burden and ensures fairness long before the courtroom.” Pivot uses graph intelligence to map relationships and timelines in the data, rather than relying on conventional vector-based semantic search. Provenance tracking ensures that every piece of evidence is traceable, giving confidence to clients and lawyers alike.
Nimrita also wants the platform to soon reflect her cultural perspective. Communication, coercion, and control can look different in South Asian families. Nimrita aims to train Pivot to recognise these nuances, enabling lawyers to interpret culturally specific dynamics accurately.
Looking ahead, Nimrita believes we are witnessing a technological revolution comparable to the birth of the internet. “Things that seem cutting-edge today may be outdated within months or years. Adaptability is key. AI is a tool, but human connection remains central.
“AI can enable human connection and advocacy. But the most important element is still people, supporting them, guiding them, and reducing the cognitive and emotional load that comes with navigating the legal system.”
Nimrita’s vision is now attracting attention from investors. Pivot is raising a seed round later this year and exploring angel investment opportunities, aiming to scale the technology and reach more communities across the UK. “Fairness begins long before the courtroom. If we can give people clarity, access, and support, then we’re building a system that truly serves them; one case, one family, one life at a time,” she said.
