diff --git a/web-ui/src/app/cases/[caseNumber]/compose/page.tsx b/web-ui/src/app/cases/[caseNumber]/compose/page.tsx
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+"use client";
+
+import { use } from "react";
+import Link from "next/link";
+import { AppShell } from "@/components/app-shell";
+import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
+import { SubsectionCard } from "@/components/compose/subsection-card";
+import { useCase } from "@/lib/api/cases";
+import { useResearchAnalysis } from "@/lib/api/research";
+
+function ProseSection({ title, content }: { title: string; content?: string }) {
+  if (!content?.trim()) return null;
+  return (
+    <section className="space-y-2">
+      <h3 className="text-[0.78rem] uppercase tracking-[0.08em] text-gold-deep font-semibold">
+        {title}
+      </h3>
+      <p className="text-sm text-ink-soft leading-relaxed whitespace-pre-line prose">
+        {content.trim()}
+      </p>
+    </section>
+  );
+}
+
+export default function ComposePage({
+  params,
+}: {
+  params: Promise<{ caseNumber: string }>;
+}) {
+  const { caseNumber } = use(params);
+  const caseQuery = useCase(caseNumber);
+  const analysis = useResearchAnalysis(caseNumber);
+
+  const isNotFound =
+    analysis.error instanceof Error &&
+    /404|לא נמצא|טרם בוצע/.test(analysis.error.message);
+
+  return (
+    <AppShell>
+      <section className="space-y-6">
+        {/* Header strip */}
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4 flex-wrap">
+          <div>
+            <nav className="text-[0.78rem] text-ink-muted flex items-center gap-2 mb-1">
+              <Link href="/" className="hover:text-gold-deep">בית</Link>
+              <span aria-hidden>·</span>
+              <Link
+                href={`/cases/${caseNumber}`}
+                className="hover:text-gold-deep"
+              >
+                ערר {caseNumber}
+              </Link>
+              <span aria-hidden>·</span>
+              <span className="text-navy">עורך החלטה</span>
+            </nav>
+            <h1 className="text-navy mb-0">ניתוח משפטי וכתיבת עמדה</h1>
+            {caseQuery.data?.title && (
+              <p className="text-ink-muted text-sm mt-1 max-w-2xl">
+                {caseQuery.data.title}
+              </p>
+            )}
+          </div>
+          <Button asChild variant="outline">
+            <Link href={`/cases/${caseNumber}`}>חזרה לתיק</Link>
+          </Button>
+        </div>
+
+        <div className="h-[2px] bg-gradient-to-l from-transparent via-gold to-transparent" />
+
+        {analysis.isPending ? (
+          <Card className="bg-surface border-rule shadow-sm">
+            <CardContent className="px-6 py-5 space-y-3">
+              <Skeleton className="h-6 w-48" />
+              <Skeleton className="h-4 w-96" />
+              <Skeleton className="h-4 w-80" />
+              <Skeleton className="h-32 w-full" />
+            </CardContent>
+          </Card>
+        ) : isNotFound ? (
+          <Card className="bg-surface border-rule shadow-sm">
+            <CardContent className="px-6 py-12 text-center space-y-3">
+              <div className="text-gold text-3xl" aria-hidden>❦</div>
+              <h2 className="text-navy text-lg mb-0">
+                טרם בוצע ניתוח משפטי לתיק זה
+              </h2>
+              <p className="text-ink-muted text-sm max-w-md mx-auto">
+                לאחר שקובץ <code>analysis-and-research.md</code> ייווצר, תוכלי
+                לערוך כאן את עמדת הוועדה לכל טענת סף וסוגיה.
+              </p>
+            </CardContent>
+          </Card>
+        ) : analysis.error ? (
+          <Card className="bg-danger-bg border-danger/40">
+            <CardContent className="px-6 py-5 text-center">
+              <p className="text-danger">{analysis.error.message}</p>
+            </CardContent>
+          </Card>
+        ) : analysis.data ? (
+          <div className="grid gap-6 lg:grid-cols-[1fr_320px]">
+            {/* Main editable column */}
+            <div className="space-y-6">
+              {/* Threshold claims */}
+              {analysis.data.threshold_claims &&
+                analysis.data.threshold_claims.length > 0 && (
+                  <div className="space-y-3">
+                    <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                      <h2 className="text-navy text-xl mb-0">טענות סף</h2>
+                      <span className="text-[0.72rem] rounded-full bg-gold-wash text-gold-deep px-2 py-0.5 border border-gold/40 tabular-nums">
+                        {analysis.data.threshold_claims.length}
+                      </span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div className="space-y-3">
+                      {analysis.data.threshold_claims.map((tc, i) => (
+                        <SubsectionCard
+                          key={tc.id}
+                          caseNumber={caseNumber}
+                          item={tc}
+                          defaultOpen={i === 0}
+                        />
+                      ))}
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                )}
+
+              {/* Issues */}
+              {analysis.data.issues && analysis.data.issues.length > 0 && (
+                <div className="space-y-3">
+                  <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                    <h2 className="text-navy text-xl mb-0">סוגיות להכרעה</h2>
+                    <span className="text-[0.72rem] rounded-full bg-gold-wash text-gold-deep px-2 py-0.5 border border-gold/40 tabular-nums">
+                      {analysis.data.issues.length}
+                    </span>
+                  </div>
+                  <div className="space-y-3">
+                    {analysis.data.issues.map((iss) => (
+                      <SubsectionCard
+                        key={iss.id}
+                        caseNumber={caseNumber}
+                        item={iss}
+                      />
+                    ))}
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              )}
+
+              {(!analysis.data.threshold_claims?.length &&
+                !analysis.data.issues?.length) && (
+                <Card className="bg-surface border-rule">
+                  <CardContent className="px-6 py-10 text-center text-ink-muted">
+                    לא נמצאו טענות סף או סוגיות בניתוח זה.
+                  </CardContent>
+                </Card>
+              )}
+            </div>
+
+            {/* Side column: background prose + conclusions */}
+            <aside className="space-y-5">
+              <Card className="bg-surface border-rule shadow-sm">
+                <CardContent className="px-5 py-4 space-y-5">
+                  <h2 className="text-navy text-base mb-0">רקע לניתוח</h2>
+                  <ProseSection
+                    title="צד מיוצג"
+                    content={analysis.data.represented_party}
+                  />
+                  <ProseSection
+                    title="רקע דיוני"
+                    content={analysis.data.procedural_background}
+                  />
+                  <ProseSection
+                    title="עובדות מוסכמות"
+                    content={analysis.data.agreed_facts}
+                  />
+                  <ProseSection
+                    title="עובדות במחלוקת"
+                    content={analysis.data.disputed_facts}
+                  />
+                </CardContent>
+              </Card>
+
+              {analysis.data.conclusions?.trim() && (
+                <Card className="bg-gold-wash border-gold/40 shadow-sm">
+                  <CardContent className="px-5 py-4 space-y-2">
+                    <h2 className="text-gold-deep text-base mb-0">מסקנות</h2>
+                    <p className="text-sm text-ink leading-relaxed whitespace-pre-line prose">
+                      {analysis.data.conclusions.trim()}
+                    </p>
+                  </CardContent>
+                </Card>
+              )}
+            </aside>
+          </div>
+        ) : null}
+      </section>
+    </AppShell>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/web-ui/src/components/compose/chair-editor.tsx b/web-ui/src/components/compose/chair-editor.tsx
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+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useSaveChairPosition } from "@/lib/api/research";
+
+/*
+ * Chair-position editor for a single threshold claim or issue.
+ *
+ * Autosaves on blur, with an optimistic in-memory "last saved" value so the
+ * user sees immediate feedback. No debounced per-keystroke save — the user
+ * writes in long paragraphs and the backend writes to a file, so per-blur
+ * is the right granularity (matches the vanilla UI's behavior).
+ */
+
+type SaveState =
+  | { kind: "idle" }
+  | { kind: "saving" }
+  | { kind: "saved"; at: Date }
+  | { kind: "error"; message: string };
+
+export function ChairEditor({
+  caseNumber,
+  sectionId,
+  initialValue,
+}: {
+  caseNumber: string;
+  sectionId: string;
+  initialValue: string;
+}) {
+  const [value, setValue] = useState(initialValue);
+  const [state, setState] = useState<SaveState>({ kind: "idle" });
+  const lastSaved = useRef(initialValue);
+  const mutate = useSaveChairPosition(caseNumber);
+
+  /* Reset when the upstream analysis refetches (e.g. after initial load) */
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setValue(initialValue);
+    lastSaved.current = initialValue;
+  }, [initialValue]);
+
+  const save = async () => {
+    const trimmed = value.trim();
+    if (trimmed === lastSaved.current.trim()) return;
+    setState({ kind: "saving" });
+    try {
+      await mutate.mutateAsync({ sectionId, position: trimmed });
+      lastSaved.current = trimmed;
+      setState({ kind: "saved", at: new Date() });
+    } catch (e) {
+      setState({
+        kind: "error",
+        message: e instanceof Error ? e.message : "שגיאה בשמירה",
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-2">
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+        <span className="text-[0.78rem] font-semibold text-navy">
+          עמדת ועדת הערר
+        </span>
+        <SaveIndicator state={state} />
+      </div>
+      <textarea
+        value={value}
+        onChange={(e) => setValue(e.target.value)}
+        onBlur={save}
+        rows={6}
+        dir="rtl"
+        placeholder="כתבי כאן את עמדתך לגבי סוגיה זו. הטקסט נשמר אוטומטית כשעוזבת את השדה."
+        className="
+          w-full resize-y rounded border border-rule bg-parchment
+          px-3 py-2 text-sm leading-relaxed text-ink
+          shadow-inner focus:border-gold focus:outline-none
+          focus:ring-2 focus:ring-gold/30
+        "
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function SaveIndicator({ state }: { state: SaveState }) {
+  if (state.kind === "idle") return null;
+  if (state.kind === "saving") {
+    return <span className="text-[0.72rem] text-ink-muted">⏳ שומר…</span>;
+  }
+  if (state.kind === "saved") {
+    const time = state.at.toLocaleTimeString("he-IL", {
+      hour: "2-digit",
+      minute: "2-digit",
+    });
+    return <span className="text-[0.72rem] text-success">✓ נשמר {time}</span>;
+  }
+  return <span className="text-[0.72rem] text-danger">⚠ {state.message}</span>;
+}
diff --git a/web-ui/src/components/compose/subsection-card.tsx b/web-ui/src/components/compose/subsection-card.tsx
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+"use client";
+
+import { useState } from "react";
+import { ChevronDown } from "lucide-react";
+import { ChairEditor } from "@/components/compose/chair-editor";
+import type { ResearchSubsection } from "@/lib/api/research";
+
+export function SubsectionCard({
+  caseNumber,
+  item,
+  defaultOpen = false,
+}: {
+  caseNumber: string;
+  item: ResearchSubsection;
+  defaultOpen?: boolean;
+}) {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(defaultOpen);
+  const isFilled = Boolean(item.chair_position?.trim());
+
+  return (
+    <article className="rounded-lg border border-rule bg-surface shadow-sm overflow-hidden">
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={() => setOpen((o) => !o)}
+        className="
+          w-full flex items-center gap-3 px-4 py-3 text-right
+          hover:bg-gold-wash/30 transition-colors
+          focus:outline-none focus-visible:bg-gold-wash/40
+        "
+        aria-expanded={open}
+      >
+        <span
+          className="
+            inline-flex items-center justify-center shrink-0
+            w-7 h-7 rounded-full
+            bg-navy text-parchment font-display font-bold text-sm
+            tabular-nums
+          "
+        >
+          {item.number}
+        </span>
+        <span className="flex-1 text-navy font-semibold text-base leading-snug">
+          {item.title}
+        </span>
+        <span
+          className={`
+            text-[0.72rem] rounded-full px-2.5 py-0.5 border shrink-0
+            ${
+              isFilled
+                ? "bg-success-bg text-success border-success/40"
+                : "bg-rule-soft text-ink-muted border-rule"
+            }
+          `}
+        >
+          {isFilled ? "✓ עמדה נקבעה" : "ממתין לעמדה"}
+        </span>
+        <ChevronDown
+          className={`w-4 h-4 text-ink-muted transition-transform ${open ? "rotate-180" : ""}`}
+          aria-hidden
+        />
+      </button>
+
+      {open && (
+        <div className="border-t border-rule px-5 py-4 space-y-4 bg-parchment/40">
+          {item.fields.length > 0 && (
+            <dl className="space-y-3">
+              {item.fields.map((f, i) => (
+                <div key={i}>
+                  <dt className="text-[0.72rem] uppercase tracking-wider text-gold-deep font-semibold mb-1">
+                    {f.label}
+                  </dt>
+                  <dd className="text-sm text-ink-soft leading-relaxed whitespace-pre-line">
+                    {f.content}
+                  </dd>
+                </div>
+              ))}
+            </dl>
+          )}
+          <ChairEditor
+            caseNumber={caseNumber}
+            sectionId={item.id}
+            initialValue={item.chair_position ?? ""}
+          />
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </article>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/web-ui/src/lib/api/research.ts b/web-ui/src/lib/api/research.ts
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+/**
+ * Research analysis hooks — reads and mutates the
+ * `analysis-and-research.md` file that backs each case's compose screen.
+ *
+ * Schema mirrors research_md.parse() in the FastAPI backend. Kept as
+ * hand-typed interfaces because the endpoint does not declare a
+ * response_model in the OpenAPI schema.
+ */
+
+import { useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { apiRequest } from "./client";
+
+export type ResearchField = {
+  label: string;
+  content: string;
+};
+
+export type ResearchSubsection = {
+  id: string; // e.g. "threshold_1" or "issue_3"
+  number: string;
+  title: string;
+  fields: ResearchField[];
+  chair_position?: string;
+};
+
+export type ResearchAnalysis = {
+  header?: {
+    date?: string;
+    modified_at?: string;
+    [k: string]: unknown;
+  };
+  represented_party?: string;
+  procedural_background?: string;
+  agreed_facts?: string;
+  disputed_facts?: string;
+  threshold_claims?: ResearchSubsection[];
+  issues?: ResearchSubsection[];
+  conclusions?: string;
+  other_sections?: Array<{ title: string; body: string }>;
+};
+
+export const researchKeys = {
+  all: ["research"] as const,
+  analysis: (caseNumber: string) =>
+    [...researchKeys.all, "analysis", caseNumber] as const,
+};
+
+export function useResearchAnalysis(caseNumber: string | undefined) {
+  return useQuery({
+    queryKey: researchKeys.analysis(caseNumber ?? ""),
+    queryFn: ({ signal }) =>
+      apiRequest<ResearchAnalysis>(
+        `/api/cases/${caseNumber}/research/analysis`,
+        { signal },
+      ),
+    enabled: Boolean(caseNumber),
+    /* No polling — the user is editing; refetching would clobber focus */
+    staleTime: 60_000,
+  });
+}
+
+export function useSaveChairPosition(caseNumber: string | undefined) {
+  const qc = useQueryClient();
+  return useMutation({
+    mutationFn: async (vars: { sectionId: string; position: string }) =>
+      apiRequest<unknown>(
+        `/api/cases/${caseNumber}/research/analysis/chair-position`,
+        {
+          method: "PATCH",
+          body: { section_id: vars.sectionId, position: vars.position },
+        },
+      ),
+    onSuccess: (_res, vars) => {
+      /* Locally patch the cached analysis so other consumers stay in sync
+         without an immediate refetch that would steal focus from the editor. */
+      qc.setQueryData<ResearchAnalysis | undefined>(
+        researchKeys.analysis(caseNumber ?? ""),
+        (prev) => {
+          if (!prev) return prev;
+          const patch = (arr?: ResearchSubsection[]) =>
+            arr?.map((s) =>
+              s.id === vars.sectionId
+                ? { ...s, chair_position: vars.position }
+                : s,
+            );
+          return {
+            ...prev,
+            threshold_claims: patch(prev.threshold_claims),
+            issues: patch(prev.issues),
+          };
+        },
+      );
+    },
+  });
+}