diff --git a/web-ui/src/components/missing-precedents/missing-precedent-detail-drawer.tsx b/web-ui/src/components/missing-precedents/missing-precedent-detail-drawer.tsx
index ac16276..9223119 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/components/missing-precedents/missing-precedent-detail-drawer.tsx
+++ b/web-ui/src/components/missing-precedents/missing-precedent-detail-drawer.tsx
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ import {
   useMissingPrecedent,
   useUpdateMissingPrecedent,
   useUploadMissingPrecedent,
-  CITED_BY_PARTY_LABELS,
   STATUS_LABELS,
-  type CitedByParty,
-  type MissingPrecedentStatus,
   type MissingPrecedentPatch,
 } from "@/lib/api/missing-precedents";
 import {
@@ -47,14 +44,13 @@ export function MissingPrecedentDetailDrawer({ id, onOpenChange }: Props) {
   const update = useUpdateMissingPrecedent();
   const upload = useUploadMissingPrecedent();
 
-  // Edit form for metadata.
-  const [legalTopic, setLegalTopic] = useState("");
-  const [legalIssue, setLegalIssue] = useState("");
-  const [cityParty, setCitedByParty] = useState<CitedByParty>("unknown");
-  const [citedByPartyName, setCitedByPartyName] = useState("");
-  const [caseName, setCaseName] = useState("");
+  // The only chair-editable field on the missing-precedent is `notes` —
+  // free-text. Everything else (citation, who-cited-whom, status) is set
+  // when the row was detected, and updates automatically when the file
+  // is uploaded. The metadata of the *uploaded* precedent (case_name,
+  // chair, district, …) is auto-extracted by the LLM and lives on the
+  // case_law row, not here.
   const [notes, setNotes] = useState("");
-  const [status, setStatus] = useState<MissingPrecedentStatus>("open");
 
   // Upload form fields.
   const [file, setFile] = useState<File | null>(null);
@@ -72,13 +68,7 @@ export function MissingPrecedentDetailDrawer({ id, onOpenChange }: Props) {
   const [syncedId, setSyncedId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   if (mp && mp.id !== syncedId) {
     setSyncedId(mp.id);
-    setLegalTopic(mp.legal_topic ?? "");
-    setLegalIssue(mp.legal_issue ?? "");
-    setCitedByParty(mp.cited_by_party ?? "unknown");
-    setCitedByPartyName(mp.cited_by_party_name ?? "");
-    setCaseName(mp.case_name ?? "");
     setNotes(mp.notes ?? "");
-    setStatus(mp.status);
   }
 
   // Reset on close. The cascading-render warning is the intended side
@@ -93,22 +83,14 @@ export function MissingPrecedentDetailDrawer({ id, onOpenChange }: Props) {
     setDistrict(""); setCommitteeCaseNumber(""); setSummary("");
   }, [open]);
 
-  const handleSaveMetadata = async () => {
+  const handleSaveNotes = async () => {
     if (!mp) return;
-    const patch: MissingPrecedentPatch = {
-      legal_topic: legalTopic,
-      legal_issue: legalIssue,
-      cited_by_party: cityParty,
-      cited_by_party_name: citedByPartyName,
-      case_name: caseName,
-      notes,
-      status,
-    };
+    const patch: MissingPrecedentPatch = { notes };
     try {
       await update.mutateAsync({ id: mp.id, patch });
-      toast.success("הרשומה עודכנה");
+      toast.success("הערות נשמרו");
     } catch (e) {
-      toast.error("העדכון נכשל");
+      toast.error("שמירה נכשלה");
       console.error(e);
     }
   };
@@ -128,7 +110,6 @@ export function MissingPrecedentDetailDrawer({ id, onOpenChange }: Props) {
         case_number: isCommittee ? committeeCaseNumber || undefined : undefined,
         chair_name: isCommittee ? chairName || undefined : undefined,
         district: isCommittee ? district || undefined : undefined,
-        case_name: caseName || undefined,
         court: court || undefined,
         decision_date: decisionDate || undefined,
         practice_area: practiceArea || undefined,
@@ -216,110 +197,29 @@ export function MissingPrecedentDetailDrawer({ id, onOpenChange }: Props) {
               </section>
             ) : null}
 
-            {/* ── Editable metadata ── */}
-            <section className="space-y-3">
-              <h3 className="text-sm font-semibold text-navy">מטא־דאטה</h3>
-
-              <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3">
-                <div>
-                  <Label htmlFor="legal_topic">נושא משפטי</Label>
-                  <Input
-                    id="legal_topic"
-                    value={legalTopic}
-                    onChange={(e) => setLegalTopic(e.target.value)}
-                    placeholder="זכות עמידה"
-                    dir="rtl"
-                  />
-                </div>
-                <div>
-                  <Label htmlFor="case_name">שם פסיקה</Label>
-                  <Input
-                    id="case_name"
-                    value={caseName}
-                    onChange={(e) => setCaseName(e.target.value)}
-                    placeholder="אנטרים"
-                    dir="rtl"
-                  />
-                </div>
-              </div>
-
-              <div>
-                <Label htmlFor="legal_issue">שאלה משפטית</Label>
-                <Textarea
-                  id="legal_issue"
-                  value={legalIssue}
-                  onChange={(e) => setLegalIssue(e.target.value)}
-                  rows={2}
-                  dir="rtl"
-                />
-              </div>
-
-              <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3">
-                <div>
-                  <Label htmlFor="cited_by_party">צד מצטט</Label>
-                  <Select
-                    value={cityParty}
-                    onValueChange={(v) => setCitedByParty(v as CitedByParty)}
-                  >
-                    <SelectTrigger>
-                      <SelectValue />
-                    </SelectTrigger>
-                    <SelectContent>
-                      {(Object.entries(CITED_BY_PARTY_LABELS) as [CitedByParty, string][]).map(
-                        ([v, label]) => (
-                          <SelectItem key={v} value={v}>{label}</SelectItem>
-                        ),
-                      )}
-                    </SelectContent>
-                  </Select>
-                </div>
-                <div>
-                  <Label htmlFor="cited_by_party_name">שם צד</Label>
-                  <Input
-                    id="cited_by_party_name"
-                    value={citedByPartyName}
-                    onChange={(e) => setCitedByPartyName(e.target.value)}
-                    placeholder="לינדאב בע״מ"
-                    dir="rtl"
-                  />
-                </div>
-              </div>
-
-              <div>
-                <Label htmlFor="status">סטטוס</Label>
-                <Select
-                  value={status}
-                  onValueChange={(v) => setStatus(v as MissingPrecedentStatus)}
-                >
-                  <SelectTrigger>
-                    <SelectValue />
-                  </SelectTrigger>
-                  <SelectContent>
-                    {(Object.entries(STATUS_LABELS) as [
-                      MissingPrecedentStatus,
-                      string,
-                    ][]).map(([v, label]) => (
-                      <SelectItem key={v} value={v}>{label}</SelectItem>
-                    ))}
-                  </SelectContent>
-                </Select>
-              </div>
-
-              <div>
-                <Label htmlFor="notes">הערות</Label>
-                <Textarea
-                  id="notes"
-                  value={notes}
-                  onChange={(e) => setNotes(e.target.value)}
-                  rows={2}
-                  dir="rtl"
-                />
-              </div>
-
+            {/* ── Notes (only chair-editable field; everything else is
+                auto-detected or auto-extracted from the file). ── */}
+            <section className="space-y-2">
+              <Label htmlFor="notes" className="text-sm font-semibold text-navy">
+                הערות
+              </Label>
+              <p className="text-[0.72rem] text-ink-muted leading-relaxed">
+                שדה חופשי — לדוגמה: מי מצטט (הוועדה / העורר / המשיב) ובאיזה הקשר.
+                שאר השדות (שם, ערכאה, יו״ר, מחוז, תאריך, תת־סוג, תקציר) יחולצו
+                אוטומטית מהקובץ בעת ההעלאה.
+              </p>
+              <Textarea
+                id="notes"
+                value={notes}
+                onChange={(e) => setNotes(e.target.value)}
+                rows={3}
+                dir="rtl"
+              />
               <Button
-                onClick={handleSaveMetadata}
+                onClick={handleSaveNotes}
                 disabled={update.isPending}
                 variant="outline"
+                size="sm"
                 className="border-rule"
               >
                 {update.isPending ? (
@@ -327,7 +227,7 @@ export function MissingPrecedentDetailDrawer({ id, onOpenChange }: Props) {
                 ) : (
                   <Save className="w-4 h-4 me-1" />
                 )}
-                שמור פרטים
+                שמור הערות
               </Button>
             </section>