Exhibit 5

                                   May 3, 2000

Capita Research Group, Inc.
591 Skippack Pike
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania  19422

Dear Sirs:

                  We have acted as counsel for Capita  Research  Group,  Inc., a
Nevada  corporation  (the  "Company"),   in  connection  with  the  registration
statement on Form SB-2 (the "Registration  Statement"),  filed by the Company on
this date  under  the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,  with  respect  to
5,380,000  shares (the "Shares") of common stock,  $.001 par value per share, of
the  Company  held by the Selling  Security  Holders  named in the  Registration
Statement.

                  In  connection  with  the  Registration   Statement,  we  have
examined such records and documents and such  questions of law as we have deemed
necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.  On the basis of such
examination,  we advise you that in our  opinion  the Shares  have been duly and
validly  authorized and issued and are fully paid and  non-assessable  (or, when
issued in accordance with the warrants and note  referenced in the  Registration
Statement, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable).

                  We hereby  consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit
to the  Registration  Statement  and to the  reference  to us under the  caption
"Legal  Matters"  in the  prospectus  constituting  a part  of the  Registration
Statement.

                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     /s/Torys
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                                                     Torys