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Legal and accounting · Software for law firms

Keep hearing dates, matter files, client updates and fee notes in one system.

Law firms run on a case diary, the clerk’s notes from the daily hearing list, paper files in cabinets and client updates on WhatsApp, so hearing dates and limitation periods slip. A matter and hearing system is built around the way your chamber already works, with fee notes raised from the work recorded in it. The diary stops being one person’s property.

At a glance

A litigation chamber, a property practice and a firm doing agreements and title reports all work by dates: the next hearing, the limitation period, the registration appointment on Thursday.

Those dates sit in a diary that one or two people really understand, and everyone else has to ask them.

How the work runs today

A client arrives with a dispute, a purchase or a notice. Instructions are taken, the power of attorney is signed, and a file is opened with a number on the cover. Drafts then move between juniors on email and WhatsApp, and the latest version is whichever one was opened last.

Each evening the clerk checks the next day’s hearing list, and next morning he is in court. He notes the outcome, writes the next date into the diary and tells whoever asks. Juniors keep their own matters in their heads.

Property work runs differently: title documents, encumbrance searches, tax receipts, and a title report for the bank, then a wait for fees. Somebody types the fee note in Word, and payments are ticked in a register.

Where it breaks

What goes wrong for law firms without a proper system.

Hearing dates live in one diary

The clerk is on leave, or the diary has gone to court with him, and nobody in the office can say what is listed tomorrow. Work stops.

Clients call to ask what happened

The matter is adjourned at 11.15, nobody tells the client, and he hears it from the other side by evening. The call is uncomfortable.

Files and documents are hard to find

A copy of the sale deed sits in a filing cabinet, the latest draft in a junior’s email, and the client’s photographs in a chat from March. Nothing is together.

Fees are not billed for work done

Appearances and drafting go unbilled because nothing links the work to a fee note. Nobody can say what a matter earned.

What the software does

What we would build for law firms.

Named the way your team already talks about the work. We start with whichever part the audit shows is costing you most.

Case diary by court and date

Record each matter with court hall, case number, stage and next date. The clerk enters the adjournment and its reason from the corridor, on his phone.

Daily board for advocates

Show tomorrow’s listed matters by court hall and advocate, from the dates your team records, so nobody learns of a listing at breakfast.

Client update messages

Prepare the outcome and the next date as a WhatsApp or email update once the clerk records them. Someone in the office checks it and sends it.

Matter file

Hold the power of attorney, pleadings, filed copies, orders, drafts and client papers per matter, open only to the team on it. One matter, one place.

Limitation and conflict checks

Flag limitation and filing dates well before they fall. Search parties and opposite parties before a new matter is accepted.

Title report tracker

List property matters by bank, with stages set for title work and the encumbrance search, tax receipts and parent deeds attached as they arrive.

Fee notes and receipts

Bill by appearance, time entry or retainer, raise fee notes from the matter itself, and show unbilled work and outstanding amounts by client. There is no accounting-package connection as standard. An export can be added once your accountant agrees the ledger names, as separately priced work.

Before you talk to a supplier

A requirements checklist for law firms.

What to cover, which reports to ask for and what to put to every vendor, ready to print or save as a PDF.

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Ready product

A product already built for law firms.

It is adapted to how your business works before it goes live, and anything your trade needs that it lacks is added then.

Law Firm Case Management Software

Matters, hearing dates and adjournments, drafts and filed copies, court fees, time and billing, and client updates for lawyers and law firms.

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Solutions inside

The business modules law firms use most.

Each one is also available on its own, or inside a system built for you.

AI by department

Where AI can help law firms.

Each one reads records you already keep, and a person approves every decision.

Daily hearing board checks

A clash on the board is easy to miss. The assistant reads the case diary and flags matters where the next date, court hall or advocate looks clashing or missing before tomorrow’s board is shared. The senior clerk resolves each flag, and the tool is decision support for staff only.

Client update drafts after each hearing

Clients should hear the outcome from the firm first. Once the clerk records an order and the next date, the assistant drafts a short update in plain words from the matter file. An advocate reads and approves it before it goes out, and nothing in it is legal advice.

Conflict and filing date flags

Some risks hide in old files. The assistant compares party names in a new enquiry with past matters and lists possible overlaps, and it highlights filing dates approaching on open files. A partner reviews every flag, and access stays limited to the team on that matter.

Unbilled work summaries for fee notes

Work gets done and never billed. The assistant reads appearances, drafting entries and retainers against each matter and suggests which fee notes look due, with the work listed. The accounts partner decides what is billed, and its drafts support staff decisions without giving legal advice.

Connections

Tools law firms often connect.

How it works

How the work runs from Bengaluru for your city.

  1. 1

    The audit, by call

    A screen-share and a look at the sheets, accounting reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.

  2. 2

    A written proposal

    Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.

  3. 3

    Build in short rounds

    Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.

  4. 4

    Go-live, in person when it helps

    For data migration and training we can come to your city. Travel is agreed in advance.

  5. 5

    Support online

    Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.

Common questions

Questions law firms ask before they call.

Does it pull hearing dates from the court’s online portal?

No. The clerk’s entry after the hearing stays the record, because the portal lags behind and often misses the day’s adjournment. Dates can be pushed to the chamber’s Google Calendar instead.

Can we e-file, or look up judgments and citations from it?

Neither. Nothing is filed from here; what you file is recorded and the stamped copy attached. Case law is a library subscription, and this is not one.

Who in the firm can see a matter?

Only the advocates, juniors and staff on it, plus the partners you name. Access can be narrowed to one advocate where a conflict needs it.

Should a small chamber buy ready legal software?

Not if a ready practice app already covers your courts and your billing. Custom work suits a firm that wants a client portal, or a property practice sitting in the same system as the litigation.

How is a chamber’s case system priced?

Advocates and clerks using the diary, the courts covered, and whether client updates, conflict checks, title report tracking and fee notes are in the initial build set the scope. A messaging link adds work. Each part is quoted on its own line.

What should a law chamber prepare before we start?

Hand over the case diary, a sample matter file index, hearing lists for recent weeks, a title report tracker and a fee note. Name a senior advocate, a clerk and a junior who can review screens. Client privacy stays with you.

If the chamber stops using it, who holds matter data?

The chamber does, along with the software. Diaries, matters, fee notes and receipts leave as ordinary documents and sheets on request. Its developers support it, with hosting by GullySystem unless you ask otherwise.

What happens after I share my requirements?

An engineer reads what you send and replies within one business day. We then look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough. You get a short written summary ordered by priority, with no obligation to hire us afterwards.

How much will the software cost?

We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. That first review settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.

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Part of a wider group.

Talk to us

Tell us how your business runs today.

A few lines on your spreadsheets, software and WhatsApp groups is enough. We reply the same working day.

What happens after you share your requirements

  1. A senior engineer reads your answers. Nobody phones first.
  2. Within one business day you get a written note: what we understood, what we would start with, and the questions we still have.
  3. If it fits, a proposal follows with the order of work, what we need from you and what you receive at each step.
  4. No call is booked and nothing is paid until you have read the note. Your details stay with us.

Start with your requirements

Seven short steps that tell us what you need. A senior engineer reads them before anyone gets in touch.

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