More UK Lawyers Are Realising The Importance Of Matter Management Software

More and more UK lawyers are beginning to realise the importance of matter management software. In a nutshell, matter management software will save you a considerable amount of time, and by doing so will enable you to increase your profitability. As such, perhaps the only surprising thing is that not all firms are using it yet. It has actually been around for a very long time, with one company having begun to develop it over 30 years ago. Today it has evolved to the point where it is very sophisticated and can perform a number of different functions.

Legal software can be installed and used on premise or it can be accessed on the cloud. The latter is becoming far more popular for the simple reason that it can be accessed from anywhere that there is an internet connection. No longer do you have to sit in court twiddling your thumbs because the present case is taking far longer than expected: you can log in on your laptop or tablet – or even your mobile phone – and be working on another case and registering time instead. That of itself should be enough to cover the cost of using the software many times over.            
                  
Matter management software can allow emails, documents, and letters to be assembled against a case quickly and easily. Everything can then be automatically costed and accounted for. This means that the system can allow the users to maintain a complete electronic file which includes every document on the case such as emails sent and received, scanned letters, Excel spreadsheets, or anything else. A case could contain fifty documents or it could contain thousands. You can click and dictate emails, letters, or other instructions for transcription. 

The software can undertake automatic billing too. You can enter your time against the case and the software will calculate the appropriate fees and add them to the relevant claim form which will then post the bills to the account.

If you have not yet realised the enormous possibilities of legal software, then it is well worthwhile taking a look at what is available.

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