In beta for barristers

Brassroll's Exc.

Practice management for barristers: fees, matters, diary and deadlines in one place, kept encrypted on your own computer and working without a connection.

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A beta for small-firm solicitors is coming soon.

Today, a matter, its fee notes, the diary and finance (a fictional practice)

What it does today

  • Fees and fee notesRecord time and fees with timers, issue fee notes as tax invoices, apply receipts and keep a double-entry ledger with aged debtors.
  • Matters and contactsMatters with firms, solicitors and clients, file notes, documents and a history of everything on the matter.
  • Diary and deadlinesBookings for each day, and deadlines worked out from a date, with the working shown.
  • CPDActivities by strand and progress through the CPD year.
  • ImportBring matters, invoices and unbilled time across from BarBooks exports.
  • More than one computerKeep a clerk's computer in step by USB drive or a shared folder, encrypted and signed.

Exc. runs on Windows desktops and tablets. More features are being added during the beta.

A closer look

The matters list with firms, instructing solicitors, unbilled work and amounts owing
Every matter, with what is unbilled and owing
A matter's overview with unbilled, billed, received and owing totals
A matter at a glance
The diary with the coming fortnight's hearings and a preparation checklist for each
The diary, with preparation for each hearing
Finance: unbilled work, amounts owed and overdue, and aged debtors
Finance: unbilled work, debtors and receipts

Screens show a fictional practice.

Confidential by design

Everything is kept in an encrypted vault on your own computer, locked with your password or Windows Hello, and every change is recorded in a tamper-evident log. Nothing is sent to us. Encrypted backups go where you choose.

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