Litigation
Cases from filing to judgment. Hearings, proceedings and cause lists, with the judge and court on every matter.
- Cause lists & hearing dates
- Proceedings history
- Judges & courts
- Case outcomes
Practice management, unified
Litigation, intellectual property and corporate work — the matters, the people, the diary and the money — managed in a single place, built for the way legal practices actually run.
No card. A full workspace, already furnished, and an activation link in your inbox.
- 12
- connected modules
- 3
- practice areas
- ∞
- offices & departments
- 5
- day free trial
One platform
Every office. Every matter.
One source of truth.
Without it
- The next hearing date lives in a diary only one person updates.
- Fees and expenses sit in a spreadsheet the accounts clerk owns.
- A client rings to ask where their matter stands, and three people get asked before anyone can answer.
- Two offices keep two versions of the same case, and both think theirs is current.
With CourtsMate
- Hearings sit on the matter, and reminders go out before each date.
- Fees, expenses, invoices and retainers resolve into one ledger per client.
- The client opens a portal and sees their own matters — and can reply straight from their inbox.
- Offices, departments and roles are part of the model, so everyone reads the same record.
Three practices, one system
Each discipline works
the way it really works
Each discipline works the way it actually works, rather than being bent into a generic “matter”.
Intellectual Property
Trade mark and design applications tracked through every stage, with the classes each filing covers.
- Applications & official numbers
- Nice classification
- IP proceedings & stages
- Filing status
Corporate
Advisory and transactional work as projects, with assignments distributed across the team.
- Projects by client
- Assignments
- Team allocation
- Progress tracking
Around every matter
The work a case generates
The work a case generates — people, correspondence, money — handled in the same place as the case itself.
Tasks & assignments
Work assigned across departments, with followers, due dates and private tasks where discretion matters.
Communications
Threaded conversations against a matter, with email flowing in and out and mentions that notify.
Fees & expenses
Professional fees, expenses, invoices, prepayments and retainers, resolved into a ledger per client.
Client portal
Contacts get their own login and see only the matters they are attached to. Access is granted deliberately.
Statistics
Org-wide dashboards across every office and department, or scoped to the one you are standing in.
Notifications
Browser and mobile push for hearings, proceedings, mentions and assignments, so nothing is missed.
Offices & access
Built for firms with more than one office
Offices, departments and roles are part of the model, so people see the work that belongs to them and nothing else.
- Offices
- Separate practices, one organisation
- Departments
- Scoped access per discipline
- Roles
- Admin, authorized, restricted, client
- Search
- Across cases, clients and documents
One search across cases, clients and documents.
Everything in one place
What the practice gets
Twelve connected modules, grouped by the job they do. From the first filing to the final invoice they share the same clients, people and matters — open any one to see what it does.
Filter
The diary, the file, the people and the work that follows from each hearing.
Not a flat list: cases sit under the date they are fixed for, the way a court diary reads, with the last order’s stage, the judge, the next date and the counsel on it.
What it gives you
- Hearings grouped by date, with a count per day
- Filters by forum — district, high court, supreme
- A printable cause list for any range
What you do on it
- Set a date range and save the cause list as a PDF
- Filter to one court before you leave for it
- Open a case to its full file
One matter’s complete record: the parties, the court, who acts for whom, and a proceeding-by-proceeding timeline carrying each order’s text, its stage and the next date.
What it gives you
- The proceedings timeline with order narratives
- Assignees, followers and the filing date
- Attachments and an activity log
What you do on it
- Record a hearing the day it happens
- Email or copy an order straight to the client
- Add a colleague as a follower so they are kept posted
Appointments with clients and colleagues — online or in a room — carrying the agenda, the attendees, the reminders and the minutes taken on the day.
What it gives you
- Card and calendar views
- Several reminders per meeting, each firing once
- Approve or deny straight from the invitation email
What you do on it
- Book with the client’s own people, not just your own
- Take notes during the meeting and keep them open while you work
- Email a report afterwards
The firm’s work as a board. Each card carries its priority, its owner and a due date that turns red the day it slips.
What it gives you
- Four columns and a count on each
- Filters by person, client, office and priority
- A timer on any task, with who ran it and when
What you do on it
- Move a card as the work moves
- Start a clock — anyone on the task can, and the record says who
- Import a backlog in bulk
See how it works
From opening a matter to billing it
- Open the matterA case, an IP application or a corporate project — client, court, type and team on one form.
- Record proceedings and workLog each hearing's order and its next date, and spin off the tasks that follow from it.
- Keep the conversation with the matterTeam and client threads attached to the case, with owners, assignees and followers.
- Bill it, then read it backRaise fee, retainer or expense invoices, follow what is owed, and see the period in Statistics.
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