Matter Management System

Lawyers typically spend between 30 and 60% of the working day shuffling paper, retrieving files, making notes, exchanging routine correspondence and emails, plus telephone conversations with clients and internal staff.

Prescient+ Legal Matter Management can reduce time wasting activities and speed up the delivery process.

Key Features of Prescient+ Legal Matter Management

One central location for all information relating to a particular matter
Diary and event management for key dates and deadlines
Integrated email management with drafts, authorisation and supervision facilities
Integrated Document Management with full text search of all documents
Efficient document assembly with templates, precedents, and multi party tools
Customised inception tools to assist with Risk Management and Compliance
Time recording both ad hoc and automated
Powerful reporting tools

Prescient+ Legal Matter Management presents the fee earner with a complete electronic file that includes a customised bespoke ‘Home’ screen displaying a detailed summary of the current case.

Users are able to produce standard emails, letters and documents with the relevant data automatically inserted. Multiple document builds involving multiple parties is also available.

Seamless integration with Outlook enables the user to respond and process emails from within Prescient+ , with configurable access to both your own and your colleagues' Inboxes.

Incoming emails, documents, images and web pages can be dragged and dropped onto matters automatically creating a record of the event in the Document Register.

Emails are managed using drafts, authorisation and supervision facilities with auto copying of emails available for Risk management and Compliance purposes.

Fig.1. Sending an email (Click on the image above to enlarge)

Outlook Calendar (and Task Lists) integration enables the provision of central ‘Court’ calendars.

Specially constructed input screens streamline the inception process assisting with the capture of key information such as Risk Management, Money Laundering and Business Development.

In addition the following tools are provided:

Document Management - including version control, check-in check-out document locking and free text searching.

Document Bundling - guaranteed to revolutionise the way in which bundling takes place within your Practice.

Scanning Interface - provides post room automation and, ultimately, the paperless file.

Case Management - adding the workflow module provides full case management.

The application also supports the ability to embed fully-interactive HTML forms. Completion of information on each form updates the Progress and Case Details screens with key information. E.g. Support/Case Plans.

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