Industries

Legal Services

Matters, billable hours and disbursements — under control.

Law firms and legal consultancies bill time in fine detail and carry disbursements on behalf of clients. Consaya tracks time by matter, manages retainers and trust-style balances, and produces clean, compliant fee notes.

How Legal Services firms use Consaya

Matter setup

Open a matter per client with scope, responsible lawyer, rate card and budget.

Time & disbursements

Capture billable time by matter and activity, and log disbursements to re-bill with the right VAT treatment.

Retainers & advances

Hold retainer balances, draw fees against them and flag when a top-up is due.

Fee notes

Produce itemised, VAT-compliant fee notes from approved time and disbursements.

Firm reporting

Track WIP, realisation and profitability by matter, client and fee-earner.

In the UAE

Apply correct VAT on fees and re-billed disbursements, and keep matter records ready for corporate-tax reporting.

What changes

  • Capture every billable minute
  • Re-bill disbursements cleanly
  • Know WIP and realisation per fee-earner