Question 1

Who are lawsyst?

Accepted Answer

Lawsyst is a product of ITSec; a UK based software company in Leicester since 2000. We have a wide range of application development & integration portfolio including fintech and legal technologies. The core of our focus is user experience and we put a lot of effort in untangling unnecessarily tangled user experiences.

Question 2

Is Lawsyst only available on-premises?

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Yes. For larger installations, we offer an on-prem solution.

Question 3

What are the main features in Lawsyst?

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Lawsyst includes, case management, time recording, invoicing, disbursements also referred as cost recoveries, document management, office 365 integration, outlook integration, CRM system, leads management system, Legal Aid & private billing, hourly, fixed fee, retainer & CFA based fee schemes. Its powerful workflow system guides you through the process as you proceed with a matter.

Question 4

How much does a license cost for lawsyst?

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Cost depends on the modules chosen. You will not pay for what you do not need.

Question 5

Does lawsyst support Legal Aid Criminal Billing?

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Yes, Lawsyst support both criminal and civil legal aid contracts. For criminal billing, you can produce bulk upload file for lower crime; and for civil contract; family, immigration, housing, and mental health plug-ins are available.

Question 6

Can Lawsyst Produce CRM11, CRM7 & Confiscation billing?

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Yes, lawsyst can do all of that.

Question 7

Does Lawsyst work with Civil / Immigration Legal Aid in the UK?

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Yes, lawsyst does it intuitively and very neatly.

Question 8

How does Lawsyst record times

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You can record time from outlook, word, phone call, fax entry and SMS sent. Most day-to-day tasks record standard time entries automatically.

Question 9

Does lawsyst produce invoicing?

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Yes, Lawsyst can produce sales invoices and maintain ledgers.

Question 10

Can Lawsyst provide costs recoveries/disbursements accounts?

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Yes, Lawsyst does that nicely.

Question 11

Does lawsyst support client / trust accounting?

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Yes, Lawsyst is a double entry accounting system with client accounting at the heart of it. We understand how critical it is to produce month end reports for compliance purposes.

Question 12

How does lawsyst deal with Anticipated payments?

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Lawsyst maintains separate ledgers for anticipated payments allowing you to earmark upcoming costs.

Question 13

Does lawsyst integrate with Xero?

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Yes, Lawsyst integrated with xero. You can push receipts, payments, bills, invoices, clients, suppliers, and employees to xero and synchronise necessary ledgers.

Question 14

Is Lawsyst MTD ready for VAT?

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Yes, Lawsyst is MTD ready and Integrated. This option is available if xero is not an option.

Question 15

Is lawsyst compatible with the LAA requirements?

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Yes, Lawsyst is compatible with Legal Aid submission requirements.

Question 16

Is there a workflow capability in Lawsyst?

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Yes, Lawsyst has a best-in-class workflow management system. You can create workflows for almost any scenario. Many firms love the way it keeps the work flowing!

Question 17

Can Lawsyst integrate with Microsoft Office?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Lawsyst integrates with Office 365, SharePoint.

Question 18

Are there any Lawsyst plugins for Outlook & Word?

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Yes, Outlook and Word plugins are available which allow you to carry out most tasks from within these applications, including time recording, document management and even client onboarding.

Question 19

What are the search capabilities in Lawsyst?

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Lawsyst has a powerful search engine. You can search matters, clients, invoices, and documents containing key phrases.

Question 20

How much training is required?

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In our experience, a user needs about an hours’ worth of training to get them going. This covers setting up new client & a matter, navigating through existing matters, creating letters, recording time entries, making use of outlook plugin and organising documents within a matter. Lawsyst has an intuitive user interface which makes it a user-friendly system for most fee earners. In depth training for LAA billing and accounting side can take a bit longer depending on the receiving user’s experience.

Question 21

Does lawsyst support family law?

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Yes, Lawsyst support family law.

Question 22

Does lawsyst have a court bundling capability?

Accepted Answer

Lawsyst has a built-in court bundling software that can paginate, index, bookmark a bundle according to the UK courts requirements. It is easy to use and very fast.

Question 23

What reports are available?

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Time recordings, missed times, disbursement, staff targets, and other performance reports are available in addition to general accounting reports such as aging reports, trial balance, profit & loss and balance sheet.

Question 24

How does Lawsyst deal with AML, KYC & Conflict Checks?

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Workflows can be configured for a detailed checklist-based compliance. A task is created in the system and someone must go and put their name on it to say that they have completed the compliance check along with any required documentary proofs.

Question 25

Is there are task module in Lawsyst?

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Yes. A task module allows you to create tasks for anything or tasks can be created through workflows.

Question 26

We presume lawsyst handles key dates?

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Of course.

Question 27

Can lawsyst restrict access to a matter level?

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Yes, access can be restricted on a matter level to a user, a department, or a selected of users/groups.

Question 28

Is Lawsyst capable of Sing Sign on Authentication?

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Yes, lawsyst support Microsoft Azure authentication.

Question 29

Does lawsyst keep data in the UK?

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Yes, all data is kept in the UK for UK customers.

Question 30

I have a different question?

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Please call us and we will answer any questions that have not been answered here.

Content Executive, Leicester Office