| Legal Accounts | | | | |
| | | | As they say time is money and recording the |
| 'Cashier' is fully integrated to DPS's One | | | | time so that it can become money is |
| Office Case Management solution to provide | | | | essential! |
| practice management software that can bill | | | | |
| every minute a lawyer spends on your case to | | | | What is a client account you ask? |
| you! | | | | |
| | | | All lawyers have to run client accounts |
| This integration between the accounts and | | | | because money that they keep on your behalf |
| their case management system means as they do | | | | is your money not their money and so it needs |
| any work, send you a letter, an email, get a | | | | to be in a client account. It means that you |
| letter or emial from you it is automatically | | | | are entitled to the interest on that money |
| recorded and billed against the your case. In | | | | not them. It also means that when they run up |
| the words a famous supermarket, "every little | | | | a bit of a bill they can dip into the client |
| bit helps" and of course it does not take | | | | account (your money) and make it their money |
| long for the time to mount up into a decent | | | | by using it to pay the bills on your account. |
| size bill. | | | | |
| | | | Useful that having a stash of your money on |
| Just so you know exactly how fast the bill is | | | | hand to pay their bills when they need to. |
| racking up systems like Cashier publish the | | | | Clearly this all has to comply with a set of |
| information to the web so you can track costs | | | | rules and guidelines and this is where legal |
| online 365/24/7. Like you wanted to know that | | | | accounts software becomes essential. Properly |
| thinking about the last email you sent cost | | | | implemented, software like 'Cashier' that |
| you $50! | | | | meets the Law Society rules, Legal Aid |
| | | | Franchising Quality Assurance Standards |
| Seriously though this type of high level of | | | | (LAFQAS) and Lexel standards producing |
| information means that you get live | | | | relevant reports for these standards is |
| information changes between accounts and case | | | | critical and your lawyer should be operating |
| management systems. | | | | it. |
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| It also means that if they are doing work for | | | | Should they be charging you so much, well |
| you that gets you close to credit or time | | | | compare not having a lawyer to the cost. Now |
| limits they can stop and warn you which is | | | | think is it worth it, probably! |
| where client accounts become very useful. | | | | |