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Anonymised case studies drawn from our project history. Each story reflects the type of work we deliver for law firms across Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Personal Injury 25-50 staff Queensland, Australia

Practice Management Overhaul for a Growing Personal Injury Firm

The firm was running an outdated, on-premise practice management system that could not scale with their rapid growth. Staff were losing hours each week to manual data entry, and the lack of cloud access meant remote work was impossible. Critical matter deadlines were being tracked on spreadsheets, creating compliance risk.

12,000+
Matters Migrated
~35%
Admin Time Saved
10 weeks
Implementation Time
Practice Management SystemCloud TelephonyCRM & Marketing Automation
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Full-Service Commercial 200+ staff Multi-office, Australia

Enterprise Document Management for a National Law Firm

The firm's document management was fragmented across shared drives, local folders, and an ageing DMS. Knowledge sharing between offices was poor, version control was unreliable, and the firm faced increasing pressure from clients around information security and governance.

3
Offices Consolidated
2M+
Documents Migrated
16 weeks
Project Duration
Document Management SystemDocument Comparison ToolDocument Automation Platform
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Family Law 10-15 staff New South Wales, Australia

Practice Management Implementation & Automation for a Family Law Practice

The practice was using a combination of spreadsheets, email folders, and a basic accounting package to manage their operations. Client intake was entirely manual, precedent documents were inconsistent, and the principal had no visibility into firm performance or work-in-progress.

40+
Precedents Automated
~78%
Intake Time Reduction
8 weeks
Implementation Time
Practice Management SystemDocument Automation PlatformCRM & Marketing Automation
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Insurance Litigation 30-40 staff Victoria, Australia

Complex Multi-System Data Migration & Consolidation

Following a merger, the firm was operating two separate practice management systems with overlapping client and matter records. Data quality had deteriorated over years of inconsistent entry, with thousands of duplicate contacts and incomplete matter records.

8,000+
Duplicates Removed
3,200+
Matters Consolidated
1 weekend
Migration Downtime
Practice Management System
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Commercial & Corporate 50-80 staff Australia & New Zealand

AI-Powered Knowledge Management for a Commercial Practice

The firm had accumulated decades of legal knowledge across thousands of precedents, opinions, and research memos, but this knowledge was trapped in individual email inboxes and unstructured file shares. Junior lawyers spent excessive time recreating work that already existed somewhere in the firm.

500K+ docs
Knowledge Base Indexed
~40%
Research Time Saved
12 weeks
Phased Rollout
Document Management SystemAI Legal Research AssistantAI Drafting & Review Tool
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Community Legal Centre 8-12 staff + volunteers Queensland, Australia

Cloud Practice Management for a Community Legal Service

The community legal centre was managing a high volume of pro bono and legal aid matters using outdated spreadsheets and a shared network drive. Volunteer rostering was chaotic, conflict checking was unreliable, and reporting to funding bodies required days of manual data compilation each quarter. The centre needed a modern system that could handle their unique requirements without exceeding a limited budget.

~90%
Reporting Time Saved
15 configured
Matter Templates
6 weeks
Setup Time
Practice Management System
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University Law Clinic 5 staff + 30 students Queensland, Australia

Cloud Practice Management for a University Law Clinic

The university's law clinic needed a practice management system that could handle the unique requirements of a teaching environment including rotating student cohorts, supervisor oversight, and strict matter access controls. The existing paper-based system could not scale.

30+ per semester
Students Onboarded
12 configured
Matter Templates
6 weeks
Setup Time
Clio Manage
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