Meridian Law keeps track of cases from entry into chambers through to closure and payment, and facilitates effective communication throughout via e-mail and 'to do' lists. Its sophisticated search facility means cases can easily be located and identified. Powerful Case Action Templates (CATs) make it possible to specify and control the automation of a wide range of tasks and provide effective tools to enable prompt fee collection.

CATs

CATS enable clerks to classify cases according to type, and define a series of actions which take place automatically. They can be used to generate documents such as acknowledgement letters and fee note and reminder letter runs. Structured case types facilitate analysis and specialised case control and user-definable case movement types are used for recording fee information, comments and fee-chasing actions. To do lists can be private or shared within chambers, ensuring the correct balance between valuable information exchange and privacy. Meridian Law can automatically generate to do list reminder entries for both barristers and clerks based on CAT criteria.

Fees

In addition to managing standard fee procedures, Meridian Law automatically records details of cross payments, providing a clear and fully referenced statement showing fees owed to and due from each barrister. The system also produces various standard Legal Aid payment on account forms and associated reports in a timely and accurate manner, and automatically reminds clerks of missing Legal Aid references.
Conditional Fees: The system includes comprehensive handling and reporting of cases accepted on a conditional fee basis in accordance with Bar Council guidelines. The system can produce fully completed CFA and PRA forms.
Graduated Fees: Both family and unified defence and prosecution graduated fees schemes are fully and accurately catered for including claim form production. Integration with other applications The system allows for integrated MS Word document generation from database information. All standard forms are generated by user-definable Word documents, including fee notes and invoices. Documents and multi-media objects can be attached to cases, and integration with Zetafax permits the automatic server-based faxing of any document.