The same rules, a very different day
A sole practitioner and a twenty-person firm answer to the same rules. A probate file and an employment claim do not look remotely alike. Here is what each one actually needs.
By firm size
Case Management Software for Sole Practitioners UK
A sole practitioner needs the same client account, compliance records and billing a large firm needs, because the rules do not scale down. Writford provides matter management, client ledgers, bank reconciliation, risk and breach registers, time recording and AI legal research in one subscription.
Read moreSmall Law Firm Software UK: Matters, Billing and Client Money
A small firm needs shared matters, supervision, a client account and billing in one system rather than three. Writford runs all of it on one record, with four roles, pooled credits and storage across the firm, and AI research included on every plan.
Read morePractice Management Software for Medium Sized Law Firms UK
A mid-sized firm needs separation of duties more than it needs features: a cashier who can move client money without touching the file, fee earners who see only their own matters, and supervisors who see everything. Writford sets those four roles at firm level and applies them to every screen, report and AI answer.
Read moreLegal Practice Management Software for Large Law Firms UK
At scale the requirements are access control, an audit trail and a migration that can be proved. Writford enforces four firm roles on every screen, report and AI answer, records who posted what, and reconciles an import against the export file rather than assuming it landed.
Read moreBy practice area
Probate Case Management Software for UK Solicitors
Probate files stay open long after the fee earner who opened them has moved on, and they hold estate money throughout. Writford keeps the dates, the money and the decisions on the matter rather than in somebody's head.
Read moreCommercial Property Case Management Software UK
Commercial property is undertakings you are personally bound by, disbursements that mount up, and a completion date everything is measured against. Writford keeps all three on the matter.
Read moreEmployment Law Case Management Software for UK Solicitors
Employment work is short deadlines, heavy bundles and a tribunal that does not extend time for an oversight. Writford keeps the dates on the matter and the papers with them.
Read moreImmigration Case Management Software for UK Solicitors
Immigration work is evidence, deadlines and volume. Writford keeps every document on the matter, the deadlines with the firm, and lets you ask the file a question instead of reading it again.
Read moreLitigation Case Management Software for UK Solicitors
Litigation runs on dates the court sets and costs you have to justify. Writford keeps the directions on the matter, the counsel fees on the bill, and the work in progress visible before it becomes a costs argument.
Read moreWorking in conveyancing, family law or personal injury? Those have full guides of their own: Conveyancing, Family law, Personal injury.
Which legal software suits a small UK firm or a sole practitioner?
One that carries the client account and compliance obligations, because those do not scale down with the firm. Writford gives a one-person practice the same client ledgers, reconciliation, risk register and AI research a twenty-person firm gets, with credits and storage pooled rather than charged per seat.
- Is there a minimum number of users?
- No. Writford is a firm workspace that works for a firm of one, and credits and storage are pooled across the firm rather than rationed per person.
- Do the rules change for a smaller firm?
- No, and that is the point. A sole practitioner still keeps a client account, still reconciles it and still writes a risk assessment for every client and matter. With nobody to hand the reconciliation to, the controls have to live in the software.
- Does Writford suit my practice area?
- It is built for UK legal work generally, with pages covering probate, commercial property, employment, immigration and litigation, and full guides for conveyancing, family law and personal injury.
- Can we start small and add people later?
- Yes. Adding people means adding members with roles, not moving to a different product. The client account, the compliance registers and the reports are the same ones you started with.
- What if we are moving off another system?
- Matters, clients, time entries, invoices and documents can be imported and reconciled against the export file, while your firm keeps working in the old system.