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The Counsel brings a Nigerian practice’s matters, clients, court dates, documents, time and naira invoices into one secure workspace, so nothing depends on a group chat, a shared drive or one person’s diary.

For firms in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano, Enugu and across the country.

In most Nigerian firms, the hearing date lives in a lawyer’s diary, the latest hearing notice sits in someone’s email, and the team finds out about adjournments in a WhatsApp group. The Counsel gives every hearing a home on one shared calendar, and reminds everyone on the matter the day before, by email and WhatsApp.

Matters are numbered automatically with a status (open, pending, in court, closed), a lead lawyer and the full history of what happened. Time is logged against the matter as the work is done and swept into a naira invoice, so billing no longer means rebuilding the month from memory.

  • Supreme Court and Court of Appeal
  • Federal High Court
  • High Courts of the States and the FCT
  • National Industrial Court
  • Magistrates’ and Customary Courts
  • Arbitration and other tribunals

Matters

Numbered, statused and timelined, with documents, notes and tasks attached.

Clients

Individuals and companies, with every matter they are connected to.

Hearings & calendar

Every court date on one firm calendar, with reminders the day before.

Documents

Stored per matter in private, access-controlled storage, viewable in the app.

Time & billing

Time and disbursements logged against matters, swept into invoices.

Reports

Financial, productivity and matter reports, exportable to Excel.

Roles & permissions

Each person sees what their role needs, nothing more.

Security

Firm data isolated at the database level, with a full audit log.

Log billable time and disbursements against each matter, generate numbered invoices in naira, record payments as they land and see outstanding balances firm-wide. Subscriptions are paid in naira too.

Client information is sensitive. Each firm’s data in The Counsel is isolated at the database level, access is controlled by role, and every action is recorded in an audit log, which supports a firm’s own obligations under the Nigeria Data Protection Act.

Does The Counsel bill in naira?

Yes. Invoices, payments and reports are in naira, and subscriptions are paid in naira.

Can it track Federal High Court and State High Court dates?

Yes. Every hearing records the court, the business of the day, the assigned lawyer and the outcome, and sits on one firm calendar with reminders.

Can we bring in our existing matters and clients?

Yes. Our onboarding team helps firms migrate matters, clients and documents so you don’t start from a blank workspace.

Is there a free trial?

Yes, 30 days free on any plan, with no card required.

Also for firms in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, and across Africa.

Start a free 30-day trial, no card required, or book a short demo with our team.

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