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The Counsel gives attorneys and law firms in South Africa one secure place for matters, clients, court dates, documents, tasks and the team, instead of spreadsheets, shared drives and email threads.

For firms in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria and across South Africa.

Each matter gets a number, a status, a responsible attorney and a full history, with documents, notes and tasks attached. Every court date sits on one shared firm calendar, with reminders to everyone on the matter.

Role-based access means candidate attorneys, paralegals, finance and partners each see what they need, and nothing they shouldn’t.

  • Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal
  • High Court divisions
  • Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court
  • Magistrates’ Courts
  • Tribunals and arbitration

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.

Every part of The Counsel works for firms in this country today: clients, matters, documents, hearings, tasks, staff, HR and reports. One thing is still on the way: subscriptions and the invoices you raise in The Counsel are in Nigerian naira for now, with South African rand coming. Until then, firms that bill clients in South African rand usually run everything else in The Counsel and keep invoicing in their current tool.

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 POPIA.

Can firms in South Africa sign up?

Yes. South African firms can sign up today and use every module on a free 30-day trial.

Can I invoice clients in rand?

Not yet. Invoices in The Counsel are in naira for now, with rand on the way. Everything else works fully.

Can different staff see different things?

Yes. Access is role-based, so a candidate attorney never sees firm-wide revenue, while partners see the whole practice.

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

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

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