Verity for law firms

A law firm sells time and judgement. The losses are in the dates, hours and papers nobody tracked.

A busy practice juggles hundreds of matters before many forums, each with its own next date, its own limitation clock and its own bundle of documents. A date held in one lawyer's diary, a call that was never written down as time, a draft that exists in four versions: each is small, and each can cost a client or a fee. Verity gives every matter one record with its dates, papers, hours and money, so the firm sees what is due before it is late.

Verity in one line

One system that knows every matter, every next date, every hour worked, every rupee held for a client and every version of every draft, and tells you what needs attention today.

See your law firm in Verity See the 16 problems we solve

Free: we set up a working demo of your own business, on your own data, within 7 days. You pay only if your team decides to use it.

Built for lawyers who are in court half the day. Entries are quick, and most records come from work already being done.

Verity / Firm / Today

Practice: Litigation and corporate

Live

Hearings this week

23

4 not yet prepared

Limitation inside 30 days

3

all assigned

Unbilled time

₹6.8 lakh

112 hours

Overdue invoices

₹14.2 lakh

11 clients

Workload by lawyer, this week

  • Meera Nair, Associate9 hearings, 38 h
  • Rohan Kulkarni, Associate6 hearings, 31 h
  • Ishita Bansal, Associate3 hearings, 22 h
  • Adv. Verma, Partner5 hearings, 19 h

Written statement in Sharma v. Alpha Traders is due in 9 days. No draft started.

Assign
  • Hearing tomorrow, Commercial Court 4Gupta v. Rao Estates, brief not sharedPrepare
  • Invoice 2024/118 unpaid 74 daysKaveri Textiles, ₹2.4 lakhChase

Illustrative screen with sample figures. Yours is set up with your own matters, dates, hours, client money and drafts.

How it runs today

Most firms are good at the law and loose about everything around it.

A matter has many moving parts. A next hearing date, a limitation period, a filing deadline, a client who wants an update, a junior who drafted the reply, a senior who has to settle it, and a bill that has to be raised. In most firms these live in different places.

The court diary is paper or a personal calendar. The matter list is an Excel sheet. Time is remembered at the end of the month. Client money is in the accountant's books and the advocate's head. Drafts move between lawyers on WhatsApp and email with names like "final_v3_revised".

The courts are the reason dates matter so much. Government figures show over 4.76 crore cases pending in district and subordinate courts alone at the end of 2025, so a lawyer's roll is long, listings move often and a single missed date can turn into an adverse order.

What most law firms run on

  • A paper or phone diary for hearing dates
  • Excel sheet of matters and clients
  • WhatsApp groups with clients and juniors
  • Word drafts and email attachments
  • The accountant's ledger for fees and client money

Each tool holds one piece of the matter. Nothing joins them, so the partner has to ask three people to find out where a case stands.

16 problems, one by one

Where a law firm actually loses control of its work.

These are the situations partners, associates and practice managers describe again and again. For each one: what it looks like on an ordinary day, what it costs, and what Verity does about it.

  1. 01Matters

    A next hearing date lives in one lawyer's diary

    What it looks like

    The senior who handles a commercial suit noted the next date in his own diary after the last hearing. He is travelling on that day. The junior only learns of it when the court master calls the matter.

    What it costs you

    A missed or poorly prepared listing can mean an adjournment at cost, an ex parte order or a dismissal for default. The client's trust goes first.

    How Verity fixes it

    Every matter has a record with its forum, case number, stage and next date, set at the end of each hearing. Verity lists the week's dates by lawyer, shows who is appearing and who is preparing, and creates a prep task ahead of each date.

    See the screen
  2. 02Matters

    Limitation and filing deadlines tracked by memory

    What it looks like

    A client brings a cheque dishonour, a money claim and an appeal against an order in the same month. Each has a different clock, running from a different event. The dates are in the file note, in the associate's head and in an email.

    What it costs you

    Limitation is generally strict. The Supreme Court held in 2022 (F. Liansanga v. Union of India) that the power to condone delay under Section 5 of the Limitation Act does not apply to suits, so a late suit may not be rescued.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each matter records the event the clock runs from, the period the lawyer has chosen and the last date to file. Verity counts down from it, shows the nearest dates on the partner's screen and sends tasks at the intervals you set. The lawyer decides the period; Verity makes sure it is not forgotten.

    See the screen
  3. 03Matters

    Supplementary lists and listings that change overnight

    What it looks like

    A matter shows as not listed. At 6 pm a supplementary cause list is posted, and it is now on tomorrow's board. The advocate on record is already at dinner.

    What it costs you

    A late-night listing is a scramble, a junior sent without a brief, or an application nobody prepared.

    How Verity fixes it

    Staff record the listing as soon as it is seen, and Verity reassigns the date, tells the lawyer who is on the record and opens a prep task with the last order, the pending applications and the file attached.

    See the screen
  4. 04Time and billing

    Calls, drafts and research that never become billable time

    What it looks like

    A partner takes a forty-minute client call after court, an associate spends a Sunday on a reply, and a clerk spends the morning at the registry. The timesheet is filled on the last day of the month from memory.

    What it costs you

    Time that is not recorded is not billed. Example arithmetic: 20 hours a month per lawyer left out, across 8 lawyers at an average of ₹2,500 an hour, is ₹4 lakh a month of work given away.

    How Verity fixes it

    Time is logged against the matter in a few taps, at the end of a hearing or a call, with a note. Verity shows each lawyer's hours against what has been billed, and which matters have time that no invoice has covered yet.

    See the screen
  5. 05Time and billing

    Fee disputes because the bill cannot be explained

    What it looks like

    The client questions an invoice that has a lump sum and the words "professional services". Nobody can say how many hours went into the arbitration application, and the client pays late or negotiates down.

    What it costs you

    Partners say justifying hours is a recurring difficulty in Indian practice. A vague bill is paid later, and often for less.

    How Verity fixes it

    Invoices are built from the time entries and expenses recorded on the matter, grouped by task. Verity shows what has been agreed in the engagement, such as a fixed fee, a stage-wise fee or an hourly rate, and compares it with actual hours as they build up.

    See the screen
  6. 06Money

    Fees and disbursements that are billed late or never chased

    What it looks like

    Court fees, stamp duty and travel are paid from the firm's pocket for months. A final bill goes out after the judgment. By then the client's urgency has gone and so has the willingness to pay.

    What it costs you

    Out-of-pocket expenses and old invoices tie up cash. Example arithmetic: ₹18 lakh outstanding across 40 clients for over 90 days is a month's payroll that you are lending out.

    How Verity fixes it

    Expenses are recorded against the matter on the day they are paid and flagged for recovery. Verity ages unpaid invoices by client, lists the ones past due, and gives the partner a follow-up task for each, with the last reminder noted.

    See the screen
  7. 07Client money

    Client money without a clean ledger

    What it looks like

    A client deposits ₹5 lakh for a settlement and another pays an advance on fees. The amounts sit in the firm's account, are partly used for expenses and are matched to matters only when the accountant asks.

    What it costs you

    Advocates are generally expected under the Bar Council of India Rules to keep accounts of money entrusted by clients. Mixing client funds with the firm's own and being unable to show a balance is a professional conduct risk, not just an accounting one.

    How Verity fixes it

    Money received for a client is a separate ledger record against the matter, with the purpose, the date and the person who recorded it. Each use is recorded with the matter and a reason, and the balance for each client is always visible to the partner and the accountant.

    See the screen
  8. 08Intake

    Conflicts found after the engagement letter is signed

    What it looks like

    A new client wants the firm to act against a company that another partner advised two years ago. The only record is a closed file in a cabinet, and the intake lawyer does not know that partner's clients.

    What it costs you

    Acting for conflicting interests breaches professional rules, can force the firm to withdraw mid-matter and may cost both clients.

    How Verity fixes it

    Every client, opposite party, co-party and related person is recorded on the matter. At intake Verity searches names across all current and past matters and shows any match before the engagement is accepted, for a partner to decide.

    See the screen
  9. 09Intake

    Enquiries that wait on a phone for days

    What it looks like

    A founder messages a partner about a notice at 9 pm. The partner replies two days later. The founder has already spoken to another firm.

    What it costs you

    A new matter from a good client is the most valuable thing the firm gets, and it is lost to slow replies, not to price.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each enquiry is a record with its source, the nature of the matter, who is handling it and the next step. Verity shows the ones with no reply, tells the person responsible, and records whether the firm was engaged. Staff and partners still speak to the client.

    See the screen
  10. 10Documents

    Drafts in four versions and a bundle that is never complete

    What it looks like

    The petition is in the associate's laptop as v3, in the partner's email as "final", and the filed copy is on the clerk's pen drive. Annexures are renumbered at the last minute.

    What it costs you

    An old version filed by mistake, annexures that do not match the index, or a document that cannot be found when the court asks for it.

    How Verity fixes it

    Every document is a record with a version history, an owner and a state: draft, settled, filed. Verity keeps the filed copy with the date, links annexures to the matter, and shows who changed what and when.

    See the screen
  11. 11Documents

    Files that cannot be found when a lawyer leaves

    What it looks like

    A senior associate resigns. Her matters were run from her personal drive and a phone. The partner takes a week to rebuild what is pending for each client.

    What it costs you

    Handover delays, client questions nobody can answer, and the real risk that something falls through the gap between two lawyers.

    How Verity fixes it

    Matters, notes, dates and documents sit in the firm's record, not in a person's device. Reassigning a matter moves its dates, tasks and history to the new lawyer, and the access of the person leaving is closed in one step.

    See the screen
  12. 12People

    Associate workload is guessed

    What it looks like

    One associate has 40 matters and a hearing every day, another has 15. The partner assigns the next brief to whoever answers first.

    What it costs you

    Burnout in one place, idle time in another, and quality that depends on who happened to be free.

    How Verity fixes it

    Verity shows each lawyer's open matters, hearings this week, pending drafts and logged hours side by side. Partners assign new work and rebalance from that view.

    See the screen
  13. 13Clients

    Client updates that rely on the partner's memory

    What it looks like

    A client calls to ask where the matter stands. The partner is in court and nobody else can say what happened at the last hearing or what is next.

    What it costs you

    A client who has to chase for news feels ignored, even when the work is going well.

    How Verity fixes it

    After each hearing the lawyer records the order and the next step on the matter. Anyone in the firm can see it, and a task prompts someone to update the client after every date. Staff send the update; Verity makes sure it is sent.

    See the screen
  14. 14Compliance

    Client data and the new data protection law

    What it looks like

    Client IDs, financial statements and medical records are in email attachments, on personal phones and in shared folders that anyone in the firm can open.

    What it costs you

    The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules were notified on 13 November 2025, with most duties for organisations that handle personal data due to start about 18 months later. A firm that cannot say who has seen a client's papers will find it hard to meet them.

    How Verity fixes it

    Documents and client details carry permissions by role and matter, and every view and change is logged. The record of who accessed what exists without any extra work.

    See the screen
  15. 15Matters

    Opposite party, witness and expert details scattered

    What it looks like

    The expert's number, the opposing counsel's, the witness's address and the court clerk's contact are in different phones.

    What it costs you

    Time lost on every date, and a gap when the lawyer who knows these people is away.

    How Verity fixes it

    People linked to a matter, such as opposing counsel, experts, witnesses and registry contacts, are records on that matter with role and contact. Anyone covering the matter finds them in one place.

    See the screen
  16. 16Owner

    The partner cannot see the whole firm at a glance

    What it looks like

    At month end the managing partner asks for the matter count, the billed amount and the dues. Three people spend a day producing three different answers.

    What it costs you

    Decisions about hiring, fees and which practice areas to grow are made on feeling.

    How Verity fixes it

    The owner's screen shows live dates due, hours logged against billed, receivables, client balances and workload by lawyer, from the same records the team already updates.

    See the screen

The numbers behind it

The numbers that make these problems worth fixing.

From published sources, with the source named under each figure. Your own numbers will differ, and showing you yours is the first thing Verity does.

  • 4.76 crore

    cases pending in district and subordinate courts on 31 December 2025, with 63.66 lakh more in the High Courts and 92,101 in the Supreme Court.

    IANS, citing a Lok Sabha reply of 13 February 2026 and NJDG

  • About 20 lakh

    advocates on the rolls of State Bar Councils, according to the Ministry of Law and Justice replies reported in 2025. Competition for good clients is strong, and not all are in active practice.

    Law Insider, citing the Ministry of Law and Justice, 2025

  • 2022

    the year the Supreme Court held in F. Liansanga v. Union of India that Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 does not apply to suits. A late suit generally cannot be saved by showing sufficient cause.

    The Indian Lawyer, 2022

  • 18 months

    after the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules were notified on 13 November 2025, when most duties for organisations handling personal data come into force.

    Mondaq, 2025

The pendency figures are NJDG numbers as reported in a parliamentary reply, and are a snapshot. The advocate count is a roll count and includes inactive members. The limitation and data protection points are summaries; confirm them with the Act, the judgment and your own counsel. Vendor claims about billing leakage have no named source and are not used.

What you will actually see

The screens you would use every day.

Six views, each built for one job. Names, columns and terms are set up in your firm's own language.

Screen 1 of 6

The partner's morning view

Dates due this week, limitation clocks, hours against billed, receivables and each lawyer's load on one screen, with the items that need a decision under it. It replaces the Monday call to ask where everything stands.

Fixes

  • 12 Associate workload is guessed
  • 16 The partner cannot see the whole firm at a glance

Verity / Firm / Today

Practice: Litigation and corporate

Hearings this week

23

4 not yet prepared

Limitation inside 30 days

3

all assigned

Unbilled time

₹6.8 lakh

112 hours

Overdue invoices

₹14.2 lakh

11 clients

Workload by lawyer, this week

  • Meera Nair, Associate9 hearings, 38 h
  • Rohan Kulkarni, Associate6 hearings, 31 h
  • Ishita Bansal, Associate3 hearings, 22 h
  • Adv. Verma, Partner5 hearings, 19 h

Written statement in Sharma v. Alpha Traders is due in 9 days. No draft started.

Assign
  • Hearing tomorrow, Commercial Court 4Gupta v. Rao Estates, brief not sharedPrepare
  • Invoice 2024/118 unpaid 74 daysKaveri Textiles, ₹2.4 lakhChase

Screen 2 of 6

Every matter, every date

Each hearing and filing date by matter, with the lawyer appearing, the lawyer preparing and the last order. A supplementary listing is recorded in seconds and becomes a prep task at once.

Fixes

  • 01 A next hearing date lives in one lawyer's diary
  • 02 Limitation and filing deadlines tracked by memory
  • 03 Supplementary lists and listings that change overnight
  • 13 Client updates that rely on the partner's memory
  • 15 Opposite party, witness and expert details scattered

Verity / Matters

Next 14 days

MatterForumNext dateStageAppearingStatus
Gupta v. Rao EstatesComm. Court 417 OctArgumentsMeera N.Brief not ready
Kaveri Textiles v. ZenithHigh Court21 OctAdmissionAdv. VermaDraft pending
Sharma v. Alpha TradersDist. Court24 OctWritten statementRohan K.Due in 9 days
Patel arbitrationTribunal29 OctEvidenceIshita B.On track
Nair family settlementFamily Court30 OctMediationMeera N.Client call

Supplementary list 6:12 pm: Zenith Exports application added for tomorrow.

Create prep task

Gupta v. Rao Estates

Commercial Court 4, suit for recovery, ₹1.2 crore

Client
Gupta Constructions
Lead
Adv. Verma
Limitation
Suit filed in time
Last order
Reply filed, 3 weeks for rejoinder
Status
Next date 17 Oct
  1. 17 OctArguments on interim application
  2. 26 SepReply filed by defendant
  3. NoteOpposing counsel: Adv. Reddy, 98xxxxxx21
  4. Client updateDue after each date

Screen 3 of 6

Hours, bills and what is owed

Time logged on each matter, what the engagement allows, what has been billed and what is still unpaid. An invoice is built from the entries and expenses, so a client can see what the hours were for.

Fixes

  • 04 Calls, drafts and research that never become billable time
  • 05 Fee disputes because the bill cannot be explained
  • 06 Fees and disbursements that are billed late or never chased

Verity / Time and billing

This month

MatterBasisHoursBilledUnbilledStatus
Gupta v. Rao EstatesStage fee46₹3.2 lakh₹0.8 lakhRaise invoice
Kaveri TextilesHourly58₹1.4 lakh₹1.5 lakhOver estimate
Patel arbitrationFixed fee31₹2.5 lakhNilWithin fee
Nair family settlementStage fee12₹0.4 lakh₹0.3 lakhRaise invoice

Unpaid invoices by age

  • Under 30 days₹4.1 lakh
  • 30 to 60 days₹6.0 lakh
  • Over 60 days₹8.2 lakh
  • Court fee and stamp duty paid by the firmKaveri Textiles, ₹38,500, 52 daysRecover
  • Travel to registry, Sharma v. Alpha₹2,200, not yet billedAdd to bill

Screen 4 of 6

Money held for clients

Money received for a client, what it was for and every use. The balance for each client is visible to the partner and the accountant. Verity records; it does not move money or run the bank.

Fixes

  • 07 Client money without a clean ledger

Verity / Client money

Balance by client

ClientReceivedUsedBalancePurposeStatus
Gupta Constructions₹5,00,000₹1,20,000₹3,80,000Settlement depositHeld
Kaveri Textiles₹1,00,000₹96,500₹3,500Expenses advanceTop up
Nair family₹75,000Nil₹75,000Fees advanceHeld
Patel arbitration₹2,00,000₹2,40,000-₹40,000Tribunal feesOverdrawn

One client balance is below zero. A use was recorded against Patel without a deposit.

Review

Kaveri Textiles, client ledger

Expenses advance, matter KT-2024-07

Received
₹1,00,000, 3 Jul
Used
₹96,500
Balance
₹3,500
Recorded by
Accounts, Priya
  1. 12 SepCourt fee ₹38,500, approved by Adv. Verma
  2. 20 AugCounsel fee ₹50,000
  3. 3 JulAdvance received

Screen 5 of 6

New matters and conflict checks

Every enquiry has an owner and a next step, and no matter is accepted without the name search across current and past clients and opposite parties. The partner decides; Verity shows what to decide on.

Fixes

  • 08 Conflicts found after the engagement letter is signed
  • 09 Enquiries that wait on a phone for days

Verity / Intake

Open enquiries

New2

  • Notice under Section 138Raj Electricals, via phoneReply
  • Employment dispute, terminationReferral, Adv. MenonNo reply 2 d

Conflict check2

  • Zenith Exports v. Alpha TradersAlpha Traders is a past client, 2023Partner to decide
  • Landlord eviction, PuneNo match foundClear

Engagement letter1

  • Arbitration, EPC contractFee terms sent 12 OctWaiting

Screen 6 of 6

Drafts, versions and who has seen them

Each draft, order and annexure is a record with its version, its state and the people who opened it. The filed copy is kept with its date. Access follows the matter.

Fixes

  • 10 Drafts in four versions and a bundle that is never complete
  • 11 Files that cannot be found when a lawyer leaves
  • 14 Client data and the new data protection law

Verity / Documents

Matter: Kaveri Textiles v. Zenith

DocumentVersionStateOwnerLast changedStatus
Petitionv5SettledAdv. Verma14 OctReady to file
Annexure indexv3DraftRohan K.13 OctMismatch
Affidavit in supportv2DraftMeera N.12 OctNeeds client signature
Interim order, 29 SepFiledFiledRegistry29 SepOn record
  • Annexures numbered and indexedRohan K., 13 Oct
  • Client approved final draftWaiting, asked 14 Oct
  • Filed copy saved with dateAfter filing

Access to this matter was opened by a lawyer outside the team yesterday.

View log

Illustrative screens with sample data. Layouts, fields, names and terms are set up around how your law firm works.

An ordinary day

The same Tuesday in court season, before and after.

What changes is not the law. It is that the day leaves a record, and the record does the chasing.

WhenTodayWith Verity
8:30 TodayThe partner looks through the diary and a WhatsApp group to work out which matters are listed today. With VerityThe Today screen lists every hearing by court and lawyer, the briefs that are ready and the three that are not.
11:00 TodayA supplementary list adds a matter for tomorrow, and a junior hears about it by chance. With VerityThe clerk records it in seconds, and the matter appears on tomorrow's list with a prep task for the lawyer on record.
1:30 TodayAfter a hearing, the lawyer returns to chambers and the order is left in a paper note. With VerityThe lawyer records the order and next date from the corridor, logs the time, and the client update task is created.
4:00 TodayA new client calls about a notice. The firm is unsure if another partner acted for the other side. With VerityThe intake lawyer enters the names and finds a past matter. The partner decides before any papers are shared.
6:30 TodayA draft goes round by email in four versions. With VerityOne draft is on the matter with its version history, and the partner's changes are visible.
Month end TodayHours are guessed, expenses are reconstructed and the invoice goes out after the 15th. With VerityTime and expenses are already on the matter, so invoices go out in the first week.

How we work with you

We set it up with you, in four weeks.

You do not get a login and a manual. We spend time in your chambers, build Verity around how your matters really move, bring your data in, then stay to make sure it keeps working.

  1. Week 1

    Discovery and mapping

    What we do
    Sit with a partner, an associate, a clerk and the accountant for a few hours each. Follow a matter from enquiry to final bill, and note where dates, time and money are held today.
    What we need from you
    Two to three hours of a partner's time, and an hour each from the clerk and accountant. Access to your matter list, a sample of recent invoices and the diary format you use.
    What you have at the end
    A written map of how your firm works: practice areas, forums, matter types, billing bases, the people involved and the first gaps we will close.

  2. Weeks 2 to 3

    Configuration

    What we do
    Set up matter types and stages for your practice areas, forum lists, limitation and filing reminders, time codes, fee bases, the client ledger, conflict search and permissions for partners, associates, clerks and accounts.
    What we need from you
    Review the setup with one partner and one associate. Tell us where a stage, a reminder or a rule is wrong.
    What you have at the end
    A working Verity with your matter types, dates and billing rules, ready for your data.

  3. Weeks 3 to 4

    Migration and training

    What we do
    Bring in your live matters with their next dates, your client and opposite party list, open invoices and client balances from the sheets and diaries you use. Train lawyers, clerks and accounts on their own screens.
    What we need from you
    Your matter list in whatever form it exists, and a check of the dates for live matters. An hour with each role.
    What you have at the end
    Your live matters, dates and ledgers inside Verity, and a team that has run a week of hearings on it.

  4. After go-live

    Operations partnership

    What we do
    Stay on after launch. Review the first months of dates, hours and receivables with you, tune the reminders and stages, and handle changes when you add a lawyer, a practice area or an office.
    What we need from you
    A short monthly review with a partner.
    What you have at the end
    A system that keeps matching how the firm runs, with someone responsible for it.

Bring these on day one

  • A list of live matters with forum, case number and next date
  • Your client and opposite party list
  • Sample engagement letters and your last three months of invoices
  • Your current diary or calendar format
  • A statement of client balances held

Your time

About 10 to 12 hours of a partner's time across the four weeks, mostly in week 1. A clerk and the accountant need a few more.

After go-live

Nobody is hired to run Verity. Dates, hours and expenses are recorded as part of work the team already does, and the reports come from those records.

Verity AI

Ask your firm a question. Get an answer, not a report to build.

Verity AI reads your own matters, dates, time and ledgers, and only what the asker is allowed to see. Ask in plain language, then turn the answer into tasks.

  • Your records only Answers come from your own law firms data, not from generic knowledge.
  • Right person, right view It only shows what the person asking is allowed to see.
  • Turns into action An answer can become a task assigned to a named person.

Verity / Ask

Which matters have a hearing in the next seven days and no brief ready?

Four of 23 listed matters have no brief. Two are with Meera, one with Rohan, one with a partner.

  • Gupta v. Rao EstatesMeera N.
  • Zenith applicationMeera N.
  • Sharma v. Alpha TradersRohan K.
  • Kaveri Textiles admissionAdv. Verma

Create prep tasks with due dates

Verity / Ask

Which clients have unbilled time above ₹50,000 and no invoice raised this month?

Three clients. Kaveri Textiles has the largest, ₹1.5 lakh over the hourly estimate.

  • Kaveri Textiles₹1.5 lakh
  • Gupta Constructions₹0.8 lakh
  • Nair family₹0.3 lakh

Assign invoice tasks to the matter lead

Verity / Ask

Is any limitation date inside the next 30 days without a draft started?

One. The written statement in Sharma v. Alpha Traders has no draft, and the date is in nine days.

Assign to Rohan K. and notify the partner

Sample questions and answers with illustrative figures.

Without chasing

The follow-ups nobody has time to make.

Set once, then they run from your records. Lawyers still speak to clients and courts; Verity makes sure the right person knows what to do and when.

When

A hearing date is set or changed on a matter

  • Added to the lawyer's week
  • Prep task created with the last order attached
  • Client update task set for after the date

When

A limitation or filing date comes within your set interval

  • Task to the lawyer on record
  • Partner shown the matter on the dashboard
  • Draft status checked until it is filed

When

A new enquiry or opposite party is entered

  • Names searched across current and past matters
  • Any match shown to the partner
  • Decision and reason recorded on the intake

When

Time or expenses sit unbilled past your limit

  • Listed against the matter lead
  • Invoice task created
  • Billed entries marked so they are not counted twice

When

An invoice passes its due date

  • Added to the follow-up list by client
  • Task to the responsible partner
  • Reminders and replies noted on the invoice

When

A client balance falls below your floor or goes negative

  • Alert to the partner and accounts
  • Top-up request task created
  • Use blocked until corrected or approved

Rules and paperwork

The rules a law firm has to keep up with.

Verity does not give legal advice and does not file anything. It keeps the records these rules depend on in order, so you are not searching when someone asks.

  • Limitation periods

    What is expected

    The Limitation Act, 1963 sets time limits for suits, appeals and applications, and courts generally dismiss late filings. The Supreme Court held in 2022 that Section 5 condonation does not apply to suits. The lawyer decides the period for each matter.

    How Verity helps

    Each matter records the event the clock runs from and the last date to file, with reminders at set intervals.

    The Indian Lawyer, 2022

  • Bar Council of India Rules on client money and conflicts

    What is expected

    The Rules framed under the Advocates Act, 1961 are generally understood to require advocates to account for client money, to disclose connections with other parties and not to act for the opposite party in the same matter. Rule numbers are quoted differently by different sources, so check the current text.

    How Verity helps

    Client money has its own ledger by matter, and conflict names are searched at intake and kept with the matter.

    Nyaaya explainer on the Bar Council of India Rules, 1975

  • Digital Personal Data Protection Act and Rules

    What is expected

    The Rules were notified on 13 November 2025, with most duties for organisations that handle personal data due about 18 months later and a report to the Board within 72 hours of a breach. How this applies to a firm and its clients is a question for counsel.

    How Verity helps

    Access to client records follows role and matter, and views and changes are logged.

    Mondaq, 2025

  • Confidentiality and professional records

    What is expected

    Advocates generally owe clients a duty of confidentiality, and firms keep engagement letters, fee agreements and file notes. Retention practice varies, so confirm yours with your bar council or counsel.

    How Verity helps

    Engagement letters and notes are records on the matter, with permissions and history, and a closed matter keeps its trail.

Rules, limitation periods and data protection duties change and depend on the forum and facts. Confirm current requirements with your own counsel, the Bar Council and the Act or Rules concerned.

Who sees what

Everyone sees the same records, through their own window.

A junior should not see the firm's billing rates. A client's file should not open to the whole firm. Each role opens on what it needs.

  • Managing partner

    Is the firm busy, billing and getting paid?

    Dates due, hours against billed, receivables, client balances and every lawyer's load.

  • Partner or lead counsel

    Which of my matters need me this week?

    Own matters, next dates, drafts to settle, limitation clocks and client updates due.

  • Associate

    What do I appear in and draft this week?

    Own hearings, prep tasks, drafts with versions, and time entry on each matter.

  • Clerk or practice manager

    What is listed, filed or pending at the registry?

    Cause lists, filing tasks, document checklists and fees paid on the firm's behalf.

  • Accountant

    What is owed to us and what do we hold for clients?

    Invoices and ageing, client ledgers, expenses to recover and entries needing approval.

Straight answers

What changes, and what stays the same.

Keep using

  • Your court e-filing and e-courts portals. We record the outcomes in Verity.
  • The accounting software your accountant uses. We agree during setup how data reaches Verity.
  • WhatsApp and phone for clients and juniors. Staff reply
  • Verity tracks who owes a reply.
  • Your research subscriptions and drafting tools.

Verity does not

  • Give legal advice or decide limitation, conflict or fee questions for you.
  • File in any court or tribunal.
  • Hold or move client money, or run your bank.
  • Send messages to clients or courts on its own.

We bring your live matters, next dates, client and opposite party lists, open invoices and client balances across from the diaries, sheets and ledgers you use now, in stages, so hearings continue without a break.

  • Excel
  • Google Sheets
  • Legacy ERP
  • CRM
  • One operating environment

Questions

Questions lawyers ask.

Will Verity decide the limitation period for a matter?

No. The lawyer decides it. Verity records the event, the period you chose and the last date, and reminds the right people so the date is not forgotten.

Does it replace the court cause list or e-courts?

No. You keep using them. Staff record a listing in Verity as soon as it is seen, and Verity turns it into a task and a date on the right lawyer's screen.

I am a small firm with three lawyers. Is this too much?

A small practice has the same dates and the same bills, and fewer people to remember them. We set up only what you need, in the same four weeks, and leave out what you do not.

Can it keep client money separate from the firm's?

Yes, as records. Each client has a ledger with deposits, uses and a balance, and an overdrawn or low balance is flagged. Verity does not hold money or replace your bank and accountant.

How does the conflict check work?

Every client, opposite party and related person is a record on a matter. At intake, Verity searches current and past matters for the same or similar names and shows the match. A partner makes the decision.

Will my associates log their time?

Only if it takes seconds, so we set it up as a few taps at the end of a hearing or a call, with a note. We start with the time codes that matter, not a long form.

Can Verity prepare my invoices and GST returns?

It builds the invoice lines from time and expenses on the matter, and your accountant prepares returns from the figures. It does not file returns.

Who can see my data?

Only the people you allow. Access is set by role and matter, so a lawyer outside the team cannot open a file, and every view and change is recorded with who made it and when.

Can I move to Verity in the middle of a busy season?

Yes. We bring live matters in first, with their next dates, and check each date with the lawyer. Older closed matters can follow in stages.

What does it cost?

It depends on the number of lawyers, offices and what you want set up. Message us and we will give you a clear number after a short conversation about how your firm runs.

Where the figures come from

Sources

  1. IANS, citing a Lok Sabha reply of 13 February 2026 and NJDG
  2. Law Insider, citing the Ministry of Law and Justice, 2025
  3. The Indian Lawyer, Supreme Court on Section 5 and suits, 2022
  4. Mondaq, DPDP Rules 2025 notified, 2025
  5. Nyaaya, An advocate's duties to clients, Bar Council of India Rules 1975
  6. law.asia, India law firm billing rates, partner comments

Last checked 15 October 2026. Published figures vary by region and method, so treat them as indicative, not as a promise of your results.

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