You are Eleanor Aldingham, managing partner. It is Monday morning. Overnight the desk read the post, prepared seven client replies and worked out what July never billed.

What July never billed

Recorded time and billed time, side by side. The gap is not a suspicion, it is an arithmetic fact taken from the time ledger.

Deadlines this week

Read from the court post and from the matter files themselves. The red one is at the top because it is the one that cannot slip.

Answered overnight, waiting for your release

Seven client questions arrived after hours. Each answer was drafted only from the matter file, and every one names the source it came from. Nothing has been sent.

New enquiries

Where the work came from, and what the desk already asked. The conflict pre-check compares names against your client list; it never decides whether you take the matter.

What this desk does not show

• Letter and clause drafts prepared inside the matter, for the fee earner to review.
• Dictation straight into the file note, transcribed and filed where it belongs.
• Connection to your practice management and time recording, so nothing is entered twice.
• Roles and permissions per fee earner, with a full record of who released what.
• Client replies in the client's own language, drafted from the same file.
• Nothing sent, filed or advised without a lawyer releasing it. That limit is deliberate and does not move.