Practice software for a sole practitioner
What a one-person law practice in South Africa needs from its software: a diary that warns you, trust and business books kept apart, a monthly routine, a phone, someone who can cover for you, and one price that doesn't grow with your team.
Read the article →Starting a law firm in South Africa: the checklist
What an attorney has to do before opening their own practice in South Africa: the practice management course, the Fidelity Fund certificate, the trust account, goAML and the RMCP, the information officer and the first trust audit.
Read the article →Best legal practice management software in South Africa
How to choose legal practice management software for a South African firm: the Rule 54 questions to ask, what it costs, and the main local options.
Read the article →Fidelity Fund certificate and trust audit checklist
What you need for your Fidelity Fund certificate: the unqualified trust audit report, Rule 54 deadlines, common qualifications and a year-round checklist.
Read the article →Attorney accounting software: what trust accounting needs
What attorney accounting software must do for trust and business under LPC Rule 54, where Sage, Pastel or Xero fall short, and a buyer's checklist.
Read the article →LPC Rule 54 trust accounting: a practical guide
What LPC Rule 54 requires of a trust account practice, rule by rule: records, monthly balancing, transfers to business, reporting and the annual audit.
Read the article →Prescription periods in South Africa: a diary guide
Prescription Act, RAF and organ-of-state time limits in one table, plus how attorneys should diarise, warn and interrupt prescription so no claim is lost.
Read the article →Section 86 trust accounts: 86(2), 86(3) and 86(4)
How section 86 of the Legal Practice Act governs attorney trust accounts and investments, who gets the interest, and how to record s86(4) investments.
Read the article →How to switch practice management software safely
A step-by-step plan for moving a South African law firm to new practice management software without losing data, trust balances or prescription dates.
Read the article →Trust account reconciliation: month-end checklist
Month-end trust reconciliation for SA attorneys, step by step: bank to cash book to trust creditors, with a worked example and Rule 54 references.
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