The diary
	Control of chambers at your fingertips
The diary provides the interface between clerks and barristers. It is quick and easy to use and manages the administration and scheduling for all work. The diary and case entry are inextricably linked drawing information from each other, with the case entry drawing cost, hearing and booking information directly from the diary. Diary Views Barristers can be filtered under teams The system includes a year planner with daily, weekly, fortnightly, and organiser views. Bookings Diary bookings use case information so that they run completely in tandem creating a concrete link between the two records. Bookings can be made for groups. Bookings can be dragged and dropped between users. Bookings can be given a colour coding making them immediately recognisable

Case and Fees Management
	Finances and fee-chasing is taken care of
Meridian Law handles all cases from creation to closure and final payment. A sophisticated search facility means cases can be found through many different criteria. Unlike other chambers software available on the market our solution provides the ability to open multiple case records, so that at any one time users can be working in a number of case records. Running record of visited cases means at a click, users can view all the cases they have looked that day the previous day, week and month. Users can also store their favourite cases in a separate list for quick and easy access (and indeed remove it from that list when it is no longer a favourite). Automated Administration Case Action Templates CATs are a series of actions required to take place automatically according to the particular type of case and funding arrangement. They can be used to produce acknowledgment letters, fee note and reminder letter runs, as well as “To do list” items. They automate many of the previously tedious processes associated with clerking. Other Features Client Firm, Client Contact and Court management – All can be called up through the case entry so that managing information is quick and easy. Fee rending/billing - Movements page will record all communication with clients Payment processing Criminal Graduated Fees and Family Graduated Fees forms are all incorporated into the system Conditional Fee Agreement Case Management, including the production of the Conditional Fee Agreement and Preliminary Risk Assessment form Powerful case searching using different selection criteria To-Do Lists - for Barristers, Clerks & Admin Staff – Can be set up individually and linked to CAT’s to help manage large amounts of work. Legal Aid reference management Legal Aid Payment on Account production Integration with Zetafax to allow faxing of fee notes & letters and case/barrister documents. Creation and maintenance of mailing lists which can be produced using the mailshot reporting facility. Extensive and varied range of reports to support Practice Development as well as day to day procedures within the clerks room and administration.

Office Integration
	Access Your Diary on the Move
Barrister Web Portfolio Through this product barristers can access their diary from anywhere in the world. By connecting through any standard web browser via any Internet connection barristers can view their chambers diary and key financial reports in an instant. Barrister Portfolio Through this product users can extract the diary and their To-Do-List & Solicitor Contact details into MS Outlook plus they can also store financial/practice management reports. They can then transfer this information to Palms, Psions or any MS Pocket PC based product. They can then transfer this information to any Palm or Psion device or any MS Pocket PC based product. Clerks Portfolio Through this product users can extract the diary into MS Outlook They can then transfer this information to Palms, Psions or any MS Pocket PC based product. They can then transfer this information to any Palm or Psion device or any MS Pocket PC based product. Blackberry Blackberry is a pocket size device on which users can view their diary and tasks and one that is always up to date. One that is always up to date. Additionally emails can be sent and received on the move as well as making and receiving telephone calls.

Finance Reports
	A detailed financial picture
Meridian Law contains many reports that give chambers a good idea of debt outstanding, payments received, work done and billed work. These reports can show increasingly complex results and correlations depending on the user’s requirements. Other more specific features are: Amendments to the diary and case entry can be monitored through diary audit report and the case fees audit report. Payment summary – Gives chambers the ability to look at all payments received on an individual basis, a specific team or collectively for all of chambers. Debtors report – Debt can be analysed in terms of bad debt, over a number of different date ranges.

Marketing
	Using your own resources for competitive advantage
Meridian Law provides a marketing module that is fully integrated with the details of the work received into chambers. This avoids the need to maintain two databases. The module which is included at no extra cost, enables users to record extensive details relating to both existing clients and prospects, and use that information to market them using the Mailshot function. Mailing Lists can be created from scratch for various chambers events and for mailshots, which can then be edited as required. Coupled with reports that enable users to monitor the work received from individual or groups of clients, users have a comprehensive marketing package at their fingertips.

Business Analyser
	A powerful tool
Business Analyser is a tool for analysing data held within the Meridian Law application in many different ways. It allows you to build reports on almost anything you require from the software database. It enables users to break down figures (payments, billed work, work done, etc) to whatever level required. The main benefit of Business Analyser to chambers is that it can process very complex, powerful reports instantly and offers the user the opportunity to identify trends and make informed choices and decisions.