Your fee book,
in order.
Capture time and disbursements, run billing in minutes, and send professional invoices your clients pay on time. For advocates and independent legal consultants.
No card required · Cancel anytime · POPIA-conscious
Advocate or consultant — the app adapts.
Pick your practice type when you sign up. Labels, recipients and client fields adjust; everything else — time capture, disbursements, invoicing, tax, reports — stays the same. Works internationally with your local currency and tax label.
From time entry to payment, without the admin.
Capture time & expenses
Log time and recoverable disbursements as you go — from your desk or your phone. Matters, clients and rates cascade automatically.
Bill in minutes
One click drafts an invoice per client. Review the fees and disbursements, adjust, approve. Sequential numbering and 15% VAT handled for you.
Get paid
Email invoices with a PDF attached, record payments, issue receipts, and chase overdue accounts with a clean age analysis.
Built around how legal professionals actually bill.
Time & disbursement capture
A clean register for time entries and recoverable expenses — date, matter, description, quantity, rate. Edit on draft; locked when invoiced.
Matters & clients
Manage matters and clients (firms or direct clients). Rate cascade from client to matter to entry — set once, applied everywhere.
Draft-approve-send invoicing
Draft invoices per client with your configured tax label and rate, sequential numbering and your letterhead. Approve to lock. Email with PDF attached.
Disbursements & expense recovery
Recover travel, courier, printing, filing and counsel's fees. Bundled into invoices as a distinct disbursements line.
Receipts & payments
Record payments against invoices, issue numbered receipts, and reconcile in your practice currency.
Reports
Client statements, age analysis, WIP and billed totals. Everything a treasurer would ask for.
Team
Invite your secretary to capture time and manage matters. Owner-only settings for rates and banking.
Works on your phone
Installable web app — capture time and disbursements from anywhere. No app store required.
Built for the way we practise.
Not a US invoicing tool bent into shape — designed from day one for South African legal professionals, whether you bill instructing attorneys or clients directly.
- ZAR by default (R 12 345,67) — or your local currency and locale
- Configurable tax label and rate on invoices (VAT / GST / Sales Tax)
- Sequential invoice and receipt numbering
- Each practice's data is isolated and private — POPIA-conscious for SA users
- Works on your phone — capture time from anywhere
- Your letterhead and banking details on every document
Per-seat pricing. No surprises.
Pay for the seats you use. A seat is a fee earner — advocate or consultant. Secretaries are priced separately.
- Full billing, matters and reporting
- Unlimited matters, invoices, receipts and disbursements
- Invite secretaries as needed
- Capture time and manage matters
- Read-only on rates, banking and numbering
- Add as many as your practice needs
A practice of one professional and one secretary: R748/month, or R7 480/year on annual billing (2 months free).
Questions, answered.
Is this only for advocates?
No. It suits any legal professional who bills their own fees and doesn't run a trust account — advocates and independent consultants alike. You pick your practice type when you sign up and the app adapts its labels and recipients.
Can I recover expenses and disbursements?
Yes. Log recoverable costs (travel, courier, printing, filing, counsel's fees paid out, etc.) against a matter and they roll into the client's next invoice as a distinct disbursements line, with your configured tax label applied.
Is my data secure and isolated from other practices?
Yes. Each practice is a separate tenant with row-level security on every table — no other practice can see, list or query your data. Backups are encrypted.
How does pricing work?
Per seat, per month, billed in ZAR. Professionals (advocates or consultants) are R499/month each; secretaries are R249/month each. Annual billing gives you 12 months for the price of 10. VAT exclusive for SA users; local tax additional if applicable.
Can my secretary use it?
Yes. Add a secretary seat for R249/month (or R2 490/year). Secretaries capture time and manage matters; sensitive settings (rates, banking, invoice numbering) remain owner-only.
What happens after the free trial?
The 30-day trial requires no credit card. When it ends you'll be prompted to add a payment method. If you don't, your account pauses — no data is deleted, and you can pick up where you left off any time.
Does it produce tax invoices?
Yes. Sequential numbering, your configured tax label, rate and registration number on the document. Set the label and rate to match your local requirements — CounselBilling does not compute jurisdictional tax.
Can I email invoices from the system?
Yes. Email invoices directly to your client or instructing attorney, with a PDF attachment on your letterhead.