Conflict check
Before a matter opens, Hayat searches the client, opposing party and opposing counsel against every client and party of the firm. Matches on the other side are marked adverse.
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Hayat ERP · Hayat Legal
Matters, hearings, time and billing for law firms and legal departments.
Hayat Legal runs a law practice inside Hayat ERP. Open a matter for each case after a conflict check, and keep its hearings, deadlines, tasks, documents and privileged notes together. Record time and expenses, bill the client through Sales, and hold advances and retainers apart from your income.
Conflict checkHearings diaryClient funds kept apart
Features
The case file and the court diary together
Each matter keeps its parties, hearings, deadlines, tasks, documents, notes, time and billing on one page.
Matters & cases
Court, case number, stage, opposing party and counsel, judge, responsible lawyer and team, all on one matter page.
Matter page
Hearings calendar
Every hearing of the firm by month or week. Record the outcome and the adjourned date, and the next hearing is added for you.
Court diary
Deadlines
Limitation, filing, appeal and compliance deadlines. The lawyer is notified 7 days ahead, and a missed limitation date is marked critical.
Limitation dates
Documents & notes
Documents keep every version and can be shared with the client. Privileged notes are stored encrypted and never shown on the portal.
Versions · privilege
Timesheet & expenses
Lawyers record time daily, rounded up to your time increment. Court fees, stamps, travel and other expenses can be billed to the client.
Time & disbursements
Billing
Bill unbilled time and expenses in one Sales invoice, with an optional write-down and a fee line for fixed, retainer or contingency fees.
Through Sales
Client funds
Advances and retainers are held in a liability account, never income. They pay an invoice only with a record of the client's approval.
Trust · retainers
AI summaries & notices
AI summarises a document's key points and dates, and drafts legal notices, replies and demand letters in English, Urdu or Arabic. Names are replaced with placeholders first.
Hayat AI
Reports & accounts
Know where the practice stands
Five reports: work in progress, billing and collection realisation, hearings this week, matter profitability and lawyer utilisation. Hayat Reports has matters and time datasets for your own dashboards.
No second ledger: fees go to Legal fees, firm-paid billable expenses to Disbursements recoverable until invoiced, and client funds to a trust liability account. Receipts by cash, card, JazzCash, Easypaisa, Raast, bank transfer, cheque or pay order are Sales receipts.
Reminders: lawyers are notified of hearings 2 days ahead by default, deadlines 7 days ahead and tasks due today. Clients can get hearing and invoice due reminders.
Step-by-step guides are at help.hayaterp.com.
FAQ
Common questions
What is Hayat Legal?
Hayat Legal is the Hayat ERP module for law firms, advocates' chambers and in-house legal departments. It covers clients, matters with a conflict check, the hearings calendar, deadlines, tasks, versioned documents, privileged notes, timesheets and expenses, billing through Sales, client funds and a client portal.
How does the conflict check work?
It searches the names of the client, opposing party, opposing counsel and any name you add against every client and every party on every matter of the firm. To open a matter despite a match, you write a conflict note, which is kept on the matter with who checked and when.
Which fee arrangements does it support?
Hourly, fixed, retainer and contingency. Expenses paid for the client can be billed under any arrangement.
How are client advances and retainers kept?
In a separate liability account, Client funds held in trust, never as income. They are applied to an invoice only with a record of who approved it, how and when.
Can clients see their case online?
Yes. Each client gets a private link on my.hayaterp.com with their matters, next hearing, invoices with a Pay button, shared documents and the funds you hold. Privileged notes and time entries are never shown.
Does the AI see client names?
No. For notice drafts, the client's and the other side's names are replaced by placeholders before anything is sent to the AI, and put back in the draft afterwards.
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Ali AbdullahChief Executive Officer
- sales@level8technologies.com
- Phone
- +92 303 506 1264
- +92 303 506 1264
- level-8-technologies
- Office
- Karachi, Pakistan