Shadow Ops From £45/mo per fee-earner

TimeRecording.

Billable hours captured, not chased.

Example flow

How a typical interaction plays out.

Two illustrative scenes, what the AI would receive, what it would do next. Not pulled from live data.

Tue 18:02 Awaiting review

Input

End-of-day capture · partner in family law · 14 activities flagged across the day

Action taken

  • Pulled events from email · calendar · iManage · phone log
  • Inferred matter codes · 12 high-confidence · 2 pending review
  • Drafted narratives per entry · billable / non-billable split applied
  • Queued for review · partner approves in batch interface
Thu 17:45 Compliance flagged · edited

Input

Draft entry · "Various tasks · 1.5h · Smith family matter"

Action taken

  • Narrative quality check: insufficient detail flagged
  • AI inferred specifics from underlying activity context
  • Suggested rewrite: "Reviewed counter-petition · emailed barrister with clarifying instructions"
  • Fee-earner accepted suggestion · entry sent to billing

How it works

Kickoff to live, in 4 steps.

Connect activity sources

Email (M365/Google), calendar, document management system (NetDocuments, iManage, SharePoint), call logs. Read-only.

Map matters + clients

Matters from your practice management system loaded once. Activity auto-tagged by recipient, subject, document name.

Daily draft

End of day: draft time entries per fee-earner with suggested narrative, duration, and matter code. Review-and-edit interface, not start-from-scratch.

Bill

Approved time entries push to your billing system (Iken, LEAP, Clio, Practice Engine). Invoices drafted with full narrative.

Where it shows up

How TimeRecording earns its place.

Four real scenarios drawn from how clients use TimeRecording day to day, plus the full list of what's in the box to make them work.

  • Scene 01

    Law firms

    Civil, commercial, family, criminal. Anywhere billable hours and matter codes apply.

  • Scene 02

    Patent + IP attorneys

    Multi-matter work with strict narrative compliance for renewal billing.

  • Scene 03

    Consulting firms

    Project-coded billable work, retainer + hourly mix, multiple-client time juggling.

  • Scene 04

    Accountancy advisory

    Tax advisory, M&A, audit-adjacent. Anywhere time-write-off bleeds margin.

What's in the box

  • Multi-source capture Email, calendar, documents, calls, video meetings. All consolidated, deduplicated.
  • Matter inference New emails to known clients auto-tagged to the right matter. Confidence scored.
  • Narrative drafting "Reviewed counsel's opinion of 14 May; emailed instructions to barrister." Drafted, not invented.
  • Daily review interface End-of-day summary, drag-to-edit, batch-approve. 10 minutes a day vs. 45 minutes of timesheets.
  • Practice management sync Iken, LEAP, Clio, Actionstep, Practice Engine, Aderant. Standard integrations.
  • Audit + WIP control Per-fee-earner WIP visibility, narrative compliance checks, billable target tracking.

Plugs into

  • Iken
  • LEAP
  • Clio
  • Actionstep
  • Practice Engine
  • Aderant
  • NetDocuments
  • iManage
  • SharePoint
  • Microsoft 365
  • Google Workspace
  • Custom PMS via API

Pricing

From £45/mo

/month per fee-earner

Indicative pricing, your actual quote depends on volume, integrations, and business size. Book a call and we'll put together the right package for you. No multi-year lock-in. Cancel any time.

  • Multi-source activity capture
  • Daily draft + review interface
  • PMS / billing integration
  • Monthly tuning
  • Cancel anytime

FAQ

TimeRecording, answered.

Will fee-earners trust AI-drafted narrative?

They review and edit before submission, nothing posts without sign-off. The drafting saves time; the judgement stays with the fee-earner.

What about confidential matters?

Matters tagged confidential are processed per your information barriers. AI training is opt-in only and isolated per firm.

Does it work with non-Microsoft email?

Yes, Google Workspace fully supported. Hybrid environments handled.

How does it handle non-billable time?

Marked separately, captured for utilisation analysis. Not pushed to billing.

Is it SRA-compliant?

Yes, narrative quality and audit trail meet SRA requirements for time recording. Cosmetic compliance prompts built in.

How fast can we be live?

Pilot fee-earner live in seven working days. Whole firm rollout typically four weeks.

Ready to deploy TimeRecording?

Run the free analyser first, five minutes, no signup. Or jump straight to a strategy call if you already know what you need.


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