The case for taking SILQ

1. Easy to use. Developed by Barristers for Barristers.

SILQ’s layout is intuitive and incredibly userfriendly. New tasks become familiar quickly. SILQ has been designed from the ground up specifically for barristers by barristers in our lingo.

2. Stay Organised.

SILQ now has a full document management facility allowing you to organise and store any documents relating to any and every matter. Any document can be registered and stored against a matter irrespective of whether it has been produced by SILQ, created in another program, or received via external source. Documents can be quickly and easily retrieved by simply pulling up a matter.

3. Perfect paperwork

With SILQ you can master Legal Profession Act and Professional Standards Legislation compliance. SILQ generates letters, bills, bill chasers, cost agreements, and many more. One 'click' appends contact details and disclaimers too. All templates are completely editable. Use your own letterhead, choose your own font, everything is customisable.

4. Reduce administration

SILQ overcomes repetitive administration tasks. Information is entered once and is then automatically updated. Apply the time you save to more important actions - like earning additional fees - or freeing up your valuable weekends!

5. Capture every minute, record every hour.

SILQ is built around time costing. Every trackable minute can be captured and billed. Simply select the matter and enter your hours. SILQ applies fees and GST automatically and then saves data for future billing. No more handwritten time records, manual calculations or misplaced address details. SILQ links and reconciles all financial and client data, then rapidly generates invoices.

6. Always in touch.

SILQ now has two-way, dynamic and instantaneous synchronisation of information between it and Microsoft Outlook and your PDA. So now you can be constantly up to date whether you are in court or at home. Now SILQ also provides the ability to call your contacts over the internet using Skype technology.

7. A single workspace.

Quit your current spreadsheets, address book and money management program and throw away your paper diary. SILQ creates and tracks all financial and administrative tasks - including diary management - in one simple and easy-to-use environment.

8. Financial Management.

Manage your practice, know how much money you are making by matter and firm, know how much money you’re currently owed and by whom. How dated is the account? Which clients pay on time? SILQ performs speedy analysis so you know where you stand financially at any given time.

9. Tax concerns are one less thing to worry about.

Assess GST clearly, accurately and instantly. Anticipate tax confidently. Lodge BAS punctually. You can even reconcile end-of-financial year accounts. SILQ also exports data perfectly to MYOB. All accounts formatting is preserved. You can enjoy the benefits of SILQ in your practice all year in the knowledge that, come tax time, your accountant will be happy too.

10. We can help you move from your existing system.

If you find yourself stuck with Counsel’s Companion, here’s a perfect get-out. clause. Existing data from this program can be easily migrated making the change to SILQ extremely simple and viable.