How much does legal software development cost?

Legal software development starts from $15,000 for client portals and goes up to $100,000+ for full case management systems. Cost depends on integrations, compliance requirements, and practice area customization.

Is your legal software SRA compliant?

Yes, all legal software WH Studio builds meets SRA compliance standards including data protection, client money handling requirements, and regulatory reporting. We understand the specific needs of legal practices.

Can you build a case management system?

Absolutely. We build custom case management systems with matter tracking, document management, time recording, billing integration, and court deadline management. Tailored to your practice area.

Do you integrate with court filing systems?

Yes, we integrate with electronic court filing systems, as well as document signing platforms like DocuSign and Adobe Sign for eIDAS-compliant digital signatures.

How long does legal software development take?

Client portals take 4-6 weeks. Full case management systems take 3-5 months. Complex multi-practice platforms with accounting integration may take 6-9 months.

Legal Software Development · From $15,000

Legal software built to survive partner-level scrutiny.

Case management, secure client portals, and matter-centric practice platforms designed for law firms, chambers, and in-house teams — with SRA, IOLTA, and eIDAS compliance woven into the architecture.

Discuss Your Requirements Legal SaaS Solutions

SRA · IOLTA · eIDAS · LEDES · GDPR

Why a specialist

Legal technology expertise.

Bank-Grade Security

End-to-end encryption, secure document storage, and immutable audit trails.
Role-based access scoped to the matter, not just the firm.

SRA & Regulatory Compliance

Built to Solicitors Regulation Authority data-protection and client-money rules.
IOLTA-ready trust accounting and LEDES-compliant billing exports.

Client-Centric Delivery

Professional portals that enhance communication and matter visibility.
Workflow patterns co-designed with fee earners, not imposed on them.

Engagements

Legal software solutions.

Case Management Systems

Matter and case tracking, deadline and court calendars, document assembly, time recording, billing integration, and conflict checking.

Starting at

From $35,000

Client Portals

Secure messaging, document sharing, invoice access and payment, matter status updates, and appointment scheduling.

Starting at

From $15,000

Document Management

Full-text search, version control, automated numbering, digital signing, and bundle/PDF management for court-ready output.

Starting at

From $25,000

Legal Practice Management

Time tracking, billing, trust accounting, client-money reconciliation, CRM, and reporting dashboards in one platform.

Starting at

From $45,000

Practice areas

Legal practice areas we serve.

Corporate & Commercial
M&A, contracts, company secretarial, and general commercial matter management.
Litigation & Disputes
Civil and commercial dispute workflows with deadline discipline and court integration.
Property & Family
Conveyancing, real estate transactions, divorce, custody, wills, and estate administration.
Employment, IP & Criminal
HR, tribunals, patents, trademarks, immigration, and criminal defence workflows.

Deep dive

Legal software that survives partner-level scrutiny.

Legal buyers are uniquely conservative on technology and uniquely demanding on workflow precision. The software that wins is fast to learn, audit-friendly, and treats data residency and matter-level confidentiality as first-class concerns.

Matter-centric data model

Every document, comment, time entry, and event is scoped to a matter, with role-based access tracked at the matter level — not the firm level. The right model on day one is the difference between adding a conflicts-check feature in a week vs a quarter.

AI in legal, scoped carefully

LLM-powered search, drafting, and summarization belong in modern legal software — but on customer-owned data, with retrieval-augmented generation, audit trails on every prompt, and zero training-data leakage. We architect AI features so the security review takes weeks, not quarters.

Billing and trust accounting that will get signed off

IOLTA-compliant trust accounting, LEDES billing exports, and integrations with the practice management systems (Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther) clients already use. We've shipped legal products that displaced incumbents specifically because the financial integrations were tighter on day one.

Integrations that fit the stack

Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage for accounting; DocuSign and Adobe Sign for eIDAS-compliant e-signatures; CE-File and equivalent court-filing platforms wired in via API rather than swivel-chair.

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