Time and billing
Record time against a case while you work rather than reconstructing it at the end of the month.
Itemised timesheets and fee notes flow straight to the instructing firm. Because the time is captured alongside the document activity that supports it, the billing is evidenced rather than estimated, which is exactly what a costs draftsman needs.
What you get
Record time against the case in the moment, not from memory at month end.
Clean, itemised timesheets and fee notes the instructing firm can pass straight on.
Time supported by the document trail behind it, ready for a detailed assessment.
Where it fits
Time reconstructed at month end is an estimate. Time captured as you work, against the document activity that supports it, is evidence.
Recording against the case in the moment means the fee note reflects the work actually done, line by line, rather than a rounded guess. Because the time sits alongside the records you opened and the report you drafted, it stands up at a detailed assessment, and the instructing firm receives an itemised note they can hand to the costs draftsman without a round of queries.
Day to day
Most disputes over an expert's fees are not really about the rate. They are about whether the time can be explained. A round number recorded weeks after the work invites the question.
Recording against the case as you work produces an itemised note where each line corresponds to something that happened on the file. The instructing firm receives a fee note their costs draftsman can submit without coming back to ask what a given entry covered, because the entry sits alongside the records you opened and the report sections you drafted. At a detailed assessment, that link between the time claimed and the document activity behind it is what makes the time recoverable. The practical effect is fewer awkward conversations about billing and a faster route from work done to fee paid, which is in everyone's interest including the client funding the case.
As you work, against the case, rather than reconstructing it at the end of the month.
An itemised fee note where each line corresponds to activity on the file, ready for the costs draftsman.
Yes. The time sits alongside the document activity that supports it, which is what makes it recoverable.
