Preparing succinct court bundles is arguably the number one administrative headache effecting solicitors today. What if instead you could collate, sort, auto-index and paginate thousands of legal documents in mere moments? Electronic court bundling is a powerful tool, and here we outline its top five benefits.

1. You Save Time

Advanced legal case management software offers many high performance tools for lawyers. One of its most important features is instant electronic court bundling. Bundles are created using software systems, which automatically produce a perfectly formatted bundle electronically. It can then be downloaded as a PDF, saved, emailed or printed. Most importantly this is a huge time saver. Legal case management software creates these bundles in mere moments, at no extra work to you. Lateral’s electronic court bundling feature means fee earners can collate, sort, auto-index and paginate  thousands of legal documents in moments. Lateral’s ‘one click’ court bundle feature, creates an automatically indexed, fully paginated electronic court bundle at the click of a button. Also, the fact that you can create these court bundles on the go, via your tablet or mobile, means your work processes become more flexible; you can work from anywhere at any time. And save time.

2. You Gain Total Compliance

Of course courts have very strict compliance rules when it comes to legal work and its presentation. Another great benefit electronic court bundling software is improved compliance. The automation of many standardised processes reduces error. And this means you reduce the likelihood of your court bundle being returned and the case or matter being removed.

3. You Save Money

Naturally by exporting your documents electronically you reduce unnecessary pricing costs. Also collaboration vastly improves since bundles can be indexed, paginated and formatted with ease before being instantaneously shared with appropriate parties for their input.

4. You Help the Environment 

The reduced printing ushered in by e-bundling is an important benefit for the environment. Also, with fewer heavy papers to lug around, solicitors and lawyers will find it easier to take public transport or trains. In line with the Government’s £1bn 7-year reform programme to modernise the courts and tribunals system, many law firms are deciding now is the time to make purposeful steps towards becoming truly paperless themselves. And electronic court bundling capabilities can become an innovative part of a firm’s environmentally friendly processes.

5. You Improve Archiving Processes and Increase Efficiency 

Efficiency is the cornerstone of any effective legal practice. And electronic bundling tools means you really can work with anyone at any time. If you need to collaborate with colleagues who are in disparate locations, or you need to share bundles with clients you can’t meet in person, then electronic bundling removes these issues. Document presentation and collaboration becomes simple. And your bundles can even be archived with one click, and accessed at a later date with ease. You can also integrate electronic bundling tools into the current systems that are up and running in your office. Leading legal case management software providers have an open API, which makes integrating with third parties, such as Microsoft 365, seamless. 

Get in touch today to learn more about how Lateral can take your law firm paperless, provide you with totally compliant court bundles, and make you more efficient.