Sumi for legal
Accounting for law firms and chambers.
Keep client money apart from the firm's money, recharge every disbursement and bill by the hour, matter or retainer.
Law firms, solicitors, chambers, notaries.
Built for how legal businesses work.
Client account kept separate
Money held for clients has its own account and liability, so it never mixes with fees.
No disbursement forgotten
Filing, court and search fees you pay for clients are tracked until they're recharged.
Retainers handled properly
Retainers paid ahead are held as client deposits and applied as work is billed.
Fees by matter
Use projects to see fees and costs for each matter or client.
Ready the moment you sign up.
Choose “Law firms” when you set up and Sumi creates all of this for you. Change any of it later.
- A client account for money held for clients, kept apart from the firm's money
- Disbursements you pay for clients and recharge
- Fees by the hour, by matter or on retainer
- Dashboard: fees billed, unpaid fees and client money held
- Payroll with PAYE, pension and NHF, and invoices your clients can pay by transfer
Accounts added for legal
- 1050 Client account (money held for clients)
- 1160 Disbursements recoverable from clients
- 2200 Client deposits and retainers
- 2210 Client money held
- 4100 Professional fees
- 4140 Disbursements recharged
- 5230 Filing and court fees
- 5240 Search and registration fees
- 6850 Practising fees and indemnity insurance
Starter items you can edit
- Legal consultation ₦50,000 per hour
- Company incorporation (CAC) ₦250,000 per matter
- Monthly legal retainer ₦400,000 per month
Plus a full chart of accounts: bank and cash, receivables and payables, VAT and WHT, payroll, equity and overheads.