Hoowla connects financial activity directly to the relevant client and matter, giving accounts teams and fee earners a clear, structured view of client money, office funds, transactions and balances. Built-in controls, audit trails and reporting help reduce duplication and support compliance with the SRA Accounts Rules.
Legal accounting software helps law firms manage the financial activity connected to clients, matters and the day-to-day operation of the firm.
Unlike general accounting software, it is designed around the specific requirements of legal practices, including the need to keep client and office money separate and maintain accurate matter-level accounting records.
Legal accounting software can help firms:
Keep client and office money clearly separated while managing both within one connected system.
Hoowla allows your team to record receipts, payments, transfers and disbursements against the relevant matter. Built-in controls help prevent transactions from being posted where they would create a negative client balance.
Your accounts team and authorised users can see the relevant balances, transactions and ledger history without having to cross-reference separate systems.
Give every financial transaction the context of the matter it relates to.
Payments, transfers, invoices and disbursements are recorded against the relevant client and matter, giving fee earners and accounts teams a clearer understanding of how money has moved and why.
This helps reduce duplicated data entry and creates a more complete financial history for each matter.
Reconcile client and office accounts using the same ledger information already held within Hoowla.
Compare imported bank statement entries against recorded transactions, match corresponding entries and use filters to locate specific payments or discrepancies.
Client and office accounts can be reconciled separately, and completed reconciliation reports can be generated and retained for future review.
Keep billing and matter-level financial information connected.
Disbursements can be recorded against the relevant matter and included within invoices, helping your firm track and recover third-party costs.
Deposit accounts and client funds held in advance can also be managed within the same workflow, giving your team clearer visibility over the money held and how it is allocated.
Generate financial reports directly from your client and office accounting records.
Because reports are produced using the same information recorded against your matters and ledgers, figures remain connected to the underlying transactions.
Available reports include:
Maintain a clear and traceable history of your firm’s financial activity.
Hoowla records financial actions with information including timestamps, transaction references and user activity, helping your team trace entries back to the relevant matter.
Structured records, separate client and office accounts, reconciliation tools and legal accounting reports can support your firm’s internal controls, financial reviews and audit preparation.
Moving legal accounting systems requires careful planning, particularly when client balances, office transactions, ledgers and matter records need to remain accurate.
Hoowla works with your firm to understand the information held in your existing system, plan how it will be transferred and test the migrated data before you go live.
The exact information that can be moved will depend on your existing system, the structure of the data and your firm’s requirements.
We are thrilled with the outcome of migrating our accounting operations to Hoowla’s platform. Adam and his team delivered our migration on time in accordance with strategic planning, demonstrating excellent competency and skill. Post migration, we have been very well supported by the Hoowla team and are already experiencing many efficiency savings within our accounts function which is naturally pleasing to seeJordan Johnson
Yes. Hoowla’s legal accounting functionality is connected to the same platform used to manage clients, matters, documents and workflows.
This allows financial activity to be recorded against the relevant matter, rather than being held in a separate system without the wider case context.
Yes. Client and office accounting records are maintained separately within Hoowla.
Payments, receipts, transfers and disbursements can be recorded against the relevant matter, while client and office ledger information remains clearly separated.
Bank statement entries can be imported into Hoowla and compared against transactions recorded within the client or office ledger.
Your accounts team can match entries, search and filter transactions, identify outstanding items and generate reconciliation reports for review.
Hoowla provides reports including:
Reports are generated using the accounting information recorded within Hoowla, helping figures remain connected to the underlying transactions and matters.
Hoowla provides tools that can support your firm’s systems and controls, including separate client and office records, matter-linked transactions, bank reconciliation, audit trails and financial reporting.
Responsibility for compliance with the SRA Accounts Rules remains with the authorised firm and its managers.
Hoowla can work with your firm to review the information held in your existing system and agree what can be migrated.
Depending on your current system and available data, this may include client and office accounting information, matter records, people, ledgers and transaction histories.
The data is reviewed and tested before your firm is asked to approve it for go-live
Book a tailored demonstration of Hoowla’s legal accounting software.
We will take the time to understand how your firm currently manages client and office accounts, reconciliation, billing and reporting, and show you the functionality most relevant to your processes.
