Legal
PDF tools and e-signatures for law firms
Number court bundles, redact so the text go really comot and get client documents signed with full audit trail. Server jobs dey run for London and we dey delete files within 2 hours.
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£6.99 for each user every month, dem bill am every year · from 2 users
Wetin firms dey use am for
Built for files wey go end up before judge
Court and hearing bundles
Merge pleadings, witness statements and exhibits in order, add page numbers across the whole bundle and compress am for upload or email.
Redaction wey really remove text
Mark names, addresses and account numbers and Macaaw go turn those pages to images, so nobody fit copy the words underneath. Hidden document details go clear too.
Spot the changes between drafts
Compare two versions of contract or consent order and get report wey mark every change for every page, even when the other side no track dem.
Client signatures with audit trail
Send engagement letters, authorities and settlement terms for signature. Each signed PDF dey end with certificate wey list who sign, when, from which device and for which order.
Searchable scans and editable text
Make scanned correspondence searchable, or turn PDF to Word document when you need to work on the other side wording.
Long-term archive and protected copies
Convert closed matters to PDF/A for archiving, and put password on documents before dem comot from the firm by email.
Where Macaaw fit inside a law firm
Fee earners dey waste hours for bundling, page numbering and redaction wey dem do by hand. Macaaw put those jobs for one place and do most of dem inside your browser, so privileged documents no go comot from your computer for merging, numbering or redaction.
Comparison, text recognition and conversions dey run for our servers for London and we dey delete the files within 2 hours. Business add workspace audit log, compulsory two-step sign-in and data processing agreement under UK GDPR, wey help when client ask how dem dey handle their documents.
Macaaw no replace your case management or document management system, and e no dey give legal advice. Na the set of PDF tools wey dey beside dem: when bundle need numbering for short notice, when disclosure set need redacting before e go to the other side, or when client abroad need to sign engagement letter today. Everybody for the firm, including trainees and secretaries, fit use the same tools under one Business plan, with roles wey control who fit do wetin.
Playbook
Hearing bundle in four steps
Build am the same way every time, then save the steps as workflow for the team.
Collect the documents
Drop the pleadings, statements and exhibits as PDFs, or convert Word files first.
Merge in index order
Drag the documents into the order of your index and merge dem into one PDF.
Number every page
Add page numbers across the bundle, and choose the position and starting number wey the court expect.
Compress and share
Compress the bundle to fit the upload limit or the email size wey your opponents and the court accept.
Business plan
One plan for the whole team
Everybody for the firm for one bill, with allowances wey fee earners and support staff share.
£6.99for each user every month, dem bill am every year · or £9.99 every month
- 200 signature requests for each user every month, wey una share
- Reach 20 signers for each document
- 1,000 pages of text recognition for each user every month, wey una share
- 500 Office conversions for each user every month, wey una share
- Files reach 500 MB and 200 files for one task
- Members, roles, shared workflows and central billing
- UK serversServer tools dey run for London.
- We dey delete within 2 hoursFiles from our tools, or the moment you press Delete.
- UK GDPRData processing agreement dey Business.
- Audit trailEvery signed PDF get im signing certificate.
Questions
Wetin law firms dey ask
Clients fit sign engagement letters and contracts electronically?
For England and Wales, electronic signature valid for most contracts, including engagement letters. Wills, and deeds wey must dey signed before witness, need extra formalities, and Macaaw simple electronic signatures no be for dem. Scotland and Northern Ireland get their own rules.
The redacted text really comot?
Yes. Redact PDF dey turn each page wey you redact to image with the marked areas blacked out and e dey drop the original text for those pages, so nothing fit dey selected or copied back. Check the result before you send am, like how you go do for paper.
Your staff fit read our files?
No. Staff fit see file names and sizes for support, never the contents. Browser tools no dey ever upload the file at all, and we dey delete server files within 2 hours.
I fit compare PDF with the Word draft?
Convert the Word draft to PDF first, then compare the two PDFs. The report dey mark text and layout changes page by page.
You get data processing agreement?
Yes. Business include data processing agreement under UK GDPR, and our security page explain where we dey process files and how long we dey keep dem.
The legal information for this page na general guidance for England and Wales, e no be legal advice. Scotland and Northern Ireland get their own rules, and deeds or documents wey must get witness need extra formalities.
Your next bundle, numbered before lunch.
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