Guides
Practical guides to running a law firm
Explanations for whoever runs a law firm in Saudi Arabia: how a case moves through the courts, how deadlines are counted, how to choose a system, and what the file records at each stage. Written to be applied in the office, not only read.
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Cases · 6 min read
How to choose law-firm software in Saudi Arabia: 12 questions to ask before you buy
A practical guide to choosing practice-management software for a Saudi law firm: 12 questions about the courts, the calendars, access, data and cost, and how to trial a system for a week before committing.
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Cases · 6 min read
The stages of litigation in Saudi courts: from notice to enforcement and closure
A practical walk through the stages of a lawsuit in Saudi Arabia, in order: notice, settlement, first instance, appeal, the Supreme Court, enforcement and closure, with the statutory deadlines and what the case file should record at each stage.
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Calendar · 5 min read
Running a law firm's hearings on two calendars without losing a date
The courts and Najiz use Hijri; contracts and clients use Gregorian. A practical guide to organising a Saudi law firm's calendar: where conversion errors happen, what the team needs to know about the Umm al-Qura calendar, and how to record a hearing once.
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Clients · 5 min read
Conflict checks before accepting a client: what the rules prohibit, and how to run the check in your office
What the professional conduct rules for lawyers say about conflicts of interest, where conflicts actually arise in a Saudi law firm, and how to run the check before accepting any client or case and keep its result in the file.
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Cases · 4 min read
A tour of the demo: what you will see in ten minutes
What the QanoonTech demo contains and the order to walk through it in ten minutes: cases with their stages, the conflict check, search inside scanned documents, templates, the two-calendar view, and what the demo leaves out.
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Documents · 4 min read
Filing case documents and searching inside scanned files: how to find a phrase in a three-year-old judgment
Why a firm cannot find the scanned judgments and contracts it already has, what Arabic text extraction (OCR) does and does not do, why Najiz PDFs fail in search, and how to organise the archive so it stays searchable.
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Cases · 4 min read
Cloud or a machine in the office? What each option means for a law firm
A frank comparison of a cloud system and one that runs on a machine in the office: cost, updates, internet outages, backups, leaving, what running in-house actually requires, and when each option fits.
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Templates · 4 min read
Document templates for a law firm: how to write the fee agreement, the memorandum and the letter once
Which of a firm's documents should be templates, why the power of attorney is not one of them, how to build a template with fields filled from the client and case file, the mistakes that recur in Arabic templates, and checklists when a case is opened.
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Calendar · 4 min read
What a law office manager should review every week: seven numbers are enough
A ten-minute weekly review for a law office manager: seven numbers that expose the forgotten date, the dormant case and the overloaded lawyer, what is not worth your time weekly, and what to review monthly and quarterly.
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