Discover How Much Billable Time Your Firm Is Losing, and What It’s Worth

You bill in six-minute units. Lose just ten in a day and you’ve lost an hour you can never bill. Over a year, that’s up to £50,000 per fee-earner gone.

You don’t need more software. You need to unlock full value from the Microsoft 365 investment you already have. 

We improve capacity by putting your people confidently in control of the tech, reducing admin and converting non-billable time back into chargeable work.

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Enter your current billing and time loss

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How much is your missing hour worth?

Every hour your team spends searching for files, chasing documents, or re-doing work is an hour they’re not billing. See what that’s costing your firm.

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What it’s costing your firm
Hours lost per fee earner per year 220
Total hours lost across your firm 5,500
Lost revenue per fee earner £44,000
Total revenue lost £1,100,000
Reclaimable value £550,000
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Your Financial Breakdown
Here’s what inefficiency is costing your firm
Lost revenue per fee earner
£44,000
per year
That’s costing you per month
£91,667
every month it goes unaddressed
Lost hours per fee earner
220
hours per year
Equivalent full-time salaries wasted
2.8
based on £40k average salary
Total revenue your firm is losing
£1,100,000
per year
Our clients typically reclaim at least half of this through better systems, structured data, and proper training.
£550,000
reclaimable per year
2,750
billable hours recovered
110
extra hours per fee earner
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Based on 220 working days per year. Figures are estimates for illustration purposes and will vary based on your firm’s specific circumstances.

How we arrived at these figures

We used a simple, conservative model.

Time Lost

Industry research suggests lawyers believe improved systems and processes could save up to 4 hours per week.

We used a cautious range of 2–4 hours per fee-earner per week.

This reflects time lost through:

  • duplicated document work
  • version confusion
  • manual processes
  • slow collaboration
  • underused Microsoft 365 capabilities

Hourly Value

We applied the 2024 Guideline Hourly Rates published by the judiciary (£189–£301 per hour depending on region and seniority).

Working Year Assumption

We assumed 46 working weeks per year.

The Result

Even at the conservative end:

  • 2 hours/week = ~£17k–£28k per fee earner per year
  • 3 hours/week = ~£26k–£42k per fee earner per year
  • 4 hours/week = ~£35k–£55k per fee earner per year

Not all of it is recoverable.
But even reclaiming a portion is commercially material.

These figures are illustrative. Actual recoverable value depends on behavioural adoption and role mix.

We don’t sell new technology.
We help your lawyers extract more value from the Microsoft 365 platform you already pay for.

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