Practice management for modern firms

Every matter,
in perfect order.

MatterFirst pulls intake, documents, clients and billing onto one automated thread, so your firm moves faster and nothing slips.

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Guided 14 day free trial · Cancel anytime · Australian support

Works with the tools your firm already trusts

XeroStripeMicrosoft 365Google WorkspaceXeroStripeMicrosoft 365Google Workspace

Your team didn't study law to chase paperwork.

Most practice software just stores the chaos. MatterFirst puts it in order, automatically.

The golden thread

One thread runs through every matter.

Follow a matter through MatterFirst, from the first enquiry to the paid invoice.

  1. 1

    A lead lands. MatterFirst catches it.

    Web forms, referral partners and emails feed one pipeline. No re-typing, no sticky notes, no leads going cold in an inbox.

    New enquiries 3 today
    S Sarah Mitchell Property purchase, Paddington 2 min ago
    C Chen & Partners Commercial lease review 1 hr ago
    D David Okafor Estate planning 3 hrs ago
  2. 2

    The matter opens itself.

    One click turns a lead into a matter, reference number assigned, tasks created, deadlines set from your firm's own templates.

    CON-2041 Conveyancing · Purchase

    Mitchell, 14 Arthur St, Paddington

    • Send engagement letter
    • Order title search
    • Review contract of sale
    • Book settlement, PEXA

    4 tasks, 2 deadlines and the document pack were created from your template.

  3. 3

    Documents read themselves.

    Document AI lifts the parties, key dates and figures out of contracts as they arrive, and files each one against the right matter.

    Contract_of_Sale_14ArthurSt.pdf Read by Document AI in 4 seconds
    Purchaser Sarah L. Mitchell
    Property 14 Arthur St, Paddington QLD
    Price $1,285,000
    Settlement 12 Sep 2026
    Deposit $128,500 · due 24 Jul

    ✓ Matter fields prefilled · key dates added to the timeline

  4. 4

    Clients see progress without calling.

    Every client gets a branded portal, progress, documents, messages and payments in one place. Included, not an add-on.

    Your matter progress On track
    Contract Searches ✓ Settlement
    Searches came back clear. Settlement is locked in for 12 Sep, nothing needed from you this week.
    Fantastic, thank you!

    Sent from your firm's branded portal, no “just checking in” calls.

  5. 5

    Billing closes the loop.

    Time is already captured, trust rules already applied. Invoices go out on time and sync straight to Xero.

    Invoice #INV-0412 Mitchell, CON-2041 PAID
    Professional fees (12.4 hrs, auto-captured)$3,720
    Disbursements, searches, PEXA$486
    Total (inc. GST)$4,626.60
    Trust-compliant Synced to Xero ✓ Paid via portal

See it run

A lead just came in.
Watch the matter run.

One real matter, intake to paid invoice, in under a minute. Recorded in MatterFirst, not a mock-up. No sound needed.

The MatterFirst leads board the moment a new conveyancing enquiry arrives

That was one matter, end to end. Every feature has its own film — Document AI, e-signatures, the client portal and eleven more, each shown in isolation, each under a minute.

Watch them all on the features page

Only in MatterFirst

The parts other platforms make you bolt on.

Document AI that does the reading

Contracts, IDs and correspondence are read on arrival, parties, dates and figures extracted and filed against the matter, fields prefilled before anyone opens the file.

Parties Settlement dates Financial figures Property details Template matching

An automation engine, not macros

No-code rules that chain together, when this happens, do that, then that.

23

trigger types

20

action types

Client portal, included

Branded for your firm, free for every client. Progress, documents, messages, forms and payments, without another subscription.

Workflows you can actually see

A visual builder for sequential and conditional steps, your firm's process, drawn once, followed every time.

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Open where it counts

Connect Xero, Stripe, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace yourself. PEXA and InfoTrack we set up with you. A documented REST API and webhooks cover everything else.

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14 days

guided trial with your real matters

4 integrations

Xero, Stripe, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, connected by you in minutes

100%

of your data held in Australia: your chosen AWS region, and Azure Australia East for the document-reading step

1 thread

from first enquiry to final invoice

Coming from Actionstep, LEAP or Clio?

We migrate your matters, contacts and documents. Plan four to ten weeks end to end, most of which is getting the export out of your current vendor.

vs Actionstep vs LEAP vs Clio

MatterFirst is a legal practice management platform for Australian law firms, built by NorthCape Technology, with your matters, documents, billing and client portal on one thread and your data held in the AWS region your firm chooses.

Built in Australia for Australian practice: trust accounting, Xero, and PEXA set up as part of your rollout.

Put your practice in perfect order.

See your own matters running on one golden thread: guided trial, real data, 14 days.

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