Counsel is a login for briefed barristers — regular or outsourced. They reach only the matters you brief them on, read-only, and nothing else in the firm. Here's how each state looks on both sides of the screen.
A lawyer or admin opens the same matter with everything: the full navigation, engagement documents, invoicing, the briefing panel, and message sending. The firm only tags mark what a briefed barrister never sees.
Engagement
firm onlyInvoices
firm onlyCounsel
firm managesDocuments
Messages
send: firm onlyOne nav item. They land on their briefs and open the file — matter, client, documents, correspondence, activity. Everything tagged firm only above is simply gone.
Documents
Messages
On the matter page, staff brief and un-brief counsel. Every grant and revoke is written to the matter's activity log.
Brief a barrister
Access already cut off at the expiry date — the row stays so you can see it lapsed. They're free to re-brief.
Row removed from the list. Their login stays, but this matter returns “not found” the instant you revoke.
Counsel see only matters they hold an active grant on. Everything else returns “not found”.
View and download the file, upload advice and court orders — but never delete a document.
Set an access-until date for a single hearing; it lapses on its own, or revoke in one click.
Every brief and revoke is stamped into the matter's activity log — server-enforced, not just UI.