Migrate your Legal Workspace data
Practice management tool for UK law firms offering modular legal modules you pick à la carte; price shocks early adopters until they see the value.
In its favor
Why people choose Legal Workspace
The signal that keeps Legal Workspace on the shortlist. Sourced from G2, Capterra, and customer scoping calls.
Single flat-rate OnePrice plan — £50/user/month covering all features, free training, and free updates. No tier-based feature gating.
Built specifically for UK law firms with GDPR-aligned data protection, encryption, secure access controls, and regular security backups.
Custom fields, document templates, and configurable user permissions ship out of the box — small firms can shape the system to their practice areas without consulting fees.
Integrated timekeeping (built-in timers plus manual entry) is bundled, removing the need for a separate billing tool.
100% cloud-based with modern web browser and mobile app access — no on-premise server to maintain.
Single-tier pricing means small firms with junior fee-earners or part-time staff pay full price per seat with no entry tier.
UK-centric — features and compliance posture target UK firms; multi-jurisdiction firms may need a more international product.
Cannysoft is a smaller vendor — partner/consultant ecosystem is narrower than mainstream legal CRMs (Clio, LEAP, Actionstep).
No public API documentation — custom integrations require Cannysoft engagement.
Customers needing trust accounting at scale typically combine Legal Workspace with a separate ledger tool, since the platform's billing module focuses on time and fees rather than client account compliance.
Reasons to switch
Why people leave Legal Workspace
The recurring reasons buyers give for replacing Legal Workspace. Presented as facts, not knocks.
Platform scorecard
Strengths, weaknesses, and where Legal Workspace fits
Grades across six dimensions, plus a SWOT-style view of where the platform shines and where it falls short.
SWOT — strengths, weaknesses, and use-case fit
Strengths
Weaknesses
Where it works
Where it struggles
Pricing tiers
Legal Workspace pricing overview
Legal Workspace charges a single flat OnePrice plan at £50 per user per month per the vendor site. All features, free training, and free software updates are included. There is no published free tier, no per-feature gating, and no enterprise upcharge. Onboarding training is included rather than billed separately.
OnePrice
Tier 1 of 1
£50/user/month
What's included
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What gets migrated
Legal Workspace object support
Object-by-object support for Legal Workspace migrations. Per-pair details surface during scoping.
Matters
Fully supportedMatters is the primary case/container object in Legal Workspace. We migrate Matters 1:1 with their standard fields: matter number, title, assigned attorney, status, open date, and any custom properties. Active and archived Matters are handled separately so the destination workflow is not disrupted by bulk-importing closed cases.
Contacts
Fully supportedClient and counterparty Contacts migrate with name, email, phone, address, and related matter links. We deduplicate against existing records in the destination system using a fuzzy-match algorithm on name and email before creating or linking.
Documents
Mapping requiredDocuments associated with Matters are migrated as binary blobs with their filename and folder path preserved. Document-level permissions and version histories may not map directly to all destination systems; we flag these for manual review post-import.
Calendar Events
Mapping requiredCourt dates, filing deadlines, and appointments stored as Calendar Events migrate as date-time entries linked to their parent Matter. Timezone handling requires explicit confirmation during scoping since UK-based Legal Workspace instances may store times in GMT or BST.
Billing Records
Mapping requiredTime entries, invoices, and trust account transactions are migration-eligible but require mapping to the destination's billing object schema. We preserve billable hours, rates, and invoice numbers and flag any currency-conversion requirements.
Custom Properties
Mapping requiredFirms that have added custom fields to any object will see those fields appear in our migration schema for manual field mapping. We do not auto-translate custom property logic; each must be explicitly reviewed against the destination field equivalents.
User Accounts
Mapping requiredAttorney and staff user accounts migrate as owner/assignee references in the destination. We map the Legal Workspace user list to the destination's user directory and flag any inactive accounts that should not be imported.
| Object | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matters | Fully supported | Matters is the primary case/container object in Legal Workspace. We migrate Matters 1:1 with their standard fields: matter number, title, assigned attorney, status, open date, and any custom properties. Active and archived Matters are handled separately so the destination workflow is not disrupted by bulk-importing closed cases. |
| Contacts | Fully supported | Client and counterparty Contacts migrate with name, email, phone, address, and related matter links. We deduplicate against existing records in the destination system using a fuzzy-match algorithm on name and email before creating or linking. |
| Documents | Mapping required | Documents associated with Matters are migrated as binary blobs with their filename and folder path preserved. Document-level permissions and version histories may not map directly to all destination systems; we flag these for manual review post-import. |
| Calendar Events | Mapping required | Court dates, filing deadlines, and appointments stored as Calendar Events migrate as date-time entries linked to their parent Matter. Timezone handling requires explicit confirmation during scoping since UK-based Legal Workspace instances may store times in GMT or BST. |
| Billing Records | Mapping required | Time entries, invoices, and trust account transactions are migration-eligible but require mapping to the destination's billing object schema. We preserve billable hours, rates, and invoice numbers and flag any currency-conversion requirements. |
| Custom Properties | Mapping required | Firms that have added custom fields to any object will see those fields appear in our migration schema for manual field mapping. We do not auto-translate custom property logic; each must be explicitly reviewed against the destination field equivalents. |
| User Accounts | Mapping required | Attorney and staff user accounts migrate as owner/assignee references in the destination. We map the Legal Workspace user list to the destination's user directory and flag any inactive accounts that should not be imported. |
Gotchas
What to watch for in Legal Workspace migrations
Issues we've hit on past Legal Workspace migrations, tagged by severity. FlitStack AI handles every one — surfacing them up front because buyer engineering teams want to know.
Document templates and custom fields are configuration data, not matter data
Integrated timer entries and manual time records use different storage paths
No public API or developer portal
| Severity | Issue |
|---|---|
| Medium | Document templates and custom fields are configuration data, not matter data |
| Medium | Integrated timer entries and manual time records use different storage paths |
| High | No public API or developer portal |
Leaving Legal Workspace?
Where Legal Workspace customers move next
12 destinations Legal Workspace can migrate to.
How a Legal Workspace migration works
Four steps, Legal Workspace-specific
Connect
Not publicly documented — confirmed during scoping into Legal Workspace. Scopes limited to read-only on the data we move.
Map
We translate Legal Workspace-specific structures (custom fields, objects, value lists) to the destination's model.
Sample
Test with a 50–200 record subset to validate Legal Workspace quirks before production.
Migrate
Full migration with Legal Workspace rate-limit handling. Rollback available throughout.
FAQ
Legal Workspace migration FAQ
Answers to the questions buyers ask most during Legal Workspace migration scoping. Not seeing yours? Book a call.
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