The Advocate

Criminal case management for the Psion 3a/c and 5 personal organiser


Main menu for The Advocate (Series 5 screen shown)

The Program
The Advocate is a criminal case management system for the Psion Series 3A/C and 5 personal organiser written by solicitor Julian Gibbons. It incorporates time recording and a court schedule and will calculate legal aid. Specifically designed for the busy magistrates' court advocate, The Advocate is a practical solution to billing criminal cases, running as it does on the versatile and highly portable Psion Series 3A/C and 5. It allows for entry in a convenient format of all the information necessary for legal aid claims for all aspects of criminal work. The program has been upgraded to take account of the new police station claim form (CLAIM 14).

Full feature list
Time recording including legal aid codes and notes
Entry of basic case information
Handles disbursements
File history
Calculation of magistrates' court claims, both standard and non-standard fees
Automatically posts new cases to the Agenda program (Series 5 only)
Handles ABWOR cases, including Mental Health Tribunal cases
Stores and prints police station attendances and calculates claims
Calculators for Green form, Court duty and Crown court bills
Court schedules produced and printed
Built in Mode of Trial guidelines
Calculators for interest, PACE times and custody time limits


Entering client data (Series 5 screen shown)
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Legal aid standard fee totals (Series 5 screen shown)

Price
The Advocate sells at a competitive £175. Maintenance for one year is included within this price. The best way to obtain the program is to download a trial version from below. Otherwise, users must supply at least a 128K Flash RAM card in the case of the Series 3a/c or a memory card for the Series 5 version. Both versions can also be supplied on floppy disk. Alternatively, these are available from the author at current list price. The trial version of the program limits you to the number of cases you can run and certain other features are disabled. A code number is available from the author upon purchase which unlocks the remaining features of the program. To purchase send a cheque for the appropriate amount to the author at the address below.

Whether you are trying the program out or are a registered user, you will always be able to obtain the most up to date version of the program from this site. The Series 5 version is now undergoing a substantial rewrite, particularly in relation to the various printed reports. Updates will be posted at regular intervals. Most future development will concentrate on the Series 5 version. The improved operating system of the Series 5 allows for much better features than the Series 3.

Latest additions to the program include linked attendance notes using the built in Word application for both criminal cases and police station attendances.

Home Page

Download trial version of 'The Advocate' (Series 3a/c) (approx. 46 KB in Zip format) (needs WinZip or similar)

Download trial version of 'The Advocate' (Series 5) as a compressed SIS file (approx 50MB) (needs WinZip or similar)

Download trial version of 'The Advocate' (Series 5) as an SIS installation file (approx 130KB) (recommended if you have PsiWin version 2.1 with its auto install feature - if you don't you can get it from the Psion web site)

Latest updates to Series 5 program: 18th April 1999.

The Advocate user guide (note that the installation guide applies to the Series 3a/c only)

Orders and further enquiries to:
Julian Gibbons
20 Bracecamp Close
Ormesby St. Margaret
Gt. Yarmouth
NR29 3PR
England
Telephone: 01493 732688 (home) or 849203 (work)
or: jrg01@globalnet.co.uk

Last updated 18th April 1999

Copyright (c) 1999 Julian Gibbons.