New-matter intake, handled before your fee-earners arrive.
People with legal problems don’t wait for Monday at 9am. Zatio captures the matter on WhatsApp or your website, flags anything urgent or conflicted, and books an intake call with the right fee-earner — so your team starts Monday with triaged work, not inbox triage.
Why firms lose new-matter enquiries
Partners don’t answer WhatsApp at 9pm
And they shouldn’t have to. But the client who has just been notified of a divorce, a dismissal, or a deceased’s estate isn’t waiting until morning to call someone.
Form fatigue kills conversions
‘Complete our intake form’ puts 60% of high-intent enquiries off. A conversation — asking the right questions, one at a time — converts them.
Receptionists aren’t case-triaging
Your front desk is polite and professional, but they can’t spot a likely limitation-barred PI claim or a conflicted party before they book the partner’s time.
Built for a regulated profession
Zatio doesn’t give legal advice. It captures the matter, flags risk, and books the call — the bits your fee-earners shouldn’t be doing themselves.
Practice-aware intake
Scripts for family, private client, employment, personal injury, conveyancing, commercial. Asks the right first questions for each matter type.
Urgency flags
Limitation periods, injunctions, arrests, deadlines — flagged to the duty partner as urgent, out-of-hours if you want.
Basic conflict triage
Captures the parties’ names, cross-references your conflict list, and flags potential conflicts before an intake call is booked.
Matter summary
Fee-earner walks in to a one-paragraph matter note — not a chat transcript. Ready for Clio, LEAP, Actionstep, or your case-management system.
Books with the right fee-earner
By matter type, seniority and availability. Straight into your calendar via Microsoft Bookings, Cal.com, Clio Grow, or a shared booking URL.
Professional-conduct safe
Never advises. Never quotes hourly rates or fixed fees without you authorising the script. SRA-aware framing on every outbound message.
Questions we hear a lot
Won’t it give legal advice and get us in trouble?
SRA and GDPR — where do we stand?
What about conflicts?
Does it integrate with Clio / LEAP / Actionstep?
How do fee-earners receive the intake?
See it triage a real enquiry
Book 15 minutes. Tell us what practice areas you take on. We’ll show you a real transcript — urgent, out-of-hours, with a conflict flag — ending in a partner’s diary entry for Tuesday morning.