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The problem
Ask any lawyer and they’ll tell you the same thing: The law isn’t the hard part, it’s everything around it. A date that only exists in someone’s messages, a note you have to hunt for across three different places, having to explain a case from scratch because whoever knew it best is out sick today.
Things should not be this hard in 2026.A new era in Sri Lankan legal practice.
The platform
Less admin. More practice.
Cases, case history and your chamber's workload, connected. Watch it, or pick a view.
Cases, case history and team workload. Connected in Courtmate.
Your cases. One clear view.Keep case details, next dates and assigned counsel together.
Illustrated Courtmate workflows with sample data.
Before you ask
The four questions every chamber asks first.
Open any card for the short answer. Each one links to the full page.
Web servers in Singapore.Courtmate runs in Singapore. Your data is hosted outside Sri Lanka, as our privacy policy says.
Encrypted in transit.Every connection uses HTTPS, enforced for a year on every subdomain, with strict browser security headers.
Your chamber is walled off.Every query is scoped to your chamber, and an automated test fails if one is not.
Who at Courtmate can see it.Only named support staff, granted and revoked by one administrator, with a reason recorded each time.
Month, week or day; by time, by lawyer or by case. Double-bookings and court holidays show before you commit.
Calendar · Week · By lawyer
CalendarHearings, deadlines and blocked time for you and your chamber.
Week · By lawyer
Mon 21
Tue 22
Wed 23
Thu 24
Fri 25
N. Perera
DC Colombo 9:30
HC Colombo 1:00DC Mt Lavinia 1:30Double-booked
Court holiday
A. Fernando
Leave
CA 10:00
Court holiday
S. De Silva
MC Kandy 9:00
Deed of gift
Court holiday
My hearingAssignment dueCourt holidayBlocked time
My day
Each morning: today’s diary, your overdue and due-today to-dos, and the work still to bill.
My day
My dayWednesday, 14 October
1. Today's diary3
9:30 AM · HearingPerera v. SilvaDC Colombo
1:00 PM · Court dateState v. RanasingheHC Colombo
All day · AssignmentDeed of giftDue today
2. Focus to-dos2
Overdue · ActionFile written submissionsPerera v. Silva
Today · ActionPrepare case for trialHC/COL/88/24
3. To bill · 3 items3
✓ · ChargedHearing, DC Colombo
Not yetConsultation, K. Silva
Not yetDraft deed
Action items
Assign a task on a case, set a due date, and see when it was acknowledged.
Action Items
Action ItemsTrack all action items across cases, assignments, and chambers
All14
Past due2
Pending5
Pending (5)
Overdue · 2dDC/COL/2026/114File written submissionsHIGHOVERDUEAwaiting acknowledgementAFA. Fernando
TodayHC/COL/88/24Prepare case for trialMEDIUMDUE TODAYAcknowledged by S. De Silva · 13/10/2026 16:20SDS. De Silva
Assignments
Non-court work with its own stages: property transactions, notarial work, contract reviews and advice.
Assignments
AssignmentsManage non-litigation work and consultancy
Active6
Due soon2
All9
Fri 16 OctProperty Transaction · Due DiligenceSale of land at NugegodaHIGHClient: K. SilvaNP
Mon 19 OctNotarial Work · DraftingDeed of gift, Jayasinghe familyMEDIUMClient: R. JayasingheAF
Bulk onboarding from Excel
Fill one template, review every row before anything is saved, and import up to 500 cases and assignments at once.
Import cases and assignments
Step 2 of 4Review before import. Nothing is saved yet.
412ready to import
23with warnings
5will be skipped
Cases · 380Assignments · 60
Record
Checks
DC/COL/2026/114 · Perera v Fernando
Ready
HC/KAN/2025/31 · State v Dias
Court "Kandy HC" kept as typed
DC/COL/2024/77 · Silva v Bank
Already exists
Up to 500 rows per sheet · .xlsx or .csvImport 435 valid rows
History carried over
Each case keeps its last date and a “Before Courtmate” history, so its past travels with it from day one.
Perera v. Silva
DC/COL/2026/114
Perera v. SilvaDistrict Court · Colombo
Last date · 02 Sep›① Next date · 28 Sep
Timeline02 SEP · Hearing notes added · N. Perera18 AUG · Counsel assigned · A. Fernando
Before CourtmatePlaint filed 2019. Trial began March 2023; 14 earlier hearings recorded in the chamber diary. Issues framed 11/2023.
View full timeline
Also in Courtmate
External counsel on one case · Hearing reminders · Team workload · The phone app, court-side
Our story
Built for lawyers, by lawyers.
It started with one case: One evening, piecing together a file that should’ve taken minutes. The usual flipping through notebooks, trying to remember which note went where, and a client waiting to hear what happens next.
That’s the moment Courtmate was born; not as a business plan, but as a promise to ourselves: no lawyer should lose an evening to something that isn’t the law.
So we built the tool we wished we had, for the practice we know, and the system we’re determined to see move faster.
Who we are
SM
Shevindri Manuel is an Attorney-at-Law and the Founder of Courtmate, with a career built across the courtroom and the wider justice system. Her work spans criminal law and human rights, alongside years spent driving access to justice and legal empowerment across South Asia.
That dual vantage point, practising law and working to reform how justice systems function, is what shaped Courtmate.
“I built Courtmate because I was tired of watching good lawyers lose time to bad systems, and the system deserves tools that move as fast as the people practising it.”
JW
Joel Wickremasinghe, Product Advisor, is the one who brought that vision to life. With over 14 years of executive leadership at the intersection of IT project management, software engineering governance, and enterprise delivery, he’s spent his career turning ideas into products people actually use. Having led multi-million-dollar software portfolios across global enterprise SaaS, telecommunications, banking/fintech, e-government, and UN agencies, he shapes Courtmate’s product direction and technical roadmap, working closely with Shevindri to translate her experience on the ground into a tool lawyers can rely on.
“Technology has fixed inefficiency in almost every other industry, there’s no reason the legal system should be the exception.” says Joel.
Questions
Before you join the beta.
Does it work in court with no signal?
On the phone app, yes: your cases and hearings are on the phone, and refixes you make are kept and sent once you are back online. The web app needs a connection.
We do land, conveyancing or notarial work. Does it fit?
Land is a case category, and non-court work has its own stages: property transactions run from inquiry to registration, notarial work from drafting to registration. Partition and testamentary matters have no dedicated type yet.
Is it in Sinhala or Tamil?
Not yet. Courtmate is in English today.
What happens when a junior leaves?
Their open work is reassigned in one step, their access ends, and the case history keeps their name. Your bill only changes when your team permanently shrinks or grows.
