For advocates · Booking built for the Bar

The court diary that books itself.

Attorneys request consultations and pre-trials with you online, inside the hours you keep and with the notice you need. You approve in one tap. It lands in your own calendar.

No app for attorneys to install. No account for them to create. Your court days block the diary automatically.

Adv. M. Louw — Chambers DiarySeptember 2026 · SAST
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Request: Tue 8 Sept · 10:00–11:30 · Pre-trial conference · Dlamini v RAFApprove & add to calendar

How it works

Three steps for you, once. Three steps for the attorney, every time, without a single phone call.

For counsel
1

Connect your calendar

iCloud, Outlook or Google. Fasti reads it for court days and busy times, and writes confirmed appointments back. Nothing to maintain in Fasti itself.

2

Keep your rules

Hours, minimum notice, early closes, cancellation terms. Sensible defaults from day one; change them whenever you like.

3

Share your link

Put it in your email signature and send it once to your attorneys. From then on, the diary answers the “when are you free?” question for you.

For the attorney
1

Pick a time that is really open

They see only what you can actually do: your hours, your notice period, your court days already removed. Half an hour to a full day, in person or by video.

2

Say what the matter is

Parties, case number, a few lines on the issue. The time is held the moment they send it, and a one-time code confirms it is really them.

3

Get your answer

You approve or decline with a reason. Either way they hear by email, with a calendar invitation and the chambers address when it is on.

Built for the Bar, not adapted to it

Generic booking tools auto-confirm, know nothing about court days, and look wrong to a law firm. Fasti was built inside a set of chambers, by counsel, to how briefs actually arrive.

You decide, every timeNothing is confirmed without you. Requests are held, you approve or decline with a reason, and the attorney is told the same minute.
Court days close the diary by themselvesAn all-day entry in your calendar becomes “Appearing in court” on the attorney’s screen. Timed entries show only as taken, never by name.
Notice you can prepare onA minimum notice period, 48 hours by default, so your diary for tomorrow is settled today. Early closes on particular days, such as Friday afternoons.
Cancellations on your termsAttorneys may cancel online up to your deadline. After it, they are told to phone chambers and that a fee may be charged.
Matter details, not chit-chatParties, case number and a short description come with every request, so you can decide and start preparing before anyone arrives.
Private by designAttorneys never see other attorneys’ matters. Data stays in South Africa’s POPIA framework, on servers you don’t have to manage.

Two minutes, no jargon

Short walkthroughs, one for counsel and one to forward to attorneys’ secretaries. Recording in progress.

For counselConnecting your calendar, setting your rules, approving from your phone. About two minutes.
For attorneysBooking a consultation from the link, start to finish. Ninety seconds.

Prefer to see the real thing? A working diary is live at diary.louwchambers.co.za.

Pricing

Indicative, and free for the early-access cohort until launch.

R395per advocate, per month, once launched
  • Unlimited requests and attorneys; no per-booking fees
  • Calendar sync with iCloud, Outlook or Google
  • Your own address, e.g. yourname.fasti.co.za
  • Group rates from ten seats, with a clerk’s view of the whole group
  • Cancel any time; your attorneys keep the invitations they already have

Questions counsel ask

Does the attorney need an account or an app?

No. They open your link in any browser, on a phone or a desk. The first request from a device asks for a six-digit code sent to their email; after that the device is remembered for 90 days.

What if I keep my diary in Outlook or Google, not iCloud?

All three are supported at launch. The early-access cohort starts on iCloud, which is where the working version runs today; Outlook and Google follow in the first release.

Can my secretary or the group’s clerk approve on my behalf?

Yes. You can allow a second person to see the inbox and approve or decline. Group licences include a clerk’s view across members.

What do attorneys see of my diary?

Only what they need: open times, “Appearing in court” on court days, “Unavailable” on other blocked days, and “Booked” on taken times. Never the names of matters or other attorneys.

Is this advertising?

No. Fasti is a scheduling tool used by attorneys who already brief you; nothing in it is aimed at the public. Your page is reached by the link you give an attorney, not by search.

Where is the data kept, and who can see it?

Requests are stored on Supabase infrastructure with strict separation between advocates, processed under a POPIA operator agreement with Twelve Tables. Your calendar credentials are stored encrypted and used only to read busy times and write confirmed appointments.

Request early access

The first cohort of counsel gets Fasti free until launch, set up personally, in exchange for candid feedback. Attorneys and group administrators are welcome to sign up too.

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