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How to configure Pay settings

Configure payment methods, products, limits, reminders and client email copy from the Pay settings page in Legl.

Written by Ula Moyse-White

Overview

The Pay settings page lets firm Admins configure how clients pay, which payment methods are available, the minimum and maximum limits applied across different payment surfaces, when payment reminders are sent, and the wording of the payment emails your clients receive, and the contact details your clients see on payment emails and at checkout. Your firm's registered address for payment onboarding is also held here. All settings are self-serve and take effect immediately when saved.


Before you start

  • You must be a Legl Admin

  • Navigate to Settings, then select Pay


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How to configure Pay settings

  1. Log in to the Legl Dashboard.

  2. Go to Settings from the left-hand navigation menu.

  3. Select Pay.

  4. Under Payment configuration, locate the setting you want to change.

  5. Toggle the switch on or off for the relevant option, or enter a value in the Payment limits fields.

  6. Select Save limits, Save reminders, or Save template when editing a client email, to apply your changes.


Payment methods

Toggle which payment types your firm accepts.

  • Credit cards – Allow clients to pay using Visa and Mastercard credit cards.

  • American Express – Allow clients to pay using American Express cards. Higher processing fees apply.

American Express is controlled by its own toggle, so turning Credit cards on does not enable American Express. Debit cards are not affected by either setting.

When Credit cards is off, a client who enters a credit card at checkout is asked to use a debit card instead.

Payment products

Control additional payment functionality available to clients.

  • Payment plans – Allow clients to pay in instalments.

Payment settings

Control how certain payments are accepted.

  • European cards – Accept cards issued in Europe.

  • International cards – Accept cards issued outside the UK.


Payment limits

Use the Payment limits section to set minimum and maximum amounts across different payment surfaces. Leave a field blank to remove the cap, except where noted below.

  • Minimum payment amount: applies firm-wide to Pay requests, batch payments, and the pay portal when no portal-specific minimum is set. If a payment falls below this amount, card payment will not be offered to the client

  • Minimum pay portal payment: overrides the firm-wide minimum for pay portal payments. Falls back to the firm-wide minimum when blank

  • Maximum card payment: firm-wide cap for card payments (excludes phone payments). If a payment exceeds this limit, card payment will not be offered to the client. Leave blank for no cap

  • Maximum pay portal payment: overrides the firm-wide card maximum for pay portal payments. Falls back to the firm-wide maximum when blank

  • Maximum phone payment: cap for payments taken over the phone. This field is required and cannot be left blank

  • Maximum pay by bank payment: cap for Pay by Bank payments. If a payment exceeds this limit, Pay by Bank will not be offered to the client. Leave blank for no cap


Payment reminders

Choose when payment reminders are sent, set as the number of days after the request is sent. Enter the days in the Reminder days field as comma-separated whole numbers, each greater than 0 and listed in increasing order (for example, 1, 3, 7, 14, 30).

The default schedule is 1, 3, 7, 14, and 30 days. Leave the field blank to use the default schedule. Changes apply only to payments created after you save, so reminders already in progress are not affected. Any firm Admin can edit this setting. Select Save reminders to apply your changes.

You can also turn reminders off for an individual payment when you send the request.

The wording of the reminder emails is customised in the Client emails section below, so timing and copy are managed together on this page.

Payment reminders are separate from Engage request reminders, which have their own settings.


Client emails

Customise the body of the payment emails your clients receive. Select an email to open the editor, edit the Email body, use the Preview to see exactly what your client will receive, then select Save template.

You can customise the following emails:

  • Payment request – the first email a client receives when you send a payment request.

  • Payment reminder – the follow-up emails sent on your reminder schedule.

Each email shows whether it is currently Using default copy or has been customised. Use the Insert placeholder buttons to add dynamic fields such as Firm name, Recipient first name, Recipient last name, and Sender full name. Payment emails also include Amount, Invoice number, and Matter reference placeholders.

You can set different copy for each reminder in your schedule, so the wording can change as a payment stays outstanding.

The email copy you enter here is separate from your workflow text: text entered in an email does not appear in the workflow, and workflow text does not appear in the email. The preview is a one-to-one representation of what your client receives, so there is no need to repeat greetings that are already included.

Customised payment reminder copy also applies to batch payment reminder emails. Payment plan emails are not currently customisable.

ℹ️ Further guidance

How Pay emails work for your clients


Payment contact

The email address and phone number shown on your payment emails and at checkout. These are separate from the contact details in General settings, which are used on Engage.

  • Email – the address your clients see on payment emails and at checkout.

  • Phone number – the number your clients see on payment emails and at checkout.

Select Save to apply your changes. This is useful where payment queries should reach a cashiers or credit control inbox rather than the sender.


Email notifications

Choose whether the sender is notified when a payment email is not delivered, and set an address to receive transfer receipts.

  • Notify sender when a payment email is not delivered – when a payment request or reminder email hard bounces or is marked as spam, the lawyer who sent the request receives an in-app and email notification.

  • Bookkeeper email – the address that receives transfer receipts and refund notifications.


Registered address

Your firm's registered address, as recorded with your company registry. It is required before payment onboarding can complete.


Payment notification recipients

Choose who is notified by email when your firm receives a payment. Notifications can be sent to:

  • An individual user

  • Multiple users

  • A shared email inbox

You can also set a notification threshold, which is an amount above which an email alert is triggered for a payment. Payments below the threshold do not generate an alert.

ℹ️ Important

Payment notification recipients and the notification threshold are configured by Legl. To set them up or change them, contact our Support team.


What happens next

Changes to toggles take effect immediately. Payment limit changes take effect as soon as you select Save limits. Any payment that falls outside your configured limits will not be offered to the client at checkout.


Important information

  • Only Admins can update Pay settings

  • All changes apply firm-wide and affect future payments immediately

  • The Maximum phone payment field is required and cannot be left blank or cleared

  • Leave limit fields blank to remove the cap, except for Maximum phone payment

  • Credit cards and American Express are controlled by separate toggles

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