Frequently Asked Questions

Rapidocs® LawDraft is a web-based service from Epoq that allows the user to complete forms and draft complex legal documents quickly using a sophisticated online document automation tool. It is designed for use by solicitors and legal professionals and includes a growing library of trusted up-to-date content. Unlike other 'online' drafting systems, Rapidocs® LawDraft allows the user to see the draft being assembled in real time in accordance with a client's circumstances. It also allows the download of the created draft to any word processor for final edits.

A comprehensive range of forms and document templates are available, covering the following areas of law.

• Wills, POA and COP
• Family Law (Cohabitation agreements, prenuptial)
• Landlord and tenant
• Employment and Health & Safety
• Business Law

New content is constantly being developed and added to our libraries. In addition, existing content is continually amended to be current with the latest laws and regulations. Click here to see all available templates.

You can also see a list of recent updates to documents on the homepage.

To access our forms and document templates you will need to subscribe to one or more of the content libraries, which will allow unlimited use of all the templates in that library for the term of your subscription. The system is highly modular and designed so that firms of any size, only pay for the templates they need. Call us on 0345 644 8988 to discuss your particular requirements.

The documents are created through the use of Rapidocs®, Epoq's intelligent document automation technology, which presents the user with an online questionnaire, the answers to which tailor the document to the client's circumstances. Complex questions are accompanied by explanatory notes designed to provide the user with the information needed to answer the question correctly, and further guidance is available in the accompanying comprehensive user notes.

Rapidocs® is Epoq's proprietary document automation system which works via an online questionnaire. Based on the answers provided to these questions, the document is tailored to the relevant circumstances. Each document is exceptionally detailed, with all relevant legal clauses contained within it. The answers supplied in the questionnaire will automatically edit the document, adding or removing clauses as the question session continues. Some Rapidocs® templates can create thousands of possible combinations of clauses and information to create a truly bespoke first draft. This provides an enormous amount of flexibility, and allows for the creation of a vastly superior and more bespoke document than is possible with simple 'flat-form' precedent banks.

Rapidocs® LawDraft is provided as a subscription service with the fees determined by the number of document library users within the firm. Subscriptions are paid for monthly in advance by Direct Debit and once set-up, you will be sent an email with your membership code and an explanation of how to register and start using the service... Our sales and support teams are available to give you all the guidance you need.

Yes... You can purchase a subscription that is tailored to the needs of your firm, so that you only pay for (and access) the form and template libraries you require. In addition, you can control the level of access to the service within your firm and create a highly bespoke subscription where some users have access to some templates, and some to others - but never pay for more than you need.

Yes, you can adjust the size and scope of your subscription by adding additional users or libraries at any time, and can similarly reduce the scope of your subscription after an initial fixed period.

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Once you have subscribed to the service, you will be sent an email with your membership code. Simply click on the "Register" link on the top right of this website and enter your code to start using the service. We also offer membership codes on a trial basis - call us on 0345 644 8988 to find out more.

This code is provided to you when you subscribe to the service and is unique to your firm. Without this, you will not actually be able to make practical use of any of our templates for drafting purposes.

Membership codes will be emailed to the person within the firm responsible for managing the Rapidocs® LawDraft subscription. It is the responsibility of this person to distribute the codes to other agreed users within the firm as appropriate. Epoq is not able to provide membership codes to anyone other than those previously agreed in the terms of the subscription contract.

Your membership code will determine which forms and template libraries your firm can access, and controls how many subscribers from your firm can use the system.

You can access the templates available to you from the 'Start a new document' page once you are logged in. Simply click on the 'Start document' button next to a document template in this list to begin creating a new document draft based on this template.

Our legal content team is continually developing and adding new forms and document templates to our libraries. If a document you require is not available, please email our support team who will advise if there is an alternative that is suitable for you, or if there are plans to release an appropriate service in the near future.

If this happens, please check you are using a supported browser and then call our technical support helpline on 0345 644 8988.

When logged in, click on the 'Document drafts' page. From this screen you are able to see any documents you have previously created or edited.

Yes. You can create as many document drafts as you like from the templates available to you - as long as you maintain a valid subscription.

Once you have logged into the website, visit the 'Document Drafts' section of the website, and if the document is not immediately visible, then open the folder containing the document or search for the document using the 'Search document' box at the top of the page. Displayed on the right-hand side of the screen will be all the documents contained within the folder you have opened. Once you have found the document you want, select 'Download'. You can choose to 'Download' the document either as a PDF or as an editable file that you can access in any word processor.

If you see a red asterisk next to a questions group while completing a Rapidocs document draft this indicates that a question within that section has not been answered.

Due to the nature of the drafting process, it could be possible that this was intentional and you have ignored this section/question on purpose because you intend to edit the downloaded draft later. However, you should double-click on the question group to view the incomplete question and make sure that this omission was intentional.

All of the document templates offered through Rapidocs® LawDraft are created by our in-house team of experienced legal professionals, so that you can be certain that the forms and document templates are suitable for use in a legal environment.

Our content team have a watching brief to keep all of our content current within the law, and document maintenance forms a large part of their ongoing duties; any fresh or adjusted content is uploaded every 2 weeks. Recently updated templates are shown on the homepage, and the last updated date of every document is shown on the 'Start a document' page.

No. There is no mechanism within Rapidocs® LawDraft for you to create new templates using the Rapidocs system, and upload it for use within your own firm. Epoq do have the technology to allow you to create a dedicated site using your own templates alongside our own, but this is not covered by the term of any subscription and such a solution would require additional tools, training and charges.

Yes. We are constantly looking to improve both the depth and breadth of the content libraries we offer.

Yes. We welcome all feedback on our content and are always looking for ways to add value to the Rapidocs® LawDraft service. Please contact us with any suggestions for new templates - such feedback always helps us in prioritising our content development and highlights areas of the law for which we might next develop services.

Our sales team would be delighted to discuss the service with you either by phone or video call. Just contact us for details of how to reach us.

Rapidocs® LawDraft is owned and operated by Epoq Legal Limited. Epoq has been at the forefront of document automation and online legal service delivery for over 25 years, and has won awards for our solutions in recognition of our continuing contribution to change. Visit www.epoq.co.uk to find out more about us.