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New Critical Dates for Litigation matter types

A new critical date scheme has been created and added to Calendar & Tasks for all state and federal Litigation matter types, which includes the following new critical dates:

  • Date of service of originating process
  • Due date for Defence
  • First court date
  • Further court date
  • Further court date
  • Mediation due by date
  • Hearing date
  • Settlement / Judgement

    • If you would like to submit any feedback to us please do so here.

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    NT – Stamp Duty Forms

    We are excited to announce that in response to client feedback, four NEW NT Stamp Duty forms have been added to LEAP.  The forms cam be found in LEAP Forms>Revenue Office folder in the respective matter types, and are as follows:

    • Form F-HI-016 – BuildBonus application form (LL-NT-PR-0179)
    • Form F-HI-018 – BuildBonus vendor (company) declaration – new residence (LL-NT-PR-0180)
    • Form F-HI-017 – BuildBonus vendor (individual) declaration – purchase of a new home (LL-NT-PR-0181)
    • Form F-HI-019 – Stamp duty application form (LL-NT-PR-0182)

     

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    NT – Lease Matter Type Improvements

    We have made extensive improvements to the NT Lease matter type data entry layouts.  Rather than having a subsidiary layout of Details under the Tenant card, we have incorporated that information in the Lease Details layout and included four tabs to re-order the information.

    Within Lease Details the four tabs of information are:

    Once entered these details will populate into the NT Land Titles Office lease forms and the newly added Landlord’s and Tenant’s Disclosure Statements Relating to Retail Shop Lease (LL-NT-PR-0178).  As is the case now, details for a non shopping centre lease will need to be entered into the Property Layout.

    The NT Land Titles Office lease forms have been shortcut into the Lease matter type for easy access and re-coded where necessary.

    We are excited to bring you these improvements and welcome your feedback.  To do so, please click here ensuring you state “NT Lease Matter Type” in details.

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    Client Authorisation – new Interactive PDF

    The Client authorisation (LL-FED-GEN-046) has now been released as an Interactive PDF.  This form will work in all matter types in all States/Territories.  This form is version 5.0 and will print in accordance with the Model Participation Rules.

    Interactive PDF features include:

    • easily editable within the body of the form
    • no lengthy FILLINS just one dialog window for completion which is easily UPDATED
    • form reproduction is correct as the PDF is the authority’s form version
    • save the PDF directly to your file and simply UPDATE any changes in your matter from the LEAP toolbar within the PDF

    The first time you use an Interactive PDF within your LEAP matter, you will need to open the LEAP toolbar in More Tools.

    Please read this article on LEAP Community for more information on how to use an Interactive PDF including opening the LEAP toolbar.

    IMPORTANT: There are some specific software requirements for this form to work correctly, including:

    • LEAP Version 1.17 must be installed; and
    • Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (which is a free version) must be installed.

    Provide feedback on the new Interactive PDFs here.

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    NT – Litigation court forms

    A litigation profile review has been carried out to ensure that the Court forms work correctly when, not only acting for ALL Defendants, but also when acting for ONE Defendant where there are multiple Defendants i.e. acting for the Second Defendant but not the First Defendant, or acting for the First and Second Defendants but not the Third Defendant, etc.

    The court forms for NT have therefore been re-coded where necessary to allow for more than one of each party using the mergefield Court__List_Parties, and a new mergefield COURT__Filed_for_role where required.  The forms affected are those listed below:

    NT > Litigation > Local Court Litigation > LEAP Forms > Local Court
    NT > Litigation > Supreme Court Litigation > LEAP Forms > Supreme Court Civil
    NT > Litigation > Work Health Court > LEAP Forms > Work Health Court

    MATTER SET UP:

    Where there is more than one Defendant in the matter, complete as follows:
    Client = Client
    Other Side = Plaintiff
    Other Side’s Solicitor = Plaintiff’s Solicitor

    Edit Table Types and add the following Tables and Cards:
    Defendant
    Defendant’s Solicitor

    A new subsidiary layout has been added entitled ‘Role’ which is associated with each party ie Plaintiff, Defendant and Third Party (where applicable).  This new layout determines who you are acting for i.e. the Second Defendant etc:

    If you are acting for ALL Defendants or if there is only one Defendant in the matter, then complete the matter setup as normal.

    This same rule applies for Third Parties, i.e. you could act for one or a multiple of Third Parties but not necessarily all Third Parties.  In this instance,  the parties would be set up as follows:
    Client = Client
    Other Side = Defendant
    Other Side’s Solicitor = Defendant’s Solicitor

    Edit Table Types and add the following Tables and Cards:
    Plaintiff
    Plaintiff’s Solicitor
    Third Party
    Third Party’s Solicitor

    Enter Third Parties in the order that they appear in the Third Party Notice i.e. if your client is the Second Third Party, then replicate the Client Card and also ensure that your Firm Details are added as Second Third Party’s Solicitor.

    EXAMPLE MATTER SET UP:

    Our client is Joanne Penelope Smithfield and she is the Third Defendant:

    As we continually strive to make improvements to LEAP, please provide feedback here.

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    New Matter Type – NT Civil and Administrative Tribunal

    We are excited to announce we have created another new matter type for NT.  The Civil and Administrative Tribunal matter type is located as shown below:

    This matter type covers all jurisdictions of NTCAT.

    Within the matter there are two unique layouts for you to enter details to populate forms:

    • NTCAT Details;

    • Guardianship Details.

    The LEAP Forms are located within Guides & Precedents as follows:

    Please note when you are acting in a Guardianship matter, create your new LEAP matter as follows:
    Client = Client
    Other Side = Other Side

    Once your matter has opened ensure the card details are as follows:
    Client = Applicant
    Other Side = Adult

    We welcome your feedback on these improvements.  Please let us know if there are further forms you would like added.  To do so, please click here ensuring you state “Feedback on NT Civil and Administrative Matter Type” in details.