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NT – Litigation matter types

We have recently added a new feature called Table relations to NT Litigation matter types.

Card table relations have been implemented for the following NT Litigation matter types which will enable all related cards to be linked together:

  • Local Court Litigation
  • Work Health Court
  • Supreme Court Litigation

Table relations provide smart association of related parties and/or relevant data through both cards and tables to ensure matter types are easier to complete.

Some common Litigation table relations include Employer, Insurer and Employer’s Solicitor:

This is particularly helpful in Litigation matter types when there is more than one Other side and Other side’s Solicitor, it is now easy to identify which Solicitor belongs with which Other side.

Some of these card tables are not Standard tables but are available in Other possible tables and when added to the matter through edit table types will link with the relevant related card or table.

If required, you can also edit table relations per matter by right clicking on the Matter Details and selecting Edit Table relations, you will then be presented with a list of relations to un-associate – simply untick any tables you wish to unlink.

Details are also available on the Help Centre.

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Court Book Cover Pages

The following new Court book cover pages have been created in the relevant litigation LEAP Forms folders:

  • Appeal book cover page – Fair Work Commission [LL-FED-GEN-051]
  • Application book cover page – High Court [LL-FED-GEN-052]
  • Court book cover page – ACT all Courts [LL-ACT-GEN-003]
  • Court book cover page – Federal Court [LL-FED-GEN-053]
  • Court book cover page – NSW District Court [LL-NSW-GEN-0083]
  • Court book cover page – NSW Local Court [LL-NSW-GEN-0084]
  • Court book cover page – NSW Supreme Court [LL-NSW-GEN-0085]
  • Court book cover page – NT Supreme Court [LL-NT-GEN-002]
  • Court book cover page – Federal Circuit Court and Family Court [LL-FED-GEN-054]
  • Court book cover page – QLD District Court [LL-QLD-GEN-028]
  • Court book cover page – QLD Magistrates Court [LL-QLD-GEN-029]
  • Court book cover page – QLD Supreme Court [LL-QLD-GEN-030]
  • Court book cover page – TAS Supreme Court [LL-TAS-GEN-009]
  • Court book cover page – VIC County Court [LL-VIC-GEN-040]
  • Court book cover page – VIC Magistrates Court [LL-VIC-GEN-041]
  • Court book cover page – VIC Supreme Court [LL-VIC-GEN-042]
  • Court book cover page – SA all Courts [LL-SA-GEN-013]
  • Trial bundle cover page – WA Supreme Court [LL-WA-GEN-008]

These cover pages can be used when compiling court books, appeal books, tender books and trial bundles.  You can also use BundlePro to assist in compiling these books and bundles.

What is BundlePro?

BundlePro is a new innovation to help law firms meet the new requirements associated with the electronic submission of CourtBooks. It integrates with LEAP to allow law firms to create professional, presentable, searchable and cost effective electronic PDF bundles for the courts in minutes.

BundlePro automatically converts large volumes of documents into a single PDF, complete with an auto-generated paginated index, bookmarks, hyperlinks and a cover page. The contents of the electronic binder is then run through a forensic OCR, making the text fully searchable.  Simple and user friendly, BundlePro will save you time and money. Once a bundle has been created, an automatic disbursement can be generated and saved back to your client’s ledger in LEAP, ensuring you recover any expenses incurred.

Want to learn more?

Book your free BundlePro demonstration today.

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NT – Matter Information Sheet hyperlinks

We have created hyperlinks for all Matter Information Sheets currently available in LEAP Community.  The Information Sheets are How to articles to assist you on matter setup and common form usage.  Information Sheets that are matter specific are located in the LEAP Forms folder and Information Sheets that are relevant to a particular form are located immediately preceding the form.

Matter Information Sheets hyperlinks for NT are available as follows: [Read more…] about NT – Matter Information Sheet hyperlinks

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NT – Local Court Forms

The following forms have been updated:

  • Transcript order form – Local Court (LL-NT-LCCI-100)
  • Form 7C – Originating application between parties (LL-NT-LCCI-054)
  • Form 7F – Originating application between parties when early hearing required (LL-NT-LCCI-055)
  • Form 23A – Summons to give evidence (LL-NT-LCCI-062)
  • Form 23B – Summons for production of documents (LL-NT-LCCI-059)
  • Form 23C – Summons to corporation for production of documents (LL-NT-LCCI-061)
  • Form 38A – Summons for taxation of costs (LL-NT-LCCI-060)
  • Form 47C – Judgment debtor’s declaration of financial circumstances (where judgment debtor is not a corporation) (LL-NT-LCCI-093)
  • Form 47D – Judgment debtor’s declaration of financial circumstances (where judgment debtor is a corporation) (LL-NT-LCCI-094)

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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 – 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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    NT – Work Health Court

    We have completed a review of the Northern Territory Work Health Court forms.  There were no updates, but some minor changes were made to some forms for improvement.

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    NT- Local Court

    We have completed a review of the Northern Territory Local Court forms and updated the form listed below.  Minor changes were made to some other forms for improvement.

    • Form 7C – Statement of claim for work to be done, goods to be returned or replaced, etc (LL-NT-LCCI-098)