The following forms have now been added to LEAP:
The South Australian Employment Tribunal has begun introducing an online process for lodgement of forms from July 2019. They have advised us that their preferred method of lodgement is online or, where there is no online option at this time, an interactive PDF form from their website.
As a result of this, we have now removed all SAET forms from LEAP that have an online or interactive PDF version on the SAET website. We will monitor the remaining forms and remove them as the SAET move these from doc format to PDF or online.
The following forms have been removed from LEAP and must be obtained from the SAET website:
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:
If you would like to submit any feedback to us please do so here.
The following LTO fees and charges have been updated as at 1 July 2019:
Further fees will be updated as they come to hand.
The following LEAP Liquor Licensing forms have been reviewed and updated where required:
In February 2019, the following critical dates were added to Calendar and Tasks for Lease matter types after feedback was received from clients that it would be beneficial to the user in the management of Lease matters.
Three of the dates, Lease commencement, Lease termination and Lease registration were already in the Lease Details table and to avoid the user from having to enter those dates both in the Lease Details table as well as in critical dates, the three dates were automated to prefill the date fields in the Lease Details table once entered in Calendar and Tasks.
We have since received feedback from clients requesting that we remove the automation of the dates as it locks the field on the layout and the automated field can no longer be used in other matter types that do not have the same critical date scheme. We also received feedback that the automation of the dates was removing the manually entered dates from old lease matters.
As a result of the feedback received, we will be reversing the changes made in relation to the three dates, Lease commencement, Lease termination and Lease registration by:
1. Removing the date automation and reverting to manual entry of the three dates on the Lease Details table;
2. Removing the associated three dates from the critical date scheme for Lease matter types; and
3. Reverting to the old fields on the layout so that dates entered in old Lease matters are retained.
The reversal of the changes will occur on Thursday 2 May 2019.
Once the changes have been reversed, any dates entered since February 2019 in Calendar and Tasks that auto populated the fields in the Lease Details table will remain in the Lease Details table and the dates entered in old Lease matters should be unaffected if those matters haven’t been opened since February 2019.
You can continue to enter the dates in Calendar and Tasks until the date automation is removed at which time the three dates will need to be entered directly in the Lease Details table moving forward.
In the meantime, and as part of our work to make LEAP simpler and easier to use, we will continue to work on further refinements on the date automation feature to provide our clients more options.
If you would like to submit any feedback to us please do so here.
A subsidiary data entry form or ‘layout’ entitled ‘Role’ has been attached to Plaintiff/Defendant/Applicant/Respondent/Third Party Cards to help determine who ‘Our Client’ is in circumstances where there are multiple parties in a matter.
Acting for ONLY one Defendant
If there is only one Defendant in the matter and they are your client, in the matter type you should choose the following:
Client = Defendant
Other Side = Plaintiff
Other Side’s Solicitor = Plaintiff’s Solicitor
Acting for multiple Defendants
Acting for an individual Defendant or more than one Defendant, i.e.:
When setting up parties in the matter you would choose the following:
Client = Client
Other Side = Plaintiff
Other Side’s Solicitor= Plaintiff’s Solicitors
Once your matter is created, the ‘Client’ card will appear and you need to enter your Client(s) details.
Important Note: You need to add ‘Defendant’ and ‘Defendant’s Solicitors’ cards to your matter by Editing Table Types. Once these cards have been added and positioned in your matter, you will need to add ALL of the parties and their Solicitor(s) in the order they appear in the originating process.
Once each Defendant(s) and Plaintiff(s) card details are entered, a subsidiary table called ‘Role’ will appear. Choose Yes or No from the dropdown list next to ‘Is this your client?’ Repeat this for each party.
The diagram below shows ‘Peter Johnstone’ has been entered as the ‘Client’ and again as ‘Defendant 2’. You also need to enter your firm’s details again in ‘Defendant’s Solicitor 2’ card.
You can add multiple clients.
Acting for a Third Party
The same rules apply for Third Parties (i.e. act for one or multiple Third Parties but not necessarily all Third Parties). 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
Add the Third Parties in the order they appear in the Third Party Notice (i.e. if your client is the Second Third Party, replicate the Client Card and ensure your Firm Details are added as the Second Third Party’s Solicitor).
LEAP have now added the form Cancelling my Advance Care Directive (LL-SA-ACD-006).
The following forms have now been updated in LEAP:
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:
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:
Provide feedback on the new Interactive PDFs here.
