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WA – Magistrates Court Civil Forms

The following forms have been updated:

  • Form 4 – Minor case claim (LL-WA-MC-0156)
  • Form 3 – General procedure claim (LL-WA-MC-0120)
  • Form 4 – Minor case claim (LL-WA-MC-0121)
  • Form 4 – Minor case claim (LL-WA-MC-0003)
  • Form 9 – Third party claim (LL-WA-MC-0008)
  • Form 21 – Statement of defence to general procedure claim (LL-WA-MC-0014)
  • Form 8 – Counter claim (LL-WA-MC-0007)

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WA – Civil Judgments Enforcement

The Western Australian Magistrates Court Civil forms have been reviewed and minor changes were made to the following forms:

  • Form 3 – Declaration that a person is a small business or a non-profit association (LL-WA-CIV-0088)
  • Form 38A – Statement of Financial Affairs – Corporation – Supreme Court (LL-WA-CIV-0153)
  • Form 1 – Writ of Summons (LL-WA-CIV-0166)

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WA – Litigation matter types

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

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

  • Debt Recovery – Magistrates Court

  • District Court Litigation

  • Magistrates Court Litigation

  • Supreme Court Litigation

  • Supreme Court Appeal

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 Defendant and Defendant’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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WA – Magistrates Court Civil Rules forms

As a result of the amended Magistrates Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2005 and the Magistrates Court (Minor Case Procedure) Rules 2005 (Rules of Court) changes have been made to the WA Magistrates Court Civil forms.

To reflect these changes, forms made under the previous Rules of Court will be available under the Magistrates Court – Civil Matters commenced prior to 1 June 2020 folder. Please note  that these forms are for “transitional cases” – cases that have been commenced but have not concluded by 1 June 2020. For ease of identifying forms for Civil Matters commenced prior to 1 June 2020, the form numbers assigned to these forms have the suffix “pre-1 June 2020”.

Forms that apply to cases commenced after 1 June 2020 are located under the Magistrates Court – Civil Matters commenced on or after 1 June 2020 folder. The new forms are as follows:

  • Minor case claim (Form 4) [LL-WA-MC-0156]
  • Consumer/ Trader Claim Minor Case (Form 6) [LL-WA-MC-0157]
  • Application for Default Judgment by Claimant (Form 13) [LL-WA-MC-0158]
  • Application for Default Judgment by Defendant (Form 13A) [LL-WA-MC-0159]
  • Response to Minor Case Claim (Form 15A) [LL-WA-MC-0160]
  • Statement of General Procedure Claim (Form 19) [LL-WA-MC-0161]
  • Statement of General Procedure Third Party Claim (Form 19B) [LL-WA-MC-0162]
  • Statement of Defence to General Procedure Claim (Form 21) [LL-WA-MC-0163]
  • Application (Form 23) [LL-WA-MC-0164]
  • Claimant’s Reply to Statement of Defence (Form 66) [LL-WA-MC-0165]
  • Claimant’s Reply to Statement of Defence and Defence to Counterclaim (Form 67) [LL-WA-MC-0166]
  • Statement of Defence to General Procedure Claim and Counterclaim (Form 68) [LL-WA-MC-0167]

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WA – 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 WA are now available as follows: [Read more…] about WA – Matter Information Sheet hyperlinks

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WA – Magistrates Court Civil Forms

The following forms have been updated:

  • Form 15 – Response to general procedure claim (LL-WA-MC-0011)
  • Form 15A – Response to minor case claim (LL-WA-MC-0049)
  • Form 15B – Response to counterclaim (LL-WA-MC-0050)
  • Form 15C – Response to third party claim (LL-WA-MC-0051)
  • Form 15D – Response to general procedure claim (consumer trader) (LL-WA-MC-0052)
  • Form 57 – Notice of discontinuance of claim (LL-WA-MC-0040)
  • Form 57A – Notice of discontinuance of counterclaim (LL-WA-MC-0068)
  • Form 57B – Notice of discontinuance of third party claim (LL-WA-MC-0069)