NSW - Traffic Offence

This article will show you how to:

• Create a Traffic Offence matter
• Enter Court Details
• Enter Charge Details
• Add Uncommon Contacts 
• Change existing General matter to Traffic Offence
  

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To create a new Traffic Offence matter, follow the steps below. 

1. Click New Matter from the Home Screen.
2. Select State: NSW.
3. Select Matter Type: Traffic Offence.
4. Select which party you are acting for (Defendant or Prosecution): 
   
   
    
5. Enter the party details - see Adding Contacts for more information on adding contacts. 
    

6. Select 'Court Details' to enter the Case Number, Registry and Court:

   
   

    

   
   Enter Charge Details

7. Select 'Charge Details' to enter your Police Reference (H number) and all the charge(s) within a particular Court Attendance Notice. Select 'Add Charge' if you need to add additional rows of charges:
   
8. If you have multiple CANs in one matter, you can 'right-click' > Add Charge Details to add Charge Details for your second and subsequent CANs:
   
   

   
   
   Adding Uncommon Contacts
   
   

9. To add Uncommon Contacts to your matter, open the Matter Settings and select the appropriate contact from the Parties & Data available in your matter. For Traffic Offence (NSW), the available parties include Barrister, Legal Aid, Corrective Services, Legal Agent, Expert, Witness, Process Server, Previous Solicitor and Additional Contacts:

   
   

Change existing General matter to Traffic Offence

Existing NSW General matters can be easily changed to Traffic Offence as follows:

1. Open your existing General matter (used for Traffic matters)
2. Open Matter Type
3. Select change...
4. Select new Matter Type as Traffic > Traffic Offence
5. Select OK:
   
6. Select which Party you are acting for (Defendant or Prosecution)
7. Enter Reason For Change
8. Select OK. 
9. Your matter will now appear as 'Traffic Offence', with the party roles and layouts that are available in the Traffic Offence matter.