New Legal Product Releases - October 2024

View all new updates to matter types, automated forms and precedents for your area of law and state.

New Matter Types

• Estate Administration (WA)
  • Estate Administration General
  • Probate
  • Letters of Administration
• Conveyancing (ACT) Lead Types:
  •  Conveyancing
  • Purchase
  • Sale
  • Subdivision
  • Transfer

Matter Type Amendments and Updates 

Conveyancing

• Conveyancing (ACT) - Transfer
  • Re-ordered the sub-items under Incoming and Discharging Mortgagee Contact Cards so that Solicitor sub-Contact appears before Mortgage Details.
• Conveyancing (ACT) - Purchase
  
  • Added Mortgage Details layout to Incoming Mortgagee Contact Card
  • Added Stamp Duty, Tax & Registration Tab on Conveyancing Details layout which provides the new Stamp Duty calculator
• Conveyancing (ACT) - Conveyancing General
  • Added Stamp Duty, Tax & Registration Tab on Conveyancing Details layout which provides the new Stamp Duty calculator
• Conveyancing (WA) - Purchase
  • Added Mortgage Details layout to Incoming Mortgagee Contact Card

Personal Injury

• Personal Injury (NSW) - Dust Diseases
  • You can now choose to act for the Defendant.
• Personal Injury (QLD) - Workers Compensation
  • You can now choose to act for the Employer.
• Personal Injury (QLD) - Institutional Abuse, Motor Vehicle Accident, Medical Negligence, Public Liability, Total and Permanent Disability, Victims of Crime, Workers Compensation
  • Added uncommon contacts:

    • Contact Person with Contact Person Details

    • Educational Institution

    • Government Department

  • Additional fields in MedicoLegal Details Sublayout
• Personal Injury (Federal) - Comcare
  • Added uncommon contacts:
    • Contact Person with Contact Person Details
    • Government Department

Form and Precedent Updates

Child Protection (VIC)

Updated the following in VIC Children's Court of VIC/Research Materials:

• Chapter 9 - Criminal Division - Custody and Bail
• Chapter 3 - Court Operation
• Chapter 10 - Criminal Division - Procedure
• Chapter 4 - Family Division - General11 September 2024 version.
• Chapter 11 - Criminal Division - Sentencing
• Chapter 1 - Acts, Regulations, Rules
• Chapter 5.1 - Family Division - Child Protection - after 1 March 2016
• Chapter 2 - Court Overview

Conveyancing (QLD)

• Updated the following in QLD Forms/QRO Forms:
  • Notice for Reassessment Transfer Duty Home and Vacant Land Concessions
  • Claim for Home or First Home Transfer Duty Concession
  • Claim for First Home Vacant Land Concession
• Updated General CMS in QLD Forms/Land Registry Forms

Conveyancing (SA)

• Updated Notification of Land Held on Trust - Online Link in SA Forms/RevenueSA

Conveyancing (TAS)

• Added the following to TAS Forms/Land Titles Office:
  • Application by Personal Representative to be Registered Proprietor
  • Client Authorisation Form - Tasmania Only
  • Transfer
• Added the following to TAS Forms/State Revenue Office:
  • Duty Lodgement Sheet
  • Transaction Information Form
  • Transferee (Purchaser) Information Form
  • Transferor (Vendor) Information Form

Conveyancing (WA)

Updated Application for First Home Owner Rate of Duty Form in WA Forms/RevenueWA

Criminal (SA)

Updated Certificate of Legal Representation in SA Forms/Uniform Civil Rules Forms

Criminal (VIC)

Updated Affidavit for use in Bail Application - Accused Template in VIC Forms/Supreme Court of VIC/Criminal Division Forms

Estate Administration (QLD)

Updated Form 131 - Application for reduction of fees by an Individual in QLD Forms/UCPR Forms

Estate Administration (WA)

Added the following to WA Forms/Supreme Court of WA/Probate Forms:

• Affidavit Template - Answering a Requisition
• Consent Form
• Notice Form
• Request to Probate Office
• Search Enquiry Form
• Section 63 Notice
• Statement of Assets and Liabilities
• Surety’s Guarantee

Estate Planning (TAS)

Updated Enduring Guardian Instrument to TAS Forms / Estate Planning

Family (Federal)

Updated the following in Federal Forms/Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia/Family Forms:

• Subpoena - Family Law
• Questionnaire - Parenting
• Certificate of Readiness - PDF
• Certificate of Readiness - Word
• Warrant of Arrest
• Payment of Court Fees - Request for Deferral
• Superannuation Information Kit
• Third Party Debt Notice
• Application for Consent Orders - Automated
• Application for Consent Orders - Non-Automated
• Notice of Change of Name
• PPP Cases Financial Summary
• Notice Disputing a Fact or Document
• Enforcement Warrant - Seizure & Sale of Property
• Response to Divorce
• Undertaking
• Response to Initiating Application
• Notice of Intervention by Person Entitled to Intervene
• Payment of Court Fees - Request for Refund
• Bond
• Warrant of Commitment
• Undertaking as to Disclosure
• Questionnaire - Financial
• Initiating Application
• Certificate of Non-Compliance with Subpoena (New Zealand)
• Submitting Notice
• Certificate of Dispute Resolution
• Notice of Objection
• Notice of Request to Inspect - Arbitration
• Subpoena in an Arbitration
• Application in an Arbitration
• Response to an Application in an Arbitration
• Application to Register Arbitration Award
• Bankruptcy - Summons for Examination
• Affidavit of Service by Hand (Divorce)
• Bankruptcy - Notice of Appearance
• Bankruptcy - Application for Summons to Examine Relevant Person or Examinable Person
• Application for Exemption from Fees - General
• Bankruptcy - Search Warrant
• Affidavit - Non-Filing of FDR Certificate
• Application - Contempt
• Bankruptcy - Application in a Proceeding
• Bankruptcy - Application
• Acknowledgment of Service (Divorce)
• Affidavit - Family Law and Child Support Proceedings
• Affidavit of Service
• Affidavit of Proof of Signature
• Bankruptcy - Notice Stating Grounds of Opposition to an Application or Application in a Proceeding
• Application for Exemption from Fees - Financial Hardship (not used for divorce)
• Bankruptcy - Arrest Warrant
• Application - Enforcement
• Application in a Proceeding
• Application - Contravention
• Affidavit of Service by Post (Divorce)
• Application for sealed copy of Orders
• Bankruptcy - Apprehension Warrant
• Notice of Ceasing to Act
• Notice of Address for Service
• Application for Reduction of Payment of Divorce or Decree of Nullity - General
• Application in an Appeal
• Application for Reduction of Payment or Divorce or Decree of Nullity - Financial Hardship

Family (VIC)

Updated Pre-Court Information Form (Family Violence) in VIC Forms/VIC Magistrates' Court of VIC/Intervention Order Forms/Pre-Court Information Form (Family Violence)

Family Mediation (QLD)

Updated Affidavit in QLD Forms/Children's Court of QLD

Immigration (Federal)

• Added Application for Migration to Australia by a Partner to Federal Forms/Department of Home Affairs
• Updated the following in Federal Forms/Department of Home Affairs:  
  • Form 1195 Identity Declaration
  • Form 1290 Application for Australian Citizenship Other Situations
  • Application for Australian Citizenship General Eligibility
• Updated Form 1005 Application for a Bridging Visa in Federal Forms/Department of Home Affairs/Form 1005 Application for a Bridging Visa

Leasing (QLD)

Updated the following in QLD Forms/Leasing Forms:

• General Tenancy Agreement
• Change of Property Manager or Owner

Litigation (VIC)

Updated the following in VIC Forms/Children's Court of VIC/Research Materials:

• Chapter 2 - Court Overview
• Chapter 5.1 - Family Division - Child Protection - after 1 March 2016
• Chapter 11 - Criminal Division - Sentencing
• Chapter 1 - Acts, Regulations, Rules
• Chapter 6 - Family Division - Intervention Orders
• Chapter 10 - Criminal Division - Procedure
• Chapter 9 - Criminal Division - Custody and Bail

Personal Injury (QLD)

• Updated MAIC Forms > Medical Certificate in QLD Forms/MAIC Forms
• Updated Application for Claim Review in QLD Forms/WorkSafe Forms

Personal Injury (WA) - Motor Vehicle Accident

Updated the following in WA Forms/Insurance Commission of WA:

• Medical Information Disclosure Authority
• Medical Information Disclosure Authority for Minors
• Electronic Funds Transfer Application for Claimants
• Employers Confirmation of Loss of Salary
• Request for Advance Payment
• Self Employed Economic Loss
• Statement Sheet
• Potential Economic Loss

Protection Order (QLD)

Updated Application to Vary or Revoke an Intervention Order in QLD Forms/Domestic Violence Forms

Lexon Insurance Updates (QLD)

Family Provision Application

Updated the following forms in Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/FPA Automation and Non-Automated Precedents:

• 1a. Checklist - Initial interview with Applicant
• 1b. Checklist - Initial interview with Legal Personal Representative
• 2. Letter to Potential Applicant
• 2a. Checklist - Applicant's Checklist
• 3. Letter to Client - Chasing Instructions
• 4. Checklist - Commencing Proceedings
• 5. Checklist - Mediation, Settlement, and Finalisation
• 6. Checklist - Preparing for Trial
• FPA - Overview
• FPA Risk Pack Completion Checklist

Estate Administration

Updated the following forms in Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/Estate Administration/Automated & Non-Automated:

• Checklist - Initial interview with Legal Personal Representative
• 1a Schedule of Assets & Liabilities
• Checklist - Initial advice to client
• Checklist - Obtaining a Grant of Representation
• 3a Checklist - Scrutiny of a Will
• 3b Checklist - Scrutiny of a Death Certificate
• 3c Causes of death to query testamentary capacity
• Checklist - Dealing with Taxation
• 4a Letter to Beneficiary on CGT, Transfer Duty Implications
• 4b Letter to surviving joint tenant on CGT implications
• 4c Letter to Accountant - Taxation
• Checklist - Distribution of Estate
• 5a Letter to Beneficiary
• 5b Letter to Beneficiary on Intestacy
• 5c Statutory Declaration
• 5d Distribution Authority
• Estate Administration Overview
• Estate Administration Risk Completion Checklist