The Public Liability (WA) matter type provides the necessary contacts and layouts to manage a public liability claim.
You can select whether you act for the Claimant or Defendant:
Common Contact Cards and Layouts
The following Contact Cards and Layouts appear by default on a Public Liability (WA) matter:
- Claimant
- Defendant with its Solicitor
- Insurer with its Solicitor and Details
- Incident Details
Enter the incident date, time, address, statute of limitations date and incident description - Hospital
- Doctor with its Details
- MedicoLegal with its Details
- Employer
- Barrister
Uncommon Contact Cards and Layouts
Uncommon contact cards are also available for selection on a matter-by-matter basis:
- Deceased
- Court Details
- Educational Institution
- Australian Taxation Office
- Centrelink
- Medicare
- Witness
- Mediator
- Process Server
- Subpoenaed Party
Learn how to select uncommon contacts from within the matter.
If you don’t see a contact card needed for this matter type, you can submit a request for it to be added to Smokeball.
Precedent Library
The Public Liability (WA) matter provides access to the Personal Injury (WA) Precedent Profile. This pre-set Precedent Library folder contains non-legally drafted precedents for everyday use, together with shortcuts to commonly used documents found under Court & Authority forms:
Precedent Spotlight
Smokeball provides automated Civil Procedure Forms obtained from the District Court of WA website.
Recent Updates
The Western Australia Public Liability Matter Type was recently converted from Non-Localised Matter Type to Western Australia Localised Matter Type. Please see our What to expect when Smokeball localises a Matter Type to see how these changes may apply to you.