View all new updates to matter types, automated forms and precedents for your area of law and state.
New Matter Types
- Litigation (QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, NT, SA, WA) - Cost Assessment
- Insolvency (Federal) - Insolvency General
- Commercial (Federal) - Loan Agreement
Matter Type Amendments and Updates
Family (Federal)
- In the Children, Children and Property and ICL Matter Types, we added additional fields to Child Details.
Personal Injury (WA)
- In the Worker's Compensation Matter Type, we updated Employment Details, Doctor Details, MedicoLegal Details, Medicare Details, Accident Details and added a new ADR Details layout.
New Lead Types
- Business (ACT, WA, NT and TAS) - Purchase of Business & Sale of Business
Form and Precedent Updates
Commercial (NSW)
- Added NSW Fair Trading - Strata Proxy Appointment Form to NSW Forms/Conveyancing Forms
Conveyancing (NSW)
- Updated Transfer Granting Easement Etc Over Own Land Form 01TO in NSW Forms/LRS Forms
- Updated Settlement Adjustment Sheet in Conveyancing/Purchase/Pre Settlement
- Added NSW Fair Trading - Strata Proxy Appointment Form to NSW Forms/Conveyancing Forms
Conveyancing (QLD)
- Updated Declaration in QLD Forms/Land Registry Forms
Conveyancing (VIC)
- Updated Statement of Adjustments in VIC Forms/Conveyancing Forms
Corporate (NSW)
- Added NSW Fair Trading - Strata Proxy Appointment Form to NSW Forms/Conveyancing Forms
Criminal/Civil (VIC)
- Added Request for Copy of Audio Recording to VIC Forms/Magistrates' Court of VIC/Criminal Forms
Estate Administration (VIC)
- Removed Advertisement Example from VIC Forms/Supreme Court of VIC/Probate Forms
Family (Federal)
- Removed FCFCOA Information Notice - Subpoenas and the Department of Fairness, Families and Housing Victoria (revoked) from Federal Forms/Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia/Practice Directions
- Removed Family Law Practice Direction - National COVID-19 List from Federal Forms/Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia/Practice Directions
- Updated Notice of Request to Inspect in Federal Forms/Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia/General Forms
Family (VIC)
- Updated the following in VIC Forms/Children's Court of VIC/Research Materials:
- Chapter 1 - Acts, Regulations, Rules
- Chapter 2 - Court Overview
- Chapter 3 - Court Operation
- Chapter 4 - Family Division - General
- Chapter 5.1 - Family Division - Child Protection - after 1 March 2016
- Chapter 6 - Family Division - Intervention Orders
- Chapter 8 - Criminal Division - Investigation
- Chapter 9 - Criminal Division - Custody and Bail
- Chapter 10 - Criminal Division - Procedure
- Chapter 11 - Criminal Division - Sentencing
- Chapter 12 - Children's Court Clinic
Litigation (NSW)
Updated Affidavit and Witness Statement in NSW Forms/UCPR Forms
Litigation (VIC)
Added Affidavit of Documents to VIC Forms/County Court of VIC/Civil Forms
Personal Injury (VIC)
Updated FAS Client Authorisation Form in VIC Forms/FAS Forms
Marketplace Precedents Updates
Lexon Insurance
Estate Planning (QLD)
Updated the following in Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/Wills & EPOA/Non-Automated:
- First Contact and Estate Planning Checklist
- Initial Letter to Client
- Letter to Client - Enclosing Costs Agreement
- Wills Information Checklist
- Interim Will Checklist
- EPOA Instructions Checklist
- Letter to Client - Enclosing Estate Planning Documents
- Will Execution Checklist
- EPOA Execution Checklist
- Letter to Client - Completion of Work
- Letter to Attorney enclosing EPOA for signing
- Letter to Accountant or Financial Planner
- Letter to Client - Chasing Instructions
- Letter to Doctor
- Wills and EPOA - Overview
- Wills and EPOA Risk Pack Completion Checklist
Updated the following in Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/Wills & EPOA/Automated:
- First Contact and Estate Planning Checklist
- Initial Letter to Client
- Letter to Client - Enclosing Costs Agreement
- Wills Information Checklist
- Interim Will Checklist
- EPOA Instructions Checklist
- Letter to Client - Enclosing Estate Planning Documents
- Will Execution Checklist
- EPOA Execution Checklist
- Letter to Client - Completion of Work
- Letter to Accountant or Financial Planner
- Wills and EPOA - Overview
- Wills and EPOA Risk Pack Completion Checklist
Estate Administration (QLD)
Updated the following in Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/Estate Administration/Non Automated and Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/Estate Administration/Automated:
- 3a. Checklist - Scrutiny of a Will
- 3b. Checklist - Scrutiny of a Death Cert
- 3c. Causes of death to query testamentary capacity
- 4. 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
- 5 - Checklist - Distribution of Estate
- 5a - Letter to beneficiary
- 5b - Letter to beneficiary on intestacy
- 5c - statutory declaration
- 5d - Distribution authority
- Estate Administration - Overview
Family (QLD)
Updated the following in Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/FPA/Non-Automated and Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/FPA/Automated:
- 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
Leasing (QLD)
Updated the following in Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/Leasing/Lease/Commercial Leasing Risk Procedure Pack (automated and non-automated):
- Checklist - Landlord - non-retail
- Checklist - Tenant - non-retail
- Letter - Landlord - Final Letter - non-retail
- Letter - Landlord - First Letter - non-retail
- Letter - Tenant - Final Letter - non-retail
- Letter - Tenant - First Letter - non-retail
Updated the following in Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/Leasing/Assignment of Lease (automated and non-automated):
- Letter to Client - Assignee
- Letter to Client - Landlord
- Letter to Client - Tenant
Updated the following in Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/Leasing/Lease/Lease Disputes Risk Procedure Pack (automated and non-automated):
- Letter to Client - Landlord
- Letter to Client - Tenant
Updated the following in Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/Leasing/Lease/Lease Renewal Risk Procedure Pack:
- Letter to Client - Landlord
- Letter to Client - Tenant
Updated the following in Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/Leasing/Lease/Lease Disputes Risk Procedure Pack (automated and non-automated):
- Leasing - Overview
- Risk Packs Completion Checklist
Reports Updates
Smokeball Desktop App reports
- The Conveyancing - Matters report has been updated with the following:
- Matter Numbers Linked to Smokeball
- New "Included Columns" Filter
- New Default Setting Functionality
- The Conveyancing - Cooling Off Report has been updated with the following:
- Matter Numbers Linked to Smokeball
- New "Included Columns" Filter
- New Default Setting Functionality
- The Matter - Referral List report has been updated with the following:
- Matter Numbers Linked to Smokeball
- New "Included Columns" Filter
- New Default Setting Functionality
- The Matter - Archiving report has been updated with the following:
- Matter Numbers Linked to Smokeball
- New "Included Columns" Filter
- New Default Setting Functionality
- Included sorting functionality
- The Lead - Full List report has been updated with the following:
- Matter Numbers Linked to Smokeball
- New "Included Columns" Filter
- New Default Setting Functionality
- Additional field for the Lead Number
- The Client - Full List report has been updated with the following:
- Matter Numbers Linked to Smokeball
- New "Included Columns" Filter
- New Default Setting Functionality
- The Safe Custody - Full List report has been updated with the following:
- Matter Numbers Linked to Smokeball
- New "Included Columns" Filter
- New Default Setting Functionality
- The Event List report has been updated with the following:
- Matter Numbers Linked to Smokeball
- New "Included Columns" Filter
- New Default Setting Functionality
- Included sorting functionality