New Legal Product Releases - June 2025

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Form and Precedent Updates

Administrative Review Tribunal (Federal)

Added the following to FED Forms/Administrative Review Tribunal Forms:

1. Application for a Review of a Decision (Individual)
2. Application for a Review of a Decision (Organisation)
3. Authority for Representative
4. Hearing Certificate
5. Expert Report Cover Sheet
6. Withdrawal of Application
7. Request to Issue Summons
8. Summons to Give Evidence and Produce Documents
9. Summons to Give Evidence
10. Summons to Produce Documents

Child Protection (VIC)

Updated the following in 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 9 - Criminal Division - Custody and Bail
• Chapter 10 - Criminal Division - Procedure
• Chapter 11 - Criminal Division - Sentencing

Updated Declaration of Service in VIC Forms/Children's Court of VIC/Criminal Forms.

Conveyancing (NSW)

Updated the following in NSW Forms/Revenue NSW Forms:

• Purchaser or Transferee Declaration Form - Non-individual
• Purchaser or Transferee Declaration Form - Individual (ODA 076I)

Conveyancing (QLD)

Updated the following in QLD Forms/QRO Forms:

1. Notice for reassessment—transfer duty home and vacant land concessions Form D2.4
2. Claim for First Home Vacant Land Concession Form D2.7
3. Claim for Home or First Home Transfer Duty Concession Form D2.1

Removed Claim for Home or First Home Transfer Duty Concession - Additional Pages Form D2.1 from QLD Forms/QRO Forms.

Conveyancing (WA)

Added Transfer Duty Statement to WA Forms/RevenueWA.

Updated the following in WA Forms/Revenue WA:

• Application for the First Home Owner Grant and or Pre-approval for the First home owner rate of duty
• First Home Owner Rate of Duty Fact Sheet
• Foreign Transfer Duty Declaration

Criminal (QLD)

Updated the following in QLD Forms/Criminal Practice Rules Forms:

• Notice of Abandonment of Appeal or Application
• Affidavit - Form 11

Criminal (VIC)

• Updated Hardship Application - Impoundment or Immobilisation in VIC Forms/Magistrates' Court of VIC/Criminal Forms.
• Updated Consent to Release or Obtain Information for Assessment for a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Order (DATO) in VIC Forms/County Court of VIC/Criminal Forms

Estate Administration (QLD)

Updated the following in QLD Forms/UCPR Forms:

1. Affidavit of Publication and Service
2. Affidavit Supporting Probate Application
3. Affidavit Supporting Application for Letters of Administration with Will

Family (VIC)

Deleted the following from VIC Forms/Children's Court of VIC/Child Protection Forms:

1. Information Exchange Document - Conciliation Conference
2. Information Exchange Document (Best Interests) - Conciliation Conference

Immigration (Federal)

Updated Request for Access to Documents or Information in FED Forms / Department of Home Affairs Forms.

Updated the following in Federal Forms/Department of Home Affairs:

1. Application to Resume Australian Citizenship
2. Application for Australian Citizenship for Children Adopted under Full Hague Convention or Bilateral Arrangements
3. Identity Declaration
4. Application for Renunciation of Australian Citizenship

Leasing (QLD)

Updated General Tenancy Agreement in QLD Forms/Leasing Forms.

Litigation (All)

Updated Notice to Witness in FED Forms/Litigation Forms.

Litigation (QLD)

Updated the following in QLD Forms/UCPR Forms:

• Form 71a - Statement of financial position - company
• Form 74 - Statement Supporting Application for Enforcement Warrant

Litigation (VIC)

Added the following to VIC Forms / Magistrates' Court of VIC/ Civil Forms:

• Expert Witness Code of Conduct

Added the following to VIC Forms/Supreme Court of VIC/Civil Forms:

• Institutional Liability List – Request for Consent Orders First Directions
• Notice by One Tortfeasor Claiming Contribution Against Another
• Request for Consent Orders - First Directions - Circuit Personal Injury Claim

Personal Injury (All)

Updated the following in Federal Forms/Medicare Forms:

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery Notice of judgment or settlement (MO022)
2. Medicare Compensation Recovery Section 23A statement (MO023)
3. Medicare Compensation Recovery Bank account details collection (MO024)
4. Medicare Compensation Recovery – Notice of Past Benefits Request (MO026)

Personal Injury (VIC)

Updated the following in VIC Forms/Personal Injury Forms:

1. Certificate of assessment of degree of impairment arising from stabilised injury
2. Certificate of assessment of degree of impairment where injury has not stabilised
3. Agreement to waive assessment of impairment
4. Claimant’s prescribed information

Updated the following forms in QLD Forms/Domestic Violence Forms:

• Application for a Protection Order (PDF & Word)
• Guide to Completing an Application for a Protection Order

Marketplace Precedents Updates

Lexon Insurance

Updated General Litigation Risk Procedure Pack in Lexon Insurance/Lexon Insurance/Litigation (Automated & Non-automated).

Report Updates

Smokeball Desktop App

Updated the Matter Referral List with additional fields:

• Referrer Email
• Referrer Phone
• Referrer Address

Updated the Conveyancing Critical Dates QLD report:

• New Default Setting Functionality
• New "Included Columns" Filter
• Matter Numbers are now linked to Smokeball matters
• Additional Fields:
  • Due Diligence Due Date
  • Sunset Date
  • Person Assisting
• New Filter:
  • Person Assisting

Added new functionality to the Safe Custody Full List Report:

1. Search records by External Reference Number
2. Date Period Filter
3. Client Name and Matter Number Filters
4. Branch Name Field
5. Grouping options have been enhanced to include Branch Name