VIC - Personal Safety Intervention Order (PSIO)

This article will show you how to:

• Create a Personal Safety Intervention Order matter
• Enter Parties
• Enter Order Details
• Enter the Court Details
• Enter the Court
• Add Uncommon Contacts 
• Change existing General matter to Personal Safety Intervention Order

 To create a new Personal Safety Intervention Order matter, follow the steps below.

1. Click New Matter from the Home Screen.
2. Select State: VIC
3. Select Matter Type: Personal Safety Intervention Order
4. Select which party you are acting for (Applicant, Affected Person, or Respondent): 
   

5. Enter Parties 

   Enter the Applicant, Affected Person, and Respondent party details.
   1. If the Applicant is also the Affected Person, enter this contact for both roles:
      
   2. If you represent both the Affected Person and the Applicant (or if they are the same), right-click and select 'I represent this [party]' on the other role:
      
      - See Adding Contacts for more information on adding contacts generally. 
6. Select 'Order Details' to enter the type of order, effective dates, and order conditions. These details can be updated throughout the matter:
   
7. Select 'Court Details' to enter the Case Number, Registry and Court details:
   
8. Enter the Court within the Court Details window. This will add the Court contact to your matter the same as any other contact card, allowing you to contact the Court and ensure automation works correctly. You do not need to add the Court as an additional contact outside of the Court Details window:
   
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 Personal Safety Intervention Order (VIC), the available parties include Child, Legal Aid, Barrister, Legal Agent, Expert, Witness, Process Server, Previous Solicitor and Additional Contacts:
   

Change existing General matter to Personal Safety Intervention Order

Existing VIC General matters can be easily changed to Personal Safety Intervention Order as follows:

1. Open your existing General matter (used for Intervention Order)
2. Open Matter Type
3. Select change...
4. Select new Matter Type as Intervention Orders > Personal Safety Intervention Order
5. Select OK:
   
6. Select which Party you are acting for
7. Enter Reason For Change
8. Select OK:
   

Your matter will now appear as ' Personal Safety Intervention Order', with the party roles and layouts that are available in the Personal Safety Intervention Order matter:

We have new Personal Safety Intervention Order precedents and forms available in the Smokeball Precedent Library, including automated Magistrates' Court Personal Safety Intervention Order forms:

You can also 'Request a form' to have additional forms added to the Precedent Library!