New Legal Product Releases - May 2025

'Disabled Persons Settlement' added as a Trust Type within Trust Details on Trust matter typea.

• 'Support Service' added as an available contact type on Asylum and Asylum Appeal matter types.
• 'Previous Solicitor' added as an available contact type on all Immigration matter types.

Added the following to England & Wales Forms/HM Land Registry:

• Continuation Sheet for use with Application and Disposition Forms - Form CS

• Application to Cancel Entries relating to a Registered Charge - Form DS2

• Application to Cancel a Notice (other than a Unilateral Notice) - Form CN1

Updated the following in England & Wales Forms/HM Courts & Tribunals Service/Criminal Procedure Rules Forms:

• Application for a Witness Summon - CrimPR 17.3, 17.4

Added the following to United Kingdom Forms/HM Revenue & Customs/Inheritance Tax Forms:

• Long-Term United Kingdom (UK) Residence - Schedule IHT401a

Updated the following in United Kingdom Forms/HM Revenue & Customs/Inheritance Tax Forms:

• Assets Held in Trust - Schedule IHT418

• Claim for Residence Nil Rate Band (RNRB) - Schedule IHT435

• Claim to Transfer Unused Nil Rate Band - Schedule IHT402

• Foreign Assets - Schedule IHT417

• Return of Estate Information - Form IHT207

• Domicile outside the United Kingdom - Schedule IHT401

• Inheritance Tax Account - Form IHT400

Updated the following in England & Wales Forms/HM Courts & Tribunals Service/Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Upper Tribunal) Forms:

• Application for Permission to Appeal against a decision made by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) - Form IAUT1

Added the following to England & Wales Forms/HM Courts & Tribunals Service/Civil Forms:

• Bailiff Risk Assessment Questionnaire - Form EX97A

The letter address block has been amended to return the letter recipient's Forwarding Address if entered.

The address selection for letters now follows this full order of preference:

1. Forwarding Address, if specified;
2. DX Address if no Forwarding Address provided;
3. PO Box Address, if neither a Forwarding Address nor DX Address is provided;
4. Street Address, if none of the above addresses are available.

You can now record Referral Agreement Type and Amount in the Matter Info screen. These new fields are already available to use in document automation and will be added to existing Smokeball reports in the upcoming reports update.