Our content team surveyed customers on where to focus, the answer was Court Forms.
Smarter Drafter has a goal to become part of the daily life of a law firm. This means ensuring Smarter Drafter includes legal documents and precedents that span the breadth of the services offered by our Customers.
To ensure we are delivering on what matters most, the Smarter Drafter content team regularly engage with customers on a one-to-one basis or via surveys. Earlier this year we surveyed the Customer base and the resounding response was Court Forms.
When we matched this to the findings of the Australian Legal Industry Report 2023, this made sense. The report showed volatility in pricing for Criminal Law services, so automating the Court Form process ensuring efficiency, accuracy and consistency is an obvious choice.
As the format and detail of Court Forms are determined state by state, we have started the creation process with where the largest % of Smarter Drafter Customers are located - NSW. We will then be moving to Victoria, Queensland and then around the country.
To date we have published the following NSW Court Forms. Note, we also added the estimated time we believe you will need to complete each form - in many instances a significant time saving.
|
Form Name |
Estimated Time to Complete |
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Form 1 - General |
10 |
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Form 3A - Statement of Claim - filing party legally represented |
15 |
|
Form 3B - Statement of Claim - filing party acting in person or by authorised officer |
15 |
|
Form 4A - Summons - filing party legally represented |
15 |
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Form 4B - Summons - filing party acting in person or by authorised officer |
15 |
|
Form 5 - Notice to Occupier |
10 |
|
Form 6A - Appearance |
5 |
|
Form 6B - Submitting Appearance |
5 |
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Form 7A - Defence - filing party legally represented |
15 |
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Form 7B - Defence - filing party acting in person or by authorised office |
15 |
|
Form 8 - Reply |
15 |
|
Form 9 - Statement of Cross-claim |
15 |
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Form 10 - Cross-summons |
15 |
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Form 12 - Statement of issues |
15 |
|
Form 13 - Scott schedule |
10 |
|
Form 14 - Statement of particulars - personal injury proceedings |
20 |
|
Form 15 - Statement of particulars - compensation to relatives proceedings |
20 |
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Form 16 - Notice to plead facts - money claims |
5 |
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Form 21 - Interrogatories Form |
15 |
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Form 22 - Statement of answers to interrogatories |
15 |
Over the coming weeks and months you will see more Court Forms, from more jurisdictions. We will keep you updated via the Smarter Drafter blog and via the Smarter Drafter Round Up newsletter.
As always, we love your feedback. You can reach our product team at suggestions@smarterdrafter.com.au.