The case, hearings and filings

Open the case

1. On a court matter, open Case and choose Open case.
2. Record the suit number, the court, division and registry, the judge, the cause of action, the claim value and the day it was filed.

A matter has one live case. A transfer to another court, a change of judge or a renumbering is recorded as a move, so the case keeps its whole history.

Hearings

1. Choose List hearing, with the day, time, purpose and counsel attending. It goes into the diary and the court diary at once.
2. After the sitting, record the outcome: held, adjourned to the next date or sine die, or vacated. An adjournment records who sought it, the reason and any costs ordered.

Court, Outcomes due lists hearings that have passed with no outcome recorded, so nothing the court did goes unnoted.

Filings, service and orders

• Filings by each party, with the day filed and, separately, the day served on each party.
• Service: who was served, how, when, by which bailiff, with the affidavit of service.
• Orders: the day, who made it, its terms and its document.
• Court fees, each recorded as the disbursement that recovers it on the bill.

Stages and the timeline

The case moves through the stages its matter type sets, such as pleadings, discovery, trial and judgment, with a history of every move. The Timeline tab shows everything on the case in order.

Across the firm

Court shows the hearing schedule across the firm by court, judge and fee earner, the cases, and an analysis of adjournments by reason and by who sought them.