Welcome to the November Legal Content Update. This month we’ve continued our expansion into Western Australia with State-specific matter types as well as added and updated a range of forms across many practice areas and jurisdictions.
Let’s dive in to the highlights below, or check out the full list of this month’s updates here.
WA Personal Injury Matter Types
Continuing our introduction of Western Australia-specific matter types, this month we released the following WA-specific Personal Injury Matter Types as well as Lead Types:
- Motor Vehicle Accident;
- Workers Compensation;
- Public Liability;
- Medical Negligence; and
- Total and Permanent Disability
Family Law Education Network of Australia Updates
This month also saw the addition of a NEW suite in the FLENA Marketplace Precedents offering. The new Consent Orders folder contains the following new precedents:
- C01 - Letter to Client providing draft Consent Orders
- C02 - Letter to Other Party (self-rep) with draft Application for Consent Orders and Terms of Agreement
- C03 - Letter to Other Party (Solicitor) with draft Application for Consent Orders and Terms of Agreement
- C04 - Letter to Client advising Orders have been filed
- C05 - Letter to Client regarding requisition
- C06 - Letter to Other Party regarding requisition
- C07 - Letter to Client following Orders being made
- C08 - Letter to Superannuation Fund providing sealed Orders
These existing precedents were also updated with the following changes:
- Updated Orders with minor amendments with corrections to spelling errors and automation of the “child/ren” option;
- Updated DEFL2A and DEFL2B with minor updates to the Default List in light of Practice Note;
- Updated Cost Notice with improved format; and
- Updated Family Law Master Checklist in light of new Precedents.
Forms Updates - FCFCOA, Department of Home Affairs, Medicare
This was a big month for forms updates across multiple practice areas. The following forms apply to all States and have been updated in the Smokeball Precedent Library following updates from the relevant source websites:
FCFCOA Forms Updates:
- Notice of Address for Service
- Notice of Ceasing to Act
- Notice of Appeal (Child Support)
- Family Law Practice Direction - Child Support and Child Maintenance Proceedings
- Central Practice Direction - Migration Proceedings
- Child Support Applications (Publication)
- General Federal Law Matters (Publication)
- Guidelines for Independent Children’s Lawyers
Department of Home Affairs Updates
- Application for Renunciation of Australian Citizenship
- Application for Australian Citizenship Other Situations
- Application for Australian Citizenship for Children Adopted under Full Hague Convention or Bilateral Arrangements
- Application to Resume Australian Citizenship
- Including Family Members in Your Application
- Application for Australian Citizenship General Eligibility
- Application for an Offshore Humanitarian Visa
Medicare Forms Updates
- Form MO021 Medicare Compensation Recovery - Third Party Authority
- Form MO022 Medicare Compensation Recovery - Notice of judgment or settlement form
- Form MO023 Medicare Compensation Recovery - Section 23A Statement
- Form MO024 Medicare Compensation Recovery - Bank Account Details Collection
- Form MO026 - Medicare Compensation Recovery - Notice of Past Benefits Request
That’s the highlights from the past month. Don’t forget to check out the full list of updates here. Please reply below if you have any questions or feedback about this month’s releases!