Welcome to the September 2025 Legal Content Update! This month, we rolled out a series of impactful updates, including new matter types, matter type improvements, and form updates. Let's delve into the highlights:
Improvements for Western Australia
Conveyancing
The updated rates for WA's First Home Owner Rate of Duty and the Off-the-Plan Duty Concession, applying to transactions entered into on or after 21 March 2025, are now live in our WA Transfer Duty Calculator.
We now have a new Override Amount field next to the Duty Payable field, allowing for scenarios outside standard property transactions where transfer duty is calculated differently.
For more details, please see the updated Transfer Duty Calculator (WA) Supporthub Article
Restraining Orders
This month we also released 3 new Restraining Order matter types for WA, together with all relevant Magistrates’ Court forms:
- Family Violence Restraining Order;
- Misconduct Restraining Order; and
- Violence Restraining Order
A new Restraining Order Lead Type is also available.
QLD Transfer Matter Improvement
A new enhancement has been released for the QLD Transfer matter type, which now includes Settlement Financials. We have also updated the support article to reflect this change.
General Federal Law Form Updates - FCFCOA
Following the commencement of the new Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (General Federal Law) Rules 2025 that commenced on 1 September 2025, a significant number of the FCFCOA forms have been updated. For more information see the update on the Court website here: https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/news-and-media-centre/updates-profession/GFL-rules-forms-pds
The updated forms include:
- Affidavit - General Federal Law and Migration Proceedings
- Applicant's Genuine Steps Statement
- Interlocutory Application
- Notice of Objection to Subpoena
- Originating Application - General Federal Law
- Originating Application - Migration Act
- Proposed Standard Orders - Extension of time
- Proposed Standard Orders - Final hearing
- Proposed Standard Orders - Summary dismissal
- Respondent's Genuine Steps Statement
- Response - General Federal Law
- Subpoena - General Federal Law and Migration
Family Law Updates
Several FCFCOA forms that are used both for Gen Fed and Family Law have also been updated. These include:
- Affidavit of service
- Application for Review
- Notice Disputing a fact or document
- Notice of Address for Service
- Notice of Discontinuance
- Notice of Intention to Withdraw
- Notice of Withdrawal as Lawyer
- Notice to Admit Facts
- Reply
- Response to an Application in a Proceeding
- Submitting Notice
More Uncommon Contacts (available in Matter Settings)
This month we also added the following uncommon contact cards to Family matters following client feedback:
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Grandmother
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Grandfather
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Grandparent
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Civil Lawyer
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Criminal Lawyer
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NCAT Lawyer
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Conveyancer
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Real Estate Agent
For ‘Children’, ‘Property’ and ‘Children and Property’ Matter Types, we have also added experts to the Type of Expert list in Expert Details:
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Therapist
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Forensic Accountant
Other Form Updates
A number of other forms across the following areas of law have also been updated this month:
- Personal Injury (QLD and NSW)
- Litigation (NSW)
- Estate Administration (NSW)
- Criminal (VIC)
- Marketplace Precedent Author: Lexon Insurance - updated Leasing suite (QLD)
- Marketplace Precedent Author: Family Law Education Network of Australia: D4 and D6 removed, other amendments across multiple other precedents.
For a detailed overview of all the updates, please see the full list here.
Please also post any questions in the comments below! Until next month.