Objectives
- Insert a hearing in the data base
Environment
- Litigation Case Module
Additional Information
- Add a new Hearing
Procedure
The Stages & Activities tab includes hearings, events, tasks and reminders of the litigation case.
Hearings, Tasks and Events will be grouped under the stage they are related to.
You can add new hearing via the actions button -> Add hearing or from the add button -> hearing.
The litigation case is inserted by default if you add the hearing from the activities page.
You can select the stage of the litigation case. Stages details are shown upon hover on the information icon.
- Hearing Type: A customizable drop-down list
- Date and time: of the hearing.
- Assignee: user who is assigned on this hearing, you have the option to assign one or more users to attend hearing
- The other fields would be entered after the hearing has taken place.
- Add New Hearings for Litigation Cases
Steps
In LEXZUR, you can add hearings seamlessly via different methods.
To create a new hearing, users can effortlessly use the "Create" button in the navigation menu:
Also, hearings can be added under the litigation Stages & Activities.
Here, you have the flexibility to manage the stages a case goes through and add related hearings under each stage or separately.
Hearings will be listed and tracked under the stages of the litigation case. Clicking on the hearing section reveals the list of hearings related to the selected stage.
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Under the Common section, you can add hearings that are separate and not related to any stage |
To add a new hearing, click on the Actions button -> Add Hearing, or from the "+" button under the Hearings section within each stage
You must fill out some fields such as the related case name, hearing date and time, and hearing type. Users can also add a custom hearing type if not found in the predefined list. Lawyers can also attach related files if necessary.
Additional details, include specifying the stage, assigning lawyers to attend the hearing, and recording time spent.
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The time spent will be reflected in the related time logs of the case. |
Lawyers can also add their comments before the hearing, and summaries after attending.
Once done, an An event will be created automatically on the " calendar " and a reminder for the attendees of the hearing.You can view Hearings per assignee in the App4Legal Calendar found next to the Universal Search in the main menu.
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