Date:

10/28/2005

CourtLinkNSW eServices

In 2007, NSW Courts and Tribunal Services is planning to introduce a range of services to the legal community through the internet.

In order to ensure that these services meet our collective needs, significant consultation has been undertaken. Legal practitioners and others in the industry, including regional and special interest groups as well as individual law firms, have been engaged in providing feedback on their requirements.

This consultation will continue to ensure effective implementation of the project. Part of the ongoing process to support our use of these services from 2007 involves a limited introduction of eFiling and eForum.

In co-operation with a small number of firms, these services will be introduced from November 2005. The aim is to keep the number of users small, so that any teething problems can be quarantined, identified and resolved before the product is made available to the wider legal community through a major release.

The November implementation process will focus on:
eFiling - Corporations and Possession Lists in the Supreme Court
eForum - selected matters in the Equity Division and matters in the Court of Criminal Appeal where either an Application for Extension of Time or a Notice of Appeal has been lodged by the Legal Aid Commission.

Progress will be reviewed over the coming months and decisions on any additional involvement will be made in the New Year.

If you would like further information please contact Michael McMullan at michael_mcmullan@agd.nsw.gov.au