Republic of Ireland

Personal Injury:

We have introduced a new Personal Injury Statute of Limitations calculated date and made improvements to the date names, within the Calendar & Tasks section of your LEAP matter.

To learn how to best use this calculated date, please see our Information Guide available HERE

Conveyancing & Property:

We have updated the Family Home Declarations available on LEAP, which now includes additional document automation to help you in your Purchase and Sale matters. To learn how to prepare the Family Home Declarations, please watch a quick video guide HERE

Family Home Declarations available in LEAP are listed below:

• Declaration that property is not a family home or a shared home where spouses have separated [LC-IRE-PROP-084]
• Declaration that property is not a family home or a shared home where it is owned by a company and has full commercial use [LC-IRE-PROP-085]
• Declaration of Surviving spouse that property is not a family home or a shared home [LC-IRE-PROP-086]
• Declaration of surviving cohabitant that property is not a family home or a shared home [LC-IRE-PROP-087]
• Declaration of surviving civil partner that property is not a shared home or a family home [LC-IRE-PROP-088]
• Declaration of spouses that site without a building is not a family home or a shared home [LC-IRE-PROP-089]
• Declaration of spouses that property is not a family home or a shared home [LC-IRE-PROP-090]
• Declaration of spouses that property is a family home [LC-IRE-PROP-091]
• Declaration of spouses that property is a family home where the property is owned by only one of them [LC-IRE-PROP-092]
• Declaration of spouses that property is a family home where either of them was previously party to a civil partnership with a third party but that civil partnership was dissolved [LC-IRE-PROP-093]
• Declaration of spouses that property is a family home where either of them was previously married but previous marriage was dissolved [LC-IRE-PROP-094]
• Declaration of single person that property is not a shared home or a family home where a decree of dissolution of a civil partnership has been granted [LC-IRE-PROP-095]
• Declaration of single person that property is not a shared home or a family home where a decree of nullity of a civil partnership has been granted [LC-IRE-PROP-096]
• Declaration of single person that property is not a family home or a shared home [LC-IRE-PROP-097]
• Declaration of single person that property is not a family home or a shared home where a decree of nullity of marriage has been granted [LC-IRE-PROP-098]
• Declaration of single person that property is not a family home or a shared home where a decree of divorce has been given [LC-IRE-PROP-099]
• Declaration of qualified cohabitant that property is not a family home or a shared home where an order has been granted under part 15 of the 2010 Act [LC-IRE-PROP-100]
• Declaration of legal personal representative that property is not a family home or a shared home [LC-IRE-PROP-101]
• Declaration of current or former cohabitants that property is their property but is not a family home or a shared home [LC-IRE-PROP-102]
• Declaration of current or former cohabitants that property is not a family home or a shared home where the property is owned by only one of them [LC-IRE-PROP-103]
• Declaration of civil partners that site without a building is not a shared home or a family home [LC-IRE-PROP-104]
• Declaration of civil partners that property is not a shared home or a family home [LC-IRE-PROP-105]
• Declaration of civil partners that property is a shared home [LC-IRE-PROP-106]
• Declaration of civil partners that property is a shared home where either of them was previously party to a civil partnership with a third party but that civil partnership was dissolved [LC-IRE-PROP-107]
• Declaration of civil partners that property is a shared home where the property is owned by only one of them [LC-IRE-PROP-108]

Litigation: Administrative - Education:

We have introduced a new s29 Appeal calculated date, which calculates the expiry date upon which you can make a s29 Appeal to the Department of Education & Youth (which is 42 calendar days from the Board of Management decision).

Northern Ireland

Litigation:

Action Against the Police matter type:

We have added Police Service of Northern Ireland, OPONI, NI Policing Board, Expert, Medical Practitioner and Coroner matter cards; and Letter to PSNI Date, Complaint Submitted to OPONI Date, Proceedings Opened Date and Proceedings Issued Date critical dates.

Administrative - Education matter type:

We have added Board of Governors and SENDIST matter cards.

Consumer Dispute matter type:

We have added Mediator, Financial Conduct Authority, Court and Counsel matter cards; and Mediation Date, Proceedings Opened, Issued and Served Date critical dates.

Planning & Construction Dispute matter type:

We have added Expert, Local Council, Planning Appeals Commission (PAC), Department for Infrastructure (DfI) and Meditator matter cards; and Appeal Submission to PAC Date, Mediation Date, Notice of Adjudication Issue Date, Proceedings Issued, Opened and Served critical dates.

Housing Dispute matter type:

We have added Housing Association, Local Council, Department for Communities (DfC) and Northern Ireland Housing Executive matter cards.

Tenancy Dispute matter type:

We have added Tenancy Deposit Scheme and Rent Assessment Panel matter cards.

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