From your LEAP Matter list:

Compensate can be broken down into the following components:

• Antecedents: Overview of the key facts of the matter

• Past Out of Pocket Expenses: Calculates costs already incurred for reasonable and necessary treatment or expenses

• Future Treatment Expenses: Recommended future treatment costs or expenses

• Past Care and Assistance: Damages for past gratuitous attendant care services and for loss of capacity to provide domestic services

• Future Care and Assistance: Damages for future care and assistance

• Past Economic Loss: Calculates past earnings loss, past superannuation and interest

• Future Economic Loss: Calculates future loss of earning capacity and future superannuation

• Non-economic Loss: Compensation for pain and suffering

• Deductions: Deductions to be applied against the compensation amount

• Summary: Provides a summary of all heads of damage and the total figure

• Schedule of Damages: A professionally formatted Schedule of Damages provided as both a Word document and PDF

On each of these tabs, there will be a few helper symbols that provide explainers and more information about elements on the page.

• Information icons: Opens the relevant Furzer Crestani table that is referenced in the calculation

• Lightbulb icons: Provides an explanation of what this field does

• Question icons: Provides the formula used to calculate the associated figure

The Antecedents tab is an overview of the key facts of the matter as well as providing a field to set the date the Schedule of Damages is set to be served. 

These figures are intended solely to provide a brief overview of the matter and can be adjusted accordingly in the different tabs later.

• Plaintiff’s age: The age of the plaintiff as at the Document Date

• Life expectancy: The expected years remaining from the Document Date (this is a suggestion and does not have to be used)

• 5% multiplier for X years: The multiplier to be used based on life expectancy (this is a suggestion and does not have to be used)

• Date of incident: The accident date as set in the matter details. Other elements such as gender and age can also be changed in the matter details

• Document date: The intended submission date for the Schedule of Damages. This date can be adjusted to any date after the Date of incident

• Weeks since incident: The number of weeks between the Date of incident and the Document Date

The Past Out of Pocket Expenses tab is used to record any costs incurred for reasonable and necessary treatment or expenses. 

New entries can be added with the “+” icon and deleted and rearranged with the respective icons on the right-hand side.

• Description: A free-text description of the entry which will be copied directly into the Schedule of Damages

• Cost: The associated cost of the entry

• Buffer: A buffer amount can be claimed in addition to, or instead of, particularised entries

• Interest claimed: The interest claimed as a dollar figure

The Future Treatment Expenses tab is used to calculate the recommended future treatment costs or expenses. 

New entries can be added with the “+” icon and deleted and rearranged with the respective icons on the right-hand side.

• Description: A free-text description of the entry which will be copied directly into the Schedule of Damages

• Cost: The associated cost of the entry. Replacement periods can be calculated by entering each annual cost and deferring the start of each new period

• Frequency: How often this cost is incurred

• Years required: Applies the 5% multiplier for the number of years required

• Years deferred: Applies the 5% multiplier for the number of years deferred

The Past Care and Assistance tab is used to calculate the damages for past gratuitous attendant care services and for loss of capacity to provide domestic services. 

New entries can be added with the “+” icon in their respective sections and with the respective icons on the right-hand side.

• Description: A free-text description of the entry which will be copied directly into the Schedule of Damages

• Start and end date: The start and end date of the care period. The start date auto-calculates as the date of incident. Click “Calculate” after any changes to update the results

• Hours per week: The number of hours per week care was provided. Click “Calculate” after any changes to update the results

The Future Care and Assistance tab is used to calculate the damages for future care and assistance. 

New entries can be added with the “+” icon and deleted and rearranged with the respective icons on the right-hand side.

• Description: A free-text description of the entry which will be copied directly into the Schedule of Damages

• Hours per week: The number of hours per week care required

• Rate per hour: A free-text insertion of the hourly rate

• Number of years: Applies the 5% multiplier for the number of years required

• Years deferred: Applies the 5% multiplier for the number of years deferred

The Past Economic Loss tab is used to calculate past earnings loss, past superannuation and interest. 

New entries can be added with the “+” icon and delete with the respective icons on the right-hand side.

• Description: A free-text description of the entry which will be copied directly into the Schedule of Damages

• Start and end date: The start and end date of the period of loss. The start date auto-calculates as the date of incident

• Post and pre-injury gross weekly income: Required to calculate gross weekly loss

• Post and pre-injury net weekly income: Required to calculate net weekly loss

• Gross weekly loss: This will auto-calculate and is required to calculate superannuation loss. The loss amount can be changed by using the edit icons

• Net weekly loss: This will auto-calculate and is required to calculate loss of earnings. The loss amount can be changed by using the edit icons

• Past loss of superannuation: This will auto-calculate based on the government mandated superannuation guarantee percentages. Non-standard superannuation rates (different to the super guarantee percentage) can be applied by toggling the option on

• Interest claimed: The interest claimed as a percentage

The Future Economic Loss tab is used to calculate future loss of earning capacity and future superannuation. 

New entries can be added with the “+” icon and delete with the respective icons on the right-hand side.

• Description: A free-text description of the entry which will be copied directly into the Schedule of Damages

• Expected duration of loss (years): Applies the 5% multiplier. Auto-fills to age 67 (statutory age of retirement) but can be overridden

• Years deferred: Applies the 5% multiplier for the number of years deferred

• Net weekly loss: Applies the net weekly loss from the previous section or a new custom one

• Discount for vicissitudes of life: Toggle on to apply a discount

• Future loss of superannuation: This will auto-calculate based on the government mandated superannuation guarantee percentages. Non-standard superannuation rates (different to the super guarantee percentage) can be applied by toggling the option on. If this option is toggled on, the desired super rate and a gross weekly loss figure will be needed.

• Total buffer: A buffer amount can be claimed in addition sum of previous entries

The Non-Economic Loss tab calculates compensation for pain and suffering based on a percentage of the most extreme case.

• Percentage of most extreme case (MEC): The percentage of MEC between 0% and 100% and automatically applies the correct capped statutory amount

The Deductions tab calculates deductions that are to be applied against the compensation amount. 

New entries can be added with the “+” icon and deleted and rearranged with the respective icons on the right-hand side.

• Description: A free-text description of the entry which will be copied directly into the Schedule of Damages

• Value: A fixed or percentage amount discount that is to be applied

The Summary tab provides a summary of all heads of damage and the total figure.

• Generate Document: This generates a Schedule of Damages based on the information provided in the previous sections. The Schedule of Damages will be saved to the matter as a Word document so you can edit the look of the document to suit your purposes. Any calculation changes should be made in-app, not in Word