What's Changing? 

We have updated all Corporations Law forms in LEAP so the company name, role of corporation and company business number now appear in line with standard court practice and the Corporations Rules. 

The updated forms now display the corporation automatically, using the following format: 

IN THE MATTER OF [full name of corporation to which the proceeding relates and, if applicable, the words ‘(in liquidation)’, ‘(receiver appointed)’, ‘(receiver and manager appointed)’, ‘(controller acting)’, or ‘(administrator appointed)’] 

ABN or ACN or ARBN: [insert ABN or ACN or ARBN]

Why Are We Making This Change? 

Corporations proceedings commonly require practitioners to identify the company the subject of the proceeding using the “IN THE MATTER OF” convention. This change aligns LEAP forms more closely with the requirements and filing practices of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Federal Court Corporations List. 

The update helps ensure: 

• More accurate identification of companies under external administration 
• Consistency across Corporations Law precedents. 
• Improved compliance with court formatting requirements. 
• Reduced manual editing of court documents. 

Action Required 

To ensure the corporation details are available for use in the updated forms, users must add the Corporation table to the relevant matter type. 

To do this: 

1.Right-click on the matter type. 

2.Select Edit Table Types. 

3.Add the Corporation table. 

4. Click OK to save the changes.

Once the Corporation table has been added, users can enter the corporation's details, including: 

• Name of corporation 
• ACN of corporation 
• Role of corporation 

These fields will then be available to automatically populate the updated NSW Supreme Court and Federal Court Corporations Law forms. 

What Will Users Notice? 

A Role of Corporation field will be available within the Corporation table for relevant NSW Federal Court Corporations Law matter types. 

Information entered in this field will automatically populate court forms and precedents using the approved format. 

For example: 

Impact on Existing Matters 

Existing matters will continue to function as normal. However, if the Corporation table has not been added to the matter type, the corporation-specific fields will not be available for data entry or form population. 

Users should review their NSW Corporations Law matter types and ensure the Corporation table has been added so that the relevant corporation data can be captured and automatically inserted into forms. 

You can provide feedback on the form updates here.