Build the class-action timetable from the practice note and the orders
Key facts
- Human involvement
- GreenLawyer review
- How AI is used
- From the filing date and the orders the lawyer supplies, enter in a fixed template the first case management hearing date, the date seven days before it, the opt-out date fixed by order, and any mediation or settlement-notice date stated in the orders. Tag each date to the order or to the practice-note paragraph. Do not decide whether a date should be moved.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer checks each date against the order or the practice note and diarises it. The lawyer decides whether to ask to move the first hearing.
- Written for / version
- US
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the filing date and the orders the lawyer supplies, enter in a fixed template the first case management hearing date, the date seven days before it, the opt-out date fixed by order, and any mediation or settlement-notice date stated in the orders. Tag each date to the order or to the practice-note paragraph. Do not decide whether a date should be moved. |
| Lawyer | The lawyer checks each date against the order or the practice note and diarises it. The lawyer decides whether to ask to move the first hearing. |
Checklist
- Check the hearing date against the order, not against the ordinary four-week period, once an order exists.
- Confirm the seven-day disclosure date is calculated back from the hearing date in the order.
- Confirm the opt-out date is the date the Court fixed, and is blank if no date has been fixed.
Sources
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.