The Cause List Your Clerk Prints at Nine
Nine matters listed on a Thursday, three courts, four juniors to cover them. One calendar holds the next hearing date of every running matter, and the morning list comes off it.
Eleven at night, with the diary open
Somebody sits with the diary, a court website and two WhatsApp messages from juniors, working out who goes where tomorrow. A matter listed before a different judge gets spotted at eight, or not at all. Then a junior runs.
What the day’s list carries
Grouped by court, or by advocate
The same Thursday reads two ways. Your clerk wants it court by court, because he is carrying files to three buildings. The senior wants it advocate by advocate, because he is deciding who can be spared.
The purpose beside the date
Evidence, arguments, objections, or simply for orders. Whoever is going knows what the date is for before he reaches the corridor, and carries the right papers.
Printed on one sheet
Paper still wins in a crowded court hall. The list prints with case numbers, courts, parties and the advocate against each line.
Marked as the day goes
What happened in each matter is recorded against its line. By evening that list is the record of the day rather than the plan for it.
The matters with no date on them
These are the ones that get missed, so they sit on a list of their own until a date is filled in.
- Running matters with no next date recorded, flagged every day
- The next date entered from a phone, minutes after it is given
- The week ahead on one screen, so leave is settled on Monday
- Hearing dates pushed to Google Calendar, where your juniors already look
Where the dates come from
Your people, not a portal
The calendar is built from the next dates your own juniors and clerks record. No court website is connected as standard, and nothing is filed from here. Where reading case status from a court site would help you, it is scoped at set-up.
A blank Tuesday stays blank
If nobody enters what the court did, the matter shows nothing. The flag for matters without a next date is the safety net, and somebody has to read it.
Frequently asked questions
Does it pull our cause list from the court website?
No. The list is built from the next dates your juniors and clerks record, which is what your clerk works from anyway. If reading case status from a court site would help, that is scoped at set-up.
Can a junior record the next date standing outside the hall?
Yes. The matter opens in a phone browser, and the adjournment, its reason, the next date and the purpose go in with a few taps.
Can the list print the way our clerk likes it?
It prints grouped by court or by advocate, on one sheet. Court by court suits a clerk carrying files to three buildings, and which one you print is set when the software is configured.
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