What New South Wales legal matter plans are available?

The Open Matter Plans Network has 78 free New South Wales legal matter plan templates across 10 practice areas, including Real Estate, Civil Litigation, Construction Law. Each plan is a step-by-step workflow checklist aligned to New South Wales's court procedures and statutory requirements.

Are New South Wales legal matter plan templates free?

Yes. All New South Wales matter plans are free to access, browse, and use. You can view plans online, export to CSV for your practice management system, or pull them via the JSON API for direct PMS or legal AI integration.

How are New South Wales matter plans structured?

Each plan is divided into stages covering the full matter lifecycle - from initial instructions and fact-gathering through preparation, filing, and finalisation. Individual tasks include estimated time units, role assignments, and key date fields. The New South Wales library includes 23 master plans and 55 specialist derivative plans covering specific procedural variants.

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PMS Fields - every matter (base fields)

When a practice-management system opens a matter at this level, these are the canonical fields it receives - resolved through the field-set hierarchy (base → area of law → geography → plan). Fields added at this levelare shown below, with inherited tiers beneath; each set's page has the full resolved table. How this works.

Added at this level - Universal Matter Core56 fields

Matter(4)

Matter numberⓘmatter.matterNumbertextrequired

Matter titlematter.titletext

Matter typeⓘmatter.matterTypetext

Matter statusmatter.statustext

Client(12)

Client namematter.clientNametextrequired

Client emailmatter.clientEmailemail

Client / purchaser phonematter.linkedContacts.CLIENT.phonephone

Client / purchaser postal addressⓘmatter.linkedContacts.CLIENT.addresstext

Client date of birthmatter.fieldValues.client_date_of_birthdate

Client ABN / ACN

Our Firm(9)

Firm namematter.ourFirmNametextrequired

Firm addressmatter.ourFirmAddresstext

Firm phonematter.ourFirmPhonephone

Firm emailmatter.ourFirmEmailemail

Firm Street Addressmatter.ourFirmAddressStreettext

Firm Suburbmatter.ourFirmAddressSuburbtext

Operator(11)

User First Namematter.user.firstNametext

User Surnamematter.user.surnametext

User Full Name (first + surname)matter.user.nametext

User Emailmatter.user.emailemail

User Postal Addressmatter.user.addresstext

User Contact Numbermatter.user.phonephone

User Street Address

Key Dates(4)

Current datematter.currentDatedate

Matter opened datematter.fieldValues.matter_open_datedate

Limitation datematter.fieldValues.limitation_datedate

Next key datematter.fieldValues.next_key_datedate

Other Side(6)

Other side / opponent namematter.fieldValues.opponent_nametext

Other side's solicitormatter.fieldValues.opponent_solicitor_nametext

Other side's solicitor emailmatter.fieldValues.opponent_solicitor_emailemail

Other side's solicitor phonematter.fieldValues.opponent_solicitor_phonephone

Other side / opponent emailmatter.fieldValues.opponent_emailemail

Other side / opponent phonematter.fieldValues.opponent_phone

Court(4)

Court / tribunal namematter.fieldValues.court_nametext

Court file numbermatter.fieldValues.court_file_numbertext

Court datematter.fieldValues.court_datedate

Hearing typematter.fieldValues.hearing_typetext

Financials(5)

Estimated feesmatter.fieldValues.estimated_feescurrency

Costs agreement signedmatter.fieldValues.costs_agreement_signedboolean

Professional feesⓘmatter.fieldValues.professional_feescurrency

Disbursements estimatematter.fieldValues.disbursements_estimatecurrency

Total Disbursementsmatter.fieldValues.total_disbursementscurrency

You (the Operator)(1)

Operator signature (image)ⓘmatter.user.signatureimage

56 fields resolved · chain: matter-coreJSON API

New South Wales Legal Matter Plans

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Real Estate

Electronic Conveyancing Transfer (Vendor)

Deceased Estate - Transmission Application

Dealing with Exception (Paper Lodgement)

Forced Sale - Section 66G (Applicant)

Disputed Accounts - Registrar Inquiry (UCPR Part 49)

Contested Defence - Proprietary or Contractual Bar

Lapsing of Caveat (Applicant)

Substituted Service - Evading Caveator

Contested Court Extension (s 74K RPA)

Planning: Development Appeal - LEC Class 1 (Applicant)

Residential Fast-Track - Section 34AA Mandatory Conciliation and Arbitration

Significant Plan Amendments - Section 8.15(3) Costs Exposure

Property Purchase (Buyer)

Residential Tenancy Termination (Landlord)

Non-Breach Statutory Ground - Sale, Renovation or Occupation (ss 87D to 87M)

20-Year Long-Term Tenancy - s 94 NCAT Leave Required

NSW - Adjoining Owner (Dividing Fences Act 1991)

Civil Litigation

Cross-Vesting, Carriage Disputes and Concurrent Class Actions (Lead Plaintiff)

Extraterritorial Contractual Stay Application - Class Action Waivers and Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses Under ACL s 23

Carriage Stalemate - Special Referee or Independent Contradictor Appointment

Victorian Group Costs Order - Cross-Vesting Resistance Under Bogan v Smedley

Debt Recovery (Applicant)

Enforcement via Writ for Levy of Property

Enforcement via Garnishee Order

Digital Trial Compliance - SC GEN 07 and SC GEN 23 Generative AI (Applicant)

Contested Equitable Accounting Cross-Summons with Forensic Accountant and AI Leave Application

Interstate or Overseas Respondent - SEPA or Hague Convention Service

Representative Proceedings - Class Action NSW (SC GEN 17) (Lead Plaintiff)

Closed Class Structuring - Modified Notification and Registration Requirements

Parallel Filings and Carriage Battle - Competing Class Actions Under Wigmans

Subpoena for Production - Supreme Court NSW (Issuing Party)

Contested Motion to Set Aside Subpoena - Abuse of Process or Lack of Forensic Purpose

Physical Non-Standard or Bulky Media Production

Construction Law

Building: Residential Home Building Dispute - Defective Work (Owner)

HBCF Statutory Insurance Recovery (Insolvent or Deregistered Builder)

Constitutional Diversity - Court Pathway (Burns v Corbett)

Claim Over $500,000 - Transfer to District or Supreme Court

Security of Payment Act Claim (Claimant)

Contractors Debts Act Debt Attachment

Default Adjudication (No Payment Schedule)

Family Law

Apprehended Domestic Violence Order Variation or Revocation (Applicant)

PINOP Application

Defendant Application

Apprehended Personal Violence Order Application (Applicant)

Chambers Appeal of Registrar Refusal to Issue Process (s 53(8) Appeal)

Defendant Client (Defendant Defence Pathway)

Wills & Estates

Family Provision Application - Plaintiff (NSW Supreme Court)

Notional Estate Application - Clawback of Inter Vivos Transfers

Mediation Settlement - Deed of Release and Consent Orders

Out-of-Time Application - Leave to File Under Section 58

Probate (Executor)

Correcting Registry Deficiencies (Requisitions)

Criminal Law

Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO) - Private Application

Urgent Ex-Parte Interim ADVO - Same-Day Protection

Post-Order Breach Reporting and ADVO Variation

Consent ADVO Without Admissions - First Mention Resolution

Property Disputes

Dividing Fences Dispute - Applicant (NSW)

Boundary Dispute Sub-Workflow - Section 18 Survey and Title Definition

Urgent Fencing Work - Section 9 Emergency Repair and Cost Recovery

NCAT Order Enforcement - Schedule 4 Renewal Application

Licensing

Liquor: Licence Application and Community Impact Statement (Applicant)

Cumulative Impact Assessment Precinct Application

Contested Application - Police or Local Health District Formal Objection

Remote Delivery Packaged Liquor Licence (Internet, Phone, or Mail Order Only)

Personal Injury

Medical Negligence (Plaintiff)

Workers Compensation (Applicant)

Liability Disputed - PIC Pathway

Work Injury Damages (15%+ WPI)

Property Law