Feature Updates
Electronic Payments – Attorneys and Self-Presenting Litigants have the ability to pay case fees and costs directly from the Folio e-filing platform. Escrow Accounts and Escrow Payments are also included.
New Reporting Capabilities in Sightlines – Sightlines is now equipped with new reporting capabilities including: ‘Case Invoices Report’, ‘Judges Case Report,’ ‘Financial Summary Report.’ All reports can be exported to Excel.
Set a backdate for e-filing – Registry Curia Administrators can now set a backdate for e-filing allowing court administrators to clear build-up of cases while transferring to the electronic filing software.
View timestamp for e-filing of documents – Folio users now have the ability to view the timestamp for documents submitted and e-filed or not accepted.
Enhancements and Fixes
- Fixed: Security issue that prevented login access to the E-filing and Case Management Platform
- Fixed: Error with Notification links in Message Centre
- Hyperlink direct document instead of asking user to login again
- Registration fields have been made context sensitive based to whether a user selects ‘Individual’ or ‘Institution’
- Webpage load times for some screen views increased by as much as 20%
- Corrected issue where system error flashed while adding an existing party or searching for an existing party even when party was added successfully
- Fixed the Error Message (system crashed) when a User Group is added as a Case Party or Staff to a Case
- Curia Administrators can now Auto-Generate case numbers. (In system settings in Attaché, allow Admins to adjust case numbers as needed)
- Upload Document Feature in Folio not uploading documents (left navigation menu)
- Enable multiple case types to be saved.
- Ability to Filter (by Case Number) when searching in the Message Centre
- Added a warning message to indicate when a Case Party is not an approved user
- When Organization Type is Law Firm or Dispute Resolution Case Title not displayed in User Notices/Alerts and in Case Lists.
- Fixed the document version link for re-uploaded documents. Included a check for allowable File Size on the upload of Documents. Enabled playback of uploaded audio and video files
- Enabled user avatar for comments in View Document screen
- Autocomplete function included in dropdown menu when Uploading Documents (using Upload document feature in Left main menu)
- Removed dependency on Role Name requiring words like Registry or Judge
- Removed “APEX Court” in Account Registration page
Folio
- Added ‘Case Title’ as a mandatory field in Folio when adding a Case i.e. ‘Add Case’ menu
- Check boxes now available for Registry’s e-filing screen in Folio (Similar to Attaché)
- Fixed Case Title hyperlink in view cases
- Controlled access of Case View details in Folio
- Replaced the columns ‘Withdrawal’ and ‘Served’ with ‘Email Address’ in Case Parties grid
- When creating a case in Folio, auto-numbering sequence fixed when two Case Types are selected
- Removed Edit and Delete permissions in Party Screen for Folio users
- Resolved various format issues on view cases screen
- Disabled ‘edit case number’ permission for all users
- Enabled increase in number of cases that can be viewed on one screen
- Enabled appropriate function buttons according to user role in Folio. For. e.g. Add Party, Add Existing Party
Attaché
- In the Tasks tab of Message Centre, fixed the inactive ‘Action’ button, e.g. Mark as Completed
- Configured the “Assign To” as a mandatory field in the Add/Edit of Case Fees
- Adjusted the time zone for accurate display of Referral Date and Commencement Date in Case Edit Screen
- Resolved error when using ‘Generate Document’ function in the Case
- Fixed timestamp for ‘Submitted Date’ in the Case Edit screen
- ‘Void’ is not displayed when invoice is voided
- Updated Time Zone to ensure notifications match Hearing times
- Fixed inability to select ‘User when generating Invoice
- Added a hint in the ‘Case Title’ edit box in ‘Edit Case’ screen
- Disabled the ‘User Groups’ tab in Notes tab
- Resolved System Error after adding an event, hearing or filing on Calendar
- Resolved Payment Type incorrectly displaying Invoice Number
- Added a ‘Case Field’ Trigger to insert an ‘Action’ when certain user functions are performed e.g. Case Status, Change of Assigned Judge
- Fixed notification triggers to show ‘Filings’ in Message Centre
- Fixed notification triggers to match CAJS template document
- Controlled permissions for deleting a Receipt (granted only to System Admin)
- Resolved System Error in the ‘Edit’ of User Profile function for specific Jurisdiction
- Resolved ‘Save’ function of ‘Case Number Formatting’ in the System Settings
- Resolved display of ampersand on Title Fields for Case Edit screen
- Resolved incorrect description of ‘Download’ icon on Invoice tab
- Removed Spacing between ‘Delete’ and ‘Payment’ buttons on the Payment Screen
- Fixed logo image on invoice
- Enabled ‘Administrators’ indicator/checkbox in the editing of a User Role
Sightlines
- Added a system setting to allow for a check on the total number of records displayed for any Sightlines report
- Resolved security issue that prevented login access to Sightlines
- Removed debug message from Sightlines