A case file is one specific set of proceedings: the claim against the insurer, the appeal against a tax assessment, the lawsuit over the building defects. It is built on the paperwork of one of the client's matters and turns it into what you cite in a pleading: exhibits that are numbered, given folio numbers and read.
The matter holds the papers, the case file cites them
A client's paperwork lives in their matter, inside the client's record: that is where it comes in, is split into documents and is sorted into folders. We explain this in Clients, matters and case files.
The case file does not copy those papers. It links to them. That is why one matter can have several case files, and one paper can be in two of them at once with a different code in each: A.7 in the claim and A.2 in the appeal.
Inside a case file, each paper is an exhibit. It has its code (A.1, A.2…), its folio range and its date. It is what you cite in a pleading, and it takes you back to the exact paper, its page and its folio.
What is in this section
The case file list: searching, filtering and the actions on each row.
Create a case file: from a matter or from a folder.
Case file details: reference, court, proceedings number, opposing parties and how exhibits are numbered.
The case file page: what you see when you open one.
Exhibits: the table of numbered documents with their folios.
Open or protected numbering: when the codes stop moving.
Read pages and find dates: what JUDLEX can do with artificial intelligence on the exhibits, and what it costs.
Parties: who is who in the proceedings.
Facts: what happened and when, each with its sentence.
Case file status: what does not add up, what is missing, and the dates.
Count a deadline: JUDLEX does the count in front of you, with the skipped days in plain sight, and you sign it.