Arbizon Release Notes

2025 Releases

v1.118.0 - 12/02/2025

• Redesigned Billing section in Expense to display invoicing status

• Improved Export > All with new fields:

  • “Case File Current Location“ in Actions.

  • “Last Transaction Date" in Invoices.

  • “Invoice Date” in Transactions.

• Fix issue when filtering with a custom field only returned results for the first Matter Type.

• Added "Invoice Date" filter in Transactions.

• Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

v1.117.0 - 22/01/2025

• Introduced dynamic browser tab titles, improving navigation and user experience by displaying relevant page titles for easier identification of active pages.

• Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

v1.116.0 - 15/01/2025

• Introduced “Re-Issued and Cancelled Invoice” linking in Invoices, allowing users to associate a cancelled invoice and its replacement for better tracking and clarity.

• Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

2024 Releases

v1.115.0 - 18/12/2024

• Enhancement in “Expenses > Export All Fields” to include additional details: Invoicing Status, Invoice Date, Invoice Status and Notes.

• Updated Application Filing Actions to display the full long action title.

• Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

v1.114.0 - 04/12/2024

• New Collaterals Feature

  • Introduced a feature to support the registration and management of collaterals within a legal case.

  • Create a Collateral: Add a new Collateral to a legal case by using the Measure drop-down menu.

  • View Case Collaterals: Use the Measures Register tab within a legal case to view and manage all associated collaterals.

  • Access all Collaterals: Navigate to the Collaterals management screen via Measures Register > Collaterals.

  • Collaterals Settings: Configure collateral parameters through System menu > Litigation

    • Collateral Natures

    • Collateral Property Types

• Support “Case Group” filter in Invoices management screen.

• Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

v1.113.0 - 13/11/2024

• Enhanced Word Document Properties with Data from Arbizon

  • New functionality that automatically populates Word document properties with essential case information from Arbizon. This update automatically populates:

  • Title property with the Case File Number and Case Title.

  • Category property with the Module and Case Type.

• Services linked to locked expenses are now restricted from editing. The Service Details widget is editable only if the logged-in user has access to edit the associated expenses.

• Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

v1.112.0 - 23/10/2024

• New tool in Document Management to save a word document as a PDF file directly in Arbizon.

• New filter in “Pending Appearances by Lawyer and Date” report to select “Action Types”.

• Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

v1.111.0 - 09/10/2024

• Document Preview Enhancements

  • Expanded the Preview feature to support image files, including .jpg, .png. and gif formats.

• “Nominal Codes” Enhancements

  • Added a new field in the “Chart of Accounts” parameter screen to specify if a nominal code is for Expenses or Services. Accounting Administrators can now update the Chart of Accounts accordingly.

  • The nominal code drop-down in Invoices now clearly separates Expense codes and Service codes into their respective sections.

  • In Invoice view mode the VAT nominal code is now displayed.

• Bug fixes

  • Resolve the issue where the Credit Note number was reset after changing the status from “Issued” to “Draft”.

• Other general performance enhancements and minor bug fixes.

v1.110.0 - 19/09/2024

• New Vendor Payment Feature

  • Introduced a feature to create vendor payment records and associate expenses.

  • Navigate to the Vendor Payments Management screen by selecting Expenses from the menu, then choose Vendor Payments.

  • Once expenses are marked as paid to vendors, they become locked and can only be edited or deleted by authorized users.

  • Users with the "Manage Vendor Payments" permission can access and manage vendor payments.

• New "Vendor Summary" information box

  • Added a “Vendor Summary” popup that displays key details such as vendor contact information.

  • Access the Vendor Summary by clicking on the vendor’s name within applicable screens, such as the Services Management or Vendor Payment Management screen.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.109.0 - 11/09/2024

• New Bulk Time Entry Feature in Timesheet Screen

  • Editable Line for Multiple Entries: Easily register multiple time entries at once with an embedded editable section.

  • Split Button to Register Time Entries: Register time for a single date or register repeating time entries over a date range at once.

  • Recent Cases Selection: Select cases for time entries using the Recent Cases button.

  • Automatic Time Distribution: New tool to enter total time and to automatically distribute across the time entry lines.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.108.0 - 28/08/2024

• Report "Pending Appearances by Lawyer and Date" enhancements:

  • Added multi-select capability in the "Lawyer" filter.

  • The “Court Scale” of each case is now displayed for every appearance.

• Invoice Management: Items can now be added to approved invoices without needing to edit the invoice.

• "Role in Cases" filter added to the Contacts Management screen.

• "Opposing Law Firm" filter added to the Legal Cases Management screen.

• “Case Party” filter redesigned to support filtering by Case Party and combinations of Case Party Status , Role and Capacity in Case.

• Export enhancement in the Legal Case Actions management, Export All Columns button to export the “Court Scale”.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.107.0 - 21/08/2024

• “Add Preset Items” modal in Invoice Improvements

  • Users can now select the same preset item multiple times in the “Available Presets” list by clicking on it repeatedly. Additionally, the quantity can be adjusted using the +/- buttons in the “Selected Preset Items” section.

  • A new filter has been added to the “Add Preset Items” modal when selecting Expenses, allowing users to filter by Expenses or Disbursements.

• A new “Notes” field has been added to the Expense Set modal. Users can now add notes for each expense when registering multiple expenses.

• In the Expense modal, users can click on the (i) icon next to the Expense label to view a summary of the Expense Type.

• When adding expenses to an invoice, users can now view the expense details selectively. In the “Add Expenses on Invoice” modal, hover over the expense name in the “Available Expenses” table and click the new window icon () that appears.

• In the Invoice management screen a new filter has been added under the “More Filters” section, allowing users to filter by Debtor Accounting Code.

• When adding an overall discount line in invoices, the nominal code is now completed automatically.

  • Navigate to System Invoicing & Accounting > Administration to configure the Default Discount Line Nominal Code.

• A new configuration option has been added to set the maximum allowable waived amount in payments.

  • Navigate to System Invoicing & Accounting > Administration to configure the maximum allowable waived amount.

• Fix so that the Draft watermark appears on all pages of draft invoices and credit notes.

• When editing an action with a due date that falls on a weekend or public holiday, a warning will now be displayed.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.106.0 - 02/08/2024

• New feature on the Timesheet screen that allows users to grant other users permission to create and edit their timesheets.

• Report for “Pending Appearances by Lawyer and Date”.

• Report Statement of Account.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.105.0 - 29/07/2024

• New tool to delete Credit Notes.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.104.0 - 24/07/2024

• New filter in the Invoice management screen for “Invoice Officer“.

• Enhanced the Internal Projects configuration to disable users from converting registered timesheets under these internal projects to billable. This is useful for managing leave and holidays.

• Improved the Linked Items tab in invoices to include various filtering options.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.103.0 - 10/07/2024

• New tool to delete multiple files within a case in Arbizon, available in Document Vault.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.102.0 - 03/07/2024

• New filter in the Invoice management screen for “Matter Party”, with supported combinations of Contact, Role in Case and Capacity.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.101.0 - 26/06/2024

• Proforma Invoice

  • New feature to generate proforma invoices.

  • Tool to convert proforma invoices to actual invoices.

  • Customised Proforma Invoice templates under System > Invoicing & Accounting > Invoicing Templates.

  • Numbering schemes under System > Invoicing & Accounting >  Administration.

• Vendors Management

  • New feature to register and manage your vendors under System > Invoicing & Accounting >  Vendors screen.

  • Associate default vendors in expense types.

  • Connect Vendors to actual expenses.

• Write offs

  • New feature to register write-offs on invoices with the new transaction type.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.98.0 - 15/05/2024

• Redesigned billing section in time entries.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.94.0 - 10/04/2024

• Calendar Synchronisation with Microsoft 365

  • New feature that enables users to synchronise their events, such as Court Appearances assigned to them, with their Microsoft 365 Calendar.

  • Authorised users can now enable the synchronisation of all the events of the Firm with a single Microsoft 365 Calendar.

  • The synchronisation is one way, from Arbizon to Microsoft O365.

  • Authorised users can enable Calendar synchronisation via System > Security > Integrations.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.93.0 - 03/04/2024

• Improvements & fixes.

v1.92.0 - 27/03/2024

• Tool in Contact to convert a legal entity to physical person and vice versa.

v1.91.0 - 20/03/2024

• Merge of Contact tool.

  • New tool to Merge Duplicate Contacts, located under the Tools button within a Contact record.

  • To utilize this feature, users must have the “Merge Contact” permission enabled.

• New “Contact Group” filter added to various management screens such as Legal Cases, Matters, and Invoices.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.90.0 - 13/03/2024

• New tool to move multiple files within a case in Arbizon, available in Document Vault.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.89.0 - 06/03/2024

• New tool to copy multiple files within Arbizon, available in Document Vault.

• Improvement to view only the emails and the attachments in a case.

  • Go to the Documents widget in a case and enable the “Show Emails only” that is available in the Contents view.

• The Documents to be Served screen has been improved to include the pending services for contacts who are not action parties.

• The Case field in the Time Entry now has a drop-down list of Internal Projects.

  • To populate the list, set the filter to Internal Projects.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.88.0 - 14/02/2024

• New tool to disconnect a file from an Action.

• Change the sorting in the Legal Case Parties widget so that Inactive Parties are placed after Active Parties.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.87.0 - 07/02/2024

• New tool to copy a file or a folder within Arbizon.

• New feature to indicate Actions with Strict Deadlines.

  • Administrators can set the “Strict Deadline“ indicator to yes, in Action Types in the System module.

  • Users can update their Dashboards by adding the “Upcoming Actions” widget and configuring it to only show actions with strict deadlines.

• Improvement to support Payee on Expenses.

  • Users can add the Payee on the expenses and

  • Generate reports such as the service fees for a selected bailiff and period.

• Improvement to support Practice Area in Legal Cases and in Time Entries.

• Improve the Case Party filter to support Capacity.

  • Users can now perform searches in management screens such as Legal Cases, Matters, and Actions using a combination of Case Party Name, Role, and Capacity.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.86.0 - 25/01/2024

• New tools in the Document Vault screen

  • Tool to connect multiple files to an action.

  • “Select all” tool to select all files and folders with one click.

• Users can now file emails on closed cases.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.85.0 - 16/01/2024

• Improvement to support inactive options for filters in management pages & tabs.

  • You can now search using inactive options, e.g. you can search for legal cases using inactive contacts.

• Improvement to convert Judges from systemic to user parameter

  • You can now manage Judges and Judges' notes, e.g. communication details.

• Correction of the interim applications sorting in the Legal Case tab.

• Support deleting an expense from the Service Details page.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.84.0 - 09/01/2024

• Document Vault

  • New and improved Document Management functionality through a centralised screen.

  • Search in file names to find documents across Arbizon.

  • Advanced search for files using the available filters.

  • Download as zip multiple files.

  • Copy to clipboard multiple files.

  • User sorting on file name, creator name and date modified.

• Other improvements & fixes.

2023 Releases

v1.83.0 - 23/11/2023

• Document Preview for emails: Preview tool can now be used to preview emails (.msg & .eml).

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.82.0 - 02/11/2023

• New tool to copy a file to clipboard.

• Improvement when adding itemised time entries on an invoice, to add the time entry date, the officer initials, the duration and the description of the selected time entries.

• Enhancement in the Invoice officer field in the invoice records, to show the primary officer first, followed by the secondary officers.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.81.0 - 19/10/2023

• Document Preview

  • Navigate through files to see their content without opening them. (Support .docx, .doc, .pdf and other common file types).

  • Right click on a file and select Preview to open the file in preview mode.

  • Additional features supported in Previewer mode: Download file, Print file.

  • Open an MS Word file in Previewer and click on the Download button to download the file converted to PDF.

• New features in Documents Widget related to the connection between Documents and Actions

  • An indicator is added next to the files that are attached to actions. The colour of the indicator represents the action status. Click on it to open the action modal.

  • For the files that are not attached to actions the colour of the indicator is white. Click on it to attach these files to actions.

• New feature to select the Remittance Account Printed on Invoice

  • When in Invoice, select the remittance account that will be printed on the invoice.

  • When in Contact, select the default remittance account for this client.

  • Adjust supporting parameter pages in System menu > Invoicing & Accounting

    • Configure the default remittance account in the Administration page.

    • Set up the Invoice Templates to print the remittance account details.

• New filter in Expenses Management screen: Case Status

v1.80.0 - 05/10/2023

• New Management Screen with Measures Register, including:

  • Interim Orders

  • Memo

  • Execution Measures

  • Court Decisions

• Support notes in judges populated with contact information.

• New filters in Service Management screen: Forward Date, Creation Date, Creator.

• Enhancement to allow the user who has filed an email to delete it even when the email has attachments.

• Enhancement when initialising the Invoice Officers in an Invoice, to show the Primary Lawyer of the case and followed by the Secondary Lawyers.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.79.0 - 21/09/2023

• Document Locking Mechanism

  • When a file is opened in edit mode, it gets locked to prevent other users from editing it at the same time and it is automatically unlocked after it is closed.

  • Locked documents can be opened in read-only mode by other users.

  • All users can unlock the documents they have locked. Users assigned to the permission “Unlock all Documents” can unlock all documents.

• When a user is not authorised to edit a document, this is opened in read-only mode.

• Faster loading time for Case Parties widget in Legal Case.

• Other performance improvements and fixes.

v1.78.0 - 15/09/2023

• New Dashboard Widget “Invoices in Progress”

  • Add this widget to the required Dashboards

  • Adjust the widget settings as needed for the efficient monitoring of the invoices' preparation until they are sent to debtors.

• Improvements in the management of the Filed Email Actions

  • Edit the basic information of a Filed Email Action without requiring special user permissions.

  • Allow the user who has filed an email to delete it in Arbizon without requiring special user permissions.

• When changing a Time Entry from non-billable to billable the appropriate rate is applied automatically.

• Cancelled Actions are not shown in Legal Expirations Dashboard widget any more.

• In Expenses, Services and Time Entries screens, the Case filter now also includes the Closed Cases.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.76.0 - 28/08/2023

• New filter in Calendar screen to include/exclude Cancelled Actions.

• Improvements in Service Screen

  • Apply default filtering for Service Status = Draft or Pending.

  • New filter: Case.

• New tool in Memo to mark a Creditor as Inactive.

• Fix in Legal Expirations Dashboard widget to exclude originating documents without expiration date.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.75.0 - 23/08/2023

• Arbizon Invoicing Integration with LogiSoft Accounting.

• Indicate when a Legal Case is “Filed in iJustice”

  • Indicator in Originating Document Actions and in Legal Case.

  • Filter in Court Documents and in Upcoming Actions Dashboard widgets.

  • Filter in Legal Cases, Legal Actions and Expenses screens.

• In Legal Case, Actions tab support filtering all actions excluding emails.

• Open files *.tiff, *.jpg directly through Arbizon Assistant.

• Add Secretaries in Legal Cases.

• New filter in Upcoming Actions Dashboard widget: Office District

• New filter in Time Entries screen: Billing Method

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.74.0 - 07/08/2023

• New Invoice Line Type to support Additional Text.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.73.0 - 27/07/2023

• Invoicing templates improvements.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.72.3 - 18/07/2023

• Filing email through Arbizon fixes.

v1.72.2 - 18/07/2023

• File Tracking improvements.

• In Documents Widget sort descending on Last Modified date.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.72.1 - 15/07/2023

• Performance improvements in Action Viewer.

• Performance improvements in Service Management.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.72.0 - 13/07/2023

• Performance improvements

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.71.0 - 10/07/2023

• Manage Execution Measures

• Cost Catalogue flow improvements

• Lock Expense

• Shared Numbering sequence between Legal Cases and Legal Matters

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.70.0 - 29/06/2023

• Improvements & fixes.

v1.69.0 - 26/06/2023

• Allow building Invoice Subject expression in Invoice Templates

• Performance improvements

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.68.0 - 19/06/2023

• Performance improvement in Billable Hours Target widget.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.67.0 - 14/06/2023

• Improvements & fixes.

v1.66.0 - 13/06/2023

• Create Legal Application from within another Legal Application.

• Handle Services To Our Office.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.65.0 - 12/06/2023

• New module for Invoice management.

  • Generate invoices using customisable templates.

  • Track Payments, create Credit Notes and monitor outstanding balances.

  • Adjust supporting parameter pages in System menu > Invoicing & Accounting

    • Administration > Invoice Numbering Scheme & default invoice VAT rates

    • Invoicing templates

    • Revenue Categories, etc.

  • Review Roles & Permissions to authorise users to manage invoices and access financial statistics.

v1.64.0 - 08/06/2023

• New feature for the Writ Expiration management.

  • Now the users can complete the expiration date of the writ

  • Renew the Expiration Date of the Writ using the Originating Document Renewal Action (e.g. Ανανέωση Κλητηρίου).

  • Improvement in Legal Expirations Monitor Dashboard widget to cater for the writ expirations.

  • Expiration period of writs can be configured through System > Action Types.

• New feature for Interim Orders.

  • Create Interim Orders in a Legal Case e.g. + Action > Έκδοση Προσωρινού Διατάγματος.

  • Add the Interim Order Number e.g. + Action > Κατάθεση Προσωρινού Διατάγματος.

  • View the Interim Order of a Legal Case through Legal Case > Measures Register tab.

• New feature for Cost Catalogues.

  • Create Cost Catalogues for filing or for informational usage in a Legal Case.

  • File the Cost Catalogue with court e.g. + Action > Καταχώριση Καταλόγου Εξόδων

  • Mark as approved/rejected by court e.g. + Action > Έγκριση Καταλόγου Εξόδων / Απόρριψη Καταλόγου Εξόδων.

• Improvement in Court Documents Dashboard widget to list the Court Orders as needed.

• Enhancement in Legal Cases to show the Memos under the Measures Register tab.

• Improvement to support service due date for the documents that need to be served.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.63.0 - 03/05/2023

• Improvements & fixes.

v1.62.0 - 03/02/2023

• Support for Employee Picker in Custom Fields.

• Audit Trail maintenance tasks.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.61.0 - 25/01/2023

• New feature to create Contact Groups

  • You can now group contacts together by creating contact groups and then filtering out the contacts that belong to a specific Group.

  • One contact can be added to many Groups.

• New feature to add an Employer and/or Employees to a Contact.

• New feature to add Related Contacts on Cases (Legal Case, Matter).

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.60.0 - 19/01/2023

• Extend Document Service for Matters.

  • Now, users can create Service records in Matters.

• Bug fix affecting some users when loading the system.

• Enhancement in service to include the Law Firm address in the addresses list, when the recipient is a Law Firm.

• Other improvements & fixes.

2022 Releases

v1.59.0 - 15/12/2022

• Custom Fields improvements

  • Enhancement in Cases Management Screens (e.g. Legal Cases, Matters, Companies, Contacts) to enable case filtering using Custom Fields. You can find the custom fields under the “More Filters” section.

  • Enhancement in the “Export/All Fields” button to export the Custom Fields, as well.

• Improved “Export/All Fields” button, assisting you in organising better the export data. In the generated file, you will first see the columns shown on the screen and then the extra columns.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.58.0 - 22/11/2022

• Add Notes in Contacts enhancement.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.57.0 - 16/11/2022

• New feature for Expense Logging.

  • You can now record the out-of-pocket expenses and associate them with the appropriate case.

  • Use the "Expense" button to create a single expense or the "Expense set" to create multiple expenses for a case.

  • Navigate to the Expenses tab in Cases for a detailed list of the logged expenses.

  • New "Expenses" management screen shared in all modules. This screen is accessible to the users with the 'Financials User' role or 'Access Expenses Financials' permission.

  • Supporting parameter pages in System menu > Invoicing & Accounting: Expense Types, Invoicing Companies, VAT Rates.

• New widget in Actions listing a financial summary of the action's Expenses and timesheet.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.56.0 - 10/11/2022

• Improved Upload Files & Folders Experience.

  • Drag and drop multiple files and folders from File Explorer to the appropriate case or action in Arbizon.

• Improved Email Filing Experience.

  • Drag & drop an email to any page in Arbizon to open the File an Email dialog and select the case.

• Create new Contact from the top-level menu.

• Additional filter in the Upcoming Actions Dashboard widget.

  • You can adjust the Upcoming Actions to show the Actions of specific Case Types.

• Improved Logic that detects potential duplicate Contacts.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.55.0 - 25/10/2022

• Email Filing

  • New feature to file emails and attachments to a case in Arbizon, besides the Outlook Add-in.

  • Drag and drop an email to a case in Arbizon, using the “+ Action > File an Email” option.

  • Use this feature to file an email to multiple cases.

• Document Management in Contacts

  • Added Documents widget in Contact.

  • Ability to manage folders and files.

• Ships

  • Register ships in Contacts using the new Contact Type.

• Enhancement in Action Documents widget to allow changing the destination path (folder/subfolder) when uploading files.

• "Case Officer and Not Action Officer" Officer Role

  • New option in the Officer Role drop-down to filter actions for users that are case officers but not action officers.

  • Supported in Upcoming Actions Dashboard widget, Actions Management Screens, etc.

• Support, Help, and What’s New

  • Added links to Support, Help, and What’s New pages on the top-level menu under the user icon.

  • Support: Navigates to Arbizon Support to manage your support requests.

  • Help: Navigates to Arbizon Helpdesk with documentation such as User Guides.

  • What’s New: Navigates to Arbizon Release Notes.

• Other improvements & fixes.

v1.54.0 - 03/10/2022

• Risk Assessment for Contacts

  • New Contact tag: "AML Monitoring"

  • New fields in Contact > Overview tab> Other Details: Risk Score, Date, and Variables

  • New filters in the Contacts section: Risk Assessment, Date, and Variables

• Support ARC for Physical Persons

  • New tool to add ARC in Contact Identifications widget

• Reorganised buttons in the Documents widget and the Upload tool

• New Tool to export and print a Matter

• Other improvements & fixes

v1.53.0 - 21/09/2022

• Added the title of the active module in the navigation menu. Users can now click on the module title to switch modules.

• Other improvements & fixes

v1.52.0 - 31/08/2022

• Support for On-Premise

v1.51.0 - 30/08/2022

• Add support for Trusts in Matters

• Other improvements & fixes

v1.50.0 - 09/08/2022

• Allow editing Filed Email details by authorised users

• Allow uploading files to Arbizon up to 35MB

• Include Privacy Policy and Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) in Arbizon

• Other improvements & fixes

v1.49.0 - 02/08/2022

• Enhancement in Litigation Actions to support assigning the action to any user instead of lawyers only

• Enhancement in Memo Debtors & Creditors to allow selecting both clients and other parties

• Other improvements & fixes

v1.48.0 - 20/07/2022

• Document Management improvements

  • Allow moving files & folders through drag & drop in Documents widget

  • Enable right-click menu on files & folders in Documents widget

• New validation rule to prevent users from completing Appearances using future dates. In all the remaining Actions (e.g. Filing Actions) the completion using future dates is allowed with warning.

• Usability improvements on smaller devices (e.g. mobile) to ensure the visibility of page headers

• Enhancement in Dashboard > Upcoming Actions widget to support showing actions up to 180 days. Users can use the day setting to adjust it.

• Add new Legal Authority for ΑΔΕΑ - Ανώτατη Δικαστική Επιτροπή Αθλητισμού

• Other improvements & fixes

v1.47.0 - 28/06/2022

• Other improvements & fixes

v1.46.0 - 01/06/2022

• Document Service

  • New feature to manage the service of documents

  • Document Service Tool in Legal Case: New Service

  • Enhancement in Action Involved Parties to show and manage whether the document must be served or not

  • New management screen under Litigation module: Services

    • Documents to be Served filter: Lists all the documents that need to be served and the service process has not start

    • Services filter: Lists all the services

  • New Services tab in Legal Case

  • Supporting parameter pages in System menu > Litigation

    • Service Locations within Jurisdiction

    • Service Authorities outside Jurisdiction

    • Substituted Service Methods

    • Service Status Reasons

    • Service Fee Notes

  • Authorise users to perform advanced operations on document services by granting 'Manage Document Services Advanced' permission

• Other improvements & fixes

v1.45.0 - 30/05/2022

• Global Document Templates

  • New tool in Documents table to create a new (blank) document

  • Supporting parameter page in System menu > Global for Document Templates

• Other improvements & fixes

v1.44.0 - 09/05/2022

• Improvements & fixes

v1.43.0 - 09/05/2022

• Upgrade to Angular 13 & NET6

• Upgrade nuget & npm packages

v1.42.0 - 03/05/2022

• Improvements & fixes

v1.41.0 - 06/04/2022

• New Cases tab in Contact listing all the cases associated to the contact

• New filter in Time Entries screen: Case

• Other improvements & fixes

v1.40.0 - 05/04/2022

• Outlook Add-in

  • New feature to file from Outlook emails and attachments directly to the appropriate Case in Arbizon

  • Enhancement to show the filed emails in Cases > Actions tab and ability to filter for 'Tasks', 'Events' & 'Emails'

  • Installation instructions under User icon (top level menu) > Arbizon Extensions > Arbizon for Outlook

• Enhancement in Action lists (e.g. Legal Case > Actions tab) to show an icon when the action has notes

v1.39.0 - 05/04/2022

• File in iJustice

  • New tool to file a new Legal Case in iJustice through Arbizon

  • Supporting parameters in System menu for Firm Office Address

  • Installation instructions under User icon (top level menu) > Arbizon Extensions > Arbizon Extension for Chrome

v1.38.0 - 31/03/2022

• Document Versioning

  • New feature to track and manage multiple versions of documents

  • Version control tools

    • Create new version: create a new version identical to the current version

    • Upload new version: create a new version by uploading another file

    • Replace current version: replace the current version by uploading another file

  • Enhancement in Documents table to display file version & last date modified

• New 'Quick Links' tools to navigate to external websites

  • Navigate to iJustice website from Legal Case

  • Navigate to Registrar of Companies website from Company

• Other improvements & fixes

v1.37.0 - 22/03/2022

• Usability improvements on the 'Create Contact' modal

• Enhancement in Actions management screen to include in the excel export the columns "File No", "Court No" and "Legal Case"

• Other minor improvements & bug fixes

v1.36.0 - 03/03/2022

• Enhancement in Litigation module to show the communication details of a law firm when is clicked

• Other minor improvements & fixes

v1.35.0 - 14/02/2022

• Dashboard

  • New feature to organise your work and gain a holistic view of your law firm data

  • Available widgets: Upcoming Actions, Legal Expirations Monitor, Court Documents Monitor, Billable Hours Target

  • Dashboards can be either private or public

  • Tailored to meet the needs of each user

  • Authorise users to edit the properties of public dashboards by granting 'Edit Properties in all Dashboards' permission

  • Supporting parameters in System menu for Employee Groups

  • Supporting parameters in Employee screen > Settings tab for Working Days, Working Hours and Target Billable Hours per week

• Other minor improvements & bug fixes

v1.34.0 - 08/02/2022

• New feature to create Employee Groups in System menu > Office section

• Extend Employee to support Working Days, Working Hours and Target Billable Hours per week

• Add support for Under Observation flag on Court Decision

• Other minor improvements & bug fixes

2021 Releases

v1.33.0 - 22/12/2021

• Minor improvements & fixes

v1.32.0 - 15/12/2021

• New feature to create Relations between Cases across all modules

  • Case to Case

  • Consolidated Cases (Συνεκδικαζόμενες)

  • Grouped Cases

  • Supporting parameters in System menu for Case Relation Types & Case Groups

• Enhancement in Legal Case, Company & Matter to filter using Group

• New Time Entries management screen

  • This screen is accessible to the users with the 'Financials User' role or 'Access Time Entries Financials' permission

v1.31.0 - 13/12/2021

• Enhancement in Action Types management screen to show the paperclip icon when there is an attachment and to filter using this information

• Automatic resizing of the notes field while typing

• Other minor improvements & fixes

v1.30.0 - 30/11/2021

• Timers feature

  • Extended functionality to track real time

  • Timers are synchronised across browser tabs and devices

  • New tools added in the top-level menu for the management of active and paused timers

  • Ability to convert a timer to a time entry

  • Enhancement in main entities toolbar (Legal Case, Matter, Company) to start a timer and to indicate associated timers

• Improvement to see the latest version after an upgrade without having to refresh the browser

• Other minor improvements & fixes

v1.29.0 - 24/11/2021

• Enhancement in Action screens to update Status when the Due Date is modified

• Enhancement in Action screens to display the current status of the Court Decision Document in 'Relations' table

• Other minor improvements & fixes

v1.28.0 - 16/11/2021

• New feature in Time Entries to support Invoicing Information (e.g. hourly rate, fixed fee, invoice status)

  • Enhancement in Timesheet screen to include information for Rate, Amount & Billable indicator

  • Enhancement in Time Entries tab in Legal Case, Company & Matter to include information for Rate, Amount & Billable indicator

  • New filter in Time Entries tab in Legal Case, Company & Matter: Invoicing Status, Billable indicator, Time Entry Description

• New feature in Actions to support Billable indicator & Invoicing Status

  • New filter in Actions tab in Legal Case, Company & Matter: Invoicing Status, Billable indicator

  • New filter in Action Management section: Invoicing Status, Billable indicator

• New tools in Legal Case, Company & Matter to manage Invoicing Status in bulk

  • Mark items as Invoiced

  • Mark items as Not to be Invoiced

  • Clear Invoicing Status

• Support Billing Model in Companies

• Improve Billing Model to support Custom Hourly Rate per employee or job title and to indicate if the employee's time is creditable or not when the service is not billable

• Improve toolbar design in details screens such as Legal Case, Matter etc.

• Other minor improvements & fixes

v1.27.0 - 25/10/2021

• Arbizon Assistant

  • Arbizon Assistant is a desktop application that allows you to open and edit files attached in Arbizon using the compatible application that is installed on your PC.

  • To edit a file attached in Arbizon just do a single click on the file name. The file will open using the proper desktop application. For example, when the file name extension is .docx then the file will open in Microsoft Word.

  • To save your changes just click on the Save button of the desktop application and Arbizon Assistant will synchronise the file in Arbizon.

• Other minor improvements & fixes

v1.26.0 - 12/10/2021

• New tool in Legal Case to manage Open/Close status

• New tool in Matter to manage Open/Close status

• Other minor improvements & fixes

v1.25.0 - 29/09/2021

• Enhancement in the Calendar to remember the filters applied by the user

• Other minor improvements & fixes

v1.24.0 - 21/09/2021

• New feature for Global Search in the top-level menu that searches across all Case Types and all Modules

• New menu item for Timesheet screen

• Ability to create Time Entries from Legal Cases, Companies and Matters

• Ability to create Time Entries from the Timesheet screen and the Global Create button in the top-level menu

• Ability to create Time Entries for Internal Projects (see configuration System > Global > Internal Projects & Internal Activities)

• Other minor improvements & fixes

v1.23.0 - 13/09/2021

• Bugfix in Matter Actions re. Prefetch Paths

• Support Current Year in Date Picker Range

• Other minor improvements

v1.22.0 - 30/08/2021

• New feature to support Actions in Matters

• Other minor improvements & fixes

v1.21.0 - 24/08/2021

• New filter in Action Management Section: Case Filing Date

• New tool in the top-level menu to create a new Legal Case/Matter/Company

• Internal Projects & Activities parameters in system menu

• Other minor improvements & fixes

v1.20.0 - 28/07/2021

• New tool in Contact to manage the Active/Inactive status

• New tool in Employee to manage the Active/Inactive status

• Usability improvements on the 'Add Client'/'Add Other Party'/'Add Involved Parties' functionality in Legal Cases, Memos, Applications and Actions

• Enhancement to maintain the correct order of the involved parties in the actions table

• In Legal Case > Case Parties table the 'Connect Law Firm' tool is added in the options menu of each Case Party ()

• Include Case Subjects column in 'All Fields' Export in Litigation Cases and Actions

• In Legal Application the title of the "Documents" table is renamed to "Application"

• Other minor improvements & fixes

v1.19.0 - 19/07/2021

• Support File Tracking in Matters

• New filter in Legal Cases Management Section - Subject

• New filter in Matters Management Section - Subject

• Apply descending sorting on File Number in Legal Cases Management Section

• Display the Application Closure Details in Legal Case Applications Tab

• Fix Error when trying to clear the Litigant Number in a Legal Case Party

• Other minor improvements & fixes