Liability is a legal feature which allows the liability position of different parties to be tracked on a matter. Based on the configuration a lawyer is able to track what different parties involved in a legal matter believe their liability to be. Liability positions can be configured from different view points and can incorporate the differences between the perspective of the lawyer and their client.

When a final decision is made on liability a decision date can be logged. Reason codes behind the positions can allow the system to determine what the impact of the liability decision should be.

Feature Configuration

Access this global feature at Launchpad > Admin > Features > Manage Global Features. Search for liability. Enabling the feature will allow the components to be added into your work types.

Decision Configuration

The decision configuration for liability is managed by an option set which can be accessed under the option sets element of the configuration

When configuring your liability decisions you can make use of the following migration codes to impact the display of components of the liability user interface:

• #contrib - show contributory negligence capture for this decision code
• #ownPosition - how these decision types when capturing your own position
• #othersidePosition - show these decision types when the other-side is expressing their position on a participant
• #othersideOwnPosition - show these decisiontypes when the other-side is expressing their position on themselves

Work-type Configuration

Liability can be configured to apply to your work types using the sub-features area of the configuration. This allows you to select the work types on which you wish liability to be applicable. To use the feature you will need to ensure that the liability widget and blade aspect are available on the work type portal and key facts blade definitions.

For each work type on which liability is enabled you are able to specify the role types that will require a liability view. This translates to the selection view drop down that appears at the top of the liability widget.