A contact is a representation of either an individual (natural person) or an entity (company, sole trader, court, etc) in ContactsLaw.

Whenever you need to draw upon information relating to a person or business; for example, when creating a matter or requesting a payment, you create a link back to the contact. Changes made on the contact will propagate through to all linked items automatically. This allows for maximum re-use of information.

Contacts are created within a particular subscription and are shared across all businesses.

Contact Types

At minimum, every contact is either an individual or an entity. You can add additional contact types to imbue special behaviour:

Individuals

Judicial Officer - A judge, magistrate or other judicial officer that can be assigned role(s) on a matter.
Lawyer - A practising lawyer that can be assigned as the representative of a party on a matter.

Entities

Bank - A financial institution in which accounts may be held.
Court - A judicial body which determines the jurisdiction of a matter.
Law Firm - A law firm, practice or other entity that can be assigned as the representative of a party on a matter.
Trust - A trust or estate.

Properties

A contact may have the following properties:

Name(s), including historical names (e.g. maiden name, former business names, etc)
Gender
Date of birth/death
Occupation/industry group
Referral events
Communication entries (telephone, email address, etc)
Addresses and correspondence preferences
Notes
Related contacts, including details about the nature of each relationship
Financial details (bank details, etc)
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