Reopen a legal matter

  • Freigeben Version: Australia
  • Aktualisiert 12. März 2026
  • 1 Minute Lesedauer

    • If a legal matter requires further investigation after it was closed or canceled, you can reopen it to work on it again.

    Vorbereitungen

    Role required: sn_lg_matter.matter_fulfiller

    Warum und wann dieser Vorgang ausgeführt wird

    As a collaborator added to a legal matter, you can access and work on the legal matter just as matter owners can. However, you can't modify the Matter owner, Assignment group, and Assignment group permission fields.

    Prozedur

    1. Navigate to All > Legal Request > Legal Counsel Center.
    2. In the Legal Counsel Center tab, select the list icon (List icon).
    3. In the Lists tab, open a legal matter by selecting an option under Matters.
      OptionSteps
      As an assignee
      1. Select the Assigned to Me option.
      2. Select a legal matter to work on.
      3. If the legal matter is newly assigned to you, select Start to start working on it.

        The state of the legal matter updates to Work in Progress.
      As a collaborator
      1. Select the Collaborations option.
      2. Select a legal matter to work on.
    4. Open the legal matter that you want to reopen.
    5. Click Reopen.
    6. In the Reopen Matter dialog box, enter comments in the Comments field to note why you are reopening the matter.
      Comments entered in the Reopen Matter dialog box will be posted in all related requests.
    7. Reopen related closed or canceled legal requests along with the parent request by selecting the Reopen related requests check box.
    8. Click OK.

    Ergebnisse

    • The legal matter is reopened.
    • The state of the matter updates to the state it was in before it was closed or canceled.
    • If the primary legal request of the matter is closed or canceled, then the request is reopened.
    • If you chose to reopen all related requests also, any related legal requests that are in the Closed Complete, Closed Incomplete, or Cancelled state are also reopened.
    • Any collaborators added to the matter will receive an email notification that the matter has been reopened.

    Nächste Maßnahme

    Work on the legal matter to complete it.