Specialty / Litigation
Civil disputes from intake to judgment, on rails.
Litigation runs on procedure. Marco Reid encodes the procedure — deadlines, service rules, pleadings, evidence, examinations — into a workflow the partner can trust. Drafts watermarked until signed; deadlines computed from the rules that authorise them.
Coverage by jurisdiction.
The statutes, the regulators, and the matter types Marco Reid handles for this specialty in each market.
New Zealand
Authorities
- ✓District Court Rules 2014
- ✓High Court Rules 2016
- ✓Court of Appeal (Civil) Rules 2005
- ✓Senior Courts Act 2016
- ✓Evidence Act 2006
- ✓Limitation Act 2010
What we cover
- ✓Pleadings — statement of claim, statement of defence, reply
- ✓Interlocutory applications (summary judgment, security for costs, strike-out)
- ✓Discovery — standard, tailored, and electronic
- ✓Briefs of evidence + cross-examination prep
- ✓Appeals to the Court of Appeal + Supreme Court
- ✓Costs orders + scale costs computation
Common matters
Australia
Authorities
- ✓Federal Court Rules 2011
- ✓State Supreme Court Rules (UCPR NSW, SCR Vic, etc.)
- ✓Civil Procedure Acts (state-by-state)
- ✓Evidence Act 1995 (Cth + harmonised states)
- ✓Limitation of Actions Acts (state-by-state)
What we cover
- ✓Originating processes + defences (Federal Court + state courts)
- ✓Mediation orders (s 53A FCA Act)
- ✓Discovery + categorical orders
- ✓Outline of submissions, expert evidence (FCA EM)
- ✓Appeals to the Full Court + High Court special leave
- ✓Class actions + representative proceedings
Common matters
United Kingdom
Authorities
- ✓Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR)
- ✓Senior Courts Act 1981
- ✓Limitation Act 1980
- ✓Evidence Act 1995 + Civil Evidence Act 1995
- ✓Contempt of Court Act 1981
What we cover
- ✓Particulars of claim + acknowledgement of service + defence (CPR)
- ✓Disclosure (PD 31, Disclosure Pilot Scheme)
- ✓Witness statements + Practice Direction 22 statements of truth
- ✓Summary judgment (CPR 24) + strike-out (CPR 3.4)
- ✓Appeals to Court of Appeal + Supreme Court
- ✓Costs budgeting (Precedent H) + costs management
Common matters
United States
Authorities
- ✓Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)
- ✓Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE)
- ✓28 U.S.C. — judicial code
- ✓State rules of civil procedure
- ✓State statutes of limitation
- ✓Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP)
What we cover
- ✓Complaint + answer + Rule 12 motions
- ✓Discovery — interrogatories, requests for admission, depositions, document production
- ✓Summary judgment motions (Rule 56)
- ✓Daubert motions + expert disclosures
- ✓Appeals to Circuit Courts of Appeal + Supreme Court certiorari
- ✓Class certification (Rule 23)
Common matters
How Marco Reid helps.
Court-rules deadline calculator
Pick the trigger event, set the date, get every downstream deadline cited to the rule. Live at /tools/court-rules. NZ District + High Court, AU Federal Court + state courts, UK CPR, US FRCP + FRAP.
Pleadings drafting
Statement of claim / particulars of claim / complaint drafted from a structured intake. Pleads facts, particulars, causes of action, relief. Partner reviews, signs through SignoffRequest before filing.
Discovery + disclosure runner
Discovery list / disclosure index / Rule 26(a) initial disclosures generated. Privilege log drafted automatically. Documents indexed, redacted, and bates-numbered.
Witness brief preparation
Briefs of evidence (NZ), witness statements (UK), witness outlines (AU), affidavits (US). Templated, populated, cross-referenced to the documents in evidence.
Costs budgeting + scale costs
NZ scale costs computed from the High Court Rules schedule, UK Precedent H budgets, US fee applications under Hensley v Eckerhart. Itemised, defensible, exportable.
Audit trail for the regulator
Every pleading version stored in DocumentVersion with content hash. Every action in AuditLog. Every regulator filing in RegulatorFiling. The PII insurer audit + bar audit + insurance claim takes minutes.
Marco Reid is a workspace and tooling vendor. It is not itself licensed to practise. Every consumer-facing output passes through SignoffRequest and is approved by a credentialled practitioner in the relevant jurisdiction before release.
Procedure is the litigator's enemy. We make it the friend.
Deadlines tracked. Pleadings drafted. Discovery automated. Briefs prepared. The partner makes the strategic calls; Marco Reid handles the procedural plumbing that loses cases when it slips.