Built for the person doing the explaining.
Most timeline tools are made for law firms and ask you to upload your documents to their servers. Case Timeline is for you: the person who has to make sense of it all, and would rather keep it private.
Three kinds of people use it most.
Self-represented litigants
Running a matter without a lawyer is hard enough. A clear chronology is one of the documents the court expects, and one of the hardest to pull together from a scattered pile.
People supporting someone
Helping a friend, a parent or a client. You can sit together and get the events down, then hand over something clear instead of a shoebox of papers.
Small firms and advocates
Ask a client to arrive with a draft timeline and the first appointment goes further. Private by design, so they never have to upload sensitive material to get started.
And the matters it suits.
Anywhere the question is "what happened, and in what order".
Family law
Cohabitation, marriage, births, separation, parenting changes, FDR attempts, applications and orders. A draft chronology is the first thing many family lawyers ask for, and Legal Aid suggests bringing one to your first appointment.
DV and AVO matters
For an ADVO or APVO, private applicants document incidents with dates and times. A clear, dated record supports both applying for an order and responding to one.
Insurance and AFCA
A claims diary and a clear timeline of calls, letters and decisions help when you complain to an insurer's internal dispute resolution, then escalate to AFCA if you need to.
Personal injury
The incident, the treatments, the time off work, the back and forth with insurers. The detail that turns "I was hurt" into a claim someone can assess.
Tenancy
Repairs requested, notices, inspections, breaches and bond. The dated record a tribunal will follow when there is a dispute.
Workplace and complaints
Incidents, reports made, who responded and when, escalations. A timeline turns a tangle into a complaint that can be acted on.
Estate disputes
Key dates around a will, the estate and the conversations. A clear order helps everyone, including the lawyer, see the shape of it.
Anything with a sequence
If you need to show what happened and when, in plain language, Case Timeline will help you set it out clearly.
This is a tool, not legal advice.
Case Timeline helps you organise your own information. It is not legal advice and does not replace a lawyer. For advice about your matter, speak to a qualified lawyer, Legal Aid, or a community legal centre. If you or someone else is in danger, call 000.
Where this comes from
The primary sources behind the above, so you can check any of it yourself rather than take our word for it:
- Legal Aid NSW, the state body that provides free legal information, advice and representation across family law, civil and criminal matters.
- Local Court of NSW, the court that hears a broad range of everyday matters in New South Wales, and publishes its own information for people appearing there.
- Wikipedia: Chronology, a general explanation of what a chronology is and how events are arranged in order.
Your matter, in order, in a minute.
Start with the builder. Clear the examples, add your own first event, and watch it take shape.