0. INTRODUCTION
This specification provides the definition of the Request for
legal administration action in civil proceedings message
(CASINT) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
between trading partners involved in administration, commerce
and transport.
1. SCOPE
1.1 Functional Definition
A request for lodgement of data to commence or enforce a civil
proceeding.
1.2 Field of Application
The Request for legal administration action in civil
proceedings message may be used for both national and
international applications. It is based on universal practice
related to administration, commerce and transport, and is not
dependent on the type of business or industry.
1.3 Principles
- Request for legal administration action provides detailed
information about a civil dispute among a number of parties.
- The requested action is on behalf of one or more complaining
parties.
- The requested action is against one or more defending
parties.
- The dispute may involve multiple amounts of money.
- The dispute may be defined by a range of dates.
- The requested action may be a registration of a civil order
from another jurisdiction or a request for an order to be made.
- An order may involve multiple amounts of money and terms of
payment may be specified.
- The request for lodgement of data is governed by the rules of
court in the relevant jurisdiction.
2. REFERENCES
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
Section 1.
3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
3.1 Standard terms and definitions
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
Section 2.
4. MESSAGE DEFINITION
4.1 Data Segment Clarification
This section should be read in conjunction with the Segment
Table which indicate mandatory, conditional and repeating
requirements.
4.1.1 Header section
Information to be provided in the Header section:
0010 UNH, Message header
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
The message type code for the Request for legal administration
action in civil proceedings message is CASINT.
Note: Request for legal administration action in civil
proceedings messages conforming to this document must contain
the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:
Data element 0065 CASINT
0052 D
0054 97A
0051 UN
0020 BGM, Beginning of message
A segment for unique identification of the message type, its
function, and the reference number for the request.
0030 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment identifying the relevant dates and times associated
with the action to be initiated in a court or tribunal, e.g.
date of incident, date of hearing.
0040 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment identifying the jurisdiction and court or tribunal
location for initiating the action.
0050 RFF, Reference
A segment to specify a particular reference associated with the
request when required, e.g. reference number for a legal case.
0060 ATT, Attribute
A segment specifying relevant attributes for the requested
action, e.g. the mode of trial, interpreter requirement.
0070 FTX, Free text
A segment for free text information in coded or clear form, to
give further clarification to the request for legal action,
e.g. the type of complaint, the nature of complaint.
0080 Segment group 1: NAD-LOC
A group of segments identifying an address relevant to the
request for legal action in a court or tribunal.
0090 NAD, Name and address
A segment identifying the address of the incident that gave
rise to the request for legal action.
0100 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment giving more specific location information (if
appropriate) of the address specified in the NAD segment
within this group, e.g. property name, building sub-section.
0110 Segment group 2: MOA-DTM-FCA
A group of segments specifying relevant details of the monetary
values associated with the request for legal action.
0120 MOA, Monetary amount
A segment identifying a monetary amount involved in the
dispute.
0130 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment identifying a date associated with the monetary
amount, e.g. date of a part payment.
0140 FCA, Financial charges allocation
A segment specifying the allocation of charge amount, e.g.
interest payable.
4.1.2 Detail section
Information to be provided in the Detail section:
0150 UNS, Section control
A service segment placed at the start of the detail section to
avoid segment collision.
0160 Segment group 3: NAD-SEQ-LOC-CTA-COM-RFF-ATT-PRC-MEA-DTM-EMP-
FTX
A group of segments identifying the particulars of a party
involved in the request for legal action.
0170 NAD, Name and address
A segment identifying the name and address of a party.
0180 SEQ, Sequence details
A segment to provide for the allocation of a sequence number
(referenced in the GIR of Segment group 4) to a party
involved in the request.
0190 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment giving more specific location information (if
appropriate) of the address specified in the NAD segment
within this group, e.g. property name, building sub-section.
0200 CTA, Contact information
A segment specifying contact information.
0210 COM, Communication contact
A segment specifying communication contact channel and
number for a party.
0220 RFF, Reference
A segment to provide a reference identification of a party,
e.g. driver licence number.
0230 ATT, Attribute
A segment to identify a specific attribute of a party, e.g.
sex.
0240 PRC, Process identification
A segment specifying the relevant process, e.g. the method
of delivery (service) of legal documents.
0250 MEA, Measurements
A segment to specify certain measurements associated with
the performance of the process, e.g. distance travelled.
0260 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment to identify a specific date associated with a
party, e.g. date of birth.
0270 EMP, Employment details
A segment to identify employment details of a party, e.g.
occupation.
0280 FTX, Free text
A segment for free text information in coded or clear form,
to give further clarification when required of a party, e.g.
'trading as' and other legal descriptions.
0290 Segment group 4: DOC-GIR-PAT-DTM-FTX-SG5-SG6
A group of segments identifying the particular details
applicable to a court or tribunal order.
0300 DOC, Document/message details
A segment to provide relevant descriptive information
relating to a court or tribunal order (certificate).
0310 GIR, Related identification numbers
A segment to identify a group of parties (via the sequence
numbers allocated in Segment group 3) related to an order,
e.g. all the parties that the order is on behalf of, or all
the parties to which the order applies.
0320 PAT, Payment terms basis
A segment identifying the terms of payment, e.g. by
instalment.
0330 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment identifying the relevant date, time or period
associated with the order identified in the DOC segment,
e.g. date order made, instalment periods.
0340 FTX, Free text
A segment for free text information in coded or clear form,
to give further clarification when required to a court or
tribunal order.
0350 Segment group 5: NAD-LOC
A group of segments specifying an address relevant to the
order identified in the DOC segment.
0360 NAD, Name and address
A segment identifying the address where the order was
issued.
0370 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment giving more specific location information (if
appropriate) of the address specified in the NAD segment
within this group, e.g. property name, building
sub-section.
0380 Segment group 6: MOA-DTM-FCA
A group of segments specifying relevant details of the
monetary values associated with the order identified in the
DOC segment.
0390 MOA, Monetary amount
A segment identifying a monetary amount involved in the
order.
0400 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment identifying a date associated with the monetary
amount, e.g. date of each instalment.
0410 FCA, Financial charges allocation
A segment specifying the allocation of charge amount,
e.g. interest payable.
0420 UNT, Message trailer
A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of
segments in the message and the control reference number of the
message.
4.2 Data segment index (Alphabetical sequence by tag)
ATT Attribute
BGM Beginning of message
COM Communication contact
CTA Contact information
DOC Document/message details
DTM Date/time/period
EMP Employment details
FCA Financial charges allocation
FTX Free text
GIR Related identification numbers
LOC Place/location identification
MEA Measurements
MOA Monetary amount
NAD Name and address
PAT Payment terms basis
PRC Process identification
RFF Reference
SEQ Sequence details
UNH Message header
UNS Section control
UNT Message trailer
Contents of CASINT