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Schedule A planner that provides information about what type of work will be assigned to each rostered judicial officer. Usually available up to four months in advance.

Scheduler A Ministry staff member that can configure the Solution to create and amend the court schedule.

Selfrepresented litigant A party who represents themselves rather than through a lawyer. Also known as a 'lay litigant' or ‘litigant in person’.

Sentence The punishment imposed on an offender by the court following a plea or finding of guilty.

Service of documents / Served The delivery of a document filed in a court proceeding to the party who will be affected, or any other party having an interest in the subject matter.

Service provider A person or organisation approved by the Ministry of Justice to provide specified services to the court.

Settlement (of a claim) The conclusion of a dispute before the court on terms agreeable to the parties.

Specialist report A report requested by the Court from a person trained in a particular branch of a profession, especially medicine.

Stage The point in the court process where a case is at. An application progresses through the five sequenced stages of Initiate, Prepare, Decide, Action and Finalise.

Subject Matter Expert (SME) A person who is an authority in a particular area or topic.

Submission A legal argument backed up by relevant authority which is put before the court in furtherance of litigating a particular matter. It can be written or oral.

Submitter An external user who uses the Solution to make submissions to the court (applications, requests) or someone submitting any document to the court.

Substantive application The application that initiates the proceedings and identifies the issue the court is asked to determine.

Summary of facts A document filed, usually by the Police, with a summary of what is alleged to have happened. As the matter proceeds, these facts can be amended and at times will become an agreed summary of facts.

Summons A notice issued by the court directing a person to appear before it.

Suppression Restrictions on publishing specific case details imposed by legislation or judicial direction (eg the victim’s name).