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title: Multiparty matter
description: "A **Multiparty** matter is designed for sharing a matter with opposing parties, a mediator or the court. A Multiparty matter lets you share a single matter with opposing parties, a mediator, or the court, while keeping sensitive work private. Each…"
url: "https://ebriefready.legalready.ai/knowledge/multiparty-matter/"
updated: "2026-11-03"
category: Matter Management
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# Multiparty matter

A **Multiparty** matter is designed for sharing a matter with opposing parties, a mediator or the court.

A Multiparty matter lets you share a single matter with opposing parties, a mediator, or the court, while keeping sensitive work private. Each party gets its own private work area, and a shared area holds documents that everyone can access.

## **Creating a Multiparty matter**

1. Click **New Matter**
2. Under **Matter Type**, select **Multiparty**
3. Enter your **Party Name**
4. Click **Create**- the matter will now be created and labelled as a Multiparty matter

![](https://ebriefready.legalready.ai/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-10-14-at-08.34.49-1024x576.png)

## **Managing parties and members**

To view the list of parties and members, go to your matter **Setup**.

### Managing parties

From here you can:

- Remove a party if they have not accessed the matter yet
- Invite a new party — the user will receive an invitation to join the matter as the matter owner. You can assign one user to each new party you add.

### Managing members

To invite a member to your own party:

1. Click **Members** in the left panel
2. Select **Invite Member**
3. Enter the member's email address
4. Choose their permission level

## **Setting up private folders**

1. Click **Setup** and select **Private Folders Setup**
2. Click **New Folder**
3. Enter the folder name and click **Create**

Each party will now have a private folder section visible only to them.

## **Adding documents to a shared or private folder**

1. Click the **Documents** tab and click **Actions** 
2. Select either **Add Private Documents** or **Add Shared Documents**
3. Click **select documents** to search for your documents 
4. Under **Upload to:** select one of the following options:
   1. **Single folder** - select a specific folder from the matter
   2. **Smart Classification** - AI feature which will extract data from the document (eg Suggest a title and which folder to upload the file to)
   3. **Individual folders** - manually select which folder each individual document is to be uploaded to
5. If you are adding shared documents, you will need to check the box "I understand that documents will be visible to all parties"
6. Click **Upload** - your documents will now appear in either the shared or private folder as selected

## **How to convert an existing Standard matter to a Multiparty matter**

If you have a Standard matter and require to convert this to a Multiparty matter instead, complete the following steps: 

1. In the Matter screen, locate your Standard matter and click the **three dots** on the right hand side of the matter
2. From the dropdown menu, select **Copy Matter**
3. Choose the option to copy the matter to yourself and enable it as a **Multiparty** matter
4. Enter the **Party Name** and click **Copy**- your existing matter is now successfully updated to a Multiparty matter

**Note**: Converting creates a copy of the matter. Your original matter remains intact with all folders, documents, and briefs unchanged.

This short video explains the process further.

[What is a multiparty matter?](https://player.vimeo.com/video/1053292989?h=056bd5cb1d&dnt=1&app_id=122963)

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