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February 5, 2026
2 min read

Release Notes: Release 1.4.2

TL;DR

Fixed: Arbitration fields now save correctly.
Fixed: Draft settlement agreements stay private until settlement is confirmed.
Improved: Credit Hire defendants can now indicate areas of dispute for arbitrator.

Editing the contributory negligence percentage or other arbitration fields could fail to persist after navigation or page refresh. Values now save on field blur and recalculate award deltas immediately.

Draft settlement agreements stay private

The system was incorrectly temporarily storing draft settlement agreement PDFs when defendants previewed them—making them visible to claimants and arbitrators even if no settlement occurred. Documents are now only created when a settlement is confirmed.

Document links in request modals now work

Clicking a document link from the Request Information modal opens the correct file.

Internal references

ENG-1182, ENG-1183, ENG-1184

New & Updated Features

Credit Hire Improvements

Several updates to support the Credit Hire Claims (CHC) product:

Longer text answers. Text response fields now support up to 1,500 characters (previously 200), allowing defendants to provide detailed explanations for dispute categories. The input now uses a multi-line textarea for better readability.

Clearer validation. Error messages now disappear immediately once a question is validly answered, and validation errors are only visible to the current task owner.

Helper text for defendants. A new guidance message on the Defendant Review screen clarifies that dispute category selections require substantiating evidence and limit the scope of arbitration.

New evidence tags. Added "Bank Statements" and "Credit Hire Agreement" as document tags for better organisation.

Dynamic settlement fees. Settlement agreement documents now pull fees from billing configuration rather than using hardcoded values—ensuring the correct £8 fee displays regardless of claim band or value.

Internal references

ENG-1186, ENG-1188, ENG-1189, ENG-1190

Internal: Admin, Data & Traceability

Admin Updates

No admin-specific changes in this release.

Data Fixes

No data fixes required for this release.

Traceability

Bug fixes: ENG-1182, ENG-1183, ENG-1184

Credit Hire improvements: ENG-1186, ENG-1188, ENG-1189, ENG-1190

Release ticket: ENG-1187

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January 21, 2026
1 min read

Release Notes: Release 1.4.1

TL;DR

Fixed: Tariff amounts now correctly include in general damages totals when publishing awards.

Bug Fixes

This hotfix resolves an issue affecting arbitrator award publication on OIC claims. Tariff values entered in the tariff box were not being included in the general damages total, causing validation failures when arbitrators attempted to complete awards.

The fix ensures all damage components—including tariff amounts—are properly summed when calculating and publishing final award figures.

Internal references

ENG-1170

Internal: Admin, Data & Traceability

Root Cause

A data inconsistency was identified where Company Configs for the Tariff Amount HoL did not include a Damage Type. When claims were referred to affected companies, the system pulled incomplete config instead of the Master Config, resulting in HoL items with NULL damage types. This caused incorrect damage totals and blocked arbitrators from completing general damages adjustments.

Remediation Applied

Logic Update: Backend logic updated to ensure Damage Type is explicitly included when creating Company Configs from Master Config.

Configuration Sync: Master Config saved to trigger downstream sync and overwrite broken Company Configs.

Data Repair: Targeted microflow executed to identify existing claim HoL items with NULL damage types, retrieve correct damage type from Master Config, and recalculate damage totals for affected offers.

Prevention: Removed automatic config creation action from company admin config view.

For support, contact us at support@nuvalaw.com.