Do you still need an exhibit list template?

A template gives the list of exhibits its shape. Keeping it in step with the brief is the hard part — and that part LitArbi does for you.

LitArbi team · Published 14 October 2026

What a template does — and what it cannot

A good template settles the columns and the form: number, date, description, perhaps pages and the submission an exhibit came with. Our exhibit list guide has one as a free Word download.

But a template is filled in by hand, and it does not know the brief. Every exhibit inserted earlier, every renumbering, every corrected date has to be carried over by hand — usually late at night, the day before filing. That is where the familiar mistakes come from:

the brief was renumbered, the list was not;
the list names an exhibit the brief no longer cites, or misses one it does;
one document under two numbers;
dates typed differently from one row to the next.

How LitArbi builds the list

In LitArbi every exhibit is kept once, with its number, description and date — a date range where the document covers a period. You cite from the pane beside your draft. When the brief is ready, Submission ▸ List of Exhibits (or Insert List of Exhibits in the pane) puts the list where the cursor is:

a real table with Exhibit No., Description and Date — in German matters “Anlage-Nr.”, in Swiss ones “Beilage-Nr.”;
every exhibit the brief cites, and only those;
grouped by type — documentary exhibits first, then witness statements, expert reports and the other kinds, each under its own heading;
sorted by appearance or by date, as you choose when you insert it;
as a table with or without borders, or as a plain list if your firm prefers.

Word with the LitArbi pane: a List of Exhibits inserted under the brief — a table with Exhibit, Description and Date — The list in Word, inserted from the pane beside the brief: every exhibit the brief cites, under its type.

When the brief changes

Update Exhibits from Brief: Renumbers the exhibits in the order the brief now cites them, rewrites every citation and rebuilds the list in place — in one step, and it can be undone. Locked exhibits keep their numbers.
Update List of Exhibits: Rebuilds the list with the exhibits as they are now — after you corrected a date or a description — without renumbering anything.

The list and the citations come from the same records, so they cannot drift apart: the number in the footnote and the number in the list are the same number.

A List of Exhibits in LibreOffice Writer, grouped into documentary exhibits, witness statements, expert reports and correspondence — The same list in LibreOffice Writer — grouped by type, each group with its own table.

When a template is still the right tool

For a one-off filing, for a matter you are not running in LitArbi, or when a tribunal’s order asks for columns of its own — the pages of each exhibit, the submission it was first filed with — a template is the quick way. Take the free one from the exhibit list guide; the guide also explains each column and the cumulative and per-submission forms.

Frequently asked questions

Does LitArbi’s list update when the exhibits are renumbered?

Yes. Update Exhibits from Brief renumbers the exhibits, rewrites the citations and rebuilds the list in the same step. Update List of Exhibits rebuilds the list alone, without renumbering.

Can the list be sorted by date?

Yes. When you insert the list, LitArbi asks whether to sort it by appearance — the exhibit numbers — or by the documents’ dates.

Does it work for German and Swiss practice?

Yes. The number column follows the matter’s convention — “Anlage-Nr.” with Anlage K 1, “Beilage-Nr.” with Beilage 1 — and the list is written in the matter’s language.