---
title: "Create Workspace Matter"
method: POST
path: "/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/matters"
tags: ["matters"]
---

# Create Workspace Matter

`POST /v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/matters`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.ender.au` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.ender.au/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/matters`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

- `workspace_id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- CreateMatter
  - `matter_type` 'corporate' | 'bankruptcy', required
  - `name` string, required
  - `slug` string, nullable
  - `matter_code` string, required
  - `entity_name` string
  - `entity_acn` string
  - `entity_abn` string
  - `appointment_type` 'VA' | 'CVL' | 'CVL_post_VA' | 'court_liquidation' | 'MVL' | 'DOCA_administration' | 'RECEIVERSHIP' | 'SBR' | 'DEBTORS_PETITION' | 'SEQUESTRATION_ORDER' | 'DEBT_AGREEMENT', required
  - `appointment_date` string, date, required
  - `intake_data` object, required
  - `practitioners` MatterCreationPractitioner[], required
    - `user_id` string, uuid, required
    - `role` 'primary_appointee' | 'joint_appointee', required
  - `admin_user_ids` string[], required
  - `folder_format` 'code_and_name' | 'code_name_and_appointment' | 'code_only' | 'name_and_appointment' | 'name_only', required
  - `provision_sharepoint` boolean, required
  - `rate_list_id` string, uuid, nullable
  - `referrer_id` string, uuid, nullable
  - `bdm_user_id` string, uuid, nullable

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- MatterCreated
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `slug` string, required
  - `name` string, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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