Confirm, extend and complete deadlines

Where deadlines come from

A deadline's Where it came from reads one of three:

• Suggested by a rule, when something that starts time running was recorded on the matter, such as service of a writ or a judgment.
• Limitation period, from the day a claim accrued.
• Recorded by hand. A deadline written by hand is born confirmed, because the person writing it is the person deciding it.

Record what starts time running

On a matter's Deadlines tab, choose Record what happened: what happened, The day it happened and, where it matters, the Court. Each rule it starts suggests a date to confirm. The matter's What happened tab lists every such event with the dates it set running.

Review suggestions

1. Open Deadlines, then Suggestions.
2. For each, check the date against its rule and trigger. Confirm it as computed, Edit details and then confirm, or Dismiss it with a reason.
3. Select several to confirm them together; each is judged on its own.

A confirmed date never moves silently

Once confirmed, a deadline changes only by Record an extension, which records the old date, the new date, the reason and the authority for it, such as the order granting more time, for good.

A new holiday, a moved court vacation or an edited rule never recomputes a confirmed date. Each produces a review listing the deadlines it may affect, under Deadlines, Reviews, for someone to decide.

Complete it

Complete a deadline with its evidence: a note, or a document filed on the same matter. Where it has open tasks, choose to keep them open, complete them or cancel them. A deadline not completed by its date is marked missed and escalated at once.

At risk

Deadlines opens on At risk: overdue, due today, due this week, unconfirmed, unacknowledged and needing cover. Each figure opens the Register already filtered. Near misses lists deadlines completed close to their date; see Critical deadline checks.

Reassign

Reassign moves a deadline to another holder, and both the old and the new holder are told.