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Page ID: 1482 · Title: Limitation & Procedural Deadline Firewall · Evidence status: Not yet labelled — see the Editing Protocol · Version: 1.0.0 · Editing Protocol
Purpose: protect every potentially live legal route before research, complaints, FOI/SAR, archive requests or public campaigning create a false sense that a limitation or court deadline has been preserved.
Field |
Control |
|---|---|
Potential claim / route |
Identify the specific cause of action, statutory route, appeal, review or complaint. |
Potential claimant |
Name the actual person/estate/company with standing; never use “family” as a legal substitute. |
Potential defendant / public body |
Identify the person, company, authority or office-holder legally answerable. |
Accrual |
Record the earliest legally arguable accrual date and the competing accrual dates. |
Knowledge / concealment issue |
Record only if supported by evidence and legally relevant to the applicable limitation regime. |
Limitation period |
Do not assume. Confirm the governing statute/rule and any extension/discretion. |
Procedural deadline |
Record appeal, review, complaint, tribunal or court deadlines separately from limitation. |
Evidence-preservation deadline |
Record urgent preservation actions independently of the legal deadline. |
Last safe date |
Use the earliest defensible date until qualified counsel confirms otherwise. |
Protective action |
State what must be done before that date: advice, notice, application, claim or other protective step. |
Status |
OPEN → CHECKING → COUNSEL REQUIRED → PROTECTED → CLOSED. |
Firewall rule: a complaint, FOI/EIR request, SAR, archive enquiry or referral may preserve evidence or establish a record, but must not be treated as stopping limitation unless the law actually provides that effect.
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Current version: 1.0.0
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Editor (human or agent name) |
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1.0.0 |
2026-10-18T15:28Z |
Sion’s Tab agent |
Footer standardised; no content change |
Editing Protocol, 18 Oct 2026 |
Agents and editors: follow the Editing Protocol.