A missed date is a malpractice claim waiting to happen.
A blown filing deadline harms a client. So does a lease that rolled over because nobody diarised the break notice, and a lapsed practising certificate exposes the firm too. ExpiryEdge keeps matter deadlines and court filings in one register with certificates and engagement renewals. It sends reminders at 90/60/30/7 days and records who was warned, and when.
Quick answer
Legal deadline tracking means recording every date a firm has to meet, from court filings and limitation periods to contract notice windows and practising certificate renewals. Each date gets an owner and a series of reminders that run on their own. Firms use it to keep matter deadlines visible across fee earners and to hold a record of every reminder and action that will stand up if a date is ever challenged.
Diary systems fail in the gaps
Three ways a critical date slips past a busy fee earner.
Dates live in too many diaries
The limitation date sits in one fee earner’s Outlook. The filing deadline is in a paralegal’s notebook, and the renewal window is buried in clause 14 of the contract. Nobody can see what the firm has due this month.
Notice windows pass silently
The break notice had to be served 90 days out and nobody was watching, so the contract renewed or lapsed. When someone finally notices, the option has gone.
No proof the client was warned
If a deadline is challenged, the firm must show it diarised the date and chased it. "We had it in hand" is a weak answer without a timestamped trail behind it.
One register across matters, certificates and contracts
Every critical date in one place
Matter deadlines and limitation dates live next to notice windows and practising certificates. Search by matter, by client or by the person who owns it.
An owner and a backstop
Each date goes to a named fee earner and escalates to their supervisor. Two weeks in Portugal or a handover between teams won't drop a deadline.
Staged reminders, well ahead
Alerts at 90, 60, 30 and 7 days give you time to serve a notice or prepare a filing properly. They arrive by email, SMS, WhatsApp or Teams.
A defensible record
Each reminder and sign-off is timestamped. Export the trail to CSV, PDF or XLSX when a file review or a claim calls for it.
What it looks like day to day
See practising certificates and renewals at a glance
Firm-wide credentials and contract renewals are stacked by status. A practising certificate with 24 days left sits right at the top where you can't miss it.
Status per item: valid, expiring, expired
Practising certificates, indemnity, engagement renewals
Notice windows surfaced before they close
Prove the date was diarised and chased
Each reminder and sign-off is logged with a timestamp and the name of whoever acted. If a deadline is questioned, you answer with one export.
Timestamped reminder and action history
Exportable to CSV, PDF, XLSX
Retained for the lifetime of the account
What legal teams track in ExpiryEdge
Court filing deadlines
Limitation / statute dates
Contract notice windows
Practising certificates
PII / indemnity cover
Engagement / retainer renewals
Reminders that reach a fee earner in time to act
A diary entry nobody opens protects no one. ExpiryEdge reminds more insistently as the date gets closer, on the channels your fee earners really read.
Any date the firm has to meet. That includes court and tribunal filing deadlines, limitation dates, contract break windows, practising certificates, PI cover, CPD cycles and retainer reviews. You enter the date and the owner, plus an interval if it recurs. ExpiryEdge sends the reminders in stages from there.
Record the notice window, such as a 90-day break clause. ExpiryEdge reminds the owner at 90, 60, 30 and 7 days before it closes. That leaves time to serve notice, or to renew because you chose to, not because nobody diarised it.
Yes. Each reminder and sign-off is timestamped against the matter or item, and you can export it to CSV, PDF or XLSX. If a deadline is questioned later, you can show the date was diarised and chased, and what was done about it. That record holds up in a file review or a claim.
Yes. Each item goes to a named fee earner and escalates to the supervising partner if the date gets close with nothing done. Reminders reach the person responsible, not a shared inbox, so a handover or a holiday doesn't quietly lose a date.
Yes. Record each fee earner’s practising certificate and CPD cycle, plus the indemnity cover, with the renewal date and the documents attached. Both the individual and the firm’s compliance lead get reminders well before anything lapses.
Import your existing key dates and renewals from a spreadsheet and you can start the same day. Begin with the dates that hurt most if missed, limitation periods and notice windows, then add the rest of the register matter by matter.
Yes. Send the client a link to complete or sign the engagement letter and upload supporting documents. They don't need an account or an app. If one thing is missing or wrong, reject just that field. The same link reopens and the client fixes that one item instead of starting again.
Protect every client deadline - with a trail that protects the firm
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