Settings — Critical Date Rules

The Settings ▸ Critical Date Rules page is the read-only library of the legal-deadline rules that power Athenty’s “Calculate legal deadlines” tool on a matter. It lets you see — at a glance — every rule, what it computes, the rule it’s based on, and which rules are due for a review.

What’s on the page

Rules are grouped by jurisdiction (province) and practice area (industry). Each rule shows:

• What it computes and the triggering event it keys off — e.g. “Statement of defence due — on: Statement of claim served.”
• The period(s), broken out by where the document was served when that matters (for example, 20 / 40 / 60 days by service location).
• The rule citation, linked to its source, and the rule version.
• A review status — Current, Review due soon, or Review overdue — computed from each rule’s next-review date.

A jurisdiction badge marks whether its ruleset has had attorney review or is review pending.

”Suggested — verify”

Every date these rules produce is suggested and must be verified by the responsible licensed professional against the current Rules and the specific facts. It is not legal advice.

Why it’s read-only

Legal-deadline rules are malpractice-sensitive. They’re maintained as reviewed changes — so each change keeps its citation, a version bump, and a second set of eyes — rather than being edited in place. If you spot a rule that needs updating, flag it for the team.

Full assumptions reference

For the complete set of assumptions behind every suggestion — each jurisdiction’s computation holiday set, response/defence periods, appeal periods, limitation/prescription, the counting rules, and the per-jurisdiction toggle settings that vary them — see Jurisdiction assumptions.