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Limitation & Procedural Deadline Firewall

This material now lives at https://fcg.bucklerfamily.estate/case/limitation-procedural-deadline-firewall.

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.

FieldControl
Potential claim / routeIdentify the specific cause of action, statutory route, appeal, review or complaint.
Potential claimantName the actual person/estate/company with standing; never use “family” as a legal substitute.
Potential defendant / public bodyIdentify the person, company, authority or office-holder legally answerable.
AccrualRecord the earliest legally arguable accrual date and the competing accrual dates.
Knowledge / concealment issueRecord only if supported by evidence and legally relevant to the applicable limitation regime.
Limitation periodDo not assume. Confirm the governing statute/rule and any extension/discretion.
Procedural deadlineRecord appeal, review, complaint, tribunal or court deadlines separately from limitation.
Evidence-preservation deadlineRecord urgent preservation actions independently of the legal deadline.
Last safe dateUse the earliest defensible date until qualified counsel confirms otherwise.
Protective actionState what must be done before that date: advice, notice, application, claim or other protective step.
StatusOPEN → 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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Small print: dotted links explain a word (see the glossary); amber-shaded links list every name the records use for the same thing.