How to never miss a court hearing or filing date
A missed hearing or filing date can harm a client and a reputation. The fix is not working harder; it is having one place where every date lives.
One calendar for everything
Keep hearings, filing deadlines, limitation dates and client meetings together and tie each one to its matter. Scattered diaries and WhatsApp reminders are where dates get lost.
Remind early, not just on the day
Use a week-before and a day-before view. For filings, work backwards: when must the draft be ready, and when must the client approve it?
Record the outcome of every hearing
After each hearing, write one line: what happened and what the next step is. If the matter is adjourned, set the next date straight away.
Share the load
Assign each date to a person. A date with no owner is a date nobody checks.
Review every Monday
Spend ten minutes on the coming week's hearings and deadlines, and on anything overdue.
Always follow the rules and calendars of the court or authority involved. Practice Portal keeps matters, hearings and deadlines together.