Deadline counting, court notices, publications and case routine.
9 articles
Electronic gazettes, court portals and electronic service: the volume of communications has grown. See how to organize a daily routine that never lets a court notice slip through.
A practical guide to the rules of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure (CPC/2015) for counting deadlines: business days, excluding the first day, electronic publications, court recess and doubled deadlines.
In Brazil’s Special Civil Courts (small claims), deadlines are also counted in business days. Learn the rules of Law 9,099/1995, the most common deadlines and how not to lose procedural opportunities.
In firms with several lawyers, a missed deadline usually starts with a simple question: whose was it? See how to assign owners, reviewers, backups and transfers with a full history.
Checking cases manually on each court’s website takes hours and still leaves gaps. See how automatic monitoring of case updates, publications and court notices works.
A poorly prepared hearing is costly. See how to organize the firm’s calendar, prepare each hearing, remind the client and avoid scheduling conflicts between lawyers.
Since the Labor Reform, deadlines in Brazil’s Labor Courts also run in business days. See the CLT rules, where the CPC applies and the precautions for those practicing before the labor courts.
Local holidays and days without court business change how deadlines are counted. See how to identify them, how to prove timeliness and how to avoid the most common mistake.
Understand what a final deadline is, why it requires a safety date and how to set up a system that alerts the right person before the due date, without spreadsheets or sticky notes.
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