Every limitation date, every diary entry, every dormancy alarm. Yours. The Sentinel reads the matter book and time ledger already inside Totus and computes each statutory clock in plain rules-based code, nothing is sent to an outside deadline service.

Limitation Sentinel

Statute-of-limitations clocks across the live matter book. Bands, double diaries and dormancy alarms, every date computed from its statutory basis at render time.

Escalation ladder

A limitation alert cannot be dismissed by the fee earner alone. Every band escalates to the supervising partner.

Inside 7 days1 matter

2026/EM/0003Fionnuala Brennan DemoPersonal injuries (2 yrs, date of knowledge)expires 3 Aug 2026 (4d)

Daily alert in both diaries. It cannot be dismissed by the fee earner alone and escalates to the supervising partner immediately.

Inside 30 days1 matter

2026/EM/0007Séamus Tobin DemoWRC complaint (6 months, date of dismissal)expires 19 Aug 2026 (20d)

Weekly alert in both diaries. It cannot be dismissed by the fee earner alone and escalates to the supervising partner.

Inside 3 months2 matters

2026/CV/0004Cathal Burke DemoContract (6 yrs, date of breach)expires 18 Oct 2026 (80d)
2026/PR/0002Pádraig Byrne DemoSection 117 provision (6 months, grant of probate)expires 20 Oct 2026 (82d)

Fortnightly digest entry. Escalates to the supervising partner if it goes unacknowledged.

Inside 6 months2 matters

2026/PR/0007Ciara Walsh DemoFatal injuries (2 yrs, date of death)expires 6 Dec 2026 (129d)
2026/CV/0008Colm Lawlor DemoRecovery of land (12 yrs, accrual)expires 29 Dec 2026 (152d)

Monthly digest entry. Escalates to the supervising partner if it goes unacknowledged.

Double-diary register

The Law Society practice note on diary management recommends that every limitation date is held in two independent diaries. The Sentinel writes both entries automatically.

Matter	Limitation date	Fee-earner diary	Supervising-partner diary
2026/EM/0003Fionnuala Brennan Demo	3 Aug 2026	Sam (Associate)	Pat (Managing Partner)
2026/EM/0007Séamus Tobin Demo	19 Aug 2026	Sam (Associate)	Pat (Managing Partner)
2026/CV/0004Cathal Burke Demo	18 Oct 2026	Sam (Associate)	Pat (Managing Partner)
2026/PR/0002Pádraig Byrne Demo	20 Oct 2026	Sam (Associate)	Pat (Managing Partner)
2026/PR/0007Ciara Walsh Demo	6 Dec 2026	Sam (Associate)	Pat (Managing Partner)
2026/CV/0008Colm Lawlor Demo	29 Dec 2026	Sam (Associate)	Pat (Managing Partner)

Dormancy watch

A deadline approaching with no recent activity is the classic missed-limitation pattern.

Matter	Client	Last time entry	Days to expiry
2026/EM/0007WRC complaint (6 months, date of dismissal)	Séamus Tobin Demo	99d ago	20d

How dates are computed

Each clock is anchored on the statutory trigger for its basis and expires after the statutory period, day-floored. The bases modelled here:

Personal injuries: 2 years from the date of knowledge (Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Act 1991 s.3, as amended by the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 s.7). The Injuries Board s.50 pause is added on top: the clock stops between the PIAB application and the authorisation release.
Fatal injuries: 2 years from the date of death (Civil Liability Act 1961 s.48, as amended).
Contract: 6 years from the date of breach (Statute of Limitations 1957 s.11(1)(a)).
Recovery of land: 12 years from accrual (Statute of Limitations 1957 s.13(2)).
WRC adjudication: 6 months from the date of contravention (Workplace Relations Act 2015 s.41(6)).
Section 117 provision: 6 months from the grant of representation (Succession Act 1965 s.117(6)).

Live workings: matter 2026/EM/0003 (Personal injuries (2 yrs, date of knowledge))

3 May 2024 (date of knowledge) + 2 years + 92 days Injuries Board s.50 pause = 3 Aug 2026

4 days remaining today. The s.50 pause covers the period between the PIAB application and the authorisation release, during which the statutory clock does not run, so it is added to the two-year period.