Read the litigation stage map

Two ideas: rounds and stages

A matter rarely ends at one forum. PocketPeshi models its life as a series of rounds, and each round moves through stages. This keeps the whole journey on one case file instead of scattered across separate entries.

Rounds

A round is one pass through a forum. The kinds are:

• Original — the trial or first hearing of the matter.
• Appeal — a challenge to the decision before a higher forum.
• Revision — the revisional jurisdiction of a higher court.
• Review — asking the same court to reconsider its own order.
• Remand — the matter sent back to the lower forum to be decided again.
• Execution — enforcing a decree or order that has become final.
• Restored — the matter revived after being dismissed for non-prosecution or default.
• Other — anything that does not fit the list; label it yourself.

Stages

Within a round, the stage is where the matter currently is — for example notice, written statement, issues, evidence, arguments, judgment. Your workspace starts with a set of stages for each case type, and you can add your own labels when a matter does not follow the usual path.

When you record a proceeding, you set the stage for that hearing and, if it moved, the next stage. That is how the case file always shows where things stand.

Starting a new round

When a matter is disposed and then goes up on appeal, comes back on remand, or is restored, open the case and start a new round of the right kind. Give it a clear label (for example “Appeal — District Court” or “Remand — Civil Judge”), set the stage you are resuming from, and fix the next date. The earlier round stays on the file as history.

This is a description of how the app is organised, not legal advice. Terminology and procedure vary by court and by province.