Every criminal matter has a Disclosure tab. It tracks what the prosecution should have given you, what has actually arrived, and what is wrong with what did.
- Click Add item to record something you are waiting on and the date you asked for it. You do not need an Index to Brief; this works for summary charges and one-off requests.
- Use the tick and paper-plane buttons on a row to mark it received or requested in one click, dated today.
- Watch the tab badge: it counts outstanding plus requested items, so it goes quiet only when the brief is complete.
Both dates show on the row (“asked 3 Aug · got 10 Aug”), so the file carries the chase history. To record a request from last week, open the item and set Requested on yourself. A date already on the row is never overwritten.
The four states
- Outstanding: listed but not given to you.
- Requested: you have chased it, with the date recorded.
- Received: you have it, also dated.
- Not required: you do not need it, so it stops being chased.
Importing the Index to Brief
For indictable matters served with one, the QPS index can be read straight into the tab: see How do I import a disclosure index?.
Deadlines
If the matter has a Brief of Evidence Due, Disclosure Due or Indictment Due event on it, the tab shows it at the top with how long is left. It is the same event as on the case timeline and in your diary, read live: only ever one date to keep right. Once a deadline passes with items still outstanding, that row turns red and says how many.
Disclosure issues
The issues log is for problems with the brief: an illegible copy, a part-only statement, a refusal, something disclosed late. Material you simply have not been given is an item, not an issue. Resolved issues stay on the file, so the matter carries a dated record of what was chased and when (what you need if disclosure ever has to be argued). Every change also writes a dated line to the matter’s Activity tab, so the chase history survives later tidy-ups.