Melotwo/matterguard-ai-

MatterGuard AI — South African LegalTech matter management, court rules deadline engine, and audit-ready chronology generator built with React, TypeScript, and Gemini. # MatterGuard AI — South African LegalTech & Matter Intelligence Platform MatterGuard AI is an enterprise-grade, compliance-first Legal Practice and Litigation Management system tailored specifically to **South African law, court rules, and regulatory requirements**. Built for litigation attorneys, advocates, compliance officers, and law firms, MatterGuard combines automated statutory deadline calculation, AI-powered chronology and evidence extraction, POPIA / FICA compliance vaults, and court-ready briefing bundle generation. --- ## ⚖️ Key Features ### 1. South African Court Rules & Statutory Deadlines Engine - **Uniform Rules of Court & Magistrates' Courts Act:** Built-in computation presets for Uniform Rule 19 (Notice of Intention to Defend), Rule 22 (Plea & Counterclaim), Rule 23 (Exceptions), Rule 30 (Irregular Proceedings), Rule 35 (Discovery), and Rule 6 (Motion Proceedings). - **Public Holidays Act 36 of 1994 Compliance:** - Automated calculation of all 12 statutory public holidays. - **Section 2(1) Sunday Observance Rule:** Automatically rolls public holidays that fall on Sunday over to Monday. - **Meeus/Jones/Butcher Computus:** Accurately computes movable Easter dates (Good Friday & Family Day) across any calendar year. - **Section 2A Gazetted Proclamations:** Live API synchronization and support for Presidential election proclamations and ad-hoc holidays. - **High Court Dies Non Recess:** Automatically accounts for and excludes the summer recess period (**16 December to 15 January inclusive**) from court day counts. - **Statutory Deadlines & Extinctive Prescription:** National Credit Act (NCA 34 of 2005) Section 129 notice expiries, CCMA 30-day referral rules, and Prescription Act 68 of 1969 3-year extinctive prescription trackers. - **Auditable Calculation Logs:** Step-by-step day classification breakdowns for citation in affidavits and court bundles. ### 2. Intelligent Case Ingestion & Chronology Extraction - Ingest summonses, particulars of clai …