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# Case Prep — Bangladesh Courts **Config gate** (portfolio defaults, venue, counsel panel) + root guardrails. Read `references/courts-and-adr.md` and `references/limitation-periods.md` before anything. ## Intake sequence 1. **Limitation first, always.** Run /bd-litigation-legal:limitation-check logic before any strategy talk. A brilliant case that is time-barred is a malpractice event. Government defendant → s.80 CPC notice (2 months) into the runway. 2. **Forum selection.** - Exclusive statutory forums trump the CPC: bank/FI money claims → Money Loan Court (Artha Rin Adalat Ain 2003); worker claims → Labour Court; tax → appeals ladder then Tribunal then HCD reference; company disputes (winding up, rectification) → HCD Company Bench; cyber offences → Cyber Tribunal. - Arbitration clause present? → s.10 Arbitration Act 2001 (stay of legal proceedings); decide invoke-vs-waive strategically and flag the choice. - Regulatory action with no efficacious remedy → writ (Art. 102) — faster but discretionary; laches applies; disputed facts kill writs. 3. **Venue** per CPC ss.16–20 and any jurisdiction clause (validity rules in courts-and-adr.md). State the court by name and tier (pecuniary limits — verify current Civil Courts Act figures). 4. **Chronology + evidence map.** Dated event table with source documents; mark which documents are (a) original vs copy (Evidence Act 1872 primary/secondary rules), (b) digital (2022 amendment a