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title: Approve or reject a legal matter task
description: As a matter owner, you can review and approve or reject matter tasks that are marked as complete by the task owners.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/legal-matter-management/approve-reject-matter-task.html
release: australia
product: Legal Matter Management
classification: legal-matter-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Approve or reject a legal matter task

As a matter owner, you can review and approve or reject matter tasks that are marked as complete by the task owners.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_lg\_matter.matter\_fulfiller

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Legal Request** > **Legal Counsel Center**.

2.  In the Legal Counsel Center tab, select the list icon \[Omitted image "lsd-lcc-list-icon.png"\] Alt text: List icon.

3.  In the **Lists** tab, under **My Work**, click **Items Pending Approvals**.

4.  In the Tasks To Do list, click **Requested** to open a matter task for review for approval.

5.  Approve or reject the matter task:

    -   To approve the matter task, click **Approve**.

        The state of the approval request updates to Approved.

    -   To reject the matter task, click **Reject**. In the dialog box, enter comments for approval or rejection in the **Comments** field.

        The state of the approval request updates to Rejected.


## Result

-   If you approve the matter task, the task is closed. The state of the task updates to Closed Complete.
-   If you reject the matter task, the task is opened again. The state of the task updates to Work in Progress. The task owner can work on the task again to fulfill the requirements of the task and mark it complete for approval.

**Parent Topic:**[Create a task for a legal matter](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-matter-management/add-tasks-to-legal-matter.md)