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title: Cancel an ad hoc approval for a legal matter
description: Cancel an ad hoc approval for a legal matter if it no longer requires any action.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
product: Legal Matter Management
classification: legal-matter-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Initiate ad hoc legal matter approval, Work on a legal matter, Use, Legal Matter Management, Legal Service Delivery, Legal and Contract Operations, Employee Service Management]
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# Cancel an ad hoc approval for a legal matter

Cancel an ad hoc approval for a legal matter if it no longer requires any action.

## Before you begin

You can only cancel an ad hoc approval that is in the Requested state.

Role required: sn\_lg\_ops.legal\_fulfiller

## About this task

As a collaborator added to a legal matter, you can access and work on the legal matter just as matter owners can. However, you can't modify the **Matter owner**, **Assignment group**, and **Assignment group permission** fields.

## 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, open a legal matter by selecting an option under **Matters**.

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Steps

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**As an assignee**

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1.  Select the **Assigned to Me** option.
2.  Select a legal matter to work on.
3.  If the legal matter is newly assigned to you, select **Start** to start working on it.

The state of the legal matter updates to Work in Progress.

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**As a collaborator**

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1.  Select the **Collaborations** option.
2.  Select a legal matter to work on.


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</table>4.  In the **Approvers** tab, click **Cancel Approval**.

5.  In the Cancel Approval dialog box, select the approval record from the **Approval for** field that you want to cancel.

6.  Enter comments for canceling the approval record and click **Confirm Cancellation**.


## Result

The approval record is canceled and its state updates to Cancelled and comments are added to the approval record. If the approval was requested from a user group, then the corresponding approval records for all users in the user group are canceled.

**Parent Topic:**[Initiate an ad hoc approval for a legal matter or its artifact](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-matter-management/initiate-approval-legal-matter.md)