diff --git a/apps/hq-web/src/pages/ClientDetail.tsx b/apps/hq-web/src/pages/ClientDetail.tsx
index 35f96ff..8d0df8c 100644
--- a/apps/hq-web/src/pages/ClientDetail.tsx
+++ b/apps/hq-web/src/pages/ClientDetail.tsx
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ export function ClientDetail() {
     modules.data?.find((m) => m.id === moduleId)?.name ?? moduleId
 
   const docs = ledger.data?.documents ?? []
+  // The ledger is oldest-first; the register + "recent" views want newest first (by date, then doc no).
+  const docsNewest = [...docs]
+    .sort((a, b) => (a.docDate === b.docDate ? (b.docNo ?? '').localeCompare(a.docNo ?? '') : b.docDate.localeCompare(a.docDate)))
+  const recentDocs = docsNewest.slice(0, 5)
   const openDocs = docs.filter((d) => d.status === 'draft' || d.status === 'sent' || d.status === 'part_paid')
   const activeModules = (cms.data ?? []).filter((m) => m.active)
   const lastInteraction = interactions.data?.[0]?.onDate
@@ -228,8 +232,8 @@ export function ClientDetail() {
                 { key: 'date', label: 'Date' }, { key: 'payable', label: 'Payable', numeric: true },
                 { key: 'status', label: 'Status' },
               ]}
-              onRowClick={(_row, i) => nav(`/documents/${docs[i]!.id}`)}
-              rows={docs.slice(0, 5).map((d) => ({
+              onRowClick={(_row, i) => nav(`/documents/${recentDocs[i]!.id}`)}
+              rows={recentDocs.map((d) => ({
                 no: d.docNo ?? 'draft',
                 type: <Badge tone={DOC_TYPE_TONE[d.docType]}>{DOC_TYPE_LABEL[d.docType]}</Badge>,
                 date: d.docDate,
@@ -359,15 +363,15 @@ export function ClientDetail() {
         <>
           {ledger.error !== undefined && <ErrorState message={ledger.error} onRetry={ledger.reload} />}
           {ledger.data === undefined && ledger.error === undefined ? <Skeleton />
-            : docs.length === 0 ? <EmptyState>No documents yet — compose one from New Document.</EmptyState> : (
+            : docsNewest.length === 0 ? <EmptyState>No documents yet — compose one from New Document.</EmptyState> : (
               <DataTable
                 columns={[
                   { key: 'no', label: 'No', mono: true }, { key: 'type', label: 'Type' },
                   { key: 'date', label: 'Date' }, { key: 'payable', label: 'Payable', numeric: true },
                   { key: 'status', label: 'Status' },
                 ]}
-                onRowClick={(_row, i) => nav(`/documents/${docs[i]!.id}`)}
-                rows={docs.map((d) => ({
+                onRowClick={(_row, i) => nav(`/documents/${docsNewest[i]!.id}`)}
+                rows={docsNewest.map((d) => ({
                   no: d.docNo ?? <Badge tone="warn">draft</Badge>,
                   type: <Badge tone={DOC_TYPE_TONE[d.docType]}>{DOC_TYPE_LABEL[d.docType]}</Badge>,
                   date: d.docDate,
@@ -395,10 +399,12 @@ export function ClientDetail() {
                 { key: 'amount', label: 'Amount', numeric: true },
                 { key: 'tds', label: 'TDS', numeric: true },
               ]}
-              rows={ledger.data.payments.map((p) => ({
-                on: p.receivedOn, mode: p.mode, ref: p.reference !== '' ? p.reference : '—',
-                amount: inr(p.amountPaise), tds: p.tdsPaise > 0 ? inr(p.tdsPaise) : '—',
-              }))}
+              rows={[...ledger.data.payments]
+                .sort((a, b) => (a.receivedOn === b.receivedOn ? (a.id < b.id ? 1 : -1) : b.receivedOn.localeCompare(a.receivedOn)))
+                .map((p) => ({
+                  on: p.receivedOn, mode: p.mode, ref: p.reference !== '' ? p.reference : '—',
+                  amount: inr(p.amountPaise), tds: p.tdsPaise > 0 ? inr(p.tdsPaise) : '—',
+                }))}
             />
           )}
           <h3 style={{ marginTop: 20 }}>Recurring plans</h3>