Have you ever accidentally bought something online, or forgotten to cancel an automatic renewal, or found yourself stuck with goods you simply don’t want? Making a contract is so easy we can almost do it in our sleep! But are you making it easy for your clients and suppliers? I
Simplifying contracts is not just a matter of taking each clause and making it plainer language. We really need to understand the precise jargon used and whether it is even appropriate for this type of contract. Time is an essential condition Back in 2015, when I started to revise the
Simplifying contracts is not just a matter of taking each clause and making it plainer language. Our task is also to ensure all the contracting documents fit together neatly. Our goal is seamless sales… from start to finish! Coffee on the go We were asked to help a coffee business
As you may know, I am a bit of a contract nerd and love to learn from those at the cutting edge of new ways of thinking about contracts and contracting. At a Law Insider webinar, Electra Japonas, the co-founder of the crowd-sourced OneNDA, said that contracts are there to facilitate
Trust-enhancing contracts Trust, according to the Speed of Trust by Stephen MR Covey, is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive, your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities, your skills, your results, your track record. When I read that book, I was
The purpose of your contracts is to help you do business. Another way of thinking of this based on success – as Jacqueline Horani said at the World Commerce and Contracting Vibe Summit 2023, contracts are tools to help ‘both sides of the agreement to achieve and fulfil their goals.’
Have you ever asked directions from a stranger, only to find that you forgot the very first item by the end of their explanation? Have you ever asked someone to give you a recipe, and then wish you’d written it down? Some things are better kept simple and broken into
I love the island of Guernsey… but when I first visited I saw notices everywhere telling you what you can and cannot do – don’t sit on a wall in case you fall off, don’t throw stones on the beach, don’t park here, don’t walk along the seawall when there
Although it is a book primarily about building a business, Rework (by Fried and Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of 37 Signals), has some tips which are equally applicable to doing deals. Focus on diving in When starting a business relationship, they say: Your priorities are out of whack if you’re thinking about getting
When I first started as a construction lawyer, my boss (Alison) was attempting to introduce two types of model documents for construction projects – the Rolls Royce (the best version) and the Morris Minor (a stripped back version). Perhaps not great names, but the idea was that a simpler document
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