• Making the case for legal design

    You know when you’ve been merrily doing a particular thing for years and then an influencer gives it a new name, brings it into popular consciousness and suddenly it’s trendy? (Not wearing...

  • How to write contracts that actually work

    For a long time, users of legal services have been getting the short end of the stick, from incomprehensible contracts and confusing court procedures to the way law firms bill for their...

  • Start working on those operator contracts

    Get the right operator contracts in place in 6 simple steps

    In week 6 of our POPI DIY programme we look at what an operator is, and how to make sure you have the right operator contracts in place with yours. In terms of...

  • To and/or (and/)or not to and/or?

    As far as we are concerned, there is no question and it turns out that we are not alone in condemning the use of  'the bastard conjunction and/or'. As early as 1932 the American Bar...

  • Exclusions of liability: Don't make it worse than it has to be!

    Oh, the scourge of the fine print! How we wish we could get rid of it. But sometimes (not all that often), there are very real risks facing a business which, should they...

  • The importance of punctuation…