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Welcome to the Checklist Legal blog, your comprehensive hub for transforming your legal challenges into strategic opportunities. As a B Corp certified law firm, we blend our commitment to commercial law, contract simplification, and legal innovation with a passion for creating a fair and equitable business environment.

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Do you need a Fair Terms Officer?

Is a 'Fair Terms Officer' your new business bestie (and first line of defence against multi-million dollar penalties!) 🦸🏼‍♀️

In the world of business, we have dedicated officers for operations, first aid, privacy, and more. But get ready for a new addition to the team – the Fair Terms Officer!

With expanding laws and growing penalties for unfair contract terms in Australia and globally, having someone to ensure fairness in your contracts and business dealings is becoming essential.

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Upcoming Event: Contract Design Roundtable (Auckland)

Look out Auckland, it’s time for Legal Design!

What to expect:

🔸 Small group discussion with some of the best creative minds in contracting

🔸 Insights into comic contracting, large scale contract design projects, and using AI for contracting

🔸 Lots of fun and new legal design friends!

More details: https://checklistlegal.typeform.com/events

Event Details

📅 Date: Wednesday, 31 May 202

⏰ Time: TBC

📍 Location: TBC

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Upcoming Event: Contract Design Roundtable (Wellington)

Look out Wellington, it’s time for Legal Design!

What to expect:

🔸 Small group discussion with some of the best creative minds in contracting

🔸 Insights into comic contracting, large scale contract design projects, and using AI for contracting

🔸 Lots of fun and new legal design friends!

More details: https://checklistlegal.typeform.com/events

Event Details

📅 Date: Tuesday, 30 May 202

⏰ Time: TBC

📍 Location: TBC

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Upcoming Event: Contract Design Workshop: Fair Terms Special (Sydney)

A special *fair terms* edition of our popular hands-on contract design workshop.... Excited to deliver this one in real life in Sydney!

📅 Date: Wed, 3 May 2023

⏰ Time: 6pm for 6.10pm start

📍 Location: The Commons, George Street, Sydney

What to expect:

🔸 A fun, hands-on workshop that equips you with the skills to make your contracts easy-to-read and understand

🔸 Insights into the updated Unfair Contract Terms laws and how contract design can help

🔸 CPD Points (1 x Practice Management and 1 x Professional Skills)

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Upcoming Event: Contract Design Roundtable (Perth)

Look out Western Australia, it’s time for Legal Design!

What to expect:

🔸 Small group discussion with some of the best creative minds in contracting

🔸 Insights into comic contracting, large scale contract design projects, and using AI for contracting

🔸 Lots of fun and new legal design friends!

More details: https://checklistlegal.typeform.com/events

Event Details

📅 Date: Thu, 20 April 2023

⏰ Time: TBC

📍 Location: TBC

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Building the Fair Term Checker App Part 1

Hello and welcome to Verity’s latest series of Clause Play videos! Today, we’re going to explore how to create legal bots and automation tools using a mind map. Our founder and chief contract enthusiast, Verity White, uses a platform called Coggle to create flexible mind maps that she can modify as needed.

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