Techniques to keep your contracts short
As I indicated in a previous blog, one of the general principles of contract drafting is to use plain English. This implies that you should
As I indicated in a previous blog, one of the general principles of contract drafting is to use plain English. This implies that you should
Welcome and what don’t we have?! We have just moved into our new offices, the Weagree contract drafting ecosystem. If you would like to drop
Today, Weagree has published a new eBook, volume 9. Of course, the eBook is free. It complements part 1, about the miscellaneous provisions at the
In this blog post I will address a somewhat stubbornly used old-fashion and formal wording: the use of the words hereof, thereof, herein, hereinafter (and
You might have read my blog post from January 2010, or otherwise the blogs I posted earlier today on contract interpretation and national legal cultures
Lawyers like to provide certainty on how a contract must be (and will be) interpreted. For them, several legislatures have provided guidelines for interpreting contracts
Further to my previous blog posts about the Roman and the Germanic legal traditions, I will now categorise and earmark the common law. ‘The’ common
In this blog post, I will introduce the Roman (or French-Napoleontic-influenced) legal tradition, as well as the Germanic. What struck, delighted and inspired me when
In this blog post, I will highlight a few legal traditions. The division into categories might help a lawyer assessing the potential effects of a
This is my 150th blog post! Three years of blogging – I felt that after the publication of Drafting contracts – Techniques, best practice rules
