Don’t DIY. Bring it to us instead.
We are a law firm that has outlasted most others. Practical, personable and a little bit quirky.
Part 1: Be practical
Part 2: Sort out your processes
Your client wants you to follow this or that policy, work to certain timelines, give notice of x, y and z. It all sounds very reasonable – and where it does not, you (ideally with our help, obviously) negotiate a better and more practical deal. You sign the contract and off it goes into a folder, *never to be seen again.
*”never” means almost never. We can help you retrieve it and sort out the next steps.
Before you consider it a done deal, you should note your key obligations, identify the tasks that require ownership and / or processes, allocate internal ownership of these within your business, set up the right processes - and THEN it might be a done deal, especially if the other side does the same. You may wish to encourage them to do the same.
Despite everyone’s best intentions, things can go very wrong if the ownership of tasks is unclear, and if the ownership of a string of tasks (a process) has not been a) identified and b) assigned.
I spent many years as an in-house lawyer getting to know where organisations may or may not be set up to carry out the things they contractually promise to do. Now that I am in private practice, I can help your organisation avoid the same pitfalls. I can help!
If you're interested in hearing more practical tips, join our 'Don’t DIY! Contract hazards that come back to bite!' seminar on Tuesday 24 September.
Drop me a line today to set up a call at sharon.zachariah@laytons.com – Partner: Commercial, Technology, Data Protection, IP. Getting to know each other and chatting is free. Advice is not (it’s what we sell).
