Resources
The checklists we use before a client signs.
These are working documents, not marketing brochures. Read them here, or print and save a copy. No sign-up, no email required.
Commercial lease review
Commercial Lease Review Checklist
The 24 clauses we check on every commercial and retail lease before a client signs — and the traps that cost tenants the most money.
Open checklist →SaaS / software agreement
SaaS & Software Agreement Checklist
What belongs in Australian SaaS terms — subscription, data, uptime, liability and termination — whether you're the vendor or the customer.
Open checklist →Buying a business
Buying a Business Checklist
Due diligence, structure and completion steps for an Australian business acquisition — asset sale or share sale.
Open checklist →Shareholders agreement
Shareholders Agreement Checklist
The decisions co-owners should settle in writing before a disagreement makes them expensive.
Open checklist →Startup legal foundations
Startup Legal Checklist
The order to do things in when you're building an Australian startup — from incorporation to your first raise.
Open checklist →AI contract review
AI Contract Review
Used ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot to draft your contract? AI is a fast starting point, but it makes legal errors, misses Australian law and cannot warranty its work. We turn AI-generated drafts into lawyer-checked, enforceable agreements on a fixed fee.
Get a fixed-fee review →Contract review readiness
Contract Review Readiness Checklist
What to have ready before you send a contract for legal review — so the review is faster, sharper and the fixed fee is easy to scope.
Open checklist →Business sale deal room
Business Sale Deal Room Checklist
The documents a buyer will ask for in due diligence — gather them before you go to market and the sale moves faster at a better price.
Open checklist →Employment contract compliance
Employment Contract Compliance Checklist
Check your employment contracts against the National Employment Standards, awards and the clauses that most often fail when tested.
Open checklist →Regulatory Radar
What the regulators are doing
A free register of Australian regulatory developments that matter to business, with source-linked briefings and consultation deadlines.
Open the radar →Guides
Long-form legal guides
Chaptered handbooks on structure, contracts, people, compliance, growth and exit. Plain English, nothing to download.
Read the guides →Assessment
Legal Health Check
A short set of questions about your business, with a scored report and the priorities we'd address first.
Start the health check →Commercial & employer guides
The terms behind your next decision.
- Vendor finance: deferred business-sale payments and security
- Latent conditions: site risk, notices and contract amendments
- Commercial property buyer checks: title, tenants and approvals
- Service-level agreements: uptime, support and credits
- Promissory estoppel: promises and reliance
- Waivers and non-excludable rights
- Indemnity versus guarantee
- Enterprise agreements and the official finder
- Casual loading and pay checks
- Public holiday work and pay
- Current minimum-wage sources for employers
- Business-sale tax considerations
- Fixed and maximum-term employment
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