In
order to maintain the quality of document
and customer ease of use, Net Lawman requires
some elements common to all the documents
we sell. However, we will listen to any
good reason not to comply.
Each
document shall be or comply with the following
matters:.
Format
and style
Your
document must:
1.
be
written in clear English with minimal
use of legal jargon and terminology
which has been lost in every day speech.
2.
contain
standard English punctuation, for
example commas where appropriate.
3.
be
formatted in 10 or 12 point black
Arial font, aligned left.
4.
be
substantially broken down into paragraphs
with numbers, sub numbers and sub-sub
numbers, so as to facilitate the removal
or addition of a paragraph by a buyer.
5.
be
formatted to print on A4 paper, with
all four margins at or near two centimetres.
6.
give
a blank line between every main paragraph
and between every sub paragraph.
7.
have
no drafting note in the body of the
text.
8.
be
drawn in the masculine singular. If
so desired, a note may be provided
to explain.
The
notes shall be placed after the end
of the Document.
10.
Notes
shall be in two sets: first, those
entitled “General notes”,
shall be consecutively numbered and
refer to matters which apply to the
Document generally. Second, those
entitled “Paragraph specific
notes” shall be number in accordance
with the paragraph number to which
they refer. See
example notes.
The
following matters are regarded as preferred,
but are not essential
11.
Except
in Documents for jurisdictions where
it is common usage, comprehensive
lists of words with similar meaning
must be avoided in favour of a generic
word.
12.
The word “paragraph”
shall be used in preference to the
word “clause”.
13.
Every main paragraph
shall have a short heading.
14.
Where words or
paragraphs are provided in the alternative,
for selection by the user, and where
text or data is to be inserted, then
such text, and the words either side
of the insertion point, shall be coloured
blue. If so coloured blue, there shall
be a general note explaining the reason
for the blue colouring and suggesting
it should be changed to black before
the document is used.
15.
Wherever possible,
all variable data shall be placed
on the first page.
As
to the document introduction page
16.
The
Net Lawman sales route takes each
buyer to a page where details of the
document are set out. By the time
a customer reaches this page, he knows
what he wants and thinks he may have
found it. The page test is therefore
designed to provide re-assurance and
facts rather than “a hard sell”.
We refer to this as a “doc intro”
page. Here
is an example.
17.
We will provide
a URL for your page and a reference
for your document.
18.
We have a separate
doc intro page for each document variation,
even if that requires several doc
intro pages to have similar text.
19.
Our document submission
system is designed so that you are
asked for information which we shall
enter into a new doc intro page for
the document you have drawn, automatically.
We ask for this information in sections,
to match the sections of a standard
doc intro page.
20.
We advise you
to be a lawyer, not a salesman when
drawing the text for your doc intro
page.
21.
It is for you
to select a sale price in the first
instance. We will assess your price
and will change it if we think it
is too high or too low. In doing so,
we shall have some regard to your
own suggestion.
22.
We advise you
to draw your text in advance of entering
it into our system. You can return
and edit anything except the price,
at any time.
and
after you have submitted your document .
. .
We
will check non-legal aspects and let
you know if changes are required.
Your document
will be published within 48 hours.
The support team
will email to you the URP of the doc
intro page.
