Drafting

About standard documents and clauses

Standard documents and clauses reduce the time you need to spend maintaining precedents and creating initial drafts.

Constantly maintained draft templates

Our experienced team constantly maintain the
Standard Documents and drafting notes
 and
Standard clauses and drafting notes
 to reflect developments in law and practice.
You can check the
Resource History
 to find out what changes we've made to the document or clause. You can also set up
Document Alerts
 to tell you when we've updated a document or clause.

Drafting notes

You will find drafting notes within the documents and clauses. Practical Law shows a link you can use to open each note. You can show 1 note, all notes, no notes, or only the notes.
Drafting notes explain the following:
  • The context of the transaction.
  • The objective of the clause.
  • How you might adapt the clause.
  • Legal and negotiation points for each party.
  • Where to find related resources.

Add annotations

Add annotations such as document-level notes, in-line notes, and highlights to show your evaluation and commentary on standard documents and clauses. Share these annotations with others, and view annotations they've shared with you.
Download a document or clause in
Reading View
 to read it offline in a Microsoft Word, Rich Text, or PDF document. When you download it, you can choose whether to include the drafting notes.

Download documents in your firm's house style

Use
FirmStyle
 to download standard documents and clauses formatted in your firm's style and with your firm's standard introductory and attestation wording.

Customise documents in Microsoft Word

Download a template document or clause as a Microsoft Word document ready for you to use in your draft document.

Use automation to speed up drafting

Use
Fast Draft
 to automate the steps needed to adapt a template document or clause.
Fast Draft
 asks questions and transfers your replies to the draft. It also helps you enter data once and apply it where needed throughout a document and related documents.

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