Overview

  Ensure shared understanding - Misunderstanding of the contract and how it works creates confusion and tension

Far too often we find contracts that are unreadable, and misunderstandings about how they work or are priced, resulting in contract or service failures. Government contracts deal with complex services, systems and infrastructure, but that does not mean they need to be made harder to read by poor drafting, jargon and inconsistency. On the contrary, it makes it more important for contracts to be readable and easy to understand. Contracts provide a foundation for building effective commercial relationships and need to be useable by people without legal training.