Plain English

September has rolled around again, and it is back to school. Reviewing the last year, I…

Edge of the envelope

From time to time, I am asked to draft bespoke funding agreements, which are tinged with…

Three is company

In this third post on retainers, I set out some thoughts on current issues in drafting…

In the Halls of the Word Smiths

This week I purchased a subscription to Microsoft Copilot Pro: I now have within my Microsoft…

Words of Power

Part of my work is the drafting of contracts. Some of the contracts I draft are…

Series of dreams

Thinking of a series of dreamsWhere the time and the tempo drag,And there’s no exit in…

Born to run

The highway’s jammed with broken heroes on a last-chance power driveEverybody’s out on the run tonight,…

Retainers and behavioural science

One of the interesting developments of the last decade or so has been the rise of…