Jun 14, 2019 | News
What and who are contracts for?
Recently I conducted a very unscientific survey on social media, asking non-lawyers about what a contract is for, and for comments about their experiences with contracts. For most people, a contract is a long, written document with a lot of information no one understands. They’re afraid to sign them because they don’t understand them. They do want something that spells out an agreement, something to help everyone remember what they agreed to, and they want to be able to count on each other to perform. Almost all of them talked about contracts as a way of preventing conflict and especially not wanting to ever go to court. They want their contracts to be understandable. They want to be able to look back and remember what they were trying to accomplish in the first place. READ MORE.
May 31, 2019 | News
SYDNEY—Hayley Wardrop didn’t know that taking a job with Australian engineering and consulting firm Aurecon would require reading a comic book. READ MORE.
May 16, 2019 | News
On the 16th of May 2019, Robert spent the day with industry experts exploring the use of visual tools in communicating to communities as part of the Ukwanda Annual Rural Health Research Day. READ MORE
May 14, 2019 | News
In 2019, we became proud partners of the Dutch Postcode Lottery, (Nationale Postcode Loterij), one of the largest charity lotteries in the world and one of the largest lotteries in the Netherlands. READ MORE
Feb 11, 2019 | News
This February 2019, HiiL hosted the global-scale Innovating Justice Forum; the annual event for the best and brightest in justice innovation from all corners of the globe gather. The Forum provides the most important paradigm shift for justice in decades: people–centred and evidence–based ways of working towards solutions. READ MORE
