Sep 8, 2016 | News
Business owners often find it challenging to set up a contract for their employees. However, an often overlooked aspect is the difficulties that employees face when expected to decipher the legalities in the document that they are expected to sign. Through the creation of Comic Contracts®, Robert de Rooy, a South African lawyer based in Cape Town, has devised an innovative way to address these challenges and break down the communication barrier between lawyers and the less informed! READ MORE
Jul 21, 2016 | News
Clemengold mandarin supplier and packer, Indigo Fruit Growers, has introduced a ‘picture’ contract to help fruit pickers better understand the terms of their employment contracts, thereby improving communication between farmworkers and their employers. READ MORE
Jul 18, 2016 | News
South African group Indigo Fruit Growers thinks they can. The company, which produces, packs and supplies ClemenGold mandarins to local and international markets, developed the concept in a bid to make contracts easier to understand for farmworkers. The registered idea Comic Contracts was originally put forward by Robert de Rooy, a South African lawyer based in Cape Town and legal counsel for ClemenGold for many years. READ MORE
Jul 14, 2016 | News
Cape Town lawyer Robert de Rooy has developed the world’s first contract using pictures to help people better understand what they are signing. Comic Contracts uses visualisation, where the parties are represented by characters, and illustrations to explain the terms of the contract. READ MORE
