Legal Risks of Using Boilerplate Clauses in Contracts

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Contracts serve as the backbone of business and real estate transactions, establishing rules and expectations for all parties while providing the cornerstone of legal certainty. To streamline the drafting process, lawyers and businesses frequently rely on “boilerplate clauses”—standardised contract provisions commonly reused across different agreements without modification. Boilerplate clauses are the routine, generic terms typically […]