Cleardocs.co.uk launches ‘CleardocsConfirm’: the pioneering pre-agreed legal fee structure in association with its on-line legal HR documents

•  Provides specific legal support without the heartache of large, unexpected legal fees
•  On-going commitment to reducing the complexity of legal employment documentation in England & Wales

December 12th 2008 – Cleardocs www.cleardocs.co.uk , announces the introduction of its pioneering pre-agreed legal fee structure service ‘CleardocsConfirm’.

CleardocsConfirm is a unique service offered by the highly successful on-line legal document provider Cleardocs in partnership with Ashfords. The service has been exclusively designed to support the legal advice requirements of the small business owner (and their advisers) when employing executive and senior staff.

Christopher Balmford, company founder said “Thanks to Ashfords, our new CleardocsConfim service significantly expands the range of employers who can benefit from Cleardocs’s online employment document ordering service. Our intelligent online Q&A interface and our underlying expert system can already deal with most of the variables in most employment contracts. But for some sorts of arrangements — like bonuses and restrictive covenants — there is too much professional judgment involved for a layperson to be certain about how to answer the online questions. CleardocsConfirm fixes that.” 

He went on to say “For a small extra fee (usually less than £50), CleardocsConfirm involves the lawyers first in speaking with our customer and then in applying their legal judgement and expertise to draft the relevant additional clauses. The technology narrows the need for the lawyer’s involvement, focuses them on where they most add value and reduces costs all round.”

In line with Cleardocs commitment to reducing the complexity of legal employment documentation, employers simply respond by clicking  ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to easy to understand questions in the Cleardocs system. Each ‘Yes’ answer gives a comprehensive explanation how CleardocsConfirm works, the pre-agreed fees and what to do next. The process is completely transparent, without hidden costs and there is helpline - free of charge - to assist the employer should there be any questions.

For more information visit www.cleardocs.co.uk or call Frances Critchlow on 0845 474 0372.

About Cleardocs

Cleardocs was launched in Australia in June 2003 by plain English expert and former lawyer Christopher Balmford. Its unique document creation technology provides customers, including small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), law and accountancy firms and recruitment agencies, with a cost-effective online resource for employment legal documents and support.

Following its success in Australia (where it is now used by more than 3,000 professional accountants, financial planners and lawyers) the company has launched in the UK with a range of legal employment products.

Uniquely, Cleardocs provides a free helpline for questions about their on-line document creation facility, and the leading UK law firm, Ashfords provide a free legal helpline – making it the only service of its kind in the UK.

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