Abameli abasebenza nabakhiqizi
Uhlu oluncane, oluthembekile. Uma uhlela ukusayina okuthile okubalulekile, ummeli ofunde izikhulu ezingu-100 kuzobona emaminithini angama-10 ukuthi isofthiwe yethu ithatha izimiso ezingu-18 ukuzilinganisa.
Sithole ukuthi akukho muntu obhalisiwe.
Sifuna ukhombisa ikhasi elisha kunalokho ukulibeka eduze ngegama elingasakwazi ukulibamba. Uma uyazi ummeli owaziyo ngokugcwele isivumelwano somuntu owenzayo — noma ukhona — sicela futhi sizobheka ukungeza kwabo. Akukho khokha okuhlobene nganoma yisiphi isimo.
Ukubonisana nomthethoYini ongayithola
Isikhathi sommeli sibiza kakhulu futhi ingxenye enkulu yaso isetshenziswa kuzinto ongazilungiselela ngaphambili. Phambi kokuhlangana:
- Run the free review first and bring the report. It tells them which clauses to look at rather than making them find them. It takes a minute.
- Bring the whole document, including schedules and anything referenced but attached separately.
- Bhala ngezansi okudingayo. "Injani le nto?" kuyimibuzo ebiza kakhulu kunalokho "ngathola isikhathi esiphansi senyanga engu-12 futhi i-IP clause isuswa?"
- Uyazi inani lakho. Imali oyenzayo, izindleko zekomishini ngayinye ngonyaka. Umsebenzi lapha.
- Ask for a flat fee for a contract review. Many will quote one, and it saves an open-ended hourly meter.
Uma ungakwazi ukukhokhela enye
Look for a local legal aid clinic, a law school clinic, or a volunteer-lawyers-for-the-arts organisation — several exist specifically for creative workers and charge little or nothing. A bar association referral line will also usually give you a low-cost initial consultation. Signing something bad is far more expensive than any of these.