Add comments with redlines

What’s new

When LawY Contracts proposes a redline, it now suggests a comment to explain the change. The comment appears underneath the proposed redline in the LawY Contracts panel, ready for you to review.

You can edit the comment, keep it as suggested, or leave it out. When you apply the redline, the comment is added to your document as a standard Word comment, anchored to the specific wording it explains.

LawY doesn’t write your negotiation for you. It gives you a starting point for the reasoning behind each change, while leaving you in control of what goes into the document.

Why it matters

A redline shows the change you’re proposing. The comment gives the person reading it the context to understand why. Without that explanation, the other side may need to come back with questions before they can consider the amendment, and a point you’ve already worked through needs another conversation.

You may utilise this features to communicate with your client too. An amendment that looks like a small clarification might address a risk that matters to them. A clear comment helps them understand what the change does and why you’ve suggested it.

Take a lease review. Your tenant client can renew the lease by giving notice within the option period, but the lease says nothing about a notice the relevant legislation may require the landlord to give. You want the lease to address that obligation expressly, so LawY proposes an amendment.

Alongside the redline, LawY now suggests a comment:

“This makes the Lessor expressly responsible under the lease for giving any option notice required by the Act within the applicable statutory period, rather than leaving that requirement unstated.”

You can review that explanation, adjust the wording for your client or the landlord’s lawyer, and apply it with the redline. The comment appears in Word, attached to the specific wording it explains, so the reader can see the change and its rationale together.

That work adds up across a long contract review. With a suggested comment for each proposed redline, LawY gives you a head start on explaining the changes you’ve decided to make.

What you get

When LawY Contracts proposes a redline, it now suggests a comment to explain the change. The comment appears underneath the proposed redline in the LawY Contracts panel, ready for you to review.

You can edit the comment, keep it as suggested or leave it out. When you apply the redline, the comment goes into your document with it as a standard Word comment, anchored to the specific wording it explains. You can still remove the comment after applying it.

The suggested comments are intended for your client or the other side. Use Private Notes for anything you want to keep private, and review each comment before sharing your document.

LawY gives you a starting point for the reasoning behind each change, while leaving you in control of what goes into the document.

Get started

Already using LawY Contracts? Next time you open a proposed redline, look for the comment underneath it.

New to LawY? Book a demo here.

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