---
title: "Build an unfair-contract-term issues table"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory/build-an-issues-table-of-one-sided-contract-terms/commonwealth"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A1-P20260916-1-CTH"
practice_area: "Commercial & Corporate Advisory (contracts, company law, governance)"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["CTH"]
last_reviewed: "2026-09-23"
---

# Build an unfair-contract-term issues table

> Identify potentially one-sided termination, variation, liability and renewal terms, including related clauses that may change their effect.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory/build-an-issues-table-of-one-sided-contract-terms/commonwealth  
Last reviewed: 2026-09-23

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Commercial & Corporate Advisory (contracts, company law, governance)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | Identify potentially one-sided termination, variation, liability and renewal terms, including related clauses that may change their effect. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide whether the relevant unfair terms regime applies Assess each issue in the context of the whole agreement and the parties' circumstances |
| Written for | Commonwealth |
| Applies to | [Build an issues table of one-sided contract terms](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory/build-an-issues-table-of-one-sided-contract-terms.md) |

## Checking plan

**Lawyer leads the decision**

A clause-referenced issues table with proposed amendments.

- What the AI does: Identify potentially one-sided termination, variation, liability and renewal terms, including related clauses that may change their effect.
- What the lawyer does: Determine whether the relevant unfair terms regime applies and assess each issue in the context of the entire agreement and the parties’ circumstances.
- Who reviews: The lawyer responsible for this task
- Basis: Suggested checking workflow informed by the linked official sources. The workflow and traffic light are framework guidance, not a source-issued AI classification.
- Why: A focused work product makes the review proportionate: check the source inputs and every material result, then resolve the specific exceptions before relying on it.
- Restriction: Pause if the relevant regime or standard-form status is unresolved. Escalate a proposed term whose legal effect remains uncertain; only a court finally determines unfairness.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Check the contract date, transaction type, parties and whether the relevant consumer or small-business standard-form regime applies.
2. Read each flagged clause with related definitions, exceptions and counterbalancing rights; check for important terms the scan missed.
3. Assess imbalance, legitimate interests, possible detriment and transparency against current law and the commercial context.
4. Set out the lawyer’s proposed change or advice and confirm the client’s instructions before using or relying on the term.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Australia. ACCC guidance concerns the Australian Consumer Law; financial products and services require the relevant ASIC Act analysis.

**Deliverable**: A clause-referenced issues table with proposed amendments.

**Inputs**

- Complete current contract and schedules
- Information about the parties and negotiation process
- Client’s commercial objectives

**Example**: A supplier may raise prices, but a separate clause permits cost-free termination. Assess those provisions together rather than labelling the price clause unfair in isolation.

**Stop and escalate when**

- Pause if the relevant regime or standard-form status is unresolved.
- Escalate a proposed term whose legal effect remains uncertain; only a court finally determines unfairness.

Checked 2026-09-16.

## Sources

- [ACCC: Contracts and unfair contract terms](https://www.accc.gov.au/business/selling-products-and-services/contracts) (checked 2026-09-16)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*