Checklist · In-House / General Counsel
Signed contract: dates and obligations tracker
A tracker for dates and obligations extracted from a signed contract. Each row quotes or points to the clause. It does not decide that a clause is enforceable or that a breach has occurred.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026, for Australia. It cites no authorities.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use after a contract is signed, to lift dates, notice periods and obligations into one list for the legal team. It is not a playbook review, a litigation hold, or an intake form.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may copy a date or an obligation from a signed contract into a row and name the clause. The lawyer confirms the extraction and any consequence.
AI may
- Copy a date, a notice period or an obligation that appears in the signed document
- Name the clause and the page
- Flag a clause that refers to a date defined elsewhere and not yet found
AI must not
- Must not calculate a limitation period
- Must not say the other party is in breach
- Must not add an obligation that is not in the signed document
The lawyer checks
- The row matches the signed clause, including any qualification in the same clause
- A defined term is read back to its definition
- No row is treated as a notice or a demand
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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- add it to your firm’s knowledge base, so colleagues can find it;
- let the AI tools you connect read it from that knowledge base.
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