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Responsibility charts

Responsibility charts give a visual facsimile of the intended structure of each subsection, which is usually a very long sentence when dealing with any form of legislation. The use of conjunctions “and” and “or” combined with commas and/or semicolons, can be become very critical to understand when and how many things should be or could be done. The flow of the sentence is given a structure and therefore makes it instantly able for the reader to understand where the critical “hinges” in the paragraph or sentence are. The Responsibility charts also maps the actual text of the specific subsection or regulation into a graphic facsimile which enables the reader to compare the text to the graphics. Thereby enabling the comparison of the parts with the whole. Responsibility charts convert what should be done into obligations, and what and what can be done into rights.

Responsibility-chart Count tables

The Count tables summarise who are responsible for the obligations, who has the rights and how many conditions there are in per section. It further also indicates what the obligations, rights and conditions are per subsection. When it is relevant, such in the case of business, the Count tables will include an implied rights table. Implied rights arise where there is a described process, which requires certain obligations to be performed, to the benefit of third parties, while these parties have the ability to approach a court to enforce these obligation in form of implied rights at any stage.

Reported court cases

When dealing the text which is based on a specific legislation, it is bound to have been tested in a court of law at some stage. We include at the end of each chapter, which deal with a specific subsection, all reported court cases, which will be added to and expanded as we find new cases, on our website. The website also includes copies of the actual judgements which are referred to in the book and updated on the website.
On the website we further include a library of other interesting documents, such as pleadings and/or examples of specific documents.

Cross-reference Atlas

When dealing with very complex text, such as legislation; usually includes various references to other subsections, sections, parts or even other legislation. We have developed a product which indicates the various cross-references, and shows if the cross reference were cross reference originates, which is the dependent and which is the source. The Cross-reference map, shows graphically the relationships, while it further indicates a short description of each subsection and page number of the specific responsibility chart. The Atlas also include maps which show the relationships for the chapter and when the entire Act is completed will include a Chapter Cross Reference map. The book includes text of all references refer to in other Acts, regulations and sections dealt with in the book, thereby making it a self-contained reference book.

Reference compendiums

This product enables you to find where in the Act or a specific text a reference to a specific party or deliverable is dealt with. Using the short descriptions in the compendium means that find the relevant section that you are looking for. The compendium will refer you to the necessary Responsibility chart, which you can then use to navigate your way through the rest of the text or Act.

Party reference compendium

The defined party compendium is presented in a table format with a short description for each subsection which specifically refer that party. The description enables you find the specific subsection which deals with question at hand. You can either look at the Responsibility chart or the Cross reference map, from where you can further delve into the detail which you are looking for.

Party reference compendium

The deliverable compendium deals with the specific items which must be dealt with in terms of the Act or the text. These items may consist such as, minutes, notices, business plans or any other deliverable which is in contemplated in the Act or text.