Negotiation Skills · glossary

Handover note

Your internal note to the lawyer who drafts the new contract. It says what was agreed, why each trade was made and what could go wrong later. It tells the drafter to work from the heads, not the emails. Handover Note, point 1 (internal) · Chapter 10 · see Heads of terms

Explained in Chapter 10, Heads of Terms: Client Authority and Closing the Deal, of Negotiation Skills.

How it comes up, in Chapter 10
Another lawyer at Hennacott will draft the new contract. Your handover note tells that lawyer what was agreed, why each trade was made and what could go wrong later.
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This term is part of one fictional contract renewal, from the first letter to heads of terms, with every document attached and a test after every chapter. Open Negotiation Skills → · All terms A–Z →