“What does this clause actually commit me to?”
Ask about the sentence you are stuck on in plain language — in English, French, or Chinese — and get an answer grounded in real Canadian court decisions, with the sources shown so you can check them yourself. Your first questions are free and need no account.
Why you are stuck
The contract is written for lawyers, not for you
“Indemnify and hold harmless”, “consequential damages”, “survives termination” — each one decides who pays when something goes wrong, and none of them say so plainly.
Searching gives you American answers to a Canadian question
Most of what is online about contract law is US-specific. Non-competes, termination and consumer protection all work differently here — and differently again in Quebec.
You cannot tell whether this is routine or serious
The real question is rarely “what does this mean”. It is “is this a fine, sign it, or a stop, call someone” — and that judgment is exactly what you are missing.
A five-minute question costs an hour of billing
Most firms will not answer a single clause question without opening a file, so people sign things they do not understand rather than start that process.
What EqualDocs does about it
Ask in your own words, in your own language
Paste the clause or describe the situation, in English, French, or Chinese. No legal vocabulary required to get a straight answer.
Answers grounded in real Canadian decisions
When a question turns on Canadian law, the answer is grounded in published court decisions and the citations are shown — so you can open the source instead of taking the answer on faith.
Ask about your actual document, not a generic one
Upload the contract and ask about the text in front of you. A full AI review goes further: every clause scored for risk, with the risky ones explained.
Know when it stops being a question
When the honest answer is “this needs a lawyer”, you are told so plainly and matched with a licensed one — at a price you agree to before any work begins.
How it goes
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Ask, free, right now
Start on the homepage with no account. You get a real answer to your first questions before anything asks you to sign up.
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Create an account to keep going
Free to open. Upload the contract, ask follow-ups about the actual text, and run a full risk review when you want one.
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Bring in a lawyer if it is warranted
If your situation needs professional judgment, you are matched with a licensed lawyer and see the quote before any work starts.
Common questions
- Is this legal advice?
- No. AI answers are general legal information: they explain what a clause typically does and what the law generally says. Legal advice means a licensed lawyer applying the law to your specific facts and taking professional responsibility for it. When your question needs that, EqualDocs says so and connects you to a lawyer who can give it.
- Is it really free?
- Your first questions are free and need no account — that is the chat on the homepage. Creating an account is also free and starts you with a credit balance. Deeper work, such as uploading a document and running a full clause-by-clause risk review, spends credits that you can top up per use.
- What languages can I ask in?
- English, French, and Chinese. This matters more than it sounds: many business owners in Canada run their company in one language and receive contracts in another, and that gap is exactly where things get signed unread.
- What if I do need a real lawyer?
- Then you get one. EqualDocs is a Quebec-registered law firm working with licensed partner firms across Canada and the US. You describe the situation, get matched to a lawyer who handles that area, and see a quote before any work begins.
Ask before you sign, not after
Your first questions are free and need no account. Start with the clause you are stuck on.
AI assistance is general information, not legal advice. When your situation needs a lawyer, a licensed one takes it on — at a price you agree to before any work begins.