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Small Business Legal Readiness Score

Run the check on this page: eight questions, a readiness score by category, and the open items in the order Damaris would work them. For Ontario owners who want to know whether the legal foundation is ready for the next decision, deadline, or opportunity.

Free 3-minute check

Small Business Legal Readiness Score

How ready is your legal foundation for the next decision?

Eight short questions across formation, contracts, records, and what comes next. The result is a readiness score by category and a prioritised list of the open items, the same order Damaris would work them in.

  • Result shown on the page
  • Copy emailed to you
  • Reviewed before next step

Readiness categories

The score follows the pressure points DRG sees first.

01Formation and ownership

Corporation, shareholders, directors, registers, ownership changes, and who has authority to sign or decide.

Business Law
02Contracts and revenue

Customer agreements, supplier terms, leases, employment documents, templates, renewal dates, and signing pressure.

Contract Review
03Records and maintenance

Minute books, annual resolutions, share registers, filings, accountant requests, and records needed for financing or sale.

Corporate Maintenance
04Growth and succession

New partners, asset transfers, family involvement, future sale, estate exposure, and decisions that need legal structure early.

Succession

Next step

Send the weak spot before it becomes the transaction problem.

If one category already has a deadline, counterparty, financing request, partner change, or buyer request attached to it, submit the matter for review.