Tool

Small Business Legal Readiness Score

Run the check on this page: eight quick questions, a score, and a list of what to fix first. For Ontario owners who want to know whether the legal side of the business is ready for the next decision, deadline, or opportunity.

Free 3-minute check

Run the check.

Is the legal side of your business ready for what comes next?

Eight quick questions about how the business is set up, the paperwork behind it, and what is coming next. You get a score, plus a list of what to fix first, in the order Damaris would work through it.

  • 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.