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Disclaimer#
Effective date: May 2, 2026 Version: 1.0
Read this before you use simplyclause.
simplyclause is a free educational tool. It is not a lawyer, it is not legal advice, and it is not a substitute for retaining a licensed Ontario lawyer for any actual real estate transaction or legal matter. By using simplyclause, you confirm you understand and accept everything below.
1. What simplyclause Is#
simplyclause is an AI-powered educational tool published by simplyclose Law Professional Corporation for Ontario real estate professionals, mortgage agents and brokers, lawyers, paralegals, and other licensed practitioners with a legitimate professional interest in Ontario real estate law.
simplyclause is built on a curated knowledge base of Ontario real estate law, including OREA standard forms and clauses, Ontario statutes and regulations, and Ontario case law. It uses Anthropic's Claude API to generate plain-English educational responses to your questions.
The goal of simplyclause is to help you understand the law. It is not a tool for acting on your behalf, advising you on your transaction, or representing you in any matter.
2. What simplyclause Is Not#
simplyclause is not any of the following.
Legal advice. Legal advice is given by a licensed lawyer in the context of a retainer with knowledge of your specific facts, after a conflicts check, and with professional liability coverage. simplyclause does none of that.
A legal opinion. A legal opinion is a written analysis prepared by a lawyer based on full review of the law, the facts, and the documents. simplyclause does not produce legal opinions.
A retainer or representation. Using simplyclause does not retain simplyclose Law Professional Corporation or any of its lawyers. It does not create a lawyer-client relationship. It does not create a prospective-client relationship. It does not impose any duty of care on simplyclose toward you in respect of any actual transaction or matter.
Confidential or privileged. Anything you type into simplyclause is not confidential and is not subject to solicitor-client privilege. Do not enter client information, transaction details, or anything you would not be comfortable making public.
A substitute for a licensed Ontario lawyer. For any actual transaction, dispute, or legal matter, you must retain a licensed Ontario lawyer. simplyclose itself offers retainer-based legal services and you can contact us through simplyclose.ca to discuss representation.
Guaranteed accurate, current, or complete. Ontario real estate law changes constantly through new statutes, regulations, OREA form revisions, RECO bulletins, FSRA rules, and court decisions. We do not warrant that the AI's training data, our knowledge base, or any output is up-to-date or error-free.
A tool for use in actual transactions. Outputs from simplyclause must not be used in any actual real estate transaction, contract negotiation, dispute, or legal matter without independent verification against primary sources and review by a licensed Ontario lawyer.
3. AI Can Hallucinate. Verify Everything.#
simplyclause uses generative artificial intelligence, which is probabilistic by design. It can produce responses that are inaccurate, incomplete, biased, or out-of-date. It can also produce hallucinations, meaning fabricated cases, statutes, regulations, OREA forms, or legal propositions that look authoritative but are not real.
This is not a hypothetical concern. A peer-reviewed study cited by the British Columbia Supreme Court in Zhang v. Chen, 2024 BCSC 285 found legal hallucination rates in widely-available large language models ranging from approximately 69% (ChatGPT 3.5) to 88% (Llama 2). Two recent Canadian decisions confirm the practical risk to legal professionals.
Zhang v. Chen, 2024 BCSC 285. BC counsel was ordered to pay costs personally for filing a notice of application that cited two cases hallucinated by ChatGPT.
Ko v. Li, 2025 ONSC 2766 (and follow-on orders 2025 ONSC 2965 and 2025 ONSC 6785). The Ontario Superior Court ordered counsel to show cause for contempt for filing an AI-generated factum with hallucinated citations, with subsequent orders addressing misleading statements made to the court about the AI use.
You are responsible for verifying every output from simplyclause before relying on it. Verify against primary sources, including e-Laws Ontario for legislation, CanLII for case law, your own OREA member account for current forms and clauses, and RECO bulletins for regulatory guidance.
4. Ontario Law Changes. Outputs May Be Stale.#
Our knowledge base and the underlying AI model are trained on materials current to a particular point in time. Real estate law in Ontario continues to evolve. Examples of changes that can render an output outdated include the following.
Amendments to the Land Transfer Tax Act, Construction Act, Condominium Act, 1998, Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002 (or its successor), or Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act, 2006.
OREA form revisions, including the standard Agreement of Purchase and Sale and schedules.
RECO regulatory guidance, advertising rules, or trust-account requirements.
Court decisions interpreting any of the above.
Federal changes affecting Ontario real estate, including HST and GST treatment, foreign-buyer rules, anti-money-laundering reporting, and lending regulation.
Always verify currency before relying on any output.
5. Your Acknowledgements and Assumption of Risk#
By using simplyclause you expressly acknowledge and agree to each of the following.
(a) You are a licensed professional using simplyclause for business and professional educational purposes, and you are not a consumer for the purposes of the Ontario Consumer Protection Act, 2002.
(b) You knowingly and voluntarily assume all risk of using simplyclause, including the risk of inaccuracy, incompleteness, currency, hallucination, downtime, data loss, and any other risk associated with AI-generated content.
(c) You will not rely on any output of simplyclause in any actual transaction, dispute, or matter without independent verification against primary sources and review by a licensed Ontario lawyer.
(d) Your use of simplyclause does not create a lawyer-client relationship, a prospective-client relationship, a fiduciary duty, or a tort duty of care between you and simplyclose or any of its lawyers.
(e) Anything you input into simplyclause is not confidential and is not privileged.
(f) simplyclose has no liability to you for any loss, damage, or harm arising from your use of simplyclause, except as required by applicable law that cannot be excluded. The complete liability framework is in section 10 of the Terms of Use.
6. Your Responsibilities#
You agree that you are solely responsible for the following.
Verification. Verify every output against primary sources before any use.
Professional advice. Consult a licensed Ontario lawyer before acting on any output in connection with any actual transaction or matter.
Compliance. Ensure your use of simplyclause complies with your professional obligations under RECO, the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002 (or successor legislation), the OREA Code of Ethics, the Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act, 2006, the Law Society of Ontario rules, and any other applicable laws and regulations.
Confidentiality. Do not enter client, transaction, or third-party personal information into simplyclause. Anything you submit is not confidential and is not privileged.
Honest use. Do not represent any output of simplyclause as legal advice from simplyclose. Do not present AI-generated content to clients, courts, regulators, or counterparties without disclosing that it is AI-generated and without independent verification.
7. Get a Real Lawyer#
For actual legal advice, retain a licensed Ontario lawyer. The following resources can help.
Law Society of Ontario Lawyer Referral Service at lso.ca or 1-855-947-5255. Provides a free 30-minute consultation with a licensed Ontario lawyer.
Law Society of Ontario "Find a Lawyer or Paralegal" at lso.ca. Searchable directory of all Ontario lawyers and paralegals in good standing.
JusticeNet at justicenet.ca. Reduced-fee referrals for individuals of modest income.
Pro Bono Ontario at probonoontario.org. Limited-scope free legal clinics for qualifying matters.
simplyclose Law Professional Corporation at simplyclose.ca. simplyclose offers retainer-based real estate legal services to clients across Ontario. Contact us through our main site to discuss representation.
8. Service Provided "As Is"#
simplyclause is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranty of any kind. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue simplyclause at any time without liability. Your use of simplyclause is governed by our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which together with this Disclaimer form a binding agreement between you and simplyclose Law Professional Corporation.
9. Acceptance#
By using simplyclause, you acknowledge that you have read this Disclaimer, that you understand it, and that you agree to it. If you do not agree, do not use simplyclause.
10. Contact#
Questions can be sent to:
simplyclose Law Professional Corporation 625 Erie Street East Windsor, Ontario N9A 3Y1 Email: christian@simplyclose.ca
This Disclaimer was last updated on May 2, 2026.