Common use of Articles and Sections Clause in Contracts

Articles and Sections. The model has been structured in Articles and Sections rather than a list of paragraphs. There are several practical reasons for this. One reason is to encourage additional provisions to be clustered with similar provisions instead of adding them to the end where they may be missed in a quick review. Another reason is to avoid wherever possible cross-references to specific paragraphs. A common drafting error is to add or delete paragraphs and not check whether cross-references are still correct. This structure seeks to minimize the opportunities for that error to occur.