Legal New Year’s Resolutions You Might Actually Keep

Legal New Year’s Resolutions You Might Actually Keep / (We Know You’ll Break Some — Let’s Plan for That)

Every January we swear:

• “This is the year I’ll get organised.”

• “This is the year I’ll read my contracts.”

• “This is the year nothing legal will surprise me.”

Bold goals. And then… the inbox fights back.

So this year, we’re doing it differently.

So instead of pretending we’ll fix everything at once, we’re spreading the legal admin pain across the year — one manageable focus area at a time.

Here are your Top Legal Resolutions for 2026, and exactly when we’ll be tackling each one.

1. “I will stop hoping POPI magically doesn’t apply to me”

Spoiler: it does.Even if you’re “small”, “just on WhatsApp”, or “only emailing clients”.

📅 February – Social Media, POPI & Data Privacy We’ll unpack how marketing, social media, client data and privacy actually intersect — and where people get caught out.

2. “I’ll finally review my will”

If your will predates your kids, your business, or your last serious life change… it’s time.

📅 April – Estate Planning & Deceased EstatesWe’ll cover wills, estates, executors and why “I’ll get to it” usually means someone else inherits the admin nightmare.

3. “Estate planning is more than just a will (apparently)”

Correct. It includes trusts, business interests, assets, liabilities and beneficiaries — all needing to work together.

📅 April – Estate Planning & Deceased Estates

4. “I should probably know where my contracts are”

If your contracts live in inboxes, WhatsApp threads or vague memory, this one’s for you.

📅 October – Contracts & Why They Matter We’ll focus on what to review, what to fix, and what’s quietly risky.

5. “We’ll review contracts before something goes wrong”

Revolutionary, we know.

Client agreements, supplier contracts and employment contracts age badly when ignored.

📅 October – Contracts & Why They Matter 

6. “We should take procurement more seriously”

Procurement isn’t just about price — it’s about risk.

📅 June – Supplier Vetting & Credit Checks We’ll explain why credit checks matter and how poor supplier choices become legal problems.

7. “We’ll learn from procurement mistakes without making our own”

Growth, but cheaper.

📅 June – Supplier Vetting & Credit Checks

8. “Company compliance should not be a once-a-year panic”

CIPC, annual returns, record-keeping — boring until it’s urgent.

📅 August – Company Compliance & CIPCWe’ll talk about what needs doing, when, and why deadlines matter.

9. “We’ll stop pretending social media is informal”

Posts, comments and WhatsApp groups can all create legal exposure.

📅 February – Social Media, POPI & Data Privacy Yes, even that “quick post”.

10. “We’ll ask questions earlier this year”

Because the cheapest advice is usually the advice you get before the problem escalates.

📅 All yearWe promise not to judge. 

Coming up next:📅 February – Social Media, POPI & Data Privacy Where marketing, data and legal risk collide — with fewer buzzwords and more common sense.

Where digital enthusiasm meets legal reality.