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name: import-legal-risk-assessment-zacharie-laik
description: Use when migrating the Zacharie Laik legal risk-assessment methodology into the mini-claude-for-legal format. This import adapter preserves the Laik practitioner framework — structured risk identification, qualitative scoring, and mitigation sequencing — mapping it into the standard skill model with MENA and civil-law jurisdictional context. Triggers when importing a risk-assessment skill attributed to or modelled on the Laik approach.
license: MIT
metadata:
id: import.legal-risk-assessment-zacharie-laik
category: import
jurisdictions: [FR, LB, UAE, EU, multi]
priority: P3
intent: [import, legal-risk, risk-assessment, migration, practitioner-methodology]
related: [import-legal-risk-assessment-anthropic, import-contract-review-anthropic, import-statute-analysis-rafal-fryc, review-legal-risk-generic]
source: Louis — HAQQ Legal AI (github.com/sboghossian/mini-claude-for-legal)
version: "1.0"

Import: Legal Risk Assessment (Zacharie Laik)

What it does

This import adapter migrates a legal risk-assessment skill modelled on the Zacharie Laik practitioner methodology into the mini-claude-for-legal standard format. Laik's approach is practitioner-sourced and emphasises structured qualitative analysis over checkbox scoring — each risk is characterised by its legal basis, the factual trigger, and a concrete mitigation path, rather than a simple numeric score.

The adapter is distinct from the generic Anthropic risk-assessment import (import-legal-risk-assessment-anthropic) in that it preserves the practitioner-voice framing: risks are described as a lawyer would advise a client, with the reasoning chain visible.

Import config

Field	Source mapping	Default if absent
risk_framework	Legacy framework field	Laik qualitative model
issue_description_style	Legacy style	practitioner_narrative
legal_basis_required	Legacy cite_law boolean	true
mitigation_required	Legacy mitigation boolean	true
severity_scale	Legacy severity	HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW
output_schema	Legacy format	issue_sheet per risk
jurisdiction	Legacy jurisdiction	FR (Laik's primary jurisdiction)
language	Legacy lang	fr

Dry-run preview

IMPORT PREVIEW — legal-risk-assessment-zacharie-laik
Source shape     : Practitioner risk-assessment (Laik methodology)
Framework        : Qualitative narrative per issue
Issue style      : practitioner_narrative (legal basis + factual trigger + mitigation)
Language         : French (default — override if needed)
Jurisdiction     : FR (civil law; override for MENA deployments)
Output           : issue_sheet per identified risk
Mitigation       : required for each issue

Laik methodology (post-import skill structure)

The Laik risk-assessment model produces one issue sheet per identified risk:

ISSUE #N: [Short title]

Legal basis    : [Statute, article, or principle creating the risk]
Factual trigger: [The specific clause, fact pattern, or omission that activates risk]
Risk category  : [Contract / Regulatory / Litigation / IP / Data / Employment / Corporate]
Severity       : HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW
Likelihood     : HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW
Risk level     : [Matrix output]
Mitigation     : [Concrete remediation step — specific clause wording, process change,
                  or escalation path]
Residual risk  : [Risk remaining after mitigation — if any]

This structure ensures that every identified risk has a navigable reasoning chain rather than a bare score, which is more useful for legal advice memos and board presentations.

Civil-law specifics (FR / Lebanon / UAE onshore)

The Laik methodology was developed primarily for French civil-law contexts and translates naturally to Lebanon (French-inspired civil code) and UAE/KSA onshore (also civil-code jurisdictions). Key differences the post-import skill surfaces:

• Good faith obligation (Art 1104 French Civil Code; Lebanese Code of Obligations Art 221): contracts must be negotiated, formed, and performed in good faith; risk analysis should flag provisions that could be characterised as bad-faith or abusive.
• Unfair terms (Art L212-1 French Consumer Code; DIFC Consumer Protection regime): asymmetric indemnity or limitation clauses may be struck as unfair in B2C contexts.
• Causa / objet (French and Lebanese law): void contracts where the cause is unlawful; flag KSA Shariah non-compliance as equivalent cause-invalidating issue.
• Mandatory provisions (ordre public): labour-law mandatory provisions in France; federal labour law mandatory provisions in UAE; ensure contract does not contract out.

Output schema (post-import)

The skill produces:

1. Executive summary: overall risk profile (1–2 paragraphs, practitioner voice)
2. Issue sheets: one per identified risk (structure above)
3. Priority matrix: table of all issues sorted by risk level
4. Next steps: ordered action list (legal review, renegotiation, escalation)

Failure modes

Error	Likely cause	Resolution
language_conflict	Source in French; deployment context English	Set language: en override; preserve legal precision in translation
legal_basis_missing	Legacy omitted citations	Flag each issue as basis: unverified; prompt user to add
civil_law_mismatch	Deployed in DIFC/ADGM common-law context	Add jurisdiction-override flag; note common-law equivalents
issue_sheets_empty	Source had no identified issues	Re-run with full document context; check extraction quality

Related skills

• [[import-legal-risk-assessment-anthropic]]
• [[import-contract-review-anthropic]]
• [[import-statute-analysis-rafal-fryc]]
• [[review-legal-risk-generic]]
• [[review-contract-generic]]