Freelancer-friendly terms of business for working with business clients – scope and statements of work, client responsibilities, changes, fees and deposits, invoicing and late payment, intellectual property and licences, confidentiality, data protection, liability caps, independence and termination.
Freelancers & contractors
Freelance Services Agreement (Business Clients)
About this document
Freelancers often start work on a quick email and end up chasing invoices or arguing about extra work. A clear services agreement sets out exactly what you will do, what the client must provide, how changes and extra work are charged, when you will be paid, who owns the work and how much you are liable for if something goes wrong. These terms are written from the freelancer’s side but are fair, so clients are likely to accept them.
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
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