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[mivas]

Hey, from what i can tell im not sure if i have the right contracts as there are so many websites out there which say i need different contracts and/or more contracts than i use.

Currently the contracts which i use are:

Terms and Conditions Contract Agreement
Confidentiality Agreement Contract
Standard Contract Agreement

To me this seems ok but i'd rather be safe than sorry - legally. I understand that different contracts are needed for different business types. Any help on this would be appreciated.

Also, what contracts do you use?

Thanks
Regards, Carl

[Peter]

Hi Carl, around here you'll find most of us use a booking form which must be signed before any work commences, and that has your T's & C's with it.

Basically if you have a look through the old posts on here you'll find the answers to loads of questions like this. At the end of the day everyone has their own opinion - we are all running our own businesses and can do pretty much as we like.

I currently have a booking form, with the T's & C's, and a confidentiality agreement, but as things progress I might need more, retainer contract, etc, all of which has been mentioned previously.
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[caroline]

Erm - subcontract? Basically contracts no matter how good they are are difficult to enforce and act more as a deterrant than anything else. If someone really wants to screw you over they will, which is why more than anything else, listen to what your spider senses tell you!

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[mivas]

thanks for the advice :)

[Sally@Stonetext]

Sounds fine to me. I usually send them secure pdf so they can't change any details.
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[mivas]

Thanks, all my worries over. 8)

[Sally@Stonetext]

Just combine the whole lot into one - make life easy for yourself. This wayyou and client only have to sign one document, not 3.
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[mivas]

[quote="Sally@Stonetext"]Just combine the whole lot into one - make life easy for yourself. This wayyou and client only have to sign one document, not 3.[/quote]

Thanks, however this would make the contract very long with what i have, but i suppose not many people actualy take time to read the contracts fully anyway.

[Sally@Stonetext]

How many pages are you talking about?
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[mivas]

its come to 8 1/2 pages combined

[Sally@Stonetext]

Not sure what the others feel but I reckon that's way too much. You will put off some clients using that many pages.

If I combined my contract & T&Cs (which includes times, rates, outline of job and confidentiality clause) comes to 3 pages max.
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[mivas]

ohk ill try to scale this down,

Thanks again