Key provisions of this template
The key provisions of this basic document – and the key questions answered by this document – are as follows.
- Services – What services are to be provided? What standard must the services meet?
- Deliverables – What must be delivered to the client? What feedback is required from the client? To what extent is the
consultant committed to an agreed timetable for delivery? What warranties are given in relation to deliverables? - Licence – On what basis may the client use the deliverables?
- Charges and payments – What must be paid, when, and how? What happens in the event of non-payment?
- Warranties – What general assurances do the parties give to each other?
- Liabilities – What exclusions and limitations of liability may protect the parties?
- Termination – In what circumstances will the agreement come to an end?
- Status of consultant – Confirmation that the consultant is not intended to be an employee.
- Subcontracting – Can the consultant subcontract?
Alternative consultancy contract documents
We publish and maintain a range of other consultancy-related legal documents.
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| Consultancy agreement (basic) | A short consultancy services contract in traditional form. |  |
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| Consultancy agreement (standard) | An extended version of the basic consultancy agreement, with various optional clauses. | |
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| Consultancy agreement (premium) | A detailed consultancy agreement, with many options. | |
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In addition to these agreement-style documents, we also have a selection of T&Cs-style documents.
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| Consultancy T&Cs (basic) | A T&Cs-style version of our basic consultancy agreement, with a skeleton statement of work for the parties to sign. |
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| Consultancy T&Cs (standard) | The standard version of our consultancy T&Cs. | |
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| Consultancy T&Cs (premium) | The premium version of our consultancy T&Cs. | |
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I needed a general consulting agreement, and it looks like this will fit the bill. Thanks.
It is the first time that I will sign a consultancy contract for the food and beverage industry. Will this document be suitable?
This is a generic consultancy agreement, and hasn’t been designed with any issues that are specific to this industry in mind. Templates are tools, and always need to be adapted to take account of the particular circumstances in which they are used.