Company T&Cs cost
Discussion
dfen5 said:
Terms & Conditions - what's a typical cost to get a solicitor to create them.
Sorry, I didn't understand what you wanted in your OP.For my own company T&C, I looked at the various T&C of other companies in my line of work and I simply copied the ones that I though were appropriate. I didn't get a lawyer to go trough it but I've never had any serious problems with clients that warranted referral to the T&C's anyway.
This is one of these where you'll pay and unless you are specific in what you want, you'll get something generic.
If the solicitor is just going to use a common template, then you may as well just use a common template.
However, if the solicitor is going to take the time to understand how your business works, and then tailor the template to you, and then explain what your terms mean, then that's not too bad.
The worst thing - which I see a lot is where a sole trader or small company gets pages of T&Cs that their customers won't be bothered to read, and, actually, the company owner doesn't really know what they mean either.
I had this with our wedding flowers with a small florist. We ordered them, and in return I got an email with their T&Cs linked. Their T&Cs in haughty-haughty legal speak actually meant that if they didn't deliver our flowers to the wedding venue until after the wedding that we'd still have to pay.
They had no idea...
My personal preference is simple, plain English, as concise as possible so that if there is ever a dispute the customer can actually understand the terms straight away.
If you are supplying car parts and servicing, remember that there are some particular issues that it's worth being very clear on, for example, what happens should a customer not pay, and/or leave a car with you.
If the solicitor is just going to use a common template, then you may as well just use a common template.
However, if the solicitor is going to take the time to understand how your business works, and then tailor the template to you, and then explain what your terms mean, then that's not too bad.
The worst thing - which I see a lot is where a sole trader or small company gets pages of T&Cs that their customers won't be bothered to read, and, actually, the company owner doesn't really know what they mean either.
I had this with our wedding flowers with a small florist. We ordered them, and in return I got an email with their T&Cs linked. Their T&Cs in haughty-haughty legal speak actually meant that if they didn't deliver our flowers to the wedding venue until after the wedding that we'd still have to pay.
They had no idea...
My personal preference is simple, plain English, as concise as possible so that if there is ever a dispute the customer can actually understand the terms straight away.
If you are supplying car parts and servicing, remember that there are some particular issues that it's worth being very clear on, for example, what happens should a customer not pay, and/or leave a car with you.
Edited by JustinP1 on Wednesday 23 September 14:54
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