Next up in the “questions I get asked all the time” we have “Can you write my Terms & Conditions?”. Yes, I can also tile a bathroom, give reasonably good haircuts, and make Oat & Raisin cookies that will make us friends for life. Should I write your Terms & Conditions is the real question.
Terms and Conditions are legal documents that create a binding agreement between you and your customers (or website/app users). You provide the services or products, and they agree to the rules you set out about how they are provided.
You DO NOT need a lawyer to write legally enforceable Terms & Conditions. However, just like you might want to get someone with qualifications to check that bathroom I just tiled for you, you may wish to get the conditions checked over by someone with expert knowledge in the area.
My solution – I have templates of terms and conditions that I created with big professional lawyer types. They can be adapted to suit your business, and you can use freely knowing that they are tailored to your services, and that they are designed to be understood by your customers. It’s the best of both worlds.
Caveat – my templates are only suitable for business trading in the UK. If you are working with customers outside of UK law, then I can point you in the direction of the smart lawyer types to help you out with the laws of the countries you are dealing in.
So yes, yes I can write your terms & conditions – next question?
