Freelance Contract Template

This template provides general information and is not legal advice. Laws and contractual requirements vary by jurisdiction. Clauses marked with a placeholder depend on where you are and should be completed with wording appropriate to that place, or reviewed by a qualified adviser.

1. Parties

The Client

{{CLIENT_NAME}}, {{CLIENT_ADDRESS}}

The Contractor

{{FREELANCER_NAME}} trading as {{FREELANCER_BUSINESS}}, {{FREELANCER_ADDRESS}}

Agreement date

{{AGREEMENT_DATE}}

Project

{{PROJECT_NAME}}

2. Services and scope

The Contractor will provide the services described in the Scope of Work titled “{{SOW_REFERENCE}}”, dated {{SOW_DATE}}, which forms part of this agreement.

Where this agreement and the Scope of Work conflict on a commercial term, this agreement applies. Where they conflict on what is to be built, the Scope of Work applies.

3. Term

This agreement begins on {{START_DATE}} and continues until the services are complete and paid for, or until it is ended under clause 8 or clause 9.

4. Fees and payment

Total fee

{{PROJECT_PRICE}}

Pricing basis

{{PRICING_TYPE}}

Deposit

{{DEPOSIT_PERCENT}}, payable before work begins

Payment schedule

{{PAYMENT_SCHEDULE}}

Payment terms

Within {{PAYMENT_DUE_DAYS}} days of the invoice date

Currency

{{CURRENCY}}

• •Work begins once the deposit has been received.
• •{{LATE_PAYMENT_TERMS}}
• •Where an invoice is more than {{SUSPENSION_DAYS}} days overdue, the Contractor may suspend work until the account is settled, and dates move accordingly.
• •Fees are exclusive of any applicable sales tax or VAT, which is added where required.

Complete {{LATE_PAYMENT_TERMS}} with the interest or charge permitted where you operate, or delete the line.

5. Expenses

The Client reimburses expenses agreed in advance and necessary for the work — third-party licences, stock media, travel and similar. Expenses are invoiced at cost with receipts unless agreed otherwise. Expenses below {{EXPENSE_THRESHOLD}} do not require advance approval.

6. Revisions and changes to scope

The fee includes {{REVISION_ROUNDS}} rounds of revisions per deliverable. A round is one consolidated set of feedback and the changes made in response.

A request that changes the agreed deliverables, quantity, complexity or timeline is evaluated for additional time, cost and delivery impact before work begins, and proceeds only once approved in writing by both parties.

7. Schedule and delays

• •Dates in the Scope of Work assume the Client supplies materials, access, feedback and approvals when they are due.
• •Where the Client is late, affected dates move by at least the length of the delay, and the revised dates are confirmed in writing.
• •Where the Contractor is delayed by something outside their control, they will tell the Client as soon as they know and propose revised dates.

8. Cancellation

• •If the Client cancels the project, the deposit is not refundable.
• •All work completed or in progress up to the cancellation date is payable at the agreed rates.
• •Where the project is cancelled after a milestone has begun, that milestone is payable in full.
• •The Contractor delivers the work produced to that point once the final invoice is paid.

9. Termination

• •Either party may end this agreement by giving {{TERMINATION_NOTICE_DAYS}} days’ written notice.
• •Either party may end it immediately if the other materially breaches it and does not put the breach right within {{CURE_DAYS}} days of being asked to.
• •On termination, clause 8 applies to work completed to that date.
• •Clauses 10 to 13 continue to apply after this agreement ends.

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