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Freelance Contract for United Kingdom

Generate a freelance contract that complies with United Kingdom law, with 8 mandatory clauses and 6 compliance checks built in.

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What's required

  • IR35 Employment Status Declaration

    Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, Chapter 10, Part 2

  • Right to Substitute

  • Intellectual Property Assignment

    Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, ss.1, 77-89

  • Late Payment of Commercial Debts

    Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998

  • UK GDPR / Data Protection Act 2018 Compliance

    Data Protection Act 2018; UK GDPR (retained EU law)

  • Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 Exclusion

    Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

  • Governing Law and Jurisdiction

  • Electronic Signatures

    Electronic Communications Act 2000

What's prohibited

  • Exclusion of liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence

    Section 2(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 renders void any contract term that purports to exclude or restrict liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence.

  • Employment-indicative language (e.g., 'employee', 'salary', 'employer')

    Using employment-indicative language risks the engagement being classified as employment for tax purposes under IR35 (Chapter 10 ITEPA 2003) and for employment rights purposes (Ready Mixed Concrete v Minister of Pensions [1968]). Use 'contractor/client', 'fee', and 'engager' instead.

  • Exclusive service obligation preventing contractor from working for others

    An obligation to work exclusively for the client indicates employment status under the mutuality of obligation test. Genuine self-employed contractors must be free to work for other clients.

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