For UK consultants
Define the engagement, the fees and the boundaries. A UK consultant agreement covering deliverables, IP, confidentiality and status.
Who it's for
Clear engagement terms without a 40-page legal document.
Reusable terms across clients with per-project scopes.
Day rates, notice periods and expenses handled properly.
What's in the contract
Drafted in plain English by AI, jurisdiction-aware, editable line-by-line. No legalese unless you want it.
The advisory work in scope and the outputs expected.
Day rate or fixed fee, invoicing cycle and approved expenses.
Substitution, control and mutuality wording relevant to IR35.
Protection of client data both during and after the engagement.
Ownership of reports and deliverables, with a licence to reuse methodology.
How competing engagements are declared and managed.
Exposure limited to a multiple of fees, excluding fraud.
Notice periods and payment for work in progress.
How it works
Tell SigningVault who's involved and what you're agreeing. The AI drafts the right contract with the right clauses.
Edit any line, swap clauses, change jurisdiction. Add signature fields with a click.
Recipients get a private signing link by email. They sign in-browser — no account, no app. You both get the sealed PDF.
A consultant contract is a business-to-business services agreement, not an employment contract. The written terms should reflect genuine independence: the right of substitution, control over how the work is done, and no obligation to offer or accept further work.
Signatures captured on SigningVault are Simple Electronic Signatures under the Electronic Communications Act 2000 and the UK eIDAS Regulation. Every signature is stored with the signer's name, email, IP address and a UTC timestamp in a tamper-evident audit trail, so the agreement stands up if it is ever challenged.
FAQ
A consultant is engaged to deliver an outcome, controls how the work is done, and can usually substitute another qualified person. Employment involves personal service, control and mutuality of obligation.
It includes working practices wording that supports an outside-IR35 position, but the written contract must match reality and the end client makes the status determination for medium and large businesses.
Yes. The template caps liability at a multiple of fees paid, excluding death, personal injury and fraud, which cannot be excluded under UK law.
Yes — the IP clause assigns deliverables to the client while reserving your background IP and methodology.
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No credit card. No templates to wade through. Just describe the agreement and SigningVault writes it.