This is a sophisticated template consultant terms and conditions document, which may be adapted either to balance the interests of the parties or to favour the interests of one party over the other.

The template may be used in relation to the provision of business, management, IT and other consultancy services, where the specific terms agreed between the parties will be referenced in another document (e.g. a proposal).

In addition to the clauses in the "standard" version of the consultant terms and conditions, the "premium" version includes: provisions on interpretation, a simple acceptance procedure, hourly-rate charging, variation of charges, more sophisticated IPR provisions allowing for third party rights, customer materials, moral rights and partial assignments/licences, more comprehensive limitations of liability, indemnities, mutual (rather than unilateral) confidentiality provisions, data protection provision, non-solicitation clauses, notices clauses, and more detailed boilerplate clauses.

The template T&Cs contain the following provisions:

> Definitions and interpretation
> Engagement
> Duties of the Consultant
> Acceptance
> Charges
> Intellectual Property Rights
> Warranties
> Indemnities
> Limitations and exclusions of liability
> Termination
> Effects of termination
> Confidentiality and publicity
> Data protection
> Status of consultant
> Non-solicitation
> Notices
> General

This template is 20 pages long (including the cover page), and is supplied in Word (.doc) format for easy editing.

You can view a sample version of this consultant T&Cs template, containing the first few pages only, here:

Sample Consultancy Terms and Conditions (premium).