Net Lawman website design and development agreements provide both practical and legal provisions that should make client and project management easier.
Each document provides a flexible framework that allows either side to draw terms that fit their precise requirements.
This is a comprehensive agreement for writing or editing a technologically simple website.
It is suitable whether the work involves customised coding or simpler configuration of third party content management systems or add-ons.
The client may be based in any country.
You can use this document as your standard contract, or you can use it as the basis for a negotiated contract for each client.
The document covers all areas of most frequent misunderstanding, including:
This is a comprehensive agreement, suitable for any software house to reuse with clients in any country.
It will protect you from many legal pitfalls and provide you with a thorough framework for the legal relationship and the progress of the work.
You may use this document as your standard contract that all clients must accept, or you may vary the terms on a client by client basis as you negotiate details.
The document covers all stages of website development, from graphic design to testing. It does not cover on-going hosting provision, or services such as marketing.
The customer approves the work in stages and pays for additional work on an agreed basis.
Some of the more important matters covered in this agreement include:
This is a contract for a prospective client of a developer to have a new website written or to order substantial software work - a comprehensive framework you can use to negotiate with your contractor.
This contract has been drawn to give you, the client, greater legal protection rather than the developer.
It is suitable for both the writing of a complex web site where work needs to be performed to time, specification and budget, and for a small works where you need a single contractor for a short time.
It addresses the problems that may arise between you and your development, including those relating to approval of work, payment and changes to the specification.
Talk to us about developing a websiteWe are happy to answer any questions you have. Arrange for us to call you.
If the document isn’t right for your circumstances for any reason, just tell us and we’ll refund you in full immediately.
We avoid legal terminology unless necessary. Plain English makes our documents easy to understand, easy to edit and more likely to be accepted.
You don’t need legal knowledge to use our documents. We explain what to edit and how in the guidance notes included at the end of the document.
Email us with questions about editing your document. Use our Lawyer Assist service if you’d like our legal team to check your document will do as you intend.
Our documents comply with the latest relevant law. Our lawyers regularly review how new law affects each document in our library.
The relationship between technical professional firms on the one hand and their clients on the other hand, is a gigantic source of frustration, misunderstanding and conflict.
The government is renowned for getting it wrong, but we hear less about the thousands of small businesses who fail to get their contract right.
We do not have a magic wand, but we offer here contracts that cover the main bases for coding or website development work, whether you are a developer or a client, and whether the project is simple or substantial.
Each of these contracts will undoubtedly prompt you to think through what each side wants from your proposed deal.
These are not technical contracts – we require you to add the specification precisely and clearly, using technical terms. However, they provide the legal framework that gives you protection and reduces the likelihood of problems down the line.
Web technologies and development methods change so frequently that it is highly unlikely a client will be able to communicate exactly what he requires. Conflict is caused primarily by a knowledge gap between the technical professional and the client. By focusing on the specification of work – making sure both sides know exactly what is required and how it will be delivered – the possibility for conflict should be reduced.
Of note, our contracts cover:
Each of these documents will protect you from many legal pitfalls at the same time as it will provide a thorough framework for the legal relationship and the progress of the work.
As for all Net Lawman documents, extensive drafting notes explain even more.
