Would you pay to have a set of T & Cs drawn up by a lawyer?

[Masood]

If so, how much?

 

[Masood]

Just putting feelers out. I asked the lawyers who work for FSB members and they said a set of bespoke Terms & Conditions for our trade would cost around £1500 + VAT.

This would include things like deposits, transfer of ownership of goods, late payment penalties, limitation of liability, no consequential loss, etc etc. All the carp we deal with on a day to day basis.

I would be more than happy to use any lawyer that someone could recommend personally - I haven't used these guys before, it was just an initial enquiry. The only law firm I have personal experience of is the ones who did my divorce. Very, very good but pricey.

Not sure how it would work if we did get enough people together to fund this. Maybe set up a bank account specifically to deal with this, and nominate some trustees? And once the document had been drawn up, email it to those who contributed to avoid freeloading?

Open to discussion and suggestions - any and all ideas welcome.

 

[Riley]

It's a good shout Mas and I'm interested would we be able to doctor these once drawn up ie take the bits to suit our work type

 

[Masood]

It's a good shout Mas and I'm interested would we be able to doctor these once drawn up ie take the bits to suit our work type

That's all open to discussion mate! If we do get enough interest, then it's up to us to instruct the lawyers as to what we want - so whatever tweaks or personalisation people want, we could ask for. Bear in mind though, that the more different versions we request, the more it'll cost.

I can't imagine there would be a great deal of difference in our needs? We all cover roughly the same kind of work?

 

[mfgs]

I would happily get involved in this. I would be willing to pay up to £100. The difficult bit will be trying to get all those involved to be happy with whatever is proposed.

 

[Masood]

The difficult bit will be trying to get all those involved to be happy with whatever is proposed.

The old saying about ask 10 plumbers the same question, you'll get 11 answers back...

 

[gassafe]

Surely we could just stroll the great World Wide Web of plumbers internet pages & find a suitable t&c's... It's then a copy & paste job, it ain't like his stuff has not been written before & it's all openly available due to the nature of the info!

 

[dave1]

Surely we could just stroll the great World Wide Web of plumbers internet pages & find a suitable t&c's... It's then a copy & paste job, it ain't like his stuff has not been written before & it's all openly available due to the nature of the info!

I've often thought this and thoughts what's the problem in doing that. You'd just want to make sure whatever t & c you have are law binding.

Saying that I'd be interested.

 

[hammers4spanner]

Surely we could just stroll the great World Wide Web of plumbers internet pages & find a suitable t&c's... It's then a copy & paste job, it ain't like his stuff has not been written before & it's all openly available due to the nature of the info!

That's basically what I did for mine

 

[dave1]

That's basically what I did for mine

What's your website hammers? [emoji6]

 

[Masood]

Surely we could just stroll the great World Wide Web of plumbers internet pages & find a suitable t&c's... It's then a copy & paste job, it ain't like his stuff has not been written before & it's all openly available due to the nature of the info!

My main concern about doing that is how do you know the person you're copying off didn't do the same? And what if the original set were written by someone who didn't really know the law?

 

[Howsie]

I wouldn't mainly because mine have evolved to be, not war and peace, but tight enough. Happy to share.

 

[Masood]

I wouldn't mainly because mine have evolved to be, not war and peace, but tight enough. Happy to share.

You also have two rather impressive enforcers. And thirteen trainees!!!

 

[SimonG]

I'm a no. My t and c's are like a living organism they evolve with time.

 

[WaterTight]

I would but it won't be applicable to me as I do almost exclusively small jobs and I don't fancy saying 'sign here, initial here and once more here and your inlet valve is as good as your's.'

Good idea though