Terms and Conditions Lawyers

Generic terms and conditions rarely hold up when a dispute happens, because they were never built around how your business trades. Our solicitors draft and review terms and conditions that reflect your real payment, delivery and liability position.

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terms and conditions drafted by solicitors in Manchester at MAR Legal

Why Template Terms Rarely Hold Up

Most businesses start with a template found online or copied from a competitor. The problem shows up when a customer disputes a payment, a delivery goes wrong, or a claim is made that exceeds what the business ever intended to be liable for, and the terms turn out not to say what everyone assumed they said. Whether you sell to other businesses, consumers, or both, the rules that apply and the risks that matter are different, and consumer law imposes requirements a B2B template will not meet. Our solicitors draft terms and conditions for Manchester and UK businesses that are built around how you trade, not a generic starting point.

How Our Terms and Conditions Lawyers Help Your Business

Whether you sell goods, provide services or trade online, our solicitors build terms around your actual business, not a generic form.

Business Terms and Conditions Drafting

We draft terms and conditions covering payment, delivery, liability and cancellation, built around how your specific business operates.

B2B Trading Terms

We draft trading terms for business-to-business supply and service relationships, covering credit terms, retention of title and dispute handling.

Website and Ecommerce Terms

We draft website terms of sale and terms of use for online businesses, covering consumer law requirements alongside your commercial position.

Subscription and Recurring Payment Terms

We draft terms for subscription and recurring payment models, covering renewal, cancellation and what happens when a payment fails.

Terms and Conditions Review

If your existing terms have not been reviewed in some time, we check them against current consumer law and flag gaps before they cause a problem.

Incorporation and Enforceability Advice

We advise on how to present and accept your terms correctly, at checkout, sign up or on a quote, so they are incorporated into the contract.

What This Means for You

Terms that reflect how your business operates.
Reduced exposure when a customer disputes payment or delivery.
Confidence that online terms meet current consumer law requirements.
Liability capped at a level you understand and accept.
Terms correctly presented so they are legally binding.

Contact Us for Terms and Conditions Support

At MAR Legal, generic terms rarely hold up when a dispute actually happens. Whether you’re trading B2B, selling to consumers, or both, we work directly with you to build terms around how your business really operates.

Get in touch today for a no obligation consultation, and let us help you trade with confidence.

When To Seek Advice

Before trading using terms you have not had reviewed.
Before launching a new website, subscription or online sales model.
If your terms have not been updated in over two years.
When a customer disputes what your terms say.
Before expanding into selling to consumers as well as businesses.

Meet the Founder

Marium brings 22 years of experience advising UK businesses on corporate, commercial, and dispute resolution matters. She founded MAR Legal to give businesses direct access to senior contract and commercial advice without the overhead of a traditional firm. Marium is an individually practicing Solicitor regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA ID: 277854) & MCiarb. You can verify her active professional credentials on the official Law Society Find a Solicitor Index.

Marium Razzaq
Solicitor & Director Mar Legal
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Why Choose MAR Legal for Terms and Conditions

Solicitor Led

Every set of terms is drafted or reviewed by our solicitors, built around your business.

Fast Turnaround

Quick straightforward guidance on liability, payment and consumer law, without unnecessary complexity.

Fixed Fee Pricing

Clear, fixed fee pricing agreed upfront, so there are no surprises on cost.

Commercial Focus

we draft terms and conditions for businesses across the UK.

Trusted by businesses across Manchester and the UK for clear, commercially minded terms and conditions.

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How Our Terms and Conditions Process Works

Initial Consultation

We discuss how your business trades and agree a fixed fee for the work.

Drafting or Review

Our solicitors draft new terms or review what you already have in place.

Consumer Law Check

Where relevant, we confirm your terms meet current consumer law requirements.

Sign Off

You receive final terms ready to use, with the key points explained clearly.

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Terms and Conditions FAQs

There is no general legal requirement to have written terms and conditions, but trading without them means the relationship is governed by whatever a court decides was agreed, often based on invoices, emails or conduct rather than a clear document. If you sell to consumers online, certain information must be provided before a contract is made regardless of whether you call it terms and conditions, so in practice most trading businesses need them.

Not usually, since the legal requirements and commercial risks differ significantly between the two. Website terms aimed at consumers need to reflect consumer protection law and how the contract is formed online, while B2B trading terms can be more heavily weighted toward protecting your business, covering things like credit terms and retention of title that would not apply to a consumer sale. If you sell through resellers rather than direct to end customers, a separate distribution agreement usually sits alongside your standard trading terms.

The terms need to be brought to the other party’s attention before the contract is made, not buried in a link nobody is likely to see or introduced after the order has already been placed. For online sales, this usually means requiring active acceptance at checkout. For B2B trading, referencing your terms clearly on quotes, orders and invoices, consistently, matters more than the wording of the terms themselves.

A well drafted limitation of liability clause sets a realistic cap on what you could be required to pay if something goes wrong, usually tied to the value of the contract, and excludes types of loss that would be disproportionate to what you are being paid, such as loss of profits or consequential losses. Some liabilities, such as death or personal injury caused by negligence, cannot be excluded under UK law regardless of what the clause says.

As a general guide, every one to two years, or sooner if your business model changes, such as launching a subscription option, starting to sell internationally, or moving from B2B only to also selling to consumers. Consumer law and online trading requirements also change periodically, so terms that were compliant when drafted can fall out of date without the business realising.

An unfair or unenforceable clause is typically simply disregarded, rather than making the whole contract void, which means you can be left without the protection you thought you had at exactly the point you needed it. This is particularly common with clauses that try to exclude too much liability or that were not properly brought to the customer’s attention before the contract was formed.

Business to business terms can exclude or limit liability more freely, since both parties are assumed to be negotiating on a more even footing. Business to consumer terms is subject to consumer protection law that restricts unfair terms, requires certain information to be given before a contract is made, and gives consumers rights that cannot be excluded by contract, regardless of what your terms say.

MAR Legal provides terms and conditions drafting, review and advisory support for UK businesses. Where a matter involves reserved legal activities or court proceedings, we work alongside appropriately regulated professionals to provide a compliant and joined up service.

Terms and Conditions Lawyers

Why Template Terms Rarely Hold Up