Cover Yourself From All Angles

[by Jenna Close]

If you have a multiple page contract, make sure you place a spot for the client’s initials at the bottom of each page.  This way you have a response to the excuse, “I didn’t see that part”.  I have found that this practice is particularly useful on the terms and conditions page.  It encourages the client not to gloss over the text (and not to dispute it after the fact).

Jenna Close and Jon Held run P2 Photography.  They shoot mainly for the alternative energy industry.  You can find Jenna at www.p2photography.net.

By Jenna Close | Posted: April 5th, 2011 | 1 comment


 

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  1. While it may seem to be a bit “overkill”, I have found it to be a big help to actually have an “initial here” spot after each key paragraph of my contracts, i.e., the payment-related areas, the “roles and responsibilities” areas and the time-sensitive parts. That way there’s no question that an important bit was seen.

    By John Wiley | Apr 11, 2011

     


 

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