Purchase and sales agreements

This document is a purchase order with standard terms and conditions for the supply of goods and/or services. It has been drafted to protect the interests of the buyer (as opposed to the seller). It is not suitable for consumer sales; it is intended for use where both the purchaser and seller are businesses.

Use this document to assign the benefit (i.e. to transfer the benefit) of the rights you have under a contract. Most rights are capable of being assigned - for example, rights to benefits under insurance policies, rights to repayment of a loan, rights to purchase property and so on. However, it is important to note that you cannot assign any rights under a contract if the contract expressly prohibits that. For use in Scotland only.

A beneficial owner of property is the person that holds the 'real' value of it. This 'real' value of the property is called the Beneficial interest.

This means that, for example, the beneficial owner of a home has the right to live in and use it, and receive any income that might come from it. A beneficial owner of a bank account is the person entitled to the money in the account, whether or not the account is in their name.

Use this document to give away or sell your beneficial ownership to another person, several people or a corporation. You can use it for any kind of property: e.g. a house or flat, money held in a bank account, shares in a company, a painting, or a car.

Some situations where you might use an assignment, rather than a legal transfer, include:

• when a home is mortgaged and you need give the right to enjoy the benefits of the home to new beneficiaries, while avoiding the need to settle the mortgage;
• when joint owners want to use an assignment to share the income from property to be more tax efficient; or
• when planning for inheritance-tax.

You can only use this document if the property is held on trust. However, check that your beneficial interest is not held under either a protective trust or a discretionary trust - a beneficial interest can't be assigned under either of these.

Use this document to assign the benefit (i.e. to transfer the benefit) of the rights you have under a contract. Most rights are capable of being assigned - for example, rights to benefits under insurance policies, rights to repayment of a loan, rights to purchase property and so on. However, it is important to note that you cannot assign any rights under a contract if the contract expressly prohibits that.

If you need to terminate a contract you have made with a seller of goods because the seller has breached any term which is fundamental (or in Scotland 'material') to the contract, you can use this document to send notice to the seller that you are ending the contract. The breach must be so serious as to affect the very nature and performance of the contract itself. The document will allow you to seek compensation for your losses.

Use this document to create the notice required when a contract has been assigned. You must give notice to the other contracting party of the assignment. Without this notice, they are under no obligation to pay you (the person to whom the contract is assigned) and could continue to pay the person whom they first signed the contract with. You would not be able to claim any of the money.

Use this landscaping contract when entering into an agreement with a landscaping contractor to provide new landscaping work and/or maintenance services. The document provides for an option to incorporate the specifications and plans of the landscaping work into the agreement. It also provides for various options with regards to the parties, payment, hard or soft landscaping work, new landscaping work or landscaping maintenance work. This document is only for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In running your business, you probably receive and process other people's personal information. This could be as simple as taking customer contact details.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), you need to tell people about the information you hold, including how you'll use it and for what purpose. You also need to tell them about their privacy rights and how the law protects them. You can use this privacy notice to do this (it's sometimes also known as a privacy policy or privacy statement).

This privacy notice is designed for situations where you take someone's personal information in-person - e.g. in a shop, or when visiting a customer's home. It also includes a separate, short-form privacy notice (we'll explain how and when you might want to use this).

If you need a privacy notice for sales conducted online via a website, or if your website uses cookies or collects information in any other way, use our Privacy and cookie notice for a website instead.

Also, don't use this notice in relation to personal information about your current or prospective staff - use our Privacy notice for employers instead. We also have a Privacy notice for landlords.

Use this agreement when a band or individual performer is hired to perform at a party or other private or business function/event (e.g. weddings, birthdays, work events, etc).

It can be used by either the performer or the hirer, for single or multiple performances.

Areas covered include:

• Single or multiple performances
• Payment arrangements (including the performance fee, and options for a deposit, expenses, late payment interest and cancellation charges)
• Responsibility for performing rights licenses
• Whether video/audio recordings are allowed
• Rehearsal options
• Technical requirements and specifications
• Insurance and indemnity issues
• Whether facilities/refreshments must be provided

It's not suitable for a ticketed event where the performer requires a percentage of the ticket revenue.

Businesses sometimes find it necessary to appoint agents in order to expand while maintaining control over the expansion. The agent will negotiate and secure contracts for the principal business in return for a commission. This document creates an agreement regulating such a situation.

Use this document to create an agreement for selling goods to another trade party. This document cannot be used by anyone selling to consumers (i.e. persons not acting in the ordinary course of business). The agreement covers such issues as time for payment, consequences of non payment, rights of cancellation, etc. so that the terms and conditions of this agreement are clear.

This is a letter intended for use by an individual or business with standard conditions of sale or purchase, seeking to incorporate such standard conditions into all future sales to, or purchases from, the recipient of this letter. Please note that this document can only be used in England & Wales.

Use this document to create a distribution agreement where one business, typically a manufacturer, supplies goods to another for resale or onward supply. To use this document, the business supplying the goods must present the distributor with standard conditions of sale and a standard price list. The agreement will set out the obligations of the distributor and supplier and the terms under which they do business. This document is drafted in favour of the supplier and so may not be suitable if you are the distributor.

This document creates an agreement between a seller of goods and/or services and an introducer who will introduce the seller to a buyer (or buyers). The seller will then reward the introducer by means of a commission. The commission is calculated as a percentage of the net sale price (i.e. the amount the seller will receive from the buyer after costs have been deducted) on orders which the seller has accepted. Please note that this document can only be used in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

This document is for the sale of goods by a private individual (a person not acting in the course of business) to another private individual or a business. It is not suitable for use by a business. The agreement records the description, price and delivery method for the goods and whether full payment has been received for the item or a deposit has been paid. It contains options to include warranties (guarantees). It is suitable for use in the United Kingdom only.

If your business has a website, you'll probably use to it collect and store information from people who visit it, either by asking for it directly or by putting a cookie on their web browser.

Under UK data protection law, you need to tell people about the information you hold, including how you'll use it and for what purpose. You also need to tell them about their privacy rights and how the law protects them. You can use this privacy notice to do this (it's sometimes also known as a privacy policy or privacy statement).

If your website doesn't have anywhere for users to enter information and doesn't use cookies, then you don't need this document.

You should also use our 'Terms of use for a website', which govern use of your website generally. If you make sales (i.e. take payments) via your website, you may also need our 'Terms and conditions for selling consumer goods or services on a website'.

This document is designed to be used on a website that has the facility to take payments (i.e. a basket). It creates standard terms and conditions for the sale of goods and/or services to consumers from a website in the United Kingdom.

This document is not suitable if your business sells:

• financial, leisure, accommodation and transport or catering services
• digital content, except where it is provided on a 'tangible medium' such as a disc or memory stick
• goods and/or services to other businesses

In addition to these terms, you should also use our 'Privacy and cookie notice for a website'. You may also need our 'Terms of use for a website', which govern use of your website generally.

This document contains a set of terms and conditions that are suitable for a business that sells goods to other businesses. A large volume of sales business is done using standard terms and conditions of sale. These are commonly found on the other side of a seller's order form. It is very important to take the time to read the form in its entirety to ensure that it is appropriate for use in your individual situation. This document is suitable for goods sold by a business trading in the UK. Please note that you cannot use this document if you are selling goods to consumers.

Use this document to create the terms and conditions for the use of your website. It covers issues such as access, intellectual property and liability, with optional clauses regarding registration and posting reviews. It does not cover the sale of any goods or services via the website (i.e. through taking payments online).

This document is not suitable if access to the website is on a subscription basis, or if the website allows the uploading of content (other than reviews).

You should also use our 'Privacy and cookie notice for a website'. If you make sales (i.e. take payments) via your website, you may also need our 'Terms and conditions for selling consumer goods or services on a website'.