The Contract Studio Guides
Welcome, reader
Find your book below for the documents it mentions, chapter by chapter.
Contracts for Small UK Businesses
The Plain-English Guide to Getting It in Writing
The document for each chapter
Chapter 1
Why handshake deals go wrong
Chapter 2
Terms of business when you sell to other businesses
Chapter 3
Selling to consumers
- Trading Terms generator →
- Coming soonWellness coaching terms pack (consumer terms with cancellation form)
Chapter 4
Scopes of work, and the death of scope creep
Chapter 5
Freelancers and contractors
Chapter 6
Hiring your first employee
Chapter 7
Senior hires and directors
Chapter 8
Staff data and privacy notices
Chapter 9
The staff handbook
Chapter 10
Discipline and grievances
Chapter 11
Flexible and hybrid working
Chapter 12
Co-founders and shareholders
Chapter 13
Getting paid, and when you really need a solicitor
You're a Director Now
What You've Signed Up For: A Plain-English Guide for UK Company Directors
Tools and help, chapter by chapter
Chapter 1
What a director is
Chapter 2
Getting appointed
Chapter 3
Running the board
Chapter 8
Conflicts
Chapter 9
Shareholder approval
Chapter 11
Personal liability
Chapter 12
Protecting yourself
Chapter 15
Leaving
Changes in the law since publication
The book states the law as at 16 October 2026.
No changes yet.
Add to Basket
What the Law Expects When You Sell Online
Every chapter of Add to Basket points to one tool: Trading Terms builds your terms of sale from your answers about what you sell, covering goods, services, digital downloads, streamed courses, subscriptions and mixed baskets, with the consumer cancellation clause, the model cancellation form and a key-points summary.
Trading Terms, chapter by chapter
Chapter 3
Before they press "buy"
Chapter 4
Your T&Cs
Chapter 9
The 14-day right to cancel
Chapter 10
Faulty goods
Chapter 11
Digital products
Chapter 12
Subscriptions
Prenup for Founders
The Plain-English Shareholders' Agreement Guide
Every chapter of Prenup for Founders points to the Founders & Shares pack.
The document for this book
Chapters 1–15
All chapters
Recommended reading
Taking on staff? Our friends at Electra HR have published a great book for small employers.
Employing People
What HR Won't Tell You: The Plain-English Guide for Small UK Employers
The whole life of an employee, from hiring to exits, with what HR will tell you set against what's actually true, and a checklist at the end of every chapter.
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