Description
Most wedding suppliers are working from an agreement they downloaded, inherited or adapted from someone else’s business, in another country, several years ago. It looks fine right up until the moment it matters: a postponement, a supplier who does not turn up, a couple who want to cancel, an image dispute, an unpaid final balance.
This checklist does not try to be your lawyer. It makes your lawyer cheaper and far more useful, by turning a vague worry into a marked-up list of decisions before you sit down with them.
Inside you will find:
- A preparation page covering your entity, jurisdiction, insurance and the situations that worry you
- Parties and basics — who is contracting, who pays, who decides
- Scope and deliverables, including what is not included and how extra requests are handled
- Money and payment — instalments, late payment, travel costs and third-party supplier money
- Cancellation, postponement and events beyond either party’s control
- Liability, insurance and safety, with the questions your insurer needs to answer
- Images, privacy and data, including what happens to files after the wedding
- Conduct, complaints, dispute process and governing law
- A plain-language test for the covering note you send with every agreement
- A printable question log and review record for your lawyer meeting
It is written for wedding planners, stylists, florists, celebrants, photographers and anyone who signs couples directly, at any stage of business.
After working through it, you stop guessing. You know which parts of your agreement you can explain out loud, which parts you copied without understanding, and exactly what to ask a qualified professional in your own country.
Nothing here is legal advice, and there is no clause wording to copy — that is deliberate, and it is what makes it safe to use.
What’s inside
- Lawyer meeting preparation page
- Parties, scope and deliverables checks
- Money, instalments and late payment questions
- Cancellation, postponement and force majeure
- Liability, insurance and safety questions
- Images, privacy and data checks
- Disputes, conduct and governing law
- Printable question log and review record
