As of 13 August 2026, AI cannot write a freelance contract for your UK client.

What to actually do

1. Hand it to a person

   The route this page recommends

   Someone with a licence or accountable authority has to sign this before it counts.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Do it yourself

   The distant third

   A chat interface gets you a draft, but you cannot verify it yourself. That is the catch.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open a blank document and write down the client’s legal name, business address, your trading details, the services, deliverables, exclusions and each agreed price.
   2. Gather the emails, proposal, statement of work and messages where you agreed deadlines, milestones, revisions, payment timing, intellectual property and cancellation terms.
   3. Paste the commercial details into the prompt, replacing every bracketed slot and leaving [MISSING INFORMATION] where the client has not agreed a term.
   4. Paste the resulting draft into your document and compare every name, deliverable, fee, VAT treatment, deadline, payment term and ownership term against the source agreement.
   5. Send the draft and the AI-generated unresolved-issues list to the client for factual confirmation, without presenting the draft as solicitor-approved.
   6. Ask a UK solicitor to review the final terms if the work involves substantial money, valuable intellectual property, personal data, exclusivity, significant liability or a dispute risk, then apply only changes you understand and agree.

   Prompt

   Draft a plain-English freelance services agreement for a freelancer providing services to a client in the UK.
   
   Use only the information supplied below. Do not invent facts, legal requirements, prices, dates or protections. If an important term is missing, insert [MISSING INFORMATION] and list the question I need to answer. Do not claim that the agreement is legally sound or suitable without review.
   
   Commercial details:
   - Freelancer name and business details: [DETAILS]
   - Client name and business details: [DETAILS]
   - Services and deliverables: [DETAILS]
   - Exclusions and client responsibilities: [DETAILS]
   - Start date and end date or ongoing arrangement: [DETAILS]
   - Milestones and delivery dates: [DETAILS]
   - Fees, currency and VAT treatment: [DETAILS]
   - Invoicing schedule and payment deadline: [DETAILS]
   - Late payment arrangements agreed with the client: [DETAILS]
   - Revisions, acceptance and sign-off process: [DETAILS]
   - Expenses: [DETAILS]
   - Intellectual property ownership and licence terms: [DETAILS]
   - Confidentiality and handling of personal data: [DETAILS]
   - Use of subcontractors: [DETAILS]
   - Cancellation and termination terms: [DETAILS]
   - Liability or insurance terms already agreed: [DETAILS]
   - Governing law and courts: [England and Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland, if known]
   
   Produce:
   1. A structured contract with numbered clauses.
   2. A short schedule of deliverables and fees.
   3. A list of every assumption and unresolved issue.
   4. A plain checklist of facts and clauses I must compare with the agreed deal before sending it to the client.
   5. A separate list of points a UK solicitor should review, especially intellectual property, liability, payment, termination, confidentiality, personal data and governing law.
   
   Keep the wording proportionate to a small freelance engagement. Do not include a signature block that implies either party has signed. Do not give legal advice.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.