Terms and Conditions
The Terms and Conditions outlined below are intended to provide a clear understanding of the expectations placed upon both of us during our time working together. If you have any queries or concerns, you can contact me at any time for reassurance and confidence.
PLEASE NOTE: Payment of a booking deposit will be received as your acknowledgment that you have read and accepted the following terms and conditions and agree to be bound by them during our time working together.
These terms & conditions apply to any work done for the Client (you) by me (Anzhelika Li).
The Client is under no obligation to offer me work; neither am I under any obligation to accept work offered by the Client.
I will provide service(s) as mutually agreed, confirmed in writing by the Client.
The work will be carried out unsupervised at such times and places as determined by me, using my own equipment.
All work will be carried out by me. I will not outsource any work.
I confirm that I am self-employed, I am responsible for my own income tax and National Insurance contributions and will not claim benefits granted to the Client or the Client’s employees.
I am not VAT registered.
The Client will reimburse me for agreed reasonable expenses over and above usual expenses incurred in the process of editorial work.
The Client will pay me a fee per hour OR per manuscript page OR an agreed flat fee for the job.
The completed work will be delivered on or before the date agreed, for the agreed fee, which will be based on the description of the work required and the brief, both supplied by the Client.
If, however, on receipt of the item to be worked on or at an early stage, it becomes apparent that significantly more work is required than had been anticipated in the preliminary discussion/brief, I may renegotiate the fee and/or the deadline.
Similarly, if, during the term of my work, additional tasks are requested by the Client, I may renegotiate the fee and/or the deadline.
If the project is lengthy, I may invoice periodically for completed stages.
Any content created by me as part of the copy-editing/proofreading/project management process will become the copyright of the Client, unless otherwise agreed.
The nature and content of the work will be kept confidential and not made known to anyone other than the Client and its contractors without prior written permission.
I guarantee that any work that I subcontract on behalf of the Client will be completed to the same standard, schedule and budget and with the same conditions of confidentiality.
The Client agrees that some errors may still be present in the returned work, though these errors should not significantly impact the readability of the work.
Unless agreed otherwise at the outset, payment will be made within 30 days of receipt of my invoice.
I will not share the Client’s files with any third party, upload the Client’s files to any external website, or distribute the Client’s files by any means other than via email attachment between the Client and me, unless given permission to do so, in writing, by the Client.
Either the Client or I have the right to terminate a contract for services if there is a serious breach of its terms.
The Client agrees that any booking deposit paid for the work is non-refundable.
The Client agrees to pay at least 50% of the full agreed fee for the work if they decide to cancel under unreasonable circumstances before completion of the work, plus the reimbursement of any additional agreed expenses over and above usual expenses incurred in the process of editorial work.
If I have made a substantial contribution to the copy-editing/proofreading/project management of the work, I will be entitled to receive one free copy of the work.
I may use the Client’s name in my promotional material unless otherwise agreed.
This agreement is subject to the laws of Russia and both myself and the Client agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the Russian courts.