Practical legal advice for setting up, structuring and protecting your self-employed work — including business structure, contracts, terms of business, compliance, client procedures, payment protection and dispute prevention.
Legal support for practical self-employed work
Self-employed work in construction, transport and cleaning often involves more than just doing the job. You may need clear terms, payment protection, client procedures, compliance documents and a proper structure for how the work is delivered.
We help self-employed people, contractors and small service providers put the right legal foundations in place — reducing the risk of unpaid invoices, disputes, unclear responsibilities and costly legal problems.
We support self-employed people, contractors and small service providers in sectors including:
Construction | Transport and delivery | Cleaning services
Disputes, Negotiation, ADR and Proceedings
Construction and trades
For builders, subcontractors, labourers, electricians, plumbers, decorators, roofers and maintenance contractors.
✓ Subcontractor agreements
✓ Quotations and staged payments
✓ CIS and payment deductions
✓ Defect complaints and variations
✓ Site procedures and dispute support
Transport and delivery
For couriers, delivery drivers, van drivers, owner-drivers, logistics subcontractors and removal drivers.
✓ Service agreements
✓ Vehicle and insurance responsibility
✓ Delivery liability and damaged goods
✓ Payment terms and deductions
✓ Route, platform and client disputes
Cleaning services
For domestic cleaners, commercial cleaners, office cleaners, end-of-tenancy cleaners and facilities contractors.
✓ Client terms and cancellation rules
✓ Access, keys and property procedures
✓ Damage complaints and evidence
✓ Payment terms and unpaid invoices
✓ Staff, subcontractor and GDPR basics