These livery agreements include variants for full livery, where training and additional services might be offered, and for DIY livery, where the client is expected to have hands-on involvement in the case of the horse. All documents are in plain English and can be either presented to a client as your “terms and conditions” or signed like a formal legal document. They are drawn by a life time horse owner so include matters you may not expect a lawyer to know!
This comprehensive contract is suitable for any professional yard.
The document can be presented to the horse owner as terms and conditions on a “take it or leave it” basis or it can form the basis of individual arrangements. It allows for different packages of services: full and partial.
Although it is written to protect your interests as strongly as possible, we have considered what your clients will think when you send it to them. We use wording that will not worry them that they have to see a solicitor before they sign.
We provide for everything you might want in the agreement with your clients and give you strong legal protection. The document covers:
The disclaimers also include cover for a situation where you are asked to ride a client’s horse.
As well as setting out the contractual terms, you can also use the document to explain how the yard works and to set down your practical rules and expectations.