Victoria FergusonThe tip for today is: Make sure the scope of services and obligations is clear
🚨 Don’t use jargon which means that the scope is unclear. Be wary of using catch all wording and assuming that it will cover the supply of something specific.
🚨 If there are specific services or deliverables that will be supplied they should be fully described in the contract. Equally if there are excluded services then they should be specified too.
🚨 Read through the scope carefully and make sure you understand what you are signing up to.
🚨 If you’re the supplier, can you deliver everything that is in scope?
🚨If you’re the customer, is it clear that the agreed price covers the full scope that you need?
🚨In the recent High Court case of RMK Maritime (Europe) Ltd v CMB Tech NV there was doubt over whether “Other advisory related work…” covered all the services provided by RMK. The case confirmed the need for a clear scope of work and to document any changes to scope in a written variation.