Clause 8.1 · limitation of liability · live

You decide what counts as risk.

Same clause, same contract. Move their liability cap, or move your own red line, and watch both scores answer. Vern scores against you, never against a market average.

PLAYBOOK SCORE
12
Escalate Weak
WHAT THEIR CLAUSE SAYS · DRAG IT Uncapped
UNCAPPED
YOUR PLAYBOOK REQUIRES
Position L-04. Change it and every past review keeps the version it was scored against.
AS IT WOULD READ

"Neither party shall be liable to the other for any indirect or consequential loss howsoever arising, without limitation as to amount."

YOUR EXPOSURE
Unlimited
on a £48k engagement
WHY VERN SAYS WEAK

A blanket exclusion of indirect loss with no cap is the kind of term a UK court reads against whoever drafted it. It protects nobody.

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Client Terms of Business · Meridian Talent Ltd

Eighteen clauses.
Five worth your afternoon.

OVERALL
62 Negotiate
VERN
Caution
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8.1 Limitation of liability
FINDING

Liability for indirect and consequential losses is uncapped. Your playbook requires a cap at or below 2× annual fees. Vern rates the clause weak as drafted, a UK court would likely read the carve-out against the drafter.

IMPACT

Unlimited exposure on a £48k engagement; sits outside your £2m aggregate insurance cover.

SUGGESTED WORDING Playbook L-04 · accepted 78% of the time
"Each party’s total aggregate liability under this Agreement shall not exceed an amount equal to twice the fees paid or payable in the twelve months preceding the claim."
88 Accept
Playbook Score

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Strong
Vern Score

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Then you watch the numbers move.

Redline it from inside Word. Their version comes back as round three. Vern re-scores and shows you only the deltas.

ROUND 3 RE-SCORED · 4 CHANGES · 14 UNTOUCHED
8.1 LIABILITY
12 58
Capped at 2× after our redline
5.2 PAYMENT
54 31
They pushed it to 75 days
9.4 COVENANTS
41 41
Untouched
17.2 ASSIGNMENT
New clause
Appeared in round three
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