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Client care letters and data processing agreements, in your firm's wording. Each becomes a template, filled from the paperwork you already have, and approved by a person before it goes out.

The template, with the apprenticeship particulars table and its values highlighted
The apprenticeship agreement (england) as a template.

27 documents, one way of working

Each page shows what changes every time and the rules the document usually needs.

Apprenticeship agreement (England)

An apprenticeship agreement is the short statutory document an employer and apprentice in England sign at the start of an apprenticeship.

What changes each time
  • Apprentice name
  • Place of work
  • Apprenticeship standard, level and version
  • Start date of apprenticeship
  • End date of apprenticeship
  • Start date of practical period
  • and 3 more

Assignment agreement

An assignment agreement transfers ownership of assets, such as intellectual property, a domain name, a debt or the benefit of a contract, from one party to another for a price.

What changes each time
  • Date of the agreement
  • Assignor's full legal name, company number and registered office
  • Assignee's full legal name, company number and registered office
  • Effective date
  • Price
  • VAT, if applicable
  • and 11 more

Board meeting minutes

Board minutes are the written record of a meeting of a company's directors: who attended, whether the meeting was quorate, what was discussed and what was resolved.

What changes each time
  • Company and number
  • Place, date and start time
  • Directors present
  • Others in attendance
  • Apologies
  • Quorum
  • and 7 more

Board minutes declaring a dividend

Board minutes declaring a dividend are the written record that a company's directors met and decided to pay an interim dividend.

What changes each time
  • Company's full name
  • Company number
  • Registered office address
  • Date of the meeting
  • Time
  • Place of the meeting
  • and 16 more

Capability meeting letter

A capability meeting letter invites an employee to a formal meeting about their performance, after informal attempts to deal with it have not worked.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Date of the informal meeting
  • and 13 more

Client care letter

A client care letter is the letter a solicitor sends when taking on a new matter, confirming the instructions, who will do the work, the charges and the terms on which the firm acts.

What changes each time
  • Firm name
  • Firm address
  • Client's full name
  • Client's address
  • Matter reference
  • Short description of the matter
  • and 13 more

Contract variation agreement

A variation agreement records an agreed change to an existing contract, signed by every party, so the contract and the change can be read together.

What changes each time
  • Each party's full legal name
  • Company or individual
  • Registered office or address
  • Short name
  • Third party joining
  • Original contract
  • and 9 more

Data sharing agreement

A data sharing agreement records the terms on which two organisations that each decide how personal data is used share that data with each other: why, what, how it is protected and when it is deleted.

What changes each time
  • Date of the agreement
  • Party A's full legal name, company number, registered office and ICO registration number
  • Party B's full legal name, company number, registered office and ICO registration number
  • Further parties, if any
  • Purpose of the sharing
  • Expected benefit
  • and 21 more

Disengagement letter

A disengagement letter tells a client that an accountant will no longer act for them, either because the firm is resigning or because the client has ended the engagement.

What changes each time
  • Firm's name
  • Firm's address and email
  • Client's name, or contact name and company
  • Client's address
  • Client's first name
  • Services we are acting for you in
  • and 14 more

Employer reference letter

An employer reference letter answers a request for a reference about a current or former employee, either as a factual reference or as a full one.

What changes each time
  • Who asked
  • Date of the request
  • Type of reference
  • Full name
  • Dates of employment
  • Job titles
  • and 10 more

Fixed-term employment contract

A fixed-term employment contract is the written statement of particulars for someone employed for a set period, such as maternity cover or a seasonal role.

What changes each time
  • Employee name
  • Employer name
  • Job title
  • Employment start date
  • How the fixed term ends
  • Why the post is fixed term
  • and 10 more

Grievance meeting invitation letter

A grievance meeting invitation letter invites an employee who has raised a formal grievance to a meeting to discuss it.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Date of the grievance
  • and 9 more

Grievance outcome letter

A grievance outcome letter tells an employee the decision on their formal grievance, point by point, and explains how to appeal.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Date of the written grievance
  • and 13 more

Introducer (referral) agreement

An introducer agreement sets out the terms on which a person or business passes prospective clients to another business in return for a commission.

What changes each time
  • Business's full legal name
  • Introducer's full legal name
  • Company number
  • Address
  • Description of the business's services
  • Email address for introductions
  • and 8 more

Job offer letter

A job offer letter tells the successful candidate they have the job, with the salary, start date and type of post.

What changes each time
  • Candidate's full name
  • Candidate's first name
  • Candidate's address
  • Job title
  • Annual salary
  • Start date
  • and 8 more

Loan agreement

A loan agreement sets out the terms on which a lender lends money to a company or LLP: the amount, the purpose, interest, how and when it is repaid, and what happens on default.

What changes each time
  • Lender
  • Borrower company and registered number
  • Registered office
  • Who signs for each party
  • Amount
  • Purpose
  • and 14 more

Partnership agreement

A partnership agreement sets out how a general partnership in England and Wales is owned and run: each partner's capital and profit share, drawings, decisions, and what happens when a partner leaves or the partnership ends.

What changes each time
  • Business and firm name
  • Start date
  • Main place of business
  • Partners, addresses, capital and shares
  • Capital deadline
  • Interest on capital
  • and 11 more

Pay rise letter

A pay rise letter tells an employee in writing that their pay is going up, by how much and from when.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Reason for the rise
  • and 13 more

Personal guarantee

A personal guarantee is a written promise by an individual, often a company director, to pay a business's debts to a creditor if the business does not.

What changes each time
  • Date of the guarantee
  • Guarantor's full name and home address
  • Creditor's full legal name, company number and address
  • Customer's full legal name, company number or address
  • Guarantor's relationship to the customer
  • Credit being given
  • and 12 more

Probation extension letter

A probation extension letter tells a new employee that their probation period will be longer than planned, and sets out what they need to achieve in the extra time.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Name of manager
  • and 13 more

Probation review outcome letter

A probation review outcome letter tells a new employee the result of their probation review: that they have passed, or that they have not and their employment will end with notice.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Name of manager
  • and 16 more

Secondment agreement

A secondment agreement sets out the terms on which an employee is lent by their employer to work for another organisation for a fixed time or project.

What changes each time
  • Date of the agreement
  • Employer's full legal name
  • Host organisation's full legal name
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's home address
  • Role at the host
  • and 15 more

Shareholders' agreement

A shareholders' agreement sets out how a private limited company will be run and how its shares can be issued, sold or bought back, alongside the company's articles.

What changes each time
  • Company
  • Each shareholder and their short name
  • Issued shares
  • One row per shareholder in Schedule 1
  • Maximum directors
  • Shareholding to appoint a director
  • and 13 more

Variation of contract letter

A variation of contract letter confirms in writing a change to an employee's terms that the employer and employee have already agreed, such as new hours, a new place of work or a new job title.

What changes each time
  • Employer's full name
  • Employer's address
  • Employee's full name
  • Employee's address
  • Employee's first name
  • Name of the person met
  • and 13 more

Without prejudice offer letter

A without prejudice offer letter makes an offer to settle a dispute that cannot be shown to the court as an admission.

What changes each time
  • Sender and recipient
  • Heading
  • What the dispute is about
  • Correspondence it refers to
  • Your position, in a sentence or two
  • Who pays and how much
  • and 3 more

Written resolution

A written resolution lets the members of a private limited company pass a decision on paper, without holding a meeting.

What changes each time
  • Company number
  • Company type: limited by shares or guarantee
  • Company's full legal name
  • Circulation date
  • Type of each resolution: ordinary or special
  • Text of each resolution
  • and 7 more

How it works for a law firm

  1. 1

    Upload the version you send today

    A Word or PDF file. DocuWeave finds the names, dates, amounts and lists that change, and keeps your wording.

  2. 2

    Check it and publish

    Answer its questions, set the rules in plain English, publish version 1. Old documents never change.

  3. 3

    Make each one from the paperwork

    Drop in the instruction email, the ID, the file note. It fills what it finds, shows the source, and asks only about the rest.

Your clients' data stays yours.

  • Paperwork read on your device

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  • A record of every approval

    Who approved each document, when, and exactly what.

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