Your son or daughter needs some help with their schoolwork and you've gone out and found them a tutor. You've agreed a price per hour and all you have to do is pay the tutor at the end of each lesson. Maybe that's how simple it should be but sometimes it isn't. However, with a small amount of forethought and no legal knowledge, you can produce a tuition contract that will cover all the bits of the arrangement which otherwise would have been the dreaded 'moot point' that can bog down any subsequent legal proceeding.First rule is to forget any legalese you may have heard - keep the English plain and simple. If things ever got 'difficult' (and I've been there on a number of occasions), the clearer and simpler it is the better. Judges generally are unimpressed by legal text and will want to cut to the original intent - so give it to them.Here are 6 simple steps to writing your first tuition contract.Step 1 - Identify the parties and list the details. Put the name, address and contact details of both student and tutor, the location of the lesson and its frequency. Briefly describe the subject and ...
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WRITING A TUITION CONTRACT
