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If you decide to use us, we’d like to let you know what we can offer you and what we need in return to ensure your work is completed
to the time, quality, standards and any other requirements you might have.

Before asking us to carry out work on your behalf, please read these terms and conditions carefully; asking us to carry out work for you confirms your acceptance of these terms and conditions, unless prior written agreement exists between us that states otherwise.

simple terms and conditions for using Freelance Editing Services

terms and conditions between us and our customers

what you can expect from us:

we will complete your work to the deadline that we’ve agreed with you
we will follow any special instructions that you provide to us
we will carry out copy editing, proofreading or other services to the quality and standards laid out on this website
we will treat you and your work with professionalism, courtesy, honesty and integrity at all times
we will meet all of our commitments to you
we carry out all of our editing and proofreading to UK / British English spelling and grammar rules as standard; if you would like us to use US / American English instead, we’re happy to do so, please let us know

what we need from you

please let us know of any special instructions prior to us starting the work, including:

your deadlines
preferred formatting or styles
any special requirements

please submit your work to us by the time we have agreed with you; we may not be able to edit work that is submitted late
please only submit completed work that you don’t expect to make any further changes to; if you make further changes and need us to edit them, we may need to make an additional charge
please make payment to the terms agreed; if we’ve asked you to pay up front, we will start work once we have received your payment
if you have any questions about any aspects of your work or what we can do for you, please let us know

If you aren’t able to meet our terms above, it may prevent us completing the work, delay us returning it to you or may incur an additional charge.

‘a thousand words for free’ offer

For new clients, we will generally edit your first thousand words completely free of charge; in some cases we are not able to provide this service and will need to charge for the full piece of work (including the initial thousand words) in the following circumstances:

copy editing and proofreading for websites
copy editing and proofreading with a ‘same day’ turnaround
work that is charged by the hour (project work, consultancy and rewriting)
work that isn’t provided to us in a Word document format

We will always let you know if we aren’t able to provide this offer and will agree the revised price with you prior to starting the editing work.

payment and prices

our prices do vary from time to time, and for limited periods we may offer additional discounts on our rates for new and / or existing clients; the price that we quote is based on our current pricing at that moment in time and is the price that you agree to pay for us to edit your work
our fee for editing your work will be as stated to you from us, either via a quote from our website or through other contact with us; our prices are based on the number of words that we will edit and how quickly you need the work returned
quotes are valid for a period of seven days after you receive them via our website
the price for copy editing and proofreading also includes editorial support, advice and aftercare as part of the original, quoted fee
we make a 10% surcharge for editing work not supplied to us in a Word document format (e.g. PDF, spreadsheet, webpages)
for very small pieces of work we may make a minimum order charge of £10, at our discretion
if the number of words that we edit differs from the number stated in your quote, we will adjust our fee accordingly
once you have agreed we can carry out work on your behalf, you enter into a contract with Freelance Editing Services Ltd. This means that we will carry out services for you as listed on this site and that you will pay the amount agreed with us as follows:

for individuals, we will normally require full payment before starting work
in any case, full settlement of the invoice is due within 14 days of completion for individuals and 30 days of completion for businesses
for late payment, we may levy additional interest charges and fees at our discretion

aftercare and advice

our aftercare service means that we will re-edit parts of your work that you have directly changed as a result of our editing and comments and we will need you to highlight changes you have made before you return the work to us; aftercare is based on us re-editing a reasonable amount of work and is at our discretion. If there are likely to be any issues with this, we will contact you and explain them

comments and suggestions that we make in work edited by us are intended to provide advice and guidance to you. These comments are made on a ‘best endeavours’ basis based on our experience as editors. We recommend that any comments that may have a legal, medical, financial or other implication and any changes you make as a result are checked with a professional with expertise in those fields

although we do provide extensive editorial services, we make no claims to be able to do the following:

statements, information, instructions, facts, claims, conclusions and research: we don’t check the validity or veracity of information, instructions, statements, facts or conclusions reached in your work, your research, methodology, approach or claims
copyright and other legal issues: while we can sometimes offer advice on when you might want to seek advice on copyright or other legalities, we aren’t experts and strongly recommend any copyright or other questions be directed to a professional legal service or your publisher
references: while we will check the format and consistency of your references, we won’t read through referenced articles and documents to check their validity in supporting your work
theses and dissertations: we will not write or provide research to support writing theses and dissertations; we won’t paraphrase other articles for use in theses and dissertations; we cannot guarantee any particular mark or score as a result of using our services
although our editing will enhance your work, naturally we can’t make any specific guarantee of your acceptance for publication, marks received or other desired outcome
please note that this is not an exhaustive list - if you want to check if something is covered in our services (that isn’t specifically stated elsewhere on the site), please contact us

The client retains ownership, control and copyright over all documents submitted to Freelance Editing Services Ltd.

confidentiality

We will keep your details and the details of your work confidential and will not share them outside Freelance Editing Services; we may refer to feedback from you on the site as a testimonial, where we will only use initials or refer to your work in a general, non-identifiable manner. We may publish your name on the site if you provide express permission for us to be able to do so.

accuracy of client information

You are responsible for providing accurate personal information (name, address, phone number, email address) and payment details. Failure to provide accurate information could result in a refusal to provide service. You assume all responsibility for any problems, errors and issues, as well as legal liability, resulting from providing false information.

disclaimer of responsibility

Documents edited by us may include opinions or views that, unless expressly stated otherwise, are not those of this company or any person for whom we have accountability. We accept no responsibility for, and exclude all liability in connection with, the use of information derived from documents edited by us, including but not limited to any misleading or defamatory statements.

While we state that all work will be completed to a very high standard, we are unable to guarantee that a client's work will be completely
error-free. Freelance Editing Services Ltd cannot accept liability for damages of any kind, including lost revenues or profits, loss of business or loss of data in any way related to the services we provide or for any claim, loss or injury based on errors or omissions, interruptions, or any other inaccuracies appearing in this website or in documents that we have edited (including without limitation as a result of breach of any term of this agreement).

For academic work, although we are happy to look at marking guidelines and objectives when editing, you should still check the validity and factual veracity of your work with your tutor.

Freelance Editing Services Ltd is not liable or responsible for any damage to computer hardware or software arising from the distribution of a computer virus.

content of submitted or created materials

It is an offence to commit plagiarism or infringe copyright and Freelance Editing Services Ltd assumes no responsibility or liability for the infringement of third party copyright in the documents submitted by the client. Freelance Editing Services Ltd reserves the right to refuse to proofread and edit any documents that contain or make reference to activities that may be considered illegal, dangerous, unethical or immoral.

service quality and standards

Freelance Editing Services Ltd cannot be held responsible for delays that result from unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, however if we are likely to be prevented from meeting a deadline we have set with you, we will contact you as soon as possible to explain any delays and when we can reasonably expect to return the work to you.

refusal of services

Freelance Editing Services Ltd reserves the right to refuse service to any client or prospective client for any reason and without explanation.

modifications of terms and conditions

These terms and conditions may be modified, amended, reorganised, rewritten or revoked at any time, for any reason and without notice. Please ensure that you review our website and agree to the latest terms and conditions before asking us to complete work on your behalf.