Getting an AI-drafted membership terms checked

Membership terms produced with an AI drafting tool provide for automatic renewal 'unless cancelled in writing thirty days before the renewal date', a minimum term with the balance 'immediately due' on cancellation, and a waiver of liability for injury on the premises. In England and Wales a consumer's membership is governed by the unfair terms rules, the cancellation rights for distance and off-premises contracts, and the subscription contract rules being introduced, and liability for injury caused by negligence cannot be excluded. I go through the terms against English law and the kind of membership being sold and send back a tracked mark-up, a clean copy and a written explanation of what changed. Fixed fee £495, delivered in three working days.

Who this is for

Gyms, fitness studios, sports and social clubs, networking groups, subscription communities and membership organisations in England and Wales using membership terms drafted with an AI tool for consumer members, and business membership bodies whose members join for their businesses.

What the review checks in AI-drafted membership terms

Minimum terms, renewal and the unfair terms rules

A term that automatically extends a fixed-term membership unless the member objects by a deadline unreasonably early, or that binds the member for a minimum term with no way out when circumstances change, may be unfair under Schedule 2 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and unenforceable. The review sets a minimum term that is proportionate, a renewal that the member is reminded of, and an exit for relocation, illness and redundancy that the member can use.

Cancellation and the subscription contract rules

A membership bought online or by phone carries a fourteen-day cancellation right under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, with a proportionate charge for use in that period if the member asked to start straight away, and Part 4 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 is introducing rules for subscription contracts on pre-contract information, reminders and cancellation. The review drafts a cancellation route no harder than joining and the notices the rules require.

Fees, price changes and payment

The review checks the joining fee, the monthly or annual fee, when it is taken, how price changes are made (notice, the member's right to cancel before the change takes effect), failed payments and suspension, and, where fees are paid over time for a fixed-term membership, whether the arrangement is credit within the Consumer Credit Act 1974, which some fixed-term memberships paid by instalments can be unless exempt.

Freezing, suspension and closure

The review provides for freezing a membership for illness, injury, pregnancy or travel, the member's rights if the premises close or the services change materially (a refund or a right to cancel), and the operator's right to change opening hours, classes and facilities within limits, because an AI draft gives the operator an unlimited right to vary and the member none, which is the kind of imbalance the unfair terms rules address.

Conduct, expulsion and other members

The review sets the rules of conduct, the process for complaints and for suspending or ending a membership for breach, what is refunded on expulsion, and the position on guests, children and personal trainers using the premises, drafted so that the operator's discretion is exercised reasonably and the member is told why.

Liability, health and the boilerplate

The operator owes members the common duty of care under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 and cannot exclude liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence, so the review replaces the AI draft's waiver with a clause that limits liability for property and other losses as far as the law allows, requires members to complete a health declaration and use equipment as instructed, covers member data and CCTV under the UK GDPR, and substitutes English law and the courts of England and Wales for the US state the draft names.

What it costs

Review of an AI-drafted contract, £495. One contract, returned as a marked-up Word document with my amendments as tracked changes, a clean version with the changes accepted, and a written explanation of the changes. Three working days from payment.

Buying online forms the engagement on payment. The scope is what the review of an ai-drafted contract page describes, you accept the Terms of Service at checkout, and I email you within four working hours to get started. If you would rather ask something first, email me.

What you get

• Your own Word document returned with every amendment I consider necessary shown as a tracked change, so you can see exactly what I changed and accept or reject each one
• A clean version with every change accepted, ready to send
• Corrections to anything that is wrong as a matter of English law, unenforceable as drafted, or internally inconsistent
• Missing provisions added where the document has left a gap that matters: usually liability, termination, payment, intellectual property or data
• Comments in the margin where a clause is a commercial choice rather than a legal one, so the decision stays yours
• A written explanation of what I have changed and why, by email or as an attachment if it is lengthy, with anything you should think about before sending it out
• Follow-up questions on the mark-up answered by email, included

What is not included

• A full rewrite. This is a review and amendment of your document, not a replacement for it. If the draft is structurally unsuitable for the deal, I will say so and quote separately for drafting it properly
• A second round of amendments after you have changed the document again, which I can quote for
• Negotiating with the other side
• Advice on the law of any jurisdiction other than England and Wales
• Tax, accounting or regulatory advice
• Reviewing a document the other side drafted, which is the contract review service, at the same price

Questions I am often asked

The draft makes the whole minimum term payable if the member cancels. Is that enforceable?

Against a consumer, a term requiring the balance in full regardless of circumstances is likely to be unfair. The review drafts a minimum term the operator can justify and exits for the situations the unfair terms guidance expects.

Can members waive liability for injury at the gym?

Not for injury caused by the operator's negligence. The review drafts a clause that limits other liability within the law and puts the member's own responsibility for their health and use of equipment in enforceable terms.

Do the new subscription rules apply to our memberships?

Where members are consumers on a renewing contract, the rules under the 2024 Act apply as they come into force, with requirements on information, reminders and cancellation. The review drafts to those requirements now rather than waiting to be caught by them.

Related guidance and services

• Review of an AI-drafted contract, £495, the service this page describes
• Terms and conditions drafting, £995
• Terms and conditions for a membership site
• Terms and conditions for a business networking group

This page is general guidance for businesses in England and Wales, not advice on your own circumstances. Last reviewed: September 2026. Email geoffrey@caesar.co.uk.