Getting an AI-drafted statement of work checked

A statement of work produced with an AI drafting tool describes a project in confident general terms: objectives, deliverables, a timeline and a fee. What it may not do is fix the scope tightly enough for a fixed fee to hold, state the assumptions the fee depends on, set an acceptance test, or fit the master agreement it sits under, and it may restate liability, intellectual property and termination terms that the master agreement already contains, differently. I review the statement of work against the master agreement and the project, and return it marked up with tracked changes, a clean copy and a written explanation of the changes, for a fixed fee of £495 in three working days.

Who this is for

Suppliers of consultancy, software development, design, implementation and professional services in England and Wales that have drafted a statement of work, work order or project proposal using an AI tool, under their own master agreement or a customer's, and want it checked and corrected before it is signed. The review is of the client's own document.

What the review checks in an AI-drafted statement of work

The fit with the master agreement

The review reads the statement of work against the master agreement it is made under, checks that it uses the master agreement's defined terms, refers to it correctly, and does not restate liability, intellectual property, confidentiality, data or termination provisions in different words, since an AI draft may reproduce a generic set of those clauses and create a conflict the precedence clause has to resolve. It removes what the master agreement already covers and keeps the statement of work to the project.

Scope, assumptions and exclusions

A fixed fee holds only if the scope is fixed, and an AI draft's scope is written to describe the project rather than to bound it. The review drafts the services and deliverables so that a reader can say whether a request is in or out, lists the assumptions the fee depends on (client resources, access, data, decisions by dates, the number of iterations), states the exclusions, and removes phrases such as 'including but not limited to' and 'as required to meet the client's objectives' that make the scope open.

Deliverables, acceptance and the standard of the work

The review defines each deliverable, its format and its acceptance criteria, sets an acceptance period after which the deliverable is deemed accepted, limits the rounds of rejection, and provides that use in production is acceptance. The standard of the services is reasonable care and skill under section 13 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 unless the statement of work raises it, and the review checks that the AI draft has not turned an obligation of skill into a guarantee of the customer's outcome.

Fees, milestones, expenses and change control

The review checks the fee basis, fixed price tied to milestones the supplier controls or time and materials with a rate card and an estimate, the invoicing schedule, expenses, and the interest that runs under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, and checks that the statement of work refers to the master agreement's change control procedure rather than inventing one. It also checks that a payment on signature is provided for where the supplier commits resources before the first milestone.

The customer's dependencies and the timetable

The customer's own tasks, supplying content, data, access, approvals and decisions, are conditions of the supplier's performance, and an AI draft may list them as assumptions without consequence. The review makes each a dependency with a date, provides that a missed dependency extends the timetable and entitles the supplier to charge for delay and rework, and states that dates are estimates unless the master agreement makes time of the essence.

Intellectual property, personnel and status

Where the master agreement's intellectual property clause assigns deliverables, the statement of work should identify which deliverables are client-specific and which are the supplier's reusable materials, since an assignment must be in writing under section 90 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the schedule is where the line is drawn. The review also checks any named personnel and replacement provisions, and, where the supplier is an individual working through a company, that the description of the work supports self-employed status and deals with the off-payroll working rules in Chapter 10 of Part 2 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.

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

Our AI-drafted SOW repeats the liability clause from the MSA in different words. Which applies?

Whichever the precedence clause says, and if the two conflict the answer may be unclear. The review removes from the statement of work the provisions the master agreement already contains and keeps it to the project.

The scope says we will deliver 'a fully functional platform meeting the client's requirements'. Is that a problem?

For a fixed fee, yes: it makes every requirement the client raises part of the fee and turns an obligation of skill into a guarantee. The review drafts the scope by reference to a specification, lists assumptions and exclusions, and adds change control for anything outside them.

Can the SOW change the payment terms in the MSA?

Only if the precedence clause allows it and the statement of work identifies the clause it varies. The review checks the precedence clause and, where the parties intend different payment terms for a project, drafts the variation expressly.

Related guidance and services

• Review of an AI-drafted contract, £495, the service this page describes
• Consultancy and contractor agreements, £595
• Getting an AI-drafted master services agreement checked
• Reviewing a statement of work from a client

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.