Getting an AI-drafted subscription terms checked

Subscription terms produced with an AI drafting tool are built around US automatic renewal statutes: a 'clear and conspicuous' consent, a cancellation 'in the same medium', and a refund policy that stops at the state line. In England and Wales the renewal and cancellation terms are judged under the unfair terms rules and the subscription contract rules being introduced, the first payment carries a cancellation right that digital content can only lose with the consumer's express consent, and business subscribers are governed by a different test. I review the terms against English law and the subscription concerned, and return them 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

Businesses in England and Wales selling recurring subscriptions to consumers or businesses, from a subscription box or a content library to a software plan, using terms drafted with an AI tool as their standard subscription agreement.

What the review checks in AI-drafted subscription terms

The subscription contract rules

Part 4 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 is introducing rules for consumer subscription contracts on the information given before the contract, reminder notices before renewal and before a free or discounted period ends, a cancellation process that is not more difficult than signing up, and cooling-off rights, and the Consumer Rights Act 2015 already treats an unclear renewal as unfair under Schedule 2. The review drafts the renewal, reminder and cancellation terms to those requirements and removes US consent and 'same medium' language that does not map onto them.

The first payment and the right to cancel

A subscription bought at a distance carries a fourteen-day cancellation right under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013; for digital content the right is lost only where the consumer expressly consents to immediate supply and acknowledges losing it under regulation 37, and for goods it runs from delivery of the first box. The review drafts the consent the checkout must capture and says what is refunded for a cancellation in the period.

Digital content, goods and what is promised

Digital content must be of satisfactory quality, fit for purpose and as described under section 34 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, with remedies of repair or replacement and a price reduction, and goods carry the goods rights. The review checks that the description of the subscription matches what is delivered, that content that changes over time is described as such, and that the trader's right to withdraw content or change the service is limited and gives the subscriber a way out.

Price changes, failed payments and suspension

The review provides for price changes on notice before the next renewal with the subscriber free to cancel first, for retries and suspension on failed payment, for what happens to access and content on suspension, and removes the AI draft's right to change the price 'at any time by posting the new price', which is unfair against a consumer and unclear against a business.

Business subscribers and the different test

Where the subscriber is a business, the consumer rules do not apply and the terms are judged under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 where they are the trader's standard terms, so the review drafts a separate business section: renewal on notice, a minimum term the business can commit to, a liability cap that is reasonable, and interest on late payment under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, keeping the consumer and business provisions apart rather than applying one set to both.

Refunds, termination and the boilerplate

The review checks the refund policy for part periods on cancellation, the trader's right to terminate for breach and on closure of the service with a refund of prepaid fees, the licence of content under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the handling of subscriber data and marketing consent under the UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and the boilerplate, replacing a US state's law and courts with English law and jurisdiction.

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 says subscribers consent to automatic renewal by clicking. Is that enough in the UK?

It is part of it. The renewal must be clear before the contract, the subscriber must be reminded before renewal under the rules being introduced, and cancellation must be no harder than joining. The review drafts all three.

Can we refuse a refund once the subscriber has accessed the content?

For the first payment, only if the checkout captured the subscriber's express consent to immediate supply and acknowledgement of losing the right to cancel. After that, the refund policy in the terms applies, and it has to be fair.

Our subscribers are businesses. Do the consumer rules matter?

Not for those subscribers, but the terms are still judged for reasonableness where they are your standard terms. The review drafts a business section and keeps it separate from the consumer provisions.

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 subscription box business
• Getting AI-drafted SaaS terms checked

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.