LawDepot’s Performance Contract questionnaire prompts you to customise a cancellation policy to suit your needs. First, specify a deadline by which the performer can cancel the performance without penalty as long as they provide written notice.
Then, choose a different date by which the client can cancel the performance by and still receive a refund on their deposit. After this date, the client will no longer receive their deposit back if they cancel.
You are also required to pick the final day that the client can cancel the performance. The client can cancel the performance with written notice before this date but will lose the deposit. After this date, the client has to pay the performer the full payment.
For example, if your event is on 30 March, you may state in the contract that you, the client, can cancel the performance by 1 March and still get your deposit back from the performer. You may also say that you have until 15 March to cancel the performance, but the performer will keep the deposit. Then, you pick a deadline for the cancellation of the event by the client, such as 20 March. If you cancel your event on 25 March, you will be required to pay the performer in full.