FreelanXNotice to end a contractor agreement
A courteous notice that ends a contractor agreement under its notice clause and settles payment, work product, access and data.
From: [Client] · To: [Contractor] · Date: [date] · Agreement: [title, date]
Dear [Name],
In accordance with clause [14.1] of the agreement, we give you [number] days' notice of termination. The agreement ends on [date] (the "End Date").
- Work until the End Date. Please complete [milestone / deliverables] by the End Date. [Alternatively: please stop work on [date]; we will pay a fair proportion of the milestone in progress for work delivered.]
- Payment. We will approve the milestones delivered in accordance with the statement of work. On FreelanX, milestones are approved or disputed within 5 business days of submission.
- Work product. Please deliver all work product, including work in progress, source files and documentation, by the End Date. As provided in clause [7], it belongs to [Client].
- Access and data. Your access to our systems will end on [date]. Please return or delete our confidential information and personal data and confirm it in writing by [date].
- Continuing obligations. Confidentiality and the other clauses that survive termination remain in force.
Thank you for your work.
[Name, title]
Step by step
- 1Check the notice clause and any minimum period in the agreement.
- 2Send the notice in the form the agreement requires (email, platform message, letter).
- 3Follow the offboarding checklist for access and data.
Watch-outs
What changes from one country to another, with the legal source.
For an economically dependent contractor (TRADE), termination without just cause can give rise to compensation.
Ley 20/2007, art. 15For long, economically dependent freelancers, notice periods of BGB § 621 may apply to service contracts.
BGB § 621Abruptly ending an established commercial relationship without written notice of sufficient length engages liability.
Code de commerce L442-1, IILegal references checked on 15 Oct 2026. Rules change: check the source before you rely on it.
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This template is for information and does not constitute legal advice; adapt it to your situation and local law.
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On FreelanX missions, the contract is created from the brief and signed online, payments are held by FreelanX and released per approved milestone, and invoices are issued automatically. Templates help for work agreed elsewhere, or to prepare a conversation.