Terms & Conditions

Governing law and jurisdiction

This agreement and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. Each of us irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with this agreement, its subject matter or formation.

Impact of events beyond your or our reasonable control (force majeure)

Neither you nor we (the affected party) shall be in breach of this agreement or otherwise liable for any failure or delay in performing their obligations if such delay or failure results from events, circumstances or causes beyond the affected party’s reasonable control. The time for performance of such obligations shall be extended accordingly. If the period of delay or non-performance continues for 12 weeks, the party not affected may end this agreement by giving 14 days’ written notice to the affected party.

We can transfer our rights and obligations under this agreement

We may at any time transfer (such term to include assign, mortgage, charge, subcontract, delegate, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with) any or all of our rights and obligations under this agreement.

How we and you must protect each other’s confidential information

Neither you nor we (the recipient) shall at any time during the term of this agreement, and for a period of three years after it ends (for whatever reason) disclose to any person any confidential information concerning the business, assets, affairs, customers, clients or sellers of the other (the discloser), except:

• To the recipient’s employees, officers, representatives, contractors, subcontractors or advisers who need to know such information for the purposes of exercising the recipient’s rights or carrying out its obligations under or in connection with this agreement. The recipient shall ensure that its employees, officers, representatives, contractors, subcontractors or advisers to whom it discloses the discloser’s confidential information comply with this clause.
• As may be required by law, a court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental or regulatory authority.

The recipient shall not use the discloser’s confidential information for any purpose other than to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under or in connection with this agreement.

Neither we nor you are bound by anything said but not included here

This agreement (comprising these terms and the policies referred to in them) constitutes the entire agreement between you and us in relation to our services. Both you and we acknowledge that in entering into this agreement neither of us relies on any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in this agreement. Both you and we agree that neither of us shall have any claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation based on any statement in this agreement.

Informal changes to this agreement are not valid

Except for changes made as described in How we make changes to these terms, no variation of this agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by you and us.

You and we can only waive our rights under this agreement in writing

A waiver of any right or remedy is only effective if given in writing. A delay or failure to exercise, or the single or partial exercise of, any right or remedy shall not waive that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.

Invalidity of part of this agreement does not affect the rest of it

If any provision or part-provision of this agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed deleted, but that shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of this agreement.

Only you and we have rights under this agreement

This agreement does not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this agreement. Neither you nor we require the consent of any other person to rescind or vary this agreement.