These terms and conditions apply to the sale and purchase of all services and the supply of information from Lawspeed Limited (Lawspeed) to the party (the Applicant) requesting the services or information.If the Applicant is an individual, not a business, then the Applicant should not use the online order form and must contact Lawspeed to arrange an order through other means.

The request of an order or for information from Lawspeed by the use of an electronic form generated by an Applicant from this website shall be deemed to be acceptance by the Applicant of these terms and conditions and that the order is placed on behalf of a business.

These terms and conditions may not be varied without the written consent of a director of Lawspeed. In the event that Lawspeed has previously issued any terms to the Applicant, such previous terms shall continue to apply in addition to the following terms.

IMPORTANT NOTE Lawspeed retains the copyright in any material supplied by it whether electronically or otherwise. You must not reproduce or copy any or part of such material to any third party for any purpose other than as may be required by process of law without the prior written consent of Lawspeed signed by a Director of Lawspeed. Please see para 9.

1. All requests for services will be processed as quickly as time permits. Subject to demand such processing would normally be completed within the period indicated in the service requested, unless otherwise indicated or unless part of the process requires non electronic procedures (e.g. completion of paper forms, postal delivery). Whilst Lawspeed will use all reasonable endeavours to process any request promptly it cannot accept liability arising from delay.
2. Unless otherwise agreed by Lawspeed by email or other electronic means or in writing, or unless necessitated by circumstances, all responses given and the supply of services will be delivered by email to the Applicant at the email address provided by the Applicant on the form, and where services are provided by post, to the postal address shown on the form. Lawspeed cannot accept responsibility for delivery or for the security or protection of the content following transmission from Lawspeed computers. Lawspeed screen all electronic material for virus violation however Lawspeed can accept no responsibility for damage by electronic virus.
3. No order for services is deemed as accepted until payment of the required services price is confirmed through Lawspeed secure payment site maintained by Worldpay Plc (Worldpay) and Lawspeed receive an electronic receipt from Worldpay. Once placed, an order for a product or service cannot be withdrawn by an Applicant other than with the agreement of Lawspeed, however Lawspeed reserves the right to reject an order at any time.
4. Upon submission of a form and card details, Worldpay will obtain authorisation from the relevant card issuer and will issue an electronic receipt to the Applicant. Such receipt will operate as confirmation of the order and the Applicant shall not be entitled to any further receipt from Worldpay or Lawspeed other than a VAT receipt from Lawspeed.
5. All information received by Lawspeed will be treated with the utmost confidence. However, Lawspeed will add your addresses and any personal information to its database and reserves the right to use such information for research purposes (but not so as to disclose information identifiable as personal to the Applicant) and for the marketing of any other services to the Applicant. No information will be distributed to third parties.
6. The description of any service or package shall not imply any service or package or content other than that specifically described.
7. Refunds will be issued by recredit to the Applicants card only in the event that the Applicant becomes entitled to a refund for prepaid services. Should a refund be payable Lawspeed reserves the right to retain an amount that Lawspeed deems appropriate to cover administration and processing costs.
8. To the extent that any services supplied include the provision of advice, such advice may only be relied upon for the purpose for which it is specified, for the benefit of the Applicant only and not further or otherwise. Further whilst such advice is given in good faith and with the available knowledge, the advice is given upon the information provided and cannot be guaranteed to remain accurate in the future and could be affected by legal or procedural change or change in circumstances of the Applicant.
9. Products comprise the result of significant research and development, design input and know how of a value substantially in excess of the sale price. As a result, and in order to protect intellectual property rights, copyright and any intellectual property in all documents advices contracts notes messages of any kind created by and/or supplied by Lawspeed ("the Notes") whether in electronic or written format are the property of Lawspeed (unless the rights are already vested in a third party). Delivery of the Notes to you combined with full payment by you will comprise our licence for you, the business ordering it, to use the Notes for any purpose for which it is designed subject to terms as follows:
1. you may use the Notes for your normal business activity in the name of the licenced business and you may amend it, including by making format and layout changes, as you think fit provided that the content of the Notes remains materially as delivered by us (Note: it is recommended that any alterations are checked with us prior to use to ensure the strength or intent of the Notes is not inadvertently affected); however you may not extract or copy all or part of the Notes for use in any other document or presentation without our prior written consent
2. you must ensure that, where present, the copyright note in the footer of the Notes delivered by us is included in every copy issued by you to any party and ensure that your temporary or permanent staff and any contractors are aware of the copyright terms
3. you may issue a copy of the Notes to a third party for obtaining legal advice relating to enforcement and/or the meaning of terms or where required by law but, subject thereto, you may not resell the Notes or allow the original or copies of it to be passed to or viewed by any party other than one who it is intended in good faith will be party to an agreement materially in the form supplied by us as part of your normal business activity
4. as the price agreed with you will be based upon your organisation as it stands at the time of delivery, the licence may be withdrawn at our discretion in the event of material change of control of your company whereby control is passed to another company or associates of another company operating with a common purpose to control your company; you agree to notify us of any material change of control of your company; we may at our discretion give consent for continued use on additional terms relating to payment or otherwise
5. we may withdraw your licence to use any delivered Notes in the event of any material breach of these conditions whether in respect of the Notes concerned or otherwise and it is agreed that damages alone will not be a sufficient remedy for breach of copyright.
   
10. Where the Applicant accepts services supplied by or through a third party (e.g. insurance cover) such services are supplied by the third party upon the terms and conditions of the said services published by that third party. Save where Lawspeed has specifically agreed to undertake any aspect of those services Lawspeed does not accept any responsibility for the proper performance or acceptability of those services by the third party and gives no warranty in that regard nor in relation to any descriptions representations or promises given by the third party.
11. Lawspeed shall not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss, or loss of goodwill arising from any negligent act or omission, breach of trust (unless exclusion of liability for such is prohibited by law or statute), or breach of contract. Liability in any event shall be limited £1,000,000. Lawspeed maintains professional indemnity insurance.
12. If you wish to order a bespoke solution or need advice we will be happy to email an estimate to you based on the likely time this will take, and the resulting cost. Our e-commerce facility can then be used if you choose to proceed. To use the facility please select the relevant number of prepaid hours indicated in our email and enter your details. When confirmation of payment is received we will commence the work requested or provide the advice as agreed. You should not use this facility without email confirmation from us.
13. If you are ordering a seminar ticket or tickets then the following terms and conditions shall apply:
1. All bookings will be acknowledged by email within 14 days of receipt by Lawspeed of the booking confirmation. Final conference details and a venue location map will be sent out to delegates by approximately one week before the relevant seminar. Please contact Lawspeed on 01273 236236 if you have not received confirmation or the venue location map. Once payment is confirmed we shall issue a VAT receipted invoice
2. A refund of fees will only be made for cancellations received in writing at least 14 days before the relevant seminar (less a 25% cancellation fee to cover administration costs). No refunds will be made for cancellations received within 14 days of the relevant seminar and failure to attend after confirming a booking will be subject to the same terms. Transfer of the booking to another seminar in this program of seminars can be made and a substitute delegate will be accepted at any time prior to the relevant seminar
3. Lawspeed reserve the right to alter the content, speakers and/or the venue of any seminar or cancel any seminar. In the event that Lawspeed cancel a seminar or change the seminar date then the booking can be transferred to another seminar in this program of seminars otherwise Lawspeed shall refund the fee.

14. The Laws of England and Wales apply exclusively.

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Last Updated September 7, 2004

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