Training Course Terms & Conditions
TRAINING COURSE TERMS & CONDITIONS
| 1 | ABOUT US |
| 1.1 | Who we are. Doyle Clayton Solicitors Limited (company number 06963121) (we, our and us) is a company registered in England and Wales and our registered office is at One Crown Court, Cheapside, London, EC2V 6LR. Our VAT number is 977 0789 58. We operate the website www.doyleclayton.co.uk (Website). |
| 1.2 | How to contact us. To contact us, telephone our training team at 0207 329 9090 or email us at events@doyleclayton.co.uk. Details of how to give us formal notice of any matter under the Contract are set out in our Order Confirmation. |
| 1.3 | Our regulator. We are authorised and regulated by Solicitors Regulation Authority. Our SRA ID number is 518745.ABOUT YOU |
| 2 | ABOUT YOU |
| 2.1 | Who you are. You (you, your and yours) are entering into a legal agreement with us in the course of, or in the development of, your trade, business, employment and/ or profession. |
| 2.2 | How we may contact you. If we have to contact you, we will do so by telephone or by writing (which includes emails) to you at the email address or postal address you provide to us at the time you make your booking. |
| 2.3 | Use of your personal information. We will use any personal information you send us to provide the Training Course, process your payment for the Training Course, and inform you about similar or other relevant services that we provide, but you may stop receiving these at any time by contacting us. We will handle your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy, details of which are available on our website at: https://www.doyleclayton.co.uk/privacy-policy/. |
| 3 | OUR CONTRACT WITH YOU |
| 3.1 | Our contract. These terms and conditions (Terms) apply to the provision to you, by us, of in person or online (whether live or pre-recorded) training courses and events (Training Courses and each a Training Course). They apply to the exclusion of any other terms that you seek to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by law, trade custom, practice or course of dealing, and for the avoidance of doubt, any advertisement or other information relating to a Training Course is for the purpose of giving general information only as to the relevant Training Course, and shall not have any contractual force or effect. |
| 3.2 | Entire agreement. The Contract is the entire agreement between you and us in relation to its subject matter. You acknowledge that you have not relied on any statement, promise or representation or assurance or warranty that is not set out in the Contract. |
| 3.3 | Your copy. You should retain a copy of these Terms for future reference. |
| 4 | BOOKING A TRAINING COURSE |
| 4.1 | Booking your place. Please follow the onscreen prompts on the Website to book your place onto a Training Course. We may permit other methods of booking at our discretion. Each booking is an offer by you to purchase the relevant Training Course subject to these Terms. |
| 4.2 | Accepting your booking. Our acceptance of your booking only takes place when we send an email to you to accept it (Order Confirmation), at which point and on which date (Commencement Date) the Contract between you and us will come into existence. The Contract will relate only to the Training Course confirmed in the Order Confirmation and acceptance of your booking for one Training Course shall not guarantee your acceptance on any other Training Courses. |
| 4.3 |
If we cannot accept your booking. Subject to clause 6.3, if we are unable to provide the relevant Training Course for any reason (including circumstances where to do so would place us in breach of our own legal obligations and regulatory requirements), we will inform you of this by email and we will not process your order. If you have already paid for the Training Course, we will refund you the full amount or (at our discretion) offer you a place on an alternative or subsequent Training Course. |
| 5 | FEES AND PAYMENT |
| 5.1 | Our fees. The fees for the Training Courses shall be as set out on the Website, or as otherwise specified by us. All fees are exclusive of VAT. Where VAT is payable in respect of the Training Courses you must pay us such additional amounts in respect of VAT, at the applicable rate, at the same time as you pay the fees. |
| 5.2 | Discounts. Any discounts offered are at our discretion and are not transferable to any third party or to any other booking or other Training Course(s). Any discounts cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or discount and we reserve the right to withdraw or revise any offered discount at any time. |
| 5.3 | When to make payment. Payment must be made for any Training Course within 14 days of the date of booking or, if earlier, prior to our provision of the relevant Training Course. |
| 5.4 | How to pay. You can pay for our Training Courses using our online payment portal accessible from our Website at the time you make your booking. If you have any difficulty with this, please contact us and request an invoice. |
| 5.5 | Effect of non-payment. If payment has not been received by us prior to our provision of the Training Course, we reserve the right to terminate our contract with you and/ or your booking for that Training Course and refuse you access to the Training Course, and/ or charge interest on the amount outstanding amount at the lower of the rate payable for the time being on judgment debts or the rate of 4% over base rate of Lloyds Bank plc. |
| 5.6 | Deductions or set-off. All fees are payable by you in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by law). |
| 6 | CANCELLATIONS |
| 6.1 | We reserve the right to cancel or reschedule any Training Course for any reason and/ or to change the venue, trainer, speakers and/ or consultants for any Training Course, at our discretion. Wherever possible, we will contact you in advance to tell you of any cancellation or change to the Training Course, unless there is an emergency which necessitates otherwise. |
| In the event that we cancel or postpone a Training course, we may, at our discretion, refund you your fee or offer you a place on an alternative or subsequent Training Course. | |
| 6.3 | If you are unable to attend a Training Course, you may cancel the booking, or you may nominate another individual to attend in your place. When nominating another individual to attend in your place, please provide their name and contact details. It will be assumed that you have their consent to provide us with this information and the onus is on you to ensure that you do. Please notify us of any such change or cancellation as soon as possible, in writing. Any refunds of our fee are given only at our discretion (subject to the application of the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, as referred to in clause 6.4 below), and you may still be liable to pay any outstanding fees due if you cannot attend or send a substitute. If you cancel your booking, we may, at our discretion, offer you a place on an alternative or subsequent Training Course. |
| 6.4 | If you are classed as a “consumer” under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (“Regulations”), you have the right to cancel this contract without charge at any time within 14 days of your acceptance of it provided that the Training Course has not already taken place within that time frame. If you wish to do so you must inform us of your decision to cancel in writing and can do so using the model cancellation form in the attached link: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3134/schedule/3 You will then be refunded your payment in full, subject to the Regulations applying in your case. |
| 7 | INTELECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS |
| 7.1 | All intellectual property rights in or arising out of or in connection with the Training Course will be owned by us. |
| 7.2 | We grant you a revocable, non-transferable licence to use the content of the Training Course for your own purposes in the course or development of your trade, business, employment and/or profession. |
| 7.3 | We do not send out any copies of slides or other materials used or referred to, after the Training Course. |
| 7.4 | You are prohibited from recording or reproducing the Training Course or any part of it, and from reselling, licensing or otherwise transferring any of the content (whether verbal or written) in their original form, or in any modified or reproduced form. |
| 8 | COMPLAINTS |
| 8.1 | If a problem arises or you are dissatisfied with the Training Course, please contact us (events@doyleclayton.co.uk) and we will endeavour to resolve your complaint within a reasonable timeframe. If you are also a client of the firm who has engaged us to provide you with4legal services, and your complaint relates to the provision of legal services, you are entitled to use our comprehensive complaints policy available on the Website at https://www.doyleclayton.co.uk/legal/. |
| 9 | LIMITATION OF LIABILITY |
| 9.1 | The Training Courses are for information purposes only, and neither they, nor their content, shall constitute legal advice. We will use reasonable care and skill to ensure that all information provided in the Training Course is correct as at the date of the Training Course, but no warranty or representation is given as to the accuracy of such information, and we accept no liability for any reliance placed on such information, or used by you on or after the date of the Training Course. If you have questions as to the application of information provided during a Training Course, we recommend that you take specific legal advice. |
| 9.2 | If you are acting as a consumer, nothing in these Terms shall exclude or limit your legal rights. |
| 9.3 | Nothing in the Contract limits any liability which cannot legally be limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence and fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. |
| 9.4 | Subject to clause 9.3, we will not be liable to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with the Contract for loss of profits, loss of sales or business, loss of agreements or contracts, loss of anticipated savings, loss of use or corruption of software, data or information, loss of or damage to goodwill, and any indirect or consequential loss. |
| 9.5 | Subject to clause 9.3, our total liability to you arising under or in connection with your booking, these Terms and/ or the provision of any Training Course, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, will be limited, in aggregate, to 100% of the total fees paid or payable by you in respect of the relevant Training Course. |
| 10 | GENERAL |
| 10.1 | Variation. Any variation of the our contract with you only has effect if it is in writing and signed by you and us (or our respective authorised representatives). |
| 10.2 | Waiver. If we do not insist that you perform any of your obligations underthese Terms, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you or that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive any rights, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any right related to any later default by you. |
| 10.3 | Severance. Each paragraph of these Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them is unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect. |
| 10.4 | Third party rights. The contract for the provision of a Training Course is between you and us. No other person has any rights to enforce any of its terms. |
| 10.5 | Governing law and jurisdiction. These Terms and any booking is governed by English law and we each irrevocably agree to submit all disputes arising out of or in connection with the contract to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. |