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Terms and Conditions
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Definitions and Interpretation
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In these Conditions: 'CLIENT'
means the person whose order for the Services is accepted by the Service
Provider; 'CONDITIONS' means the standard terms and conditions set out
in this document; 'CONTRACT' means the contract for the provision of the
Services; "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS" means any copyright, unregistered
design right, registered design right, patent right, trade marks or any
other form of industrial property rights (whether registered or unregistered)
or any applications in relation to any of the foregoing owned, used, existing
or arising in connection with the provision of the Services and the Materials;
"KNOW HOW" means technical information, know how, specifications and other
information in the possession of the Service Provider relating to or in
respect of the Services; MATERIALS" means materials (including but not
limited to any computer software or hardware) supplied by the Service Provider
in the course of the Services; "SERVICE PROVIDER" means Liam Healy and
Associates; "SERVICE PROVIDER'S WEB-SITE" means the Internet web site having
the domain name address www.psychometrics.co.uk; 'SERVICES' means the Services
(including any instalment of the Services or any part of them) which the
Service Provider is to supply in accordance with these Conditions; "WRITING"
includes telex, cable, facsimile transmission and comparable means of communication.
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Any reference in these Conditions
to any provision of a statute shall be construed as a reference to that
provision as amended, re-enacted or extended at the relevant time.
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The headings in these Conditions
are for convenience only and shall not affect their interpretation.
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Basis of the sale
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The Service Provider shall provide
the Services to the Client in accordance with any order of the Client which
is accepted in Writing by the Service Provider and confirmed in Writing
by the Client, subject to these Conditions, which shall govern the Contract
to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions.
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No variation to these Conditions
shall be binding unless agreed in Writing between the authorised representatives
of the Client and the Service Provider.
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The Service Provider's employees
or agents are not authorised to make any representations concerning the
Services unless confirmed by the Service Provider in Writing. In entering
into the Contract the Client acknowledges that it does not rely on any
such representations which are not so confirmed.
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Any typographical, clerical
or other error or omission in any sales literature, quotation, price list,
acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or information issued by
the Service Provider shall be subject to correction without any liability
on the part of the Service Provider.
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Orders and Specifications
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No order submitted by the Client
shall be deemed to be accepted by the Service Provider unless and until
confirmed in Writing by the Service Provider and no Contract is formed
until this acceptance is confirmed in Writing by the Client.
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The client shall be responsible
to the Service Provider for ensuring the accuracy of the terms of any order
submitted by the Client, and for giving the Service Provider any necessary
information relating to the Services within a sufficient time to enable
the Service Provider to perform the Contract in accordance with its terms.
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No order which has been accepted
by the Service Provider may be cancelled by the Client except with the
agreement in Writing of the Service Provider and on terms that the Client
shall indemnify the Service Provider in full against all loss (including
loss of profit), costs (including the cost of all labour and materials
used), damages, charges and expenses incurred by the Service Provider as
a result of cancellation.
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Charge for the Services
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The price of the Services shall
be the Service Provider's price set out in the Service Providers Written
acceptance of the Clients order.
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Unless otherwise stated the
price is exclusive of any applicable value added tax, which the Client
shall be additionally liable to pay to the Service Provider.
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Terms of payment
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Subject to any special terms
agreed in Writing between the Client and the Service Provider, the Service
Provider shall be entitled to invoice the Client for all or part of the
price of the Services on or at any time after the performance of the Services
or any instalment of the Services.
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The Client shall pay the price
of the Services without any deduction within 30 days of the date of the
Service Provider's invoice. The time of payment of the price shall be of
the essence of the Contract. Receipts for payment will be issued only upon
request.
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If the Client fails to make
any payment on the due date then, without prejudice to any other right
or remedy available to the Service Provider, the Service Provider shall
be entitled to:
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cancel the Contract or suspend
any further performance of the services;
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appropriate any payment made
by the Client to such of the Services (or the Services supplied under any
other contract between the Client and the Service Provider) as the Service
Provider may think fit (notwithstanding any purported appropriation by
the Client); and
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charge the Client interest (both
before and after any judgement) on the amount unpaid, at the rate of 4
per cent per annum above Lloyds Bank Plc's base rate from time to time,
until payment in full is made (a part of a month being treated as a full
month for the purpose of calculating interest).
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Delivery
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Any dates quoted for performance
of the Services are approximate only and the Service Provider shall not
be liable for any delay in performance of the Services however caused.
Time for performance shall not be of the essence of the Contract.
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Where the Services are to be
performed in instalments, each performance shall constitute a separate
contract and failure by the Service Provider to perform any one or more
of the instalments in accordance with these Conditions or any claim by
the Client in respect of any one or more instalments shall not entitle
the Client to treat the Contract as a whole as repudiated.
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Risk and Property
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Risk of damage to or loss of
the Materials shall pass to the Client on delivery to the Client:
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Notwithstanding delivery and
the passing of risk in the Materials, or any other provision of these Conditions,
the property in the Materials shall not pass to the Client until the Service
Provider has received in cash or cleared funds payment in full of the charge
for the Services and all other services agreed to be sold by the Service
Provider to the Client for which payment is then due.
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Until such time as the property
in the Materials passes to the Client, the Client shall hold the Materials
as the Service Provider's fiduciary agent and bailee, and shall keep the
Materials separate from those of the Client and third parties and properly
stored, protected and insured and identified as the Service Provider's
property.
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Until such time as the property
in the Materials passes to the Client the Service Provider shall be entitled
at any time to require the Client to deliver up the Materials to the Service
Provider and, if the Client fails to do so forthwith, to enter upon any
premises of the Client or any third party where the Materials are stored
and repossess the Materials.
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Warranties and Liability
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Subject as expressly provided
in these Conditions, and except where the Services are performed for a
person dealing as a consumer (within the meaning of the Unfair Contract
Terms Act 1988), all warranties, conditions or other terms implied by statute
or common law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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Except in respect of death or
personal injury caused by the Service Provider's negligence, the Service
Provider shall not be liable to the Client by reason of any representation
(unless fraudulent), or any implied warranty, condition or other term,
or any duty at common law, or under the express terms of the Contract,
for any indirect, special or consequential loss or damage (whether for
loss of profit or otherwise), costs, expenses or other claims for compensation
whatsoever (whether caused by the negligence of the Service Provider, its
employees or agents or otherwise) which arise out of or in connection with
the provision of the Services to the Client, and the entire liability of
the Service Provider under or in connection with the Contract shall not
exceed the price of the Services, except as expressly provided in these
Conditions.
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Without prejudice to the generality
of clause 8.2 of these Conditions the Client acknowledges that no guarantee
of accuracy or fitness for purpose is given in respect of information provided
and that the Service Provider accepts no responsibility for any loss, damage,
costs or expenses incurred by the client and arising from any course of
action adopted by the Client pursuant to such information.
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The Service Provider shall not
be liable to the Client or be deemed to be in breach of the Contract by
reason of any delay in performing, or any failure to perform, any of the
Service Provider's obligations in relation to the Services, if the delay
or failure was due to any cause beyond the Service Provider's reasonable
control, including, but not limited to the failure of any hardware, software
or other equipment supplied by third parties other than the Service Provider.
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Intellectual Property
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Unless otherwise agreed in writing
all Intellectual Property Rights and Know How shall be vested in the Service
Provider. The Client will at the Service Provider's request take all such
steps as the Service Provider may reasonably require to vest such Intellectual
Property Rights and Know How in the Service Provider.
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Where the Service Provider agrees
to transfer, assign or licence any Intellectual Property Rights and/or
Know-How to the Client such transfer, assignment or licence shall not be
deemed effective until payment in full has been received by the Service
Provider in respect of such transfer, assignment or licence.
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Where the Client has supplied
any specification, design, equipment or instruction the Client agrees to
indemnify and keep indemnified the Service Provider against all demands,
claims, damages, charges, liability, costs and expenses which may be incurred
or sustained by the Service Provider by reason of or arising out of any
third party claims or rights or otherwise howsoever in respect of any Services
or any products manufactured as a result of the Services supplied in accordance
therewith and whether relating to the infringement or the alleged infringement
of a patent, copyright, registered design, unregistered design right or
other protected industrial property right or otherwise howsoever.
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The Client undertakes that it
shall not and shall procure that its customers will not:
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cause or permit any acts or
omissions which may prejudice, jeopardise or endanger the Intellectual
Property Rights or the Know How or the title of the Service Provider to
them; or
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in any way seek to challenge
the validity of the Intellectual Property Rights or the Know How or support
or encourage any third party to challenge the validity of the same;
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download or print off copies
of material comprising or appearing on the Service Provider's Web-site
without the prior written consent of the Service Provider;
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copy, modify, decompile, reverse
engineer or adapt any Materials provided by the Service Provider without
the prior written consent of the Service Provider (except as permitted
by the Copyright (Computer Programmes) Regulations 1992).
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The Client shall ensure that
all of its relevant employees and its customers are advised that the Intellectual
Property Rights and the Know How are the absolute property of the Service
Provider and shall ensure that all of its employees and its customers comply
with the Conditions.
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Confidentiality The Client shall
and shall procure that its customers shall maintain as confidential all
and any information relating to the Intellectual Property Rights and the
Know How which is disclosed to it or becomes known to it as a result of
the provision of the Services except where expressly authorised in writing
by the Service Provider.
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Insolvency of Client
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This clause applies if:
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the Client makes any voluntary
arrangement with its creditors or (being an individual or firm) becomes
bankrupt or (being a company) becomes subject to an administration order
or goes into liquidation (otherwise than for the purposes of amalgamation
or reconstruction); or
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an encumbrancer takes possession,
or a receiver is appointed, of any of the property or assets of the Client;
or
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the Client ceases, or threatens
to cease, to carry on business; or
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the Service Provider reasonably
apprehends that any of the events mentioned above is about to occur in
relation to the Client and notifies the Client accordingly.
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If this clause applies then,
without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Service
Provider, the Service Provider shall be entitled to cancel the Contract
or suspend performance under the Contract without any liability to the
Client, and if the Services have been performed but not paid for the price
shall become immediately due and payable notwithstanding any previous agreement
or arrangement to the contrary.
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Termination The Contract may
be terminated forthwith upon Written Notice by the Service Provider and
upon termination the charge for the services will become immediately due
and payable.
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General
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Any notice required or permitted
to be given by either party to the other under these Conditions shall be
in Writing addressed to that other party at its registered office or principal
place of business or such other address as may at the relevant time have
been notified pursuant to this provision to the party giving the notice.
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No waiver by the Service Provider
of any breach of the Contract by the Client shall be considered as a waiver
of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
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If any provision of these Conditions
is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole
or in part the validity of the other provisions of these Conditions and
the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected.
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The Contract shall be governed
by the laws of England and Wales, and the Client agrees to submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
All items of software
on this site and any copies of them, remain the exclusive property of Liam
Healy and Associates at all times.
Use of Liam Healy & Associates'
software does not provide any qualification to purchase, administer or
use any other similar psychometric assessment materials or software. Use
of this software may not be quoted as evidence of any type of competence
or qualification whatsoever in occupational testing.
All reports produced by Liam
Healy & Associates are strictly confidential and copies may not be
given or shown to any third party without our express permission in writing.
(c) Copyright Liam Healy
& Associates 1999.
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