W1 Office Ltd - Terms & Conditions of Service
We
provide virtual office services, details of which may be found on our website,
currently located at www.w1office.com
and www.w1office.ltd.uk.
Any
order for virtual office services that you place with us, whether via our
website or via telephone, will be governed by these terms and conditions.
Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully.
1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
In
these Terms and Conditions the following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings:
"Acceptance
Date" the date of written (whether printed or
electronic) acceptance of your Order by us;
"Address" Communications
House, 26 York Street, London, W1U 6PZ;
"Agreement" this
agreement comprising these Terms and Conditions and the contents of any Order
Form;
"Phone Answering Service
Services" such Phone Answering Service services as may be offered on the
Website from time to time which may include, without limitation, and subject to
the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement: (i) the allocation to you
of a Number for use by your business; (ii) the answering of telephone calls to
and the taking of messages from calls to the Number; (iii) the transmission of
such messages to you whether by email, telephone, fax, sms text or such other
method as may be agreed; (iv) the re-routing of telephone calls and facsimiles
to such number as may be designated by you;
"Fees" our
fees for W1 Office Services, as shall be set out on the Website or notified to
you from time to time and shall be subject to VAT or other appropriate taxes as
appropriate;
"Intellectual
Property Rights" all intellectual property rights, including,
without limitation, patents, utility models, trade and service marks, trade
names, rights in designs, copyrights, topography rights, database rights,
know-how, trade secrets and confidential information, in each case whether or
not registered and including applications for the registration of any of these,
and all rights or forms of protection of a similar nature or having equivalent
or similar effect to any of these which may from time to time subsist anywhere
in the world;
"Mail
Forwarding Services" such mail forwarding services as may be offered
on the Website from time to time which may include, without limitation, and
subject to the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement: (i) permission
to use the Address as your trading address and/or private address and/or
registered office; (ii) receipt of mail delivered to you at the Address on your
behalf and onward forwarding of that mail to such address as may be designated
by you; (iii) signing for recorded mail delivered to you at the Address;
"Meeting Room
Services" such meeting room access and search facility services as
may be offered on the Website from time to time shall be subject to the terms
and conditions set out in this Agreement and limited to the provision of online
search facilities and contact details for temporary furnished and serviced
offices for your use;
"Number" a
unique London area telephone number or such other numbers as are offered on the
Website from time to time;
"Order" your
order for W1 Office Services placed in accordance with Clause 2 below;
"Order
Form" any online order form completed by you
and submitted as part of an Order or any record completed by us of a telephone
Order placed by you;
"Serviced
Office Services" such serviced office search facilities as are
offered on the Website from time to time;
"Terms and
Conditions" these terms and conditions;
"Website" the
website advertising the W1 Office Services, currently located at www.w1office.com and www.w1office.ltd.uk;
"W1 Office
Services" such Phone Answering Service Services, Mail Forwarding
Services and/or Meeting Room Services or Serviced Office Services as may be set
out in your Order.
1.2
In
the event of any conflict between these terms and conditions and any terms and
conditions appearing on an Order Form, these terms and conditions shall prevail.
1.3
In
this Agreement:
(a)
references
to "we" and "us" shall be deemed to be references to W1
Office Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company number
05303127 of registered office Communications House, 26 York Street, London W1U 6PZ;
(b)
Clause
headings do not form part of or affect the interpretation;
(c)
references
to any legislation shall include any statutory, or other re-enactment or
modification thereof (whether before or after the date of this Agreement);
(d)
where
the context requires, words denoting the singular include the plural and vice
versa and words denoting any gender include all genders;
(e)
references
to Clauses are to Clauses of this Agreement;
(f)
references
to parties include references to their respective successors in title,
permitted assigns and novatees;
(g)
references
to persons includes any person, firm or company or group of persons or
unincorporated body;
(h)
references
to "writing" shall include electronic text, including, without
limitation, email.
2.
orders and acceptance
2.1
Each
Order for W1 Office Services (as such terms are defined below) shall be
governed by a separate agreement comprising:
(a)
your
Order Form; and
(b)
these
Terms and Conditions.
2.2
Your
Order will only be valid if placed via our online ordering procedure (currently
accessible at www.w1office.com) or via telephone on 020 7788 7878. By placing
an Order, you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.
2.3
We
shall accept Orders at our absolute discretion.
3.
REGISTRATION
When you register with the Website you warrant that you are over eighteen
years of age.
You warrant that any information you provide to us about yourself upon
registration or at any time will be true, accurate, current and complete and
that you will ensure that this information is kept accurate and up to date at
all times when you use the Website.
4.
TERM
4.1
This
Agreement shall commence on the earlier of the Acceptance Date or the date on
which we commence providing the W1 Office Services to you and shall continue
unless and until terminated by either of us in accordance with this Agreement.
5.
PROVISION OF SERVICES
5.1
In
consideration of and conditional upon payment of our Fees, we will provide you
with Meeting Room Services and/or Serviced Office Services and/or Phone Answering Service
Mail Forwarding Services in accordance with your Order which shall include:
(a)
in
the case of Phone Answering Service Services a licence to use the Number; and
(b)
in
the case of Mail Forwarding Services, a licence to use the Address for your
private, trading and/or registered office address (depending on your Order)
for the term of, and subject to the terms of, this Agreement. We
reserve the right to sub-contract any services.
6.
AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE
Due to the nature of the internet and the fact that your access to the
Website involves features outside our control, we are not responsible for
technical problems that you may experience with the Website. However, if you
have any technical problems with the operation of the Website, you may contact
customer services by telephone on 020 7788 7878 or by email at info@W1office.com.
We do not guarantee that we will be able to assist or resolve any technical
problems you may experience.
7.
FEES AND PAYMENT
7.1
All
Fees are subject to change. We will endeavour to notify you in advance of any
change in the Fees applicable to your Order, but, in any event, you agree to
check the Website on a regular basis and to be bound by any change in the Fees
that may take place from time to time either as stated on the Website or as notified
to you.
7.2
You
will be required to pay a deposit in advance equivalent to one month's Fee
which is non-refundable or repayable in the event of termination of this
agreement pursuant to Clause 12.1 but repayable otherwise within 14 days of
written request from you after termination of the Agreement. All other set up
charges expressed to be payable up front are non- refundable and non-repayable.
7.3
We
will issue invoices in respect of all Fees, other than those referred to in
Clause 7.2 above, monthly in advance, such Fees to be due and payable
immediately by debit as set out in Clause 7.4.
7.4
You
agree to and must authorise us to make automatic debit payments from your debit
or credit card on the due date in satisfaction of our invoices, either by
completion of an appropriate form in a manner required by us or by telephone
authorisation (whichever we, in our absolute discretion, request). If you do
not provide such authorisation, we shall not provide you with any Services
except with our prior written agreement including agreement as to an
alternative method of payment.
7.5
On
termination of this Agreement for whatever reason, all Fees in respect of the
W1 Office Services provided to you prior to the date of termination shall
become due and payable and shall be debited from your credit or debit card (as
applicable) following the issue of an invoice by us in accordance with the
authorisation completed by you under Clause 7.4 above. In the event that you
have paid any Fees for W1 Office Services in advance of receipt of those
Services (save for Fees referred to in Clause 7.2 above), those Fees will be
set off against any other Fees due from you under this Agreement. In the event
that the amount of advance Fees paid by you exceeds the amount of Fees due from
you in respect of W1 Office Services provided to you prior to the date of
termination, we will return the amount of such excess within a reasonable time
of termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event we are unable to
obtain payment of any unpaid Fees from you within 14 days, we reserve the right
to deduct any such unpaid Fees from the Deposit and return any balance to you.
7.6
If,
for whatever reason, you do not make payment in full of any Fees on the due
date, we reserve the right:
(a)
on
notice in writing (including e-mail) to you to suspend provision of the W1
Office Services until such time as payment is made in full; and
(b)
to
charge interest on all unpaid sums outstanding at the rate of 4% per annum
above the base rate of Barclays Bank Plc (or its successors) in force at the
due date and such interest will be applied cumulatively from such date until
the date of actual payment.
7.7
All
payments made via the Website are made via a secure server in connection with
Barclays Bank Merchant Services.
7.8
In the event that we are unable to take payment from your credit or debit card for any reason other than genuine expiration of the card you will be charged £15.00 to cover our administrative costs. This amount will be automatically added to your invoice for the current month.
8.
CHANGES TO YOUR DETAILS
8.1
Subject
to payment of such additional Fees as we consider appropriate, you may amend
the address to which we forward your mail under our Mail Forwarding Services
and/or the answer message or patch through number or telephone/fax divert
number that we use in respect of our Phone Answering Service Services, provided that you
give us at least 30 days' notice in writing of such change.
9.
LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE W1 OFFICE SERVICES
9.1
Phone Answering Service
In the event that, for whatever reason (including, without limitation,
as a result of any marketing or promotional campaign) you envisage a material
increase in the volume of calls to be handled pursuant to the Phone Answering Service
Service, you will notify us in writing as soon as you become aware of the
circumstances likely to give rise to such change in volume. Where the expected
or actual increase is more than 20% in any one calendar month, above the
average monthly volume prior to that month, we reserve the right, on notice in
writing to you, to increase the Fees payable in respect of the Phone Answering Service
Services proportionate to the amount of the increase and/or to invoice you for
Fees in advance on account of future Fees that may accrue.
9.2
Mail Forwarding
(a)
Unless
otherwise agreed with you in advance in writing:
(i)
all
mail delivered to you at the Address will be forwarded by first class (or first
or second class in the case of packages and parcels) Royal Mail to the address
designated by you in your Order as soon as reasonably practicable upon delivery
to the Address.
(ii)
we
will be unable to sign for or forward mail delivered to you at the Address at
any time other than 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding bank
holidays.
(iii)
mail
delivered to you at the Address will not be made available for collection, but
will be forwarded as set out in Clause 9.2(a) above.
(b)
In
the event that mail delivered to you at the Address is not marked in such a way
that we are able to ascertain from the outside packaging that it is intended
for you, we reserve the right to open such mail to determine for whom it is
intended.
(c)
In
the event that you believe we have failed to forward mail sent to you at the
Address in accordance with this Agreement, you must notify us and the sender in
writing as soon as reasonably practicable upon becoming aware of the same and,
in the event that we have received such mail and not forwarded it, we will
forward it to you (we accept no liability for mail that you cannot prove has
been delivered to the Address and, for the purpose of this Clause, proof of
postage of mail sent to you at the Address shall not constitute proof of
delivery).
(d)
All
risk in mail delivered to you at the Address shall pass to you immediately upon
delivery to the Address and it is your sole responsibility to arrange for
appropriate insurance cover from such time.
(e)
We
reserve the right in our absolute discretion to withhold from forwarding and/or
to pass to any appropriate body or authority including HM Revenue and Customs,
DTI and the Police, any mail delivered to you at the Address, without notice to
you.
(f)
You
will not arrange for or permit the delivery of any noxious, harmful,
deteriorating or dangerous substances to the Address and, in the event that we
have reason to believe that any mail item delivered to you at the Address is or
may be, in any way, noxious, harmful, deteriorating or dangerous, we reserve
the right to dispose of such mail item as we see fit.
(g)
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion to charge a £5.00 handling fee for all packages and parcels which either:
(i)
weigh more than 1kg, (regardless of size); or
(ii)
measure more than 38cm x 25cm, (regardless of weight)
(h)
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion and on notice in writing to you, to refuse delivery of and return to the sender (at your sole cost) or to withhold from forwarding any mail items delivered to you at the Address that are above 5kg in weight or larger than 50cm in length or larger than 1 metre in girth or multiple items in one delivery or multiple deliveries such as mail promotion, marketing promotion and mail order commercial activities. In the event that we withhold such items from forwarding, we reserve the right to charge you a storage fee pending collection by a courier nominated by you or delivery by us on such terms as may be agreed.
(i)
In
the event that, for whatever reason (including, without limitation, as a result
of any marketing or promotional campaign) you envisage a material increase in
the volume of mail delivered to you at the Address, you will notify us in
writing as soon as you become aware of the circumstances likely to give rise to
such change in volume. Where the expected or actual increase in mail delivered
to you at the Address is more than 20% in any one calendar month (above the
average monthly volume prior to that month), we reserve the right, on notice in
writing to you, to increase the Fees payable in respect of the Mail Forwarding
Services proportionate to the amount of the increase and/or to invoice you in
advance on account of future Fees that may accrue.
(j)
Without
prejudice to Clause 9.2 (i) above, unless otherwise agreed in advance and in
writing, the Mail Forwarding Services may not be used in any direct marketing
campaign which is likely to result in more than 40 items of mail being
delivered to you at the Address in any one calendar month.
(k)
You
may not use the Address for the purposes of registering with the UK electoral register.
(l)
You
may not use the Address for the purposes of attending procuring or conducting
meetings with any persons whatsoever, for attracting persons to the Address
and, for security purposes, you must not carry or use photographs of the
building at the Address.
(m)
You
may not use the Address for your personal purposes.
(n)
You
may not use the domain names on the Website or any of our trade marks, service
marks or designs for your personal or commercial purposes.
(o)
When disclosing the Address to any third party (including in advertisements) you may not add any additional information, including but not limited to floor or studio numbers for any purposes.
9.3
Meeting Room Services
(a) Meeting Room Access Services are provided by a third party. By using those Services, you agree to abide by such terms
and conditions with the third party as may apply from time to time.
(b)
You
acknowledge and agree that, should you wish to reserve any such offices, you
will be required to agree to the terms and conditions with the third party, or such other
third party as offers those offices for hire.
(c) We
accept no responsibility for the quality or availability of service provided by
the third party or such other third party as may offer offices for hire via the Meeting
Room Access Services.
9.4
Serviced Office Services
The Serviced Office services are provided by SOS Worldwide Limited
("SOS"). By using those services, you agree to abide by such terms
and conditions as may appear from time to time on the SOS website, the current
version of which are located at www.servicedofficesearch.com.
9.5
CONTACT DETAILS AND AMENDMENTS
9.6
You
must notify us immediately in writing if there is any change to your contact
details as set out in your Order or to the credit or debit card details
provided to us in accordance with Clause 7.4.
9.7
Save
as may be expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement, we reserve the right
to amend the Terms and Conditions from time to time without notice to you and
you agree to be bound by any such changes in your subsequent use of the W1
Office Services. We therefore recommend that you review the Terms and
Conditions from time to time.
10.
WARRANTY
10.1
You
warrant that you will not use the W1 Office Services for any unlawful, fraudulent
or immoral or similar purposes or in connection with any business that is in
breach of any applicable legislation (primary and subordinate), rules,
regulations or orders of applicable authorities or in competition with the
Services offered by us.
10.2
You
will not during or after the term of this Agreement carry out any act or make
any omission (whether in respect of use of the Address and/or any Number
allocated to you under this Agreement or otherwise) that may damage the
goodwill or reputation of the Address and/or the Number and/or our business or
may bring the Address and/or the Number and/or our business into disrepute.
11.
indemnity
You agree to indemnify and keep us indemnified against all actions,
claims, proceedings, costs, damages and expenses (including, without
limitation, legal fees) arising out of the breach of any of the warranties
contained in Clause 3 and Clause 10.
12.
TERMINATION
12.1
We
may immediately terminate this Agreement at any time by notice in writing to
you if:
(a)
we
suspect that you are or may in the future use the W1 Office Services in breach
of the warranties set out in Clause 3 and Clause 10 above;
(b)
you
are in material breach of any of your obligations under this Agreement which
you have failed to remedy (if remediable) within 21 days of written notice
requiring you to do so; or
(c)
you
are or become unable to pay your debts as they fall due or suspend or threaten
to suspend payment of your debts, if a trustee, administrator or other receiver
or encumbrance is appointed or takes any steps with a view to taking possession
of all or any part of your assets, you are or become insolvent or convene or
propose to convene a meeting of your creditors or any steps are taken
concerning your insolvency or any similar steps are taken in respect of your
bankruptcy or insolvency.
12.2
Either
party may terminate this Agreement on no less than 30 days' notice in writing
to the other.
12.3
Termination
shall be without prejudice to the accrued rights of the parties as at the date
of termination.
13.
EFFECT OF TERMINATION
13.1
On
termination of this Agreement for any reason:
(a)
we
will cease to provide the W1 Office Services to you; and
(b)
you
will cease all use of the Address and any Number allocated to you under this
Agreement and will, at our sole option and discretion, either destroy or
deliver to us all stationery, business cards, promotional and other materials
in your possession bearing such Address and/or Number, remove all references to
the Address and such Number including, without limitation, from your website
and electronic mail and cease all marketing and promotional activities
utilising our office services, address and number; and
(c)
you
will immediately notify all your business contacts and if appropriate Companies
House and any other regulatory authority of your change of address and number;
(d)
all
mail held or received by us on your behalf on or after the date of termination
will, at your option to be notified to us in writing within 7 days of
termination of this Agreement, either be returned to the sender or, for a
period of no more than 1 month, be forwarded to you at a Fee to be notified by
us at that time.
13.2
Termination
of this Agreement for whatever reason shall be without prejudice to any cause
of action which has accrued to any party prior to expiry or termination.
14.
CONFIDENTIALITY
14.1
Each
party shall keep confidential and not without the disclosing party's prior
written consent disclose to any third party any information of a confidential
nature received from the disclosing party which relates to the business of that
party whether or not such information is marked as confidential ("Confidential
Information").
14.2
The
obligations set forth in Clause 14.1 shall survive the variation, renewal or
termination of this Agreement but shall cease to apply to any information which
has come into the public domain through no fault of the recipient, is lawfully
received by the recipient from a third party free from any obligations of
confidence, is independently developed by the recipient, or is required by law,
court or governmental order to be disclosed.
14.3
Save
as may be expressly provided in this Agreement, we will treat all mail
delivered to you at the Address and all information received from callers to
any Number allocated to you under this Agreement as Confidential Information
and will hold the same subject to the obligations set out in this Clause.
15.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
15.1
Nothing
in this Agreement is intended to or shall be deemed to transfer any
Intellectual Property Rights in the Address or the Number to you. Any goodwill
that may arise by virtue of your use of the Address and/or the Number shall
vest in us automatically upon creation.
16.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
16.1
You
acknowledge and agree that we may use third parties to provide any or all of
the W1 Office Services. We will endeavour to maintain the availability of such
W1 Office Services as may be provided by, or dependant on, third parties,
however, you acknowledge and agree that we cannot guarantee the continued
availability of such Services and that, save as provided in Clause 16.4, we have
no liability to you in respect of W1 Office Services provided by third parties,
including, without limitation, for any interruptions or delays in those
Services.
16.2
Save
as provided in Clause 16.4, in no event will we be liable to you for any
indirect, special or consequential loss or damage arising out of or resulting
from the performance or breach of this Agreement.
16.3
Save
as provided in Clause 16.4, our liability arising out of or in connection with
this Agreement, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, shall in no
circumstances exceed the total amount actually received by us under this
Agreement in the six months preceding the date such liability arose or, where
the period from commencement of this Agreement to accrual of liability is less
than six months, the total amount estimated due and payable by you in the first
six months of this Agreement.
16.4
Nothing
in this Agreement shall be construed as limiting any party's liability for
fraud or for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or the
negligence of its employees, agents or sub-contractors.
17.
COMPETITION
17.1
During
the continuance of this Agreement and for a period of six months after
termination, you will not (whether directly or indirectly and operating by
yourself or by agents, sub-contractors or group companies) provide any service
which may compete with the W1 Office Services.
18.
DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY
18.1
We
will store and process your data received from you under this Agreement in
accordance with the provisions and obligations imposed by the Data Protection
Act 1998. Our registration number is Z895601X.
18.2
We
do not use any form of cookies in attempting to track viewers of the Website.
18.3
Payment
security is licensed by Barclays Merchant Services, using 128 bit military
strength encryption, allowing for safe & secure shopping.
18.4
Website
security is licensed and endorsed by Safebuy, ISIS and the UK's official online security standards, Trust UK.
18.5
We
reserve the right to disclose your data received from you if we are required to
do so by any competent court or regulatory body, without notice to you. If we
are required to disclose your data in accordance with this Clause 18 we will
attempt to notify you of such fact as soon as it is reasonably practical to do
so.
18.6
You
agree that we may contact you to notify you of changes to, or information
about, the W1 Office Services and any other services that we may offer from
time to time. You also agree that, unless and until you notify us in writing of
your objection, we may share data received from you with our group companies
and companies with whom we have a business relationship who may contact you
from time to time with information that they believe may be of interest to
you.
19.
ASSIGNMENT AND GRANT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
19.1
This
Agreement is personal to you and may not be assigned or transferred in whole or
in part without our prior consent in writing, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. It is agreed that it would be unreasonable to transfer
this Agreement to any person, firm or company (or any third party) who is
competing or might compete with our business.
19.2
We
may assign, licence or sub-contract such of our rights and obligations under
this Agreement to such third party or third parties as we, in our absolute
discretion, desire, without notice to you.
20.
NOTICES
20.1
Any
notice or communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in
writing (and, unless such notice is in electronic form, shall be signed by the
party by whom it is given).
20.2
Any
notice or communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be
delivered personally, or by post (using registered mail) or facsimile or
electronic mail to the respective addresses, facsimile numbers or electronic
mail addresses given below or such other address, facsimile number or
electronic mail addresses as either party may notify to the other from time to
time.
20.3
In
the case of notices or communications sent by post, proof of delivery using
registered mail shall constitute proof of receipt, in the case of notices or
communications delivered by facsimile, a facsimile confirmation report shall
constitute proof of receipt and in the case of notices or communications
delivered by electronic mail, an electronic delivery report shall constitute
proof of receipt. The date of receipt shall be:
(a)
in
the case of a notice delivered personally, upon delivery to the relevant
addressee;
(b)
in
the case of a notice sent by post, on the date of delivery, as confirmed by the
proof of delivery from the registered postal service provider;
(c)
in
the case of facsimile on the date on which the facsimile is transmitted by the
sender according to the facsimile confirmation report; and
(d)
in
the case of electronic mail on the date on which the electronic mail is
transmitted by the sender according to the electronic mail delivery report.
20.4
The
addresses for notice under this Clause shall be:
(a)
Us:
Address: Communications House, 26 York Street, London W1U 6PZ
Facsimile: 020 7788 7877
Email: info@w1office.com
Attention: Legal Department
(b)
you:
such address, facsimile, email and attention details are as set out in
your Order.
21.
RELATIONSHIP
21.1
Our
relationship is that of independent contractors dealing at arm's length, and
nothing in this Agreement shall constitute either of us as partner, agent or
representative of the other.
22.
INVALIDITY AND SEVERABILITY
The invalidity or unenforceability of any Clause or part of Clause shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining Clauses or parts of
that Clause. Any Clause or part of a Clause that is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed deleted
from this Agreement and, without prejudice to the foregoing, on such deletion,
the parties shall agree in writing such amendments to this Agreement as may be
necessary for the continued validity and enforceability of the remaining
Clauses.
23.
WAIVER OF REMEDIES
The failure of either party to enforce at
any time or for any period of time any Clause of this Agreement shall not
adversely affect its right thereafter to require complete performance by the other
party.
24.
VARIATION
Unless expressly stated otherwise in this Agreement, no amendment or
variation to this Agreement as proposed by one party shall be valid unless in
writing and unequivocally accepted in writing by the other.
25.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
The terms of this Agreement supersede all prior agreements, arrangements
and undertakings between the parties and constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties relating to the W1 Office Services that are the subject
matter hereof.
26.
RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES
A person who is not a party to this Agreement shall
have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce
any term of this Agreement but this shall not affect any right or remedy of a
third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.
27.
set off
You shall not be entitled to set off any monies due or owing or claimed
by you to be due by us to you against monies due or owing by you to us.
28.
INTERNATIONAL USE
We make no representation that materials on the Website are appropriate
or available for use in locations outside the United Kingdom and accessing the
Website from territories where its contents are illegal or unlawful is
prohibited. If you choose to access the Website from locations outside the United Kingdom, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with
local laws.
29.
MATTERS BEYOND OUR CONTROL
We shall not be held liable for any breach of these Terms and Conditions
caused by circumstances out of our control, including acts of God, fire,
lightning, flood or extremely severe weather, explosion, war, disorder,
industrial disputes (whether or not involving our employees) network failures,
or acts of local or central Government or other competent authorities.
30.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
30.1
This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with English law and shall be
subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.