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Terms of Business for Businesses

STANDARD SERVICE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR BUSINESSES

BACKGROUND:

MawdsLeigh whose registered address is 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX (the “Service Provider”) provides personal development, transformation, health and wellbeing services to business clients. The Service Provider has reasonable skill, knowledge and experience in that field. These Terms and Conditions shall apply to the provision of services by the Service Provider to its clients.

  1. Definitions and Interpretation
    1.1 In these Terms and Conditions, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

“Agreement” means the agreement entered into by the Service Provider and the Client incorporating these Terms and Conditions (or variation thereof agreed upon by both Parties) which shall govern provision of the Services;

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday;

“Client” means the party procuring the Services from the Service Provider who shall be identified in the Agreement;

“Commencement Date” means the date on which provision of the Services will commence, as defined in the Agreement;

“Confidential Information” means, in relation to either Party, information which is disclosed to that Party by the other Party pursuant to or in connection with the Agreement (whether orally or in writing or any other medium, and whether or not the information is expressly stated to be confidential or marked as such);

“Data Protection Legislation” means all applicable legislation in force from time to time in the United Kingdom applicable to data protection and privacy including, but not limited to, the UK GDPR (the retained EU law version of the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679), as it forms part of the law of England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018); the Data Protection Act 2018 (and regulations made thereunder); and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 as amended;

“Fees” means any and all sums due under the Agreement from the Client to the Service Provider, as specified in the Agreement;

“Intellectual Property Rights” means (a) any and all rights in any patents, trademarks, service marks, registered designs, applications (and rights to apply for any of those rights) trade, business and company names, internet domain names and e-mail addresses, unregistered trademarks and service marks, copyrights, database rights, know-how, rights in designs and inventions;
(b) rights under licences, consents, orders, statutes or otherwise in relation to a right in paragraph (a);
(c) rights of the same or similar effect or nature as or to those in paragraphs (a) and (b) which now or in the future may subsist; and
(d) the right to sue for past infringements of any of the foregoing rights;

“Services” means the services to be provided by the Service Provider to the Client in accordance with Clause 2 of the Agreement, as fully defined in the Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement; and

“Term” means the term of the Agreement as defined therein.

1.2 Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference in these Terms and Conditions to:
1.2.1 “writing”, and any cognate expression, includes email;
1.2.2 a statute or a provision of a statute is a reference to that statute or provision as amended or re-enacted at the relevant time;
1.2.3 “these Terms and Conditions” is a reference to these Terms and Conditions as amended or supplemented at the relevant time;
1.2.4 a Clause or paragraph is a reference to a Clause of these Terms and Conditions or to a Clause of the Agreement, as appropriate; and
1.2.5 a “Party” or the “Parties” refer to the parties to the Agreement.

1.3 The headings used in these Terms and Conditions are for convenience only and shall have no effect upon the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions.

1.4 Words imparting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa.

1.5 References to any gender shall include the other gender.

1.6 References to persons shall include corporations.

  1. Provision of the Services

2.1 With effect from the Commencement Date, the Service Provider shall, throughout the Term of the Agreement, provide the Services to the Client.

2.2 The Service Provider shall provide the Services with reasonable skill and care, commensurate with prevailing standards in the personal development industry and wellbeing sector in the United Kingdom.

2.3 The Service Provider shall be responsible for ensuring that it complies with all statutes, regulations, byelaws, standards, codes of conduct and any other rules relevant to the provision of the Services.

2.4 The Service Provider shall use reasonable endeavours to accommodate any reasonable changes in the Services that may be requested by the Client, subject to the Client’s acceptance of any related reasonable changes to the Fees that may be due as a result of such changes.

  1. Intellectual Property Rights

3.1 The Service Provider shall retain the ownership of any and all Intellectual Property Rights that may subsist in anything produced by the Service Provider in the course of providing the Services. Throughout the Term of the Agreement, the Service Provider may grant a royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence of such rights to permit the Client use, for non-commercial purposes in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and the Services.

3.2 Throughout the Term of the Agreement, the Service Provider may grant a royalty, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence of such rights to permit the Client use for commercial and reseller purposes, subject to the Client’s chosen Services and written permission by the Service Provider.

3.3 In complying with the provisions of sub-Clause 3.1, the Service Provider shall undertake to execute any such agreements and perform any such actions that may be necessary to put such licences into effect.

3.4 The Service Provider shall assert all moral rights arising out of Chapter IV of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

  1. Client’s Obligations

4.1 The Client shall use all reasonable endeavours to provide all pertinent information to the Service Provider that is necessary for the Service Provider’s provision of the Services.

4.2 In the event that the Service Provider requires the decision, approval, consent or any other communication from the Client in order to continue with the provision of the Services or any part thereof at any time, the Client shall provide the same in a reasonable and timely manner.

4.3 Any delay in the provision of the Services resulting from the Client’s failure or delay in complying with any of the provisions of Clause 4 of the Agreement shall not be the responsibility or fault of the Service Provider.

  1. Fees, Payment and Records

5.1 The Client shall pay the Fees to the Service Provider in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement.

5.2 The Service Provider shall invoice the Client for Fees due in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement.

5.3 All payments required to be made pursuant to the Agreement by the Client shall be made in respect of the Payment information provided by the Service Provider in the relevant invoice.

5.4 All payments required to be made pursuant to the Agreement by the Client shall be made in Great British Pounds Sterling in cleared funds to such bank as the Service Provider may from time to time nominate.

5.5 Where any payment pursuant to the Agreement is required to be made on a day that is not a Business Day, it may be made on the next following Business Day.

5.6 Without prejudice to sub-Clause 10.4.1 of the Agreement, any sums which remain unpaid following the expiry of the period set out in sub-Clause 5.3 of the Agreement shall incur interest on a daily basis at 2% above the base rate of Natwest Bank from time to time until payment is made in full of any such outstanding sums.

  1. Liability and Indemnity

6.1 In the event that the Service Provider fails to perform the Services with reasonable care and skill it shall carry out any and all necessary remedial action at no additional cost to the Client.

6.2 The Service Provider’s total liability for any loss or damage caused as a result of its negligence or breach of the Agreement shall be limited to the sum of the Fees for the provision of Services.

6.3 The Service Provider shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by the Client that results from the Client’s failure to follow any instructions given by the Service Provider.

6.4 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions nor in the Agreement shall limit or exclude the Service Provider’s liability for death or personal injury.

6.5 Subject to sub-Clause 6.3 of the Agreement the Service Provider shall indemnify the Client against any costs, liability, damages, loss, claims or proceedings arising out of the Service Provider’s breach of the Agreement limited to the sum of the Fees for the provision of Services.

6.6 The Client shall indemnify the Service Provider against any costs, liability, damages, loss, claims or proceedings arising from loss or damage to any equipment (including that belonging to any third parties appointed by the Service Provider) caused by the Client or its agents or consultants.

6.7 Neither Party shall be liable to the other or be deemed to be in breach of the Agreement by reason of any delay in performing, or any failure to perform, any of that Party’s obligations if the delay or failure is due to any cause beyond that Party’s reasonable control.

  1. Confidentiality

7.1 Each Party shall undertake that, except as provided by sub-Clause 7.2 or as authorised in writing by the other Party, it shall, at all times during the continuance of the Agreement and for 1 year after its termination:
7.1.1 keep confidential all Confidential Information;
7.1.2 not disclose any Confidential Information to any other party;
7.1.3 not use any Confidential Information for any purpose other than as contemplated by and subject to the terms of the Agreement;
7.1.4 not make any copies of, record in any way or part with possession of any Confidential Information; and
7.1.5 ensure that none of its directors, officers, employees, agents, sub-contractors, consultants or advisers (where applicable) does any act which, if done by that Party, would be a breach of the provisions of sub-Clauses 7.1.1 to 7.1.4 of the Agreement.

7.2 Either Party may:
7.2.1 disclose any Confidential Information to:
7.2.1.1 any adviser of that Party;
7.2.1.2 any governmental or other authority or regulatory body; or
7.2.1.3 any employee or officer of that Party or of any of the aforementioned persons, parties or bodies;
to such extent only as is necessary for the purposes contemplated by the Agreement (including, but not limited to, the provision of the Services), or as required by law. In each case that Party shall first inform the person, party or body in question that the Confidential Information is confidential and (except where the disclosure is to any such body under sub-Clause 7.2.1.2 or any employee or officer of any such body) obtaining and submitting to the other Party a written confidentiality undertaking from the party in question. Such undertaking should be as nearly as practicable in the terms of Clause 7 of the Agreement, to keep the Confidential Information confidential and to use it only for the purposes for which the disclosure is made; and
7.2.2 use any Confidential Information for any purpose, or disclose it to any other person, to the extent only that it is at the date of the Agreement, or at any time after that date becomes, public knowledge through no fault of that Party. In making such use or disclosure, that Party must not disclose any part of the Confidential Information that is not public knowledge.
7.3 The provisions of Clause 7 of the Agreement shall continue in force in accordance with their terms, notwithstanding the termination of the Agreement for any reason.

  1. Force Majeure

8.1 No Party to the Agreement shall be liable for any failure or delay in performing their obligations where such failure or delay results from any cause that is beyond the reasonable control of that Party. Such causes include, but are not limited to: power failure, internet service provider failure, industrial action, civil unrest, fire, flood, storms, earthquakes, acts of terrorism, acts of war, governmental action, epidemic, pandemic or any other event that is beyond the control of the Party in question.

8.2 In the event that a Party to the Agreement cannot perform their obligations hereunder as a result of force majeure for a continuous period of 30 days, the other Party may at its discretion terminate the Agreement by written notice at the end of that period. In the event of such termination, the Parties shall agree upon a fair and reasonable payment for all Services provided up to the date of termination. Such payment shall, take into account, any prior contractual commitments entered into in reliance on the performance of the Agreement.

  1. Term and Termination

9.1 The Agreement shall come into force on the agreed Commencement Date and shall continue for a defined Term from that date, subject to the provisions of Clause 9 of the Agreement.

9.2 Either Party may terminate the Agreement by giving to the other not less than 30 days written notice, to expire on or at any time after the minimum term of the Agreement (which shall be defined in the Agreement).

9.3 If the Client terminates the Agreement when the provision of Services has begun, the Client may be subject to a termination charge.

9.4 Either Party may immediately terminate the Agreement by giving written notice to the other Party if:
9.4.1 any sum owing to that Party by the other Party under any of the provisions of the Agreement is not paid within 7 days of the due date for payment;
9.4.2 the other Party commits any other breach of any of the provisions of the Agreement and, if the breach is capable of remedy, fails to remedy it within 14 days after being given written notice giving full particulars of the breach and requiring it to be remedied;
9.4.3 an encumbrancer takes possession, or where the other Party is a company, a receiver is appointed, of any of the property or assets of that other Party;
9.4.4 the other Party makes any voluntary arrangement with its creditors or, being a company, becomes subject to an administration order (within the meaning of the Insolvency Act 1986);
9.4.5 the other Party, being an individual or firm, has a bankruptcy order made against it or, being a company, goes into liquidation (except for the purposes of bona fide amalgamation or re-construction and in such a manner that the company resulting therefrom effectively agrees to be bound by or assume the obligations imposed on that other Party under the Agreement);
9.4.6 anything analogous to any of the foregoing under the law of any jurisdiction occurs in relation to the other Party;
9.4.7 the other Party ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business; or
9.4.8 control of the other Party is acquired by any person or connected persons not having control of that other Party on the date of the Agreement. For the purposes of Clause 9, “control” and “connected persons” shall have the meanings ascribed thereto by Sections 1124 and 1122 respectively of the Corporation Tax Act 2010.

9.5 For the purposes of sub-Clause 9.4.2, a breach shall be considered capable of remedy if the Party in breach can comply with the provision in question in all respects.

9.6 The rights to terminate the Agreement shall not prejudice any other right or remedy of either Party in respect of the breach concerned (if any) or any other breach.

  1. Effects of Termination

Upon the termination of the Agreement for any reason:
10.1 any sum owing by either Party to the other under any of the provisions of the Agreement shall become immediately due and payable;

10.2 all Clauses which, either expressly or by their nature, relate to the period after the expiry or termination of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect;

10.3 termination shall not affect or prejudice any right to damages or other remedy which the terminating Party may have in respect of the event giving rise to the termination or any other right to damages or other remedy which any Party may have in respect of any breach of the Agreement which existed at or before the date of termination;

10.4 subject as provided in Clause 10 of the Agreement and except in respect of any accrued rights neither Party shall be under any further obligation to the other;

10.5 each Party shall (except to the extent referred to in Clause 7 of the Agreement) immediately cease to use, either directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information, and shall immediately return to the other Party any documents in its possession or control which contain or record any Confidential Information; and

10.6 the Intellectual Property Rights licence granted under sub-Clause 3.1 of the Agreement shall terminate and the Client shall forthwith cease to use, either directly or indirectly, any such Intellectual Property Rights, and shall forthwith return to the Service Provider any such material in its possession or control.

  1. Data Protection

The Service Provider will only use the Client’s personal information as set out in the Service Provider’s Privacy Notice and Privacy Policy available in the footer at the bottom of this page.

  1. Data Processing

12.1 In this Clause 12 and in the Agreement, “personal data”, “data subject”, “data controller”, “data processor”, and “personal data breach” shall have the meaning defined in Article 4 of the UK GDPR.

12.2 Both Parties shall comply with all applicable data protection requirements set out in the Data Protection Legislation. Neither this Clause 12 nor the Agreement shall relieve either Party of any obligations set out in the Data Protection Legislation and shall not remove or replace any of those obligations.

12.3 For the purposes of the Data Protection Legislation and for this Clause 12 and the Agreement, the Service Provider is the “Data Processor” and the Client is the “Data Controller”.

12.4 The type(s) of personal data, the scope, nature and purpose of the processing, and the duration of the processing shall be set out in a Schedule to the Agreement.

12.5 The Data Controller shall ensure that it has in place all necessary consents and notices required to enable the lawful transfer of personal data to the Data Processor for the purposes described in the Agreement and the Schedule to the Agreement.

12.6 The Data Processor shall, with respect to any personal data processed by it in relation to its performance of any of its obligations under these Terms and Conditions and the Agreement:
12.6.1 Process the personal data only on the written instructions of the Data Controller unless the Data Processor is otherwise required to process such personal data by law. The Data Processor shall promptly notify the Data Controller of such processing unless prohibited from doing so by law.
12.6.2 Ensure that it has in place suitable technical and organisational measures (as approved by the Data Controller) to protect the personal data from unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, damage or destruction. Such measures shall be proportionate to the potential harm resulting from such events, taking into account the current state of the art in technology and the cost of implementing those measures.
12.6.3 Ensure that any and all directors, officers, consultants or agents with access to the personal data (whether for processing purposes or otherwise) are contractually obliged to keep that personal data confidential; and
12.6.4 Not transfer any personal data outside of the UK without the prior written consent of the Data Controller and only if the following conditions are satisfied:
12.6.4.1 The Data Controller and/or the Data Processor has/have provided suitable safeguards for the transfer of personal data;
12.6.4.2 Affected data subjects have enforceable rights and effective legal remedies;
12.6.4.3 The Data Processor complies with its obligations under the Data Protection Legislation, providing an adequate level of protection to any and all personal data so transferred; and
12.6.4.4 The Data Processor complies with all reasonable instructions given in advance by the Data Controller with respect to the processing of the personal data.
12.6.5 Assist the Data Controller at the Data Controller’s cost, in responding to any and all requests from data subjects and in ensuring its compliance with the Data Protection Legislation with respect to security, breach notifications, impact assessments, and consultations with supervisory authorities or regulators (including, but not limited to, the Information Commissioner’s Office);
12.6.6 Notify the Data Controller without undue delay of a personal data breach;
12.6.7 On the Data Controller’s written instruction, delete (or otherwise dispose of) or return all personal data and any and all copies thereof to the Data Controller on termination of the Agreement unless it is required to retain any of the personal data by law; and
12.6.8 Maintain complete and accurate records of all processing activities and technical and organisational measures implemented necessary to demonstrate compliance with this Clause 12 and the Agreement and with reasonable written notice to allow for audits by the Data Controller and/or any party designated by the Data Controller.

12.7 The Data Processor shall not sub-contract any of its obligations to a sub-contractor with respect to the processing of personal data under this Clause 12 and the Agreement without the prior written consent of the Data Controller (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld). In the event that the Data Processor appoints a sub-contractor, the Data Processor shall:
12.7.1 Enter into a written agreement with the sub-contractor, which shall impose upon the sub-contractor the same obligations as are imposed upon the Data Processor by this Clause 12 and the Agreement and which shall permit both the Data Processor and the Data Controller to enforce those obligations; and
12.7.2 Ensure that the sub-contractor complies fully with its obligations under that agreement and the Data Protection Legislation.

  1. No Waiver

No failure or delay by either Party in exercising any of its rights under the Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of that right, and no waiver by either Party of a breach of any provision of the Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.

  1. Further Assurance

Each Party shall execute and do all such further deeds, documents and things as may be necessary to carry the provisions of the Agreement into full force and effect.

  1. Costs
    Subject to any provisions to the contrary each Party shall pay its own costs of and incidental to the negotiation, preparation, execution and carrying into effect of the Agreement.
  2. Set-Off
    Neither Party shall be entitled to set-off any sums in any manner from payments due or sums received in respect of any claim under the Agreement or any other agreement at any time.
  3. Assignment and Sub-Contracting

The Agreement shall be personal to the Parties. Neither Party may assign, mortgage, charge (otherwise than by floating charge) or sub-licence or otherwise delegate any of its rights thereunder, or sub-contract or otherwise delegate any of its obligations thereunder without the written consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

  1. Time

The times and dates referred to in the Agreement shall be for guidance only and shall not be of the essence of the Agreement and may be varied by mutual agreement between the Parties.

  1. Relationship of the Parties

Nothing in the Agreement shall constitute or be deemed to constitute a partnership, joint venture, agency or other fiduciary relationship between the Parties other than the contractual relationship expressly provided for in the Agreement.

  1. Non-Solicitation

20.1 Neither Party shall, for the Term of the Agreement and for a period of 1 year after its termination or expiry, employ or contract the services of any person who is or was employed or otherwise engaged by the other Party at any time in relation to the Agreement without the express written consent of that Party.

20.2 Neither Party shall, for the Term of the Agreement and for a period of 1 year after its termination or expiry, solicit or entice away from the other Party any customer or client where any such solicitation or enticement would cause damage to the business of that Party without the express written consent of that Party.

  1. Third Party Rights

21.1 No part of the Agreement shall confer rights on any third parties and accordingly the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to the Agreement.

21.2 Subject to Clause 22 of the Agreement, the Agreement shall continue and be binding on the transferee, successors and assigns of either Party as required.

  1. Notices

22.1 All notices under the Agreement shall be in writing and be deemed duly given if signed by, or on behalf of, a duly authorised officer of the Party giving the notice.

22.2 Notices shall be deemed to have been duly given:
22.2.1 when delivered, if delivered by first-class mail on the second Business Day courier during normal business hours of the recipient; or
22.2.2 when sent, if transmitted by e-mail and a successful transmission report or return receipt is generated.
In each case notices shall be addressed to the most recent address and e-mail address notified to the other Party.

  1. Entire Agreement

23.1 The Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to its subject matter and may not be modified except by an instrument in writing signed by the duly authorised representatives of the Parties.

23.2 Each Party shall acknowledge that, in entering into the Agreement, it does not rely on any representation, warranty or other provision except as expressly provided in the Agreement, and all conditions, warranties or other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

  1. Counterparts

The Agreement may be entered into in any number of counterparts and by the Parties to it on separate counterparts each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all the counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

  1. Severance

In the event that one or more of the provisions of the Agreement and/or of these Terms and Conditions is found to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, those provision(s) shall be deemed severed from the remainder of the Agreement and/or these Terms and Conditions. The remainder of the Agreement and/or these Terms and Conditions shall be valid and enforceable.

  1. Dispute Resolution

26.1 The Parties shall attempt to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to the Agreement through negotiations between their appointed representatives who have the authority to settle such disputes.

26.2 If negotiations under sub-Clause 26.1 of the Agreement do not resolve the matter within 14 days of receipt of a written invitation to negotiate, the parties will attempt to resolve the dispute in good faith through an agreed Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) procedure.

26.3 If the ADR procedure under sub-Clause 26.2 of the Agreement does not resolve the matter within 30 days of the initiation of that procedure, or if either Party will not participate in the ADR procedure, the dispute may be referred to arbitration by either Party.

26.4 The seat of the arbitration under sub-Clause 26.3 of the Agreement shall be England and Wales. The arbitration shall be governed by the Arbitration Act 1996 and Rules for Arbitration as agreed between the Parties. In the event that the Parties are unable to agree on the arbitrator(s) or the Rules for Arbitration, either Party may, upon giving written notice to the other Party, apply to the President or Deputy President for the time being of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators for the appointment of an arbitrator or arbitrators and for any decision on rules that may be required.

26.5 Nothing in Clause 26 of the Agreement shall prohibit either Party or its affiliates from applying to a court for interim injunctive relief.

26.6 The decision and outcome of the final method of dispute resolution under Clause 26 of the Agreement shall be final and binding on both Parties.

  1. Law and Jurisdiction

27.1 The Agreement and these Terms and Conditions (including any non-contractual matters and obligations arising therefrom or associated therewith) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales.

27.2 Subject to the provisions of Clause 26 of the Agreement, any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim between the Parties relating to the Agreement or these Terms and Conditions (including any non-contractual matters and obligations arising therefrom or associated therewith) shall fall within the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.