TERMS OF BUSINESS

Scope

We’ll agree the scope of work with you before starting work and confirm this via email. Any changes to the scope will need to be agreed in writing (via email).

Your responsibilities

We need your reasonable cooperation to be able to provide you with services. We won’t be liable to you if we can’t perform the services through lack of cooperation.

We’re a legal consultancy, not a law firm. As a consultancy, we’re not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority or Bar Standards Board. This means that we don’t advise on “reserved” activities (such as litigation, notarial services and administration of oaths) and you’re unable to make claims to the SRA Compensation Fund. Rest assured that all of our solicitors are UK qualified and hold up-to-date practicing certificates. We’re also in the process of becoming a law firm should you require our help with reserved work in the future.

Fees

You agree to pay our fees within thirty days of receiving our invoice. Otherwise, we’ll need to suspend the Services or terminate our agreement altogether.

Contact

You can contact us at info@adonisrobertslaw.com or just email a member of the team directly.

Our Services

We’ll agree the Services, associated deliverables and scope of work with you before starting work and confirm these in our Engagement Letter.

Changes

If we agree to make changes to the deliverables or scope agreed in the Engagement Letter, these changes will need to be made in writing and may be subject to an additional fee. This fee will be agreed with you in writing before we carry out any additional work. No changes to the scope will be deemed effective unless they are agreed in writing.

Your undertakings

Co-operation.

You agree to cooperate with us in connection with the performance of the Services and respond to queries promptly and accurately to enable us to perform the Services to the best of our ability without delay.

Review and confirmation.

After we deliver an agreed deliverable to you, you’ll need to tell us whether the deliverable is accepted within a reasonable timeframe.

Fees

Our fees for the Services will be set out in the Engagement Letter. All fees are exclusive of VAT. We’ll invoice you on a monthly basis and all invoices must be paid within thirty (30) days of receipt.

Currency

Unless otherwise agreed in the Engagement Letter, all payments due to us will need to be made in pounds sterling.

Interest

If you’re delayed in making any payments to us, we may charge interest to you on the overdue amount under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998. This interest shall accrue on a daily basis from the due date until the date of actual payment of the overdue amount, whether before or after judgment. You’ll need to pay us the overdue amount plus any interest.

Late payments and withholding

We know this is really unlikely to happen, but if you’re late in paying, you agree we’re allowed to charge interest at the maximum rate permitted by law.Where fees are paid subject to withholding or deduction, you agree we have the right to charge an additional amount which will, after any deduction or withholding has been made, leave us with the same amount we would have received in the absence of any such deduction or withholding.

Confidential Information

Both you and us will keep Confidential Information secure and confidential and only disclose to each of our employees, directors or advisors on a strictly “need to know” basis. “Confidential Information” means all information relating to these Terms or to a party that has been obtained by the other either in writing, in disk or electronic form or any other form or medium in which such information may be recorded or kept, including information of whatever nature concerning the business, goods, products, know-how or Personal Data of a party and any information which is expressly indicated to be confidential, is imparted to the other party in circumstances importing an obligation of confidence or which could reasonably be regarded as confidential.

Information treated confidentially

Personal information or business information that you supply to us, other than information that is in the public domain, will be treated confidentially.

Marketing

Confidential information will not be disclosed to any third party, including for the purposes of marketing without your prior permission.

Necessary disclosure

You or we may disclose Confidential Information if required by law, regulation or court order, provided that - if permissible - the disclosing party gives the non- disclosing party as much notice as possible and reasonable steps to limit disclosure.

Return of property

On the expiry or termination of these Terms, you can request us to return all documents and materials containing your Confidential Information and Personal Data. To the extent technically possible, we’ll also erase all of your Confidential Information from our storage systems, but you acknowledge and agree that we may retain materials that we’re required to retain by applicable law or as permitted by these Terms.

Liability

We’re only responsible for foreseeable loss. If we breach these terms, we are only responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breaking this contract or our failing to use reasonable care and skill. We’re not responsible for loss or damage that is not foreseeable.

We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for fraud, death or personal injury caused by our negligence.

Claims

We will be responsible to you for the provision of the Services. You agree that you will not bring any claim against any individual employee or officer in connection with these Terms or their subject matter.

Reliance

Our services are provided to and intended to be relied upon you alone. It cannot be relied on by anyone else. Any guidance we provide is also based on the law and practice as at the date our guidance is given - we aren’t obliged to provide you with any updates to reflect subsequent changes in law and practice.

Term.

These Terms will continue in force until the expiry of any term agreed in the Engagement

Letter or as otherwise terminated in accordance with this clause.

Breach of contract

Either party may terminate our agreement under these Terms with immediate effect on giving notice to the other party if the other party:

commits a material breach of these Terms which is incapable of remedy;
commits a material breach of these Terms which is capable of remedy but fails to remedy that breach within 30 days of being notified of the breach;
is in breach of its obligations under (Data Protection) or (Confidentiality);
experiences a Force Majeure Event in accordance with the provisions of this clause.

Failure to make payment.

We may also suspend the Services or terminate our agreement under these Terms with immediate effect where you do not:

pay any invoice within thirty (30) days of receipt; or
within a reasonable time of us asking for it, provide us with information that is necessary for us to provide the Services.

Changing your mind

Our Services are only intended for businesses and so the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 don’t apply to these Terms. You don’t have the right to change your mind in respect of tech tools or digital products after you have started to download, stream or use the Services after these have been provided.

Consequences of termination

On termination, any fees owed to us by you to the date termination will become due immediately.

Existing rights. The expiry or termination of these Terms won’t affect the accrued rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties under it as existing at expiry or termination.

Force majeure

Force Majeure event. Neither Party shall be liable for a breach of these Terms directly or indirectly caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control (a “Force Majeure Event”). These circumstances don’t include any requirement to comply with applicable law or anything caused by a party’s wilful act or negligence.

Notice

On the occurrence of a Force Majeure Event, the affected party must notify the other immediately including all relevant details of the event and the steps they are taking to mitigate its effects.

Dispute resolution

Hopefully there won’t be any but if there is a dispute between us, we both agree that we’ll use reasonable endeavours to resolve any dispute in good faith.

Parties should attempt settlement. We both agree to attempt to reach an amicable settlement and, if necessary, will refer the matter to arbitration before commencing court proceedings.