These terms of use set out the additional terms on which we, Lease Conferences Limited, make decisions of the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) (previously the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal) (the “Tribunal Decisions”) available to you on our website (“Website”) at http://decisions.lease-advice.org/

Please read these terms carefully before you start to search and access the Tribunal Decisions as, by using our Website to search and access the Tribunal Decisions you accept these terms of use in full (including the disclaimers and limitations of liability set out under the heading “Reliance on Information and Liability” below). If you disagree with these terms of use or any part of these terms of use, you must not use our Website to search and access the Tribunal Decisions.

We may revise these terms from time-to-time. Revised terms will apply to your use of our Website to search and access the Tribunal Decisions from the date of the publication of the revised terms on our Website. Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version and any changes we make.

General Website Terms of Use

Our Website terms of use (“Website Terms of Use”), a copy of which is available here, apply to all users of the Website and by using our Website you accept our Website Terms of Use. The additional terms of use contained on this page set out the additional terms on which we make the Tribunal Decisions and any Original Materials (as defined below) available on our Website. In the case of a conflict between our Website Terms of Use and these additional terms, these additional terms shall take precedence in so far as they apply to your use of the Website to search and access Tribunal Decisions and any Original Materials.

Accessing the Tribunal Decisions

The Tribunal Decisions are made available on our Website free of charge. We do not guarantee that the Tribunal Decisions will always be available or that access to the Tribunal Decisions will be uninterrupted. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change access to the Tribunal Decisions without notice and we will not be liable to you if for any reason if the Tribunal Decisions are unavailable at any time or for any period.

Without limiting the generality of the above, we may suspend or terminate your right to access our Website (and the Tribunal Decisions available on our Website) in the event that you breach our Website Terms of Use in accordance with our rights under our Website Terms of Use. A breach of these additional terms of use will amount to a breach of our Website Terms of Use.

Licence

Copyright in the Tribunal Decisions is owned by the Crown and we publish the Tribunal Decisions on our Website in accordance with such licence terms and restrictions as apply from time to time. You must comply with any relevant licence terms in respect of your use or re-use of any Tribunal Decisions you download or access from our Website from time to time.

Unless otherwise stated, we own any intellectual property rights in any databases, summaries or other original materials published by us with or to accompany or supplement any Tribunal Decisions on our Website (“Original Materials”). You may view, download for caching and internal purposes, copy and print Original Materials for your own personal or internal use. Unless we otherwise agree in writing, you must not make print outs or copies of any Original Materials available to any third party, modify or edit any Original Materials or otherwise exploit any Original Materials for any resale or commercial purposes.

Reliance on Information and Liability

The publication of the Tribunal Decisions and any Original Materials on our Website is intended to be a source of general information on previous Tribunal Decisions only and is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. We give no warranty or assurance about the Tribunal Decisions or any Original Materials. In particular, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees (express or implied) that our Website contains a complete, comprehensive or up-to-date record of Tribunal Decisions. The information contained in any Original Materials may be incorrect or out of date, and may not constitute a definitive or complete statement of any Tribunal Decision and you should therefore refer to the original Tribunal Decision in each case rather than any summary contained in the Original Materials. The publication of Tribunal Decisions and Original Materials are not intended to constitute advice on any area and you are solely responsible for any results obtained from the use of the Tribunal Decisions and the Original Materials and from any conclusions drawn from such use. You should take your own professional and specialist advice on the applicability of any previous Tribunal Decision on your circumstances and before taking (or refraining from) any action on the basis of any Tribunal Decision or Original Materials.

Accordingly, we will not be liable to you (whether in contract, in tort (including negligence) or for breach of statutory duty) in respect of any losses arising under or in connection with your use of or reliance on the Tribunal Decisions or any Original Materials. Without limiting the forgoing:

If you are a consumer (meaning an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside your trade, business, craft or profession):

1. we will not be liable to you (whether in contract, in tort (including negligence) or for breach of statutory duty) in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control;
2. we will not be liable to you (whether in contract, in tort (including negligence) or for breach of statutory duty) for any loss or damage that is not a foreseeable result of our breach or negligence (meaning loss or damage that is not an obvious consequence of our breach or if it was not contemplated by you and us at the time provided access to the Website to you);
3. we only make the Tribunal Decisions and Original Materials available to you for domestic and private use. You agree not to use the Website for any commercial or business purposes and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, income or anticipated savings, loss of business, business interruption or loss of business opportunity, contracts or goodwill; or

If you are not a consumer:

1. we will not be liable to you (whether in contract, in tort (including negligence) or for breach of statutory duty) in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control;
2. we will not be liable to you (whether in contract, in tort (including negligence) or for breach of statutory duty) in respect of any business losses, including (without limitation) loss of profit, income or anticipated savings, loss of business, business interruption or loss of business opportunity, contracts or goodwill;
3. we will not be liable to you (whether in contract, in tort (including negligence) or for breach of statutory duty) in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

In either case, nothing in these terms of use will: (a) limit or exclude our liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence; (b) limit or exclude our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) limit or exclude any of our liabilities in any way that is not permitted under English law.

Our Website Terms of Use and (if applicable) our Terms for our Enhanced Tribunal Decisions Service also contain limitations and exclusions of liability which will apply to your use of our Website and you should refer also refer to these. Copies are available here and here.

General Provisions

Each of the paragraphs of these terms operates separately. If a court or any other relevant authority finds that any provision of these terms (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision shall, to the extent required, be deemed deleted, and the remaining provisions of these terms will remain in full force and effect.

Law and Jurisdiction

These terms of use are governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and any disputes relating to these terms of use are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. However, if you are a consumer, and you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland and if you are a resident of Scotland you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

About Us

The full name of our company is Lease Conferences Limited.

We are registered in England & Wales under company registration number 04761269 and our registered address is Fleetbank House, 2-6 Salisbury Square, London, EC4Y 8JX. You can contact us by email to [email protected].

Our VAT number is 178 537 073

August 2015