Terms and conditions
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Terms and Conditions for Use of Prime Dispute :
1) Definitions:
'Agreement’ means these terms and any additional terms.
'Additional Terms’ means those terms and conditions, as are posted to the site, which apply to information, data or services which may differ from and which takes precedence over those set out in this Agreement.
'Data’ means any information made available to the user by the site.
‘Services’ means functions on the site made available to the user by the Supplier.
‘Site’ means Prime Dispute as currently provided for in the uniform resource locator ‘www.primedispute.com’, an internet based means of accessing all the services, information and data as may be offered to the user from time to time at the sole discretion of the Supplier.
‘Supplier’ means Prime Dispute, a limited company.
‘Terms’ means terms and conditions as set out in this document.
‘User’ means any person who accesses or uses the Site or Services.
2) Basis of Agreement
2.1 This Agreement is between the User and the Supplier and governs the access to and use by the User of the Site’s information and services.
2.2 By accessing and using the Site, the User agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
2.3 Supplier may, at its sole discretion, at any time restrict or deny access to the Site by the User.
2.4 If there is any ambiguity or conflict between these Terms and any Additional Terms, then the Additional Terms will prevail but only to the extent of such ambiguity or conflict.
3) Amendments
Supplier may from time to time, at its sole discretion and without notice to User, remove, amend or change any particular programs, information and facilities comprising the Site and/or Services and may launch additional services or information on the Site.
4) Access to and Use of Site and Services
4.1 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Supplier hereby grants User a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable limited licence to view and copy insubstantial parts of the Data for User’s sole and non-commercial use.
4.2 In respect of any copied, downloaded or printed data, User must:
(a) acknowledge the site prominently by stating that the data comes from Prime Dispute Site; and
(b) not remove or alter any copyright or other proprietary notices associated with such Data;
(c) except as expressly permitted by this Agreement.
4.3 User may not:
(a) copy, download, transmit, store, publish or sell or otherwise use the Data (or any part thereof) in any form or by any means;
(b) re-use, assume, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to discern the source code or interfere in any way with the Data (or any part thereof) or with the Site (or any part thereof);
(c) modify or make any additions, alterations or amendments to the Data (or any part thereof);
(d) combine the whole or any part of the Data (or any part thereof) with any other software, data or material;
(e) create derivative works from the whole or any part of the data (or any part thereof); or,
(f) sell, license, or distribute the Data (or any part thereof) to third parties, or use the Data (or any part thereof) as a component of or as a basis for any material offered for sale, license, or distribution.
4.4 All rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved to Supplier.
5) Intellectual Property
5.1 All User acknowledge that the copyright, trademarks and all other intellectual property rights subsisting in or used in connection with the Site, Services, Data, Prime Dispute Limited are the property of Supplier.
5.2 Supplier warrants to User that Site does not infringe any industrial or intellectual property right of any third party.
5.3 Supplier warrants that it has all the necessary rights to permit User to use the Site and/or Services as set out in this Agreement.
6) Passwords
6.1 Not all areas of the site require passwords. Where passwords are required, Supplier will provide a link for the user to set up a password. Each password is for a single User only and is confidential to the specified User and must not be disclosed to a Third Party. It is the User’s responsibility to protect its password and log out at the end of a session. The Supplier takes no responsibility for loss of whatever kind suffered by User as a result of a Third Party’s unauthorised use of User’s password, or failure to log out.
7) Liability
7.1 Save as provided for in 5.2 above, the Site and Services provided are "AS IS’ without warranty of any kind express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of performance, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, omissions, completeness, currency, timeliness, delays.
7.2 Supplier shall use its reasonable endeavors to ensure that Site is available to User during normal business hours. Save as aforesaid, Supplier shall have no liability to User for any interruption or delay in access to the Site irrespective of the cause, or any other loss of revenue, or any direct or indirect damage or claims caused by interruptions or delay.
7.3 Save in relation to the warranty in 5.2 above, Supplier shall not be liable to User for any direct loss or damage in contract, tort delict or otherwise for any loss of whatsoever kind howsoever arising in connection with the provision of the Site and/or Services or use of the Site by User (whether or not caused by negligence of Supplier).
7.4 Supplier shall not be liable to User (howsoever arising or suffered in connection with the provision of the Site and/or Services or the use of the Site and/or Services by User) (whether or not caused by the negligence of Supplier) for:
(a) any indirect , special or consequential loss or damage; and;
(b) loss of profits, revenue, business opportunities, projected savings, goodwill or data.
7.5 Save in relation to the warranty in 5.2 above, Supplier will have no liability whatsoever for any liability of User to any Third Party which might arise in connection with the provision of the Site and/or Services or the use of the Site and/or Services by User (whether or not caused by the negligence of Supplier).
7.6 Certain elements of the Site and/or Service(s) may contain material submitted by third parties or links to third parties’ websites. Supplier accepts no responsibility for the content or accuracy of such material or websites.
7.7 Where material can be posted to the site, it is a condition of use of the Site that User accepts full responsibility for material submitted by User. User warrants that it will not post material that is obscene, indecent or libelous, in breach of the Official Secrets Act or is racially prejudicial and further that publication of such material will not expose Supplier to any civil or criminal proceedings. Without limiting the foregoing, Supplier shall have the right to remove any material from the Site that violates these provisions; or, that it deems (in its sole discretion), to be otherwise objectionable.
7.8 The opinions expressed on the Site are those of the individual Users, authors and/or other contributors and are not necessarily those of the Suppliers.
7.9 These Terms shall not operate to exclude or restrict our liability for fraud or for death or for personal injury resulting from the negligence of the Supplier or our Affiliates. These Terms shall not operate to affect statutory rights where this Agreement is entered into as a Consumer transaction.
7.10 No claim can be brought by either party to this Agreement more than 3 months after the basis for the claim becomes known to the party wishing to assert it.
7.11 The Data contain general information about English Law and does not constitute legal or other professional advice. Users of the information should neither act nor refrain from action, on the basis of this information. No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from action as a result of such information can be accepted by the Editors, Authors or Supplier (or Affiliates or Corporate Members).
8) General
8.1 Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this contract, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as at present in force. The arbitration shall be administered by Prime Dispute. The number of arbitrators shall be one. The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English. The Place of Arbitration shall be London, United Kingdom. The arbitrator(s) shall be a Fellow of Prime Dispute.
8.2 If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid by any court or a competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions which shall remain in full force and effect.
8.3 Supplier may at any time, without notice, vary or amend these Terms. The most up to date version of the Terms will be posted to this Site.
8.4 This Agreement will be governed by English Law. The English Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising under this Agreement should 'Alternative Dispute Resolution' (ADR) fail.
9) Privacy Statement
9.1 Prime Dispute limited is committed to protecting your privacy and we recognise your need to know that your personal information is being lawfully processed and held under the Date Protection Act 2018/General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
9.2 This Privacy Statement is to help you understand how we may use and safeguard any personal information you may provide to us on this website.
9.3 This website may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy policy on these sites. This Privacy Statement relates wholly to information collected by this site and also applies to any information you may supply to our customer service team. That information may include personal contact details and any other information required to assist you with your enquiry.
9.4 In general, you may browse this website without providing any personal information. The information we collect, as you and others browse this website, is for internal use only and does not identity you in any way. In order to use part of our services, we may ask you to provide us with some personal information.
9.5 We will only use your information where we are allowed to by law e.g. carrying out an agreement we have with you, fulfilling a legal obligation, because we have a legitimate business interest or where you agree to it.
9.6 We will keep your information for as long as you have a relationship with us. After it ends we’ll keep it where we may need it for our legitimate purposes e.g. to help us respond to queries or complaints, and responding to requests from government.
9.7 You have a number of rights relating to your information e.g. to see what we hold, to ask us to share it with another party, ask us to update incorrect or incomplete details, to object to or restrict processing of it, to make a complaint etc.
9.8 You may be asked to provide us with information about yourself to enable us to supply you with the information you have requested, or send you information about our products and services. The details we ask for may vary according to the service you have requested. The relevant online entry page will give more information about how; we may use, retain and share this data.
9.9 In cases where you wish to purchase a product or service, we may require personal information, including your credit card details, to enable us to complete this transaction.
9.10 In common with many other professional online information services, we use cookies to speed up navigation through our website. A cookie is a piece of encoded information which is sent from our website and stored in your computer memory. This piece of information identifies who you are and avoids the time-consuming process of checking your details against our user database each time a new page is requested.
Some helpful information on cookies
(a) cookies only contain as much information as disclosed to the site which sent it;
(b) cookies do not take information from your hard drive, delete files or contain viruses;
(c) cookies are small files (100s of bytes) and are not a disc space problem;
(d) the information in each cookie cannot be readily decoded or used in any other way;
(e) if you wish, you can usually change your web browser to disable the storage of cookies.
10) Information Use
10.1 The information you provide will only be used to provide you with the information or services requested. If you have an objection to this, please do not enter into any agreements or provide any details to Prime Dispute.
10.2 Opt in/outs - You may opt in/out of receiving information or advertisements from us. If you do not opt in, you will no longer receive information or advertisement from Prime Dispute after 25 May 2018. This will occur because of our compliance with the UK/EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you opt in please note, Prime Dispute will collect, store, share and process (client, member or similar) information within and outside the UK/EU and comply with all data protection laws. If you have any questions, please contact our customer service team.
10.3 We will not disclose any of your details to a third party, without first seeking your prior authorisation.
10.4 If you have signed up to our membership or similar services then we are requesting your consent as part of a procedure that is in place to comply with the GDPR’s transparency and individuals’ rights provisions. You may withdraw consent at any time.
10.5 Credit Cards - If you purchase a product on our site you may provide us with your credit card details. These details will only be used to complete your purchase and will not be disclosed to any other third party for marketing purposes.
10.6 If you have any concerns or need to report personal data breaches, please contact our customer service team and this will be investigated by a senior member of our team.
11) Access to information
If you require personal information about you or would like to remove or ammend any information from our website, please email Prime Dispute.
12) Changes in Policy
Any changes in policy will be posted here. Please check this page for amendments every time you visit our site to ensure you are aware of any changes in policy. By continuing to use the site you will be deemed to be aware and accept these changes.
13) Complaints
We will investigate any complaint made to us and shall work with you to ensure a fair outcome. Please email any complaints to [email protected]
14) Security
14.1 This site has security measure in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control. We also have measures in place to protect our members and customer database and access to this is restricted internally.
15) Rules or reference to Prime Dispute
15.1 Any individual should note it is important that they inform the Case Officer at Prime Dispute should they decide to include a reference to Prime Dispute or Prime Dispute rules (within the agreement, contract, legal documentation, websites, etc, to ensure if any changes or amendments are made to the Rules, then the parties are informed as a priority). The parties should note this is at their own risk and should always seek independent legal advice.
15) Contact us:
[email protected]
Page last amended 11 December 2020
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