TERMS & CONDITIONS

Terms and conditions applying to work carried out by Breedon Consulting Ltd and Breedon HR Ltd (‘Breedon’)

1. An estimate of Breedon time, charges and expenses for each assignment is provided on the basis that it remains valid for either the period stated or for thirty days from the date of submission.
   
2. Invoices for work done or for services provided shall be submitted by Breedon either monthly or at fixed stages as specified in the proposal. All invoices are payable within thirty days of the invoice date without right of set-off or counterclaim statutory or otherwise. Breedon reserves the right to invoke the terms of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act and may charge interest at the current base rate plus 4%, if payment is not received by the due date.
   
3. If the client fails to make payment as required by these Terms of Business or if the client shall go into liquidation or has a Receiver or Administrator appointed then Breedon shall have the right to cancel any contract and discontinue any work and all sums owing at the time shall become immediately payable as a debt to Breedon Consulting Ltd
   
4. Fees will be charged for the cancellation of any assignment, or any part of it, on the following scale:
   Less than 15 working days’ notice of cancellation        100% of fee charged
   Less than 30 working days’ notice of cancellation.       50% of fee charged
5. The maximum course size, unless otherwise agreed, is 10 delegates. Additional participants will be charged at the rate of £50 per delegate per day.
6. All conclusions, recommendations, and forecasts in any proposal or subsequent report, letter or communication, both verbal and written, are made in good faith on the basis of the information available to Breedon at the time, whether from the client or information which is in the public domain and the validity thereof will depend, amongst other factors, on the effective co-operation of the client, and the client’s staff. Hence, no condition, warranty or representation, express or implied, is given as to the results of performance obtained or to be obtained from the services provided by Breedon and the client shall be responsible for the proper adaptation of Breedon’s recommendations to the client’s own circumstances. Breedon cannot warrant that the work will be outside the scope of any patent or registered design, and will not be liable to the client for any loss or claim which is not reasonably foreseeable on acceptance of any proposal.
7. Breedon shall not be liable for any consequential or indirect loss suffered by the client whether this loss arises from a breach of duty in contract or tort or in any other way, including loss arising from Breedon’s negligence.
8. Breedon will use its best endeavours to keep confidential for two years from the date of its communication all information supplied by the client which is defined and designated as confidential in writing at the time of its supply. However, this confidentiality shall not extend to any information already known to Breedon prior to its disclosure by the client or lawfully received from a third party, or any information already existing in the public domain at the date of its disclosure.
9. Reports submitted, training notes and advice given by Breedon are for the use of the client concerned only and are not to be reproduced or disclosed to third parties without prior consent confirmed in writing from the Company.
10. Breedon shall incur no liability to the client in respect of any failure to complete any work or any part thereof by any date specified, whether in the proposal or not.
11. Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to any proposal or work carried out which cannot be settled amicably shall be referred to the arbitration of a person to be mutually agreed upon or failing agreement within fourteen days of receipt of such notice of some person appointed by the President of the Law Society for the time being. The submission shall be deemed to be a submission to arbitration within the meaning of the Arbitrations Act 1950 or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof.