Website – terms and conditions of use

Please read these terms and conditions carefully as they contain important information about your rights and obligations when using this website (the ‘Website’).

The Website is owned and operated by Lori Thackham (‘we’/’us’/’our’) (trading as Out of the Blue Counselling), of 3 Abbey Place, Tavistock, PL19 0AB, United Kingdom.

INTRODUCTION

1. We reserve the right to revise and amend the Website, our disclaimers and the Conditions at any time without notice to you. Your continued use of the Website (or any part thereof) following a change shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is your responsibility to check regularly to determine whether we have changed these Conditions.

ABOUT US

2.1. This Website is owned and operated by Lori Thackham (‘we’/’us’/’our’) (trading as Out of the Blue Counselling), of 7 Manor Close, Tavistock, Devon, PL190PN United Kingdom.

COMMUNICATIONS

3.1. You agree that email and other electronic communications can be used as a long-distance means of communication and acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that we provide to you electronically comply with any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

3.2. We will contact you by email or provide you with information by posting notices on our Website.

WEBSITE USE

4.1. You are permitted to use the Website and the material contained in it only as expressly authorised by us under our terms of use.

LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY

5.1. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Conditions, nothing will affect or limit your statutory rights; or will exclude or limit our liability for:

5.1.1. Death or personal injury resulting from our negligence

51.2. Fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation

5.1.3. Action pursuant to section 2(3) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987

5.1.4. Any matter for which it would be unlawful for us to exclude or attempt to exclude our liability

5.2. The Website is provided on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis without any representation or endorsement made and we make no warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise (unless otherwise expressly stated in these Conditions or required by law) in relation to the information, materials, content or services found or offered on the Website for any particular purpose or any transaction that may be conducted on or through the Website including but not limited to, implied warranties of non-infringement, compatibility, timeliness, performance, security, accuracy, condition or completeness, or any implied warranty arising from course of dealing or usage or trade custom.

5.3. We will not be liable if the Website is unavailable at any time.

5.4. We make no representation or warranty of any kind express or implied statutory or otherwise regarding the availability of the Website or that it will be timely or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.

5.5. We will not be responsible or liable to you for any loss of content or material uploaded or transmitted through the Website and we accept no liability of any kind for any loss or damage resulting from action taken in reliance on material or information contained on the Website.

5.6. We cannot guarantee and cannot be responsible for the security or privacy of the Website and any information provided by you. You must bear the risk associated with the use of the internet. In particular, we will not be liable for any damage or loss caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, any viruses trojans, worms, logic bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful that may infect your computer, peripheral computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material as a result of your use of the Website or you downloading any material posted or sold on the Website or from any website linked to it.

5.7. We will use all reasonable endeavours to carry out our obligations within a reasonable period of time but will not be liable to you for any loss, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from any delays in doing so.

5.8. We will not be liable, in contract or tort (including, without limitation, negligence), or in respect of pre-contract or other representations (other than fraudulent misrepresentations) or otherwise for:

5.8.1. any economic losses (including without limitation loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings and any other consequential loss); or

5.8.2. any loss of goodwill or reputation; or

5.8.3. any special or indirect losses; or

5.8.4. any loss of data; or

5.8.5. wasted management or office time; or

5.8.6. any other loss or damage of any kind suffered or incurred arising out of or in connection with the provision of any matter under these Conditions and/or the Contract and/or the use of this Website or any aspect related to your purchase of the Goods even if such losses are foreseeable or result from a deliberate breach of these Conditions by us that would entitle you to terminate the Contract between us or as a result of any action we have taken in response to your breach of these Conditions. Without prejudice to the terms of this clause and in the event that we are unable to rely upon it, our liability for all and any losses you suffer as a result of us breaking the Contract, whether or not deliberate, including those listed in clauses 5.8.1. to 5.8.6., is strictly limited to the purchase price of the Goods you purchased.

5.9. You agree to fully indemnify, defend and hold us, and our officers, directors, employees and suppliers, harmless immediately on demand, from and against all claims, including but not limited to losses (including loss of profit, revenue, goodwill or reputation), costs and expenses, including reasonable administrative and legal costs, arising out of any breach of these Conditions by you, or any other liabilities arising out of your use of this Website or any other person accessing the Website using your personal information with your authority.

5.10. This clause does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer, nor does it affect your contractual cancellation rights.

REVIEWS

6.1. You acknowledge that any review, feedback or rating which you leave may be published by us on the Website and you agree that it may be displayed for as long as we consider appropriate and that the content may be syndicated to our other websites, publications or marketing materials.

6.2. You undertake that any review, feedback or rating that you write shall:

6.2.1. Comply with applicable law in the UK and the law in any country from which they are posted

6.2.2. Be factually accurate

6.2.3. Contain genuinely held opinions (where applicable)

6.2.4. Not contain any material which is either defamatory, threatening, obscene, abusive, offensive, hateful, inflammatory or is likely to harass, upset, annoy, alarm, embarrass or invade the privacy of, any person or be deceiving

6.2.5. Not promote or advocate an unlawful act or activity, discrimination, sexually explicit material or violence

6.2.6. Not infringe any trademark, copyright (including design rights), database right, or other intellectual property rights of any other person or breach of any legal duty you owe to a third party

6.2.7. Not be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity

6.3. You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless against any claim or action brought by third parties, arising out of or in connection with any review, feedback or rating posted by you on the Website, including, without limitation, the violation of their privacy, defamatory statements or infringement of intellectual property rights.

6.4. You grant us and our affiliate companies a non-exclusive, royalty-free worldwide license to use or edit any reviews posted by you.

6.5. We reserve the right to publish, edit or remove any reviews without notifying you.

FORCE MAJEURE

7.1. We shall have no liability for delays or failures in delivery or performance of our obligations to you resulting from any act, events, omissions, failures or accidents that are outside of our control (‘Force Majeure’), which, without limitation, include:

7.1.1. Strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action

7.1.2. Shortages of labour, fuel, power, raw materials

7.1.3. Late, defective performance or non-performance by suppliers

7.1.4. Private or public telecommunication, computer network failures or breakdown of equipment

7.1.5. Civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war.

7.1.6. Fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster or extreme weather conditions.

7.1.7. Impossibility of the use of railways, shipping, aircraft, motor transport or other means of public or private transport.

7.1.8. Acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or restrictions of any government

7.1.9. Other causes, beyond our reasonable control

7.2. Our performance will be deemed to be suspended for the period that the event of Force Majeure continues, and we will have an extension of time for performance for the duration of that period. We will use our reasonable endeavours to minimise any delay caused by Force Majeure or to find a solution by which our obligations may be performed despite the Force Majeure event. We shall promptly notify you of any Force Majeure event giving details of it and (where possible) the extent and likely duration of any delay.

7.3. Where the period of non-performance or delay in relation to any event of Force Majeure exceeds 30 days from the date of notice to you of the event of Force Majeure, either you or us may, by written notice to the other, terminate the Contract with immediate effect upon service.. 

PRIVACY POLICY

8.1 We shall be entitled to process your data in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy. Please view this document for further information. All information provided by you will be treated securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (as amended).

8.2. You can find full details of our Privacy Policy on the Website.

THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

9.1. Except for our affiliates, directors, employees or representatives, a person who is not a party to the Contract has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the Contract but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party that exists or is available apart from that Act.

EXTERNAL LINKS

10.1. To provide increased value and convenience to our users, we may provide links to other websites or resources for you to access at your sole discretion and risk. You acknowledge and agree that, as you have chosen to enter the linked website we are not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not review or endorse and are not responsible or liable in any way, whether directly or indirectly, for:

10.1.1. The privacy practices of such websites

10.1.2. The content of such websites, including (without limitation) any advertising, content, products, goods or other materials or services on or available from such websites or resources

10.1.3. The use which others make of these websites; or

10.1.4. Any damage, loss or offence caused or alleged to be caused to you, arising from or in connection with the use of or reliance upon any such advertising, content, products, goods, materials or services available on and/or purchased by you from such external websites or resources

LINKING TO THE WEBSITE

11.1. You must not create a link to the Website from another website, document or any other source without first obtaining our prior written consent.

11.2. Any agreed link must be:

11.2.1. To the Website’s homepage

11.2.2. Established from a website or document that is owned by you and does not contain content that is offensive, controversial, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or does not comply in any way with the law in the UK and the law in any country from which they are hosted

11.2.3. Provided in such a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it

11.2.4. Established in such a way that does not suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists

11.3. We have no obligation to inform you if the address of the Website home page changes and it is your responsibility to ensure that any link you provide to our homepage is at all times accurate.

11.4. We reserve the right to withdraw our consent without notice and without providing any reasons for withdrawal. Upon receiving such notice you must immediately remove the link and inform us once this has been done.

NOTICES

12.1. All notices given by you to us must be given to us at 7 Manor Close, Tavistock, Devon PL19 0PN, United Kingdom or by using enquiries@outofthebluecounselling.org. We may give notice as described in clause 3.

12.2. Notice will be deemed received and properly served immediately when posted on our Website, 24 hours after an email is sent, or three days after the date of posting of any letter. In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post and, in the case of an email, that such email was sent to the specified email address of the addressee.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

13.1. The Contract represents the entire agreement between us in relation to the subject matter of the Contract and supersede any prior agreement, understanding or arrangement between us, whether oral or in writing.

13.2. We each acknowledge that, in entering into a Contract, neither of us has relied on any express or implied representation, undertaking or promise given by the other from anything said or written in any negotiations between us prior to such Contract except as has been expressly incorporated in such Contract.

13.3. Neither of us shall have any remedy in respect of any untrue statement made by the other, whether orally or in writing, prior to the date of any Contract (unless such untrue statement was made fraudulently) and the other party’s only remedy shall be for breach of contract as provided in these Conditions.

GENERAL

14.1. We reserve the right to change the domain address of this Website and any services, products, product prices, product specifications and availability at any time.

14.2. All prices and descriptions supersede all previous publications. All product descriptions are approximate.

14.4. If any provision of these terms and conditions is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity of the other provisions of the Contract and the remainder of the provision in question will not be affected.

14.5. All Contracts are concluded and available in English only.

14.6. If we fail, at any time during the term of a Contract, to insist upon strict performance of any of your obligations under it or any of these terms and conditions, or if we fail to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which we are entitled under the Contract, this shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and shall not relieve you from compliance with your obligations.

14.7. A waiver by us of any default shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default.

14.8. No waiver by us of any of these Conditions or of any other term of a Contract shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be a waiver and is communicated to you in writing in accordance with clause 3.

14.9. Any Contract between you and us is binding on you and us and on our respective successors and assigns. You may not transfer, assign, charge or otherwise dispose of the Contract, or any of your rights or obligations arising under it, without our prior written consent. We may transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract or otherwise dispose of a Contract, or any of our rights or obligations arising under it, at any time during the term of the Contract.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

15.1. The Website is controlled and operated in the United Kingdom.

15.3. The Conditions and any Contract brought into being as a result of usage of this Website will be governed by the laws of England and Wales and you irrevocably agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.W