CIVIL LITIGATION BRIEF: MEMBERSHIP TERMS AND CONDITIONS
YOUR USE OF CIVIL LITIGATION BRIEF INDICATES YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE.
GENERAL
Welcome to membership of Civil Litigation Brief.
All content, information, services and software provided on or through this Site (“Content“) is subject to the following terms and conditions (“Terms“).
A reference to “CLB” and “Site” is the Civil Litigation Brief.
A reference to “we” or “our” is a reference to any author, officers, directors employee, agent, licensors, partner, suppliers and the provider of any third party information of the CLB.
A reference to “member” and any reference to ‘you’ or ‘your’ is any person who subscribes to CLB or is assigned membership on a group basis.
How to contact us
You can contact us by sending an email to members@civillitigationbrief.com
These terms
Please read these Terms carefully before you agree to become a member, as they set out important information about your and our rights and obligations. Please note that you must agree to these Terms before you place your order.
The Content provided on the Site is not intended to and does not constitute legal advice and no solicitor-client or barrister-client relationship is formed through use of the Site. Submissions or postings to the Site are not confidential. We do not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the Content. Your use of Content on the Site or materials linked from this Site is at your own risk.
For the purposes of these terms, you are a ‘consumer’ if you are using the Content as an individual for purposes wholly or mainly outside of your trade, business, craft or profession. You are a ‘business customer’ if you are using the Content for purposes relating to your trade, business, craft or profession. Some terms only apply to your order if you are a consumer and other terms only apply to your order if you are a business customer, so please make sure you read these terms carefully.
You must be at least 18 years old to subscribe to the CLB. If you are a business customer placing an order on behalf of a business, you confirm that you have authority to place such order for and on behalf of that business.
Please print out or save a copy of these Terms and any emails from us for your records, as we will not save or file a copy for you. These terms are only available in English
Limitations on License & Third-Party Communications
As a member of CLB you have a limited license. You are granted a nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable, limited license to access and use the CLB and its Content in accordance with these Terms and we may terminate this license at any time for any reason. If you do not pay your subscription fee you will lose your access to this Site.
Becoming a “member” or your “membership” or renewing your membership does that you result in you obtaining any rights, legal rights, or grant you obligations or rights of control of the CLB and your rights and confined to these Terms. You are not subscribing to the CLB’s company’s memorandum of association by subscribing to the Site. You are not a shareholder of the CLB by becoming a member and subscribing to or renewing your membership does not result in you obtaining a stake in the company ownership or governance.
Unauthorised use of this Site or its Content is strictly prohibited. The Content on this Site is not to be used for commercial exploitation. You may not loan, sell, decompile, reverse engineer, rent, lease, sublicense, or create imitative works from the Site or the Content and you may not provide your access details (including your username and login details) to any other person.
The use of any network monitoring or discovery software to determine the site architecture, or extract information about usage, individual identities or users is strictly prohibited. You may not use any automatic software or device, or manual process to monitor or copy our Site or its content without our prior written permission. Please see the Privacy Policy for information on we use information provided by a member.
You may not use this Site to transmit any false, misleading, fraudulent or illegal communications. You may not copy, distribute, modify, reproduce, republish, display, or transmit for commercial, non-profit or public purposes all or any portion of the Site, except to the extent permitted by these Terms.
We are not responsible for verifying, and make no representations or warranty regarding any third party communications on the Site. We do not represent or warrant that the CLB, the Site, Content or and any postings (including postings by CLB or a third party that is displayed on any third party platform) will be error-free, accurate, up to date, reliable, free of viruses or other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected or that it will always be accessible.
You are responsible for assessing and verifying the identity and trustworthiness of the source and content of any third party communications or any third-party references / sources referred to on the Site. We have no liability for any third party communications you may receive or any actions you may take or refrain from taking as a result of any third party communication you may receive on the Site.
Use Restrictions & Availability
If you are a consumer, Content is provided to you for your domestic and personal use only. You must not use our Content for commercial, business or resale purposes. This includes at a time when you are no longer a member.
If you are a business customer, Content is provided to you for your internal business purposes only. You must not use Content for resale purposes, and any services you purchase by way of membership must be for the purposes of your named business only and not for or on behalf of any third party. This includes at a time when you are no longer a member.
We may make improvements and/or changes to the Site or the Content at any time. We cannot guarantee that any Content will be available at any given time. This Site, the Content, and postings are provided on an “as is, as available” basis. We expressly disclaim all warranties, including the warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of any third party statement or opinion (including any statement that is legal opinion being referred to by an author of the CLB).
We also cannot guarantee that access to the Content will be uninterrupted, error free or secure. For example, access to Content may be temporarily unavailable while we carry out maintenance or for other technical reasons.
Payment
The CLB uses Stripe Payment System UK Ltd (Stripe) to take and receive payment from a member for its subscription and is bound by their terms of use, as are all members of the CLB where applicable. It is important that you are aware of Stripes service agreement that is available here: Stripe Services Agreement – United Kingdom. For information on payment method and terms (including applicable credit cards and debit cards you can use to pay for your subscription) please see: Payment Method Terms.
Any Content you access as a member must be paid for in advance. We will take payment from your card before we send you your order confirmation email.
Prices for our goods, services and digital content are set out on our site. All prices are in pounds sterling (£)(GBP) and include VAT at the applicable rate.
If we are unable to take payment from your card, we will try to contact you using the contact details you provided when you placed your order. If we are unable to contact you, we will cancel your order and notify you by email. We will endeavour to respond to you within a reasonable time. Time is not of the essence in relation to contacting you and we will not be held responsible for any delay in you responding to us.
If your payment is not received by us when due, we may charge interest on any balance outstanding at a rate of 8% per year above Barclays Bank plc’s base rate. You agree to indemnify CLB against all damages and costs brought about by a breach of these terms including but not limited your failure to pay.
Price Structure
The price of membership depends on (1) if you are paying monthly or annually and (2) the number of personnel that have access to the Content if you are a business customer.
The monthly subscription for a consumer of single business customer the price is : £12.00 + VAT (£15.00 per month)
The annual subscription for a consumer of single business customer the price is: £100 + VAT (total £120.00 per year)
If you are a business that requires up to 20 members under within the same organisation the price is: £500 + VAT (total £600.00 per year)
If you are a business that requires up to 50 members under within the same organisation the price is: £1000 + VAT (total £1200.00 per year)
If you are a business that requires up to 100 members under within the same organisation the price is: £1750 + VAT (total £2100.00 per year)
If you are a business that requires up to 200 members under within the same organisation the price is: £3000 + VAT (total £3600.00 per year)
If you are a business that requires up to 350 members under within the same organisation the price is: £4500 + VAT (total £5400.00 per year)
If you are a business that requires up to 500 members under within the same organisation the price is: £5500 + VAT (total £6600.00 per year)
If you are a business that requires up to 1000 members under within the same organisation the price is: £10000 + VAT (total £12000.00 per year)
Prices for our Content may change at any time and we will inform you in advance of any changes to prices. Such changes will not affect existing subscriptions except for (1) if you pay a monthly membership prices may vary from month to month and (2) if there has been an error on the site regarding the pricing of any of our Content and if this affects your subscription. We will try to contact you using the contact details you provided when you placed your order. We will give you the option to re-confirm your order for your subscription at the correct price or to cancel your order if the pricing error was caused by us. If we are unable to contact you, we will treat the order as cancelled and notify you by email. Please see the subheading “Your Subscription with the CLB & Cancellation Rights” for further details for reasonable deductions and refunds if your subscription is cancelled.
Change of Membership Payment Terms
If you would like to make any changes to your subscription after you have become a member, please contact us as soon as possible and we will let you know if it is possible to change your subscription.
In order to see if it is possible to change your subscription, please submit a request to members
Your Subscription & Cancellation Rights
By registering for membership to the CLB the member agrees to waive your right to any 14-day cooling-off period before you can be supplied with digital content. Your agreement and ongoing subscription is an express request from the member that the content be supplied during any cooling off period and is an acknowledgment from the member that by receiving Content in such window your right is waived. You agree that you receive Content by registering for (and the CLB accepting) membership. This applies at any time that membership is renewed either on a monthly or annual basis.
We will not provide any services during the 14-day cancellation period unless you request for us to do so by ticking the relevant box when you subscribe to be a member. We are under no obligation to accept your request.
If services have been provided during the 14-day cancellation period at your request, we will make deductions from any refund due to you for the services we provided up to the time that you told us that you want to cancel.
Your monthly subscription will be charged every month on the same date you became a member on each proceeding month.
We must inform you of when you become liable for a renewal payment and when the next payment is due for 12 months or more (e.g. as part of an annual subscription where the member pays once a year). The CLB will automatically take your renewal payment on the 1st Anniversary from when you purchased your first subscription to the CLB and will continue to automatically take payment each proceeding year unless you cancel. It is your responsibility to ensure that any subscription is cancelled.
To cancel your order, please email members@civillitigationbrief.com. To help us process your cancellation more quickly, please include your name and date when you initially subscribed when emailing us.
If services have been provided during the initial 14-day cancellation period at your request, we will make reasonable deductions from any refund due to you for the services we provided up to the time that you told us that you want to cancel.
In certain circumstances beyond our reasonable control, for example where there has been a change in law, we may need to stop supplying Content. If this happens and it affects your subscription, we will notify you by email, cancel your subscription and provide you with a full refund if payment for Membership has been taken (if applicable).
This is a summary of some of your key rights. For more detailed information on your rights, visit the Citizens Advice website at www.citizensadvice.org.uk or call 0808 223 1133.
If there is a problem with any of the Content you have purchased from us, please contact us as soon as reasonably possible.
Technical requirements for digital content
To download and use the Content, your device needs to comply with the minimum technical requirements operating systems such as Windows 11 for PC and macOS Sequoia (version 15) for Apple devices. You are responsible for making sure that your device meets these requirements to access the site and CLB cannot guarantee that you will be able to access those the Content if your device(s) is/are not up to date.
You will need internet access to access the Content and you are responsible for any charges you may incur in connection with your access to the Site.
We are not liable to you if you are unable to access the Content due to a poor internet connection, because your device does not meet the minimum technical requirements, or for any other reason outside of our reasonable control.
CLB’s Intellectual Property Rights
Except as expressly provided in these Terms, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring on you or any third party any license or right, to intellectual property rights in the Content or the Site.
You must not post, publish, upload or distribute any postings which are unlawful or abusive in any way, including, but not limited to, any postings that are defamatory, libelous, pornographic, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, inclusive of hate speech, or would constitute or encourage a criminal offence, infringe the rights of any party, or give rise to liability or violation of any applicable law. We may delete your postings at any time or request that any third-party platform, website or news outlet remove them for any reason without permission from you.
We do not monitor or screen postings on the Site or third party platforms that Content may be posted on and the CLB is not responsible for the content if such postings or any content linked to or from such postings on this Site. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to monitor edit or cause postings not to be posted, published, uploaded or distributed, and you agree that posting can be removed at any time.
Third party content may appear on this Site or may be accessible via links from this Site. We are not responsible for and have no liability for any third party content on the Site including opinion (whether that be legal opinion or otherwise) or statement.
We disclaim all responsibility for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting from, arising out of or any way related to any errors in or omissions from this site, the interactive areas, the content, and the postings including, but not limited to, technical inaccuracies and typographical errors, third party communications or commentary and any third party sites or content therein directly or indirectly accessed through links in this site, including but not limited to any errors in or omissions therefrom, the unavailability of this site, the content, the postings, or any portion thereof, your use of this site, the interactive areas, the content, or the postings, or your use of any equipment or software in connection with this site, the interactive areas, the content, or the postings
Limitation of Liability
You agree to indemnify and hold CLB’s officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers and any third party information or service providers to the Site harmless from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including legal costs, resulting from any violation of these Terms by you.
We shall not be liable for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting from your use of this Site, the Content, the postings (including from CLB or any third party that may comment on the Site or its Content) , any facts or opinions appearing on or through the Site or its Content (whether that be on this Site or any third party platform), or any third party communications. we shall not be liable for any special, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) in any way due to, resulting from, or arising in connection with the use of or inability to use this site, the content, the postings, or any third party communications. To the extent the foregoing limitation of liability is prohibited or fails of its essential purpose, our sole obligation to you for damages shall be limited to 50% of the costs of an amount equivalent of an individual annual membership to the CLB or £180.00 (whichever is the lesser).
The provisions of these Terms are for the benefit of CLB and it has the right to assert and enforce those provisions directly against you on its own behalf. We reserve the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of our Terms and to take any action we deem appropriate including but not limited to reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to user profiles, e-mail addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses and traffic information.
We reserve the right to seek all remedies available at law for a breach or breach of these Terms, including but not limited to the right to block access from a particular internet address to this Site. This Agreement, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance English law.
Any dispute or difference arising out of or in connection with this contract shall be determined by the appointment of a single arbitrator to be agreed between the parties, or failing agreement within 14 days, after either party has given to the other a written request to concur in the appointment of an arbitrator, by an arbitrator to be appointed by the President or a Deputy President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The parties shall use their best endeavours to use an online service to provide a mediator.
Events beyond our control
We are not liable to you if we fail to comply with these terms because of circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
We are not liable to you for any loss or damage that was not foreseeable, any loss or damage not caused by our breach or negligence, or any business loss or damage.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability for any death or personal injury caused by our negligence, liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that the law does not allow us to exclude or limit.
Additional Terms
These Terms and the Privacy Policy incorporate by reference any notices contained on this Site constitute the entire agreement with respect to access to and use of this Site and the Content. If any provision of these Terms is unlawful, void or unenforceable that provision shall be deemed severable from the remaining provisions and shall not affect their validity and enforceability.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms, if you have a separate signed written agreement with the CLB that applies to your use of any of our Content, that agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the Content.
Any digital content we provide to you was designed for use in the UK. We cannot guarantee that the digital content is appropriate or will be available for use in locations outside of the UK. This includes any law or legal commentary that is mentioned. If you use the digital content outside of the UK, you are responsible for ensuring that you comply with any local laws.
You are not allowed to transfer your rights under these terms to anyone without our prior written consent. We may transfer our rights under these terms to another business without your consent, but we will notify you of the transfer.
If any provision of these terms (or part of any provision) is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of any other provision of these terms will not be affected.
Any variation to these terms will not be binding unless expressly agreed in writing between you and us. You and we both agree that these terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your order. You acknowledge that you have not entered into these terms in reliance on any representation or warranty that is not expressly set out in these terms and that you will have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation on the basis of any statement in these terms.
Privacy Policy
Any personal information that you provide to us will be dealt with in line with our Privacy Policy available here, store, use and share such information
No third party rights
No one other than us or you have any right to enforce any of these terms.
Modifications to Terms
We reserve the right to change these Terms at any time, including changing the provider of the web. Updated versions of the Terms will appear on this Site and are effective immediately. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms. Continued use of this Site after any such changes constitutes your consent to such changes.
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