Event bookings: conditions of contract

1. The "Event" means the event available for booking on the OUT-LAW.COM or PinsentMasons.com web sites which you wish to book. "Price" means the price of the Event as indicated during the booking process.
2. Please review all of the information you have submitted or will submit in respect of your booking before you make any payment. By submitting a booking request you confirm that all of the information you submit is accurate, true and complete.
3. By submitting your booking request you are offering to enter into a contract for attendance at the Event. We will automatically send you an e-mail or other written acknowledgement confirming that we have received your request. However, we reserve the right to reject any booking request we receive and a contract will only be formed when we send express confirmation of a booking to you by a subsequent e-mail or other written communication.
4. In accordance with the provisions of the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 you may (if you are a consumer for the purposes of those regulations) have the right to cancel your contract with us in respect of the Event. This right of cancellation lasts for a period of seven working days from the day after we send you confirmation of the contract between us (although this right automatically ceases once the Event has started). This right of cancellation shall not affect your statutory rights. Should you wish to exercise this right of cancellation please send confirmation to the contact details provided as part of the booking process.
5. If we accept your booking request and agree to enter into a contract with you, we may keep a record of the transaction for a period of 6 years.
6. The Price for the Event is stated exclusive of VAT which will be payable, in addition, by you. There are no delivery charges.
7. We must receive your payment before the day of the Event or you will not be permitted to attend the Event.
8. Events are subject to cancellation or re-scheduling at our discretion. If the Event is cancelled, we will credit the sum paid to you as soon as reasonably practical. If the time, date, venue or subject of the Event is changed subsequent to your booking, you will be notified and given the option to cancel your booking. We shall not be liable for any additional loss or damage resulting from such cancellation or changes.
9. We may (at our option) terminate the contract at any stage if it appears to us (acting reasonably) that you have not complied with these Conditions.
10. We reserve the right to cancel, suspend or vary the operation of our contract with you if events occur which are outside of our reasonable control and we shall not be responsible for any breach of contract, nor for any loss or damage, resulting from such an event.
11. Any typographical, clerical or other similar accidental error or omission made by us in respect of your booking shall be subject to correction without any liability on our part.
12. We agree to provide the Event using our reasonable skill and care. Except as otherwise provided in these Conditions, and except where the booking is made on behalf of a person dealing as a consumer (within the meaning of the Unfair Contract Conditions Act 1977), all warranties, conditions or other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Where the booking of an Event is made on behalf of a person dealing as a consumer, nothing in these Conditions shall affect his or her statutory rights.
13. Nothing in these Conditions shall serve to limit or exclude our liability to you in respect of fraud or death/personal injury caused by our negligence.
14. Our liability to you under or in relation to your booking and the Event (whether arising from an action in contract law, tort (including negligence) or otherwise) shall be limited as follows: (a) we shall not be liable to you in respect of any loss of profit, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goodwill or injury to reputation, loss of business opportunity, loss suffered by third parties or any form of indirect, consequential or special loss; (b) our total liability to you shall be limited to the amount of the Price paid by you.
15. Any confirmation or agreement under or in connection with your booking must be made in writing (which shall include e-mail).
16. If any provision of these Conditions is held to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity of the remaining Conditions shall not be affected.
17. These Conditions and the written booking process referenced in these Conditions constitutes the entire agreement between us and you. In entering into these Conditions you acknowledge that you have not relied upon any statement or representation from us save as set out in these Conditions or as stated in writing as part of the booking process.
18. No term of any contract between us arising from these Conditions is intended to confer a benefit upon or be enforceable by any third party whether under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.
19. The language of any contract formed will be English. The Conditions shall be construed in accordance with English Law and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
20. We may change the terms upon which we make Events available from time to time without notice to you and any subsequent booking requests you may make will be subject to those changes.
21. Neither the acceptance of a booking request nor the Event itself constitutes the provision of legal advice. You should seek any such advice you require from a qualified solicitor.

Any questions? Contact OUT-LAW's Assistant Editor, Luisa Deas: 0141 249 5413 or luisa.deas@out-law.com.