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Standard Terms and Conditions for Good Schools Guide International Website Access, and for Transactions and Services Provided Through this Website

Your access to and use of this site, provided by Lucas Publications Limited ("Lucas"), is subject to these terms and conditions. Your use of this site constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions.

Lucas reserves the right to change these terms and conditions at any time by posting the changes on the site. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions to obtain notice of such changes. Your continued use of the site after any such change constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

Intellectual Property

The copyright in the content of the site, and all other intellectual property rights including database rights, are owned by or licensed to Lucas.

The material and information displayed on this site is solely for your personal use and you may only download, print, copy or reproduce it for non-commercial use in accordance with the Transactional Terms and Conditions set out below.

The images, logos, names and trading marks used on this site to identify Lucas, our products and services (including but not limited to The Good Schools Guide International) are our proprietary marks whether registered or unregistered. You may only use these marks and logos with our written permission.

The images, logos, names and trading marks on this site which identify third parties, their products or services including those organisations to which we carry a link belong to the relevant third party and are used with their permission. Nothing on this site confers any rights in respect of these images, logos or names.

Service

The website is available to you "AS IS" without any representation about the quality or availability of the website. We try to maintain a constant, error free service, but we are unable to guarantee that the website will always be available or that it will operate free from error. To the extent permitted by law, we will not accept any liability arising from any errors on or the unavailability of our site.

Although we take reasonable precautions to protect the content of our website against known threats, we cannot guarantee that the material or any downloaded data on our website is free from viruses or malicious codes. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have taken precautions to protect your own computer system from virus infection.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that the information published on our website is accurate, but we accept no responsibility for any error in detail, inaccuracy or misjudgement. Please let us know if you are aware of any errors on our site.

The hyperlinks displayed on our website are for your convenience only. If you choose to follow any hyperlink you will be leaving our site. We do not control or endorse the content of any other website and we do not accept any liability arising from your use of the hyperlinks.

Liability

We do not accept liability for direct or indirect losses arising from your use of our website. We do, however, accept liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or arising from our fraudulent misrepresentation.

Personal Information

You authorise us to use, store and process any information that you provide to us, including your name, address and email address, as far as is reasonably necessary for us to provide our services.

If you buy our goods or use the services offered through the website then we may collect information about your buying behaviour.

We agree to treat your personal information as confidential, and to take reasonable steps to ensure that it is not accessible by unauthorised persons. For more details about how we deal with your personal information please read our privacy policy, available on this website.

Transactional Terms and Conditions

Terms and conditions for the sale of goods and the provision of services on this website

Please read these conditions very carefully before ordering any goods and/or services from our website.
Part One explains the terms and conditions you agree to when you buy services from our website.
Part Two explains the Terms and Conditions you agree to when you subscribe to our advisory service.
Part Three explains the general conditions which apply in addition to Parts One and Two.

By subscribing for access to the GSGI on our order pages containing a link to these terms and conditions, you agree to be legally bound by them.

PART ONE. Services

  1. Introduction
    1. We, Lucas Publications Limited, provide various services for you to purchase from this website. To order services from our websites you need to follow the ordering procedures set out on the order pages.
    2. The contract between us will be on these conditions only. Your order is an offer to buy services from us under these conditions. Our confirmation of your order or our acceptance of your payment over the internet or otherwise is our acceptance of your offer.
    3. It is your responsibility to ensure that all the details you enter on the order form are complete and correct. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that arises from you entering incorrect or incomplete information.
  2. The Services
    1. Any descriptions of the services on our websites are for your information only and the actual product may differ from those descriptions. No descriptions, specifications or other advertising will form part of this agreement.
    2. If the services you have ordered are not available we will notify you by e-mail and will refund any money you have paid under this agreement.
    3. If you do not gain immediate access to the service(s) upon confirmation of your payment please contact Customer Services at cs@gsgi.co.uk or on +44 (0)20 7310 8481. Our liability for failure to deliver the services is to deliver them within a reasonable time or issue a refund for the value of the services.
  3. Price
    1. All prices are quoted in pounds sterling and include VAT if applicable.
    2. The price for the services is the price shown on our website when you pay for the services or, if you pay in another way, the price that we confirm to you when we accept your order.
  4. Refunds
    1. Our general policy is to refund dissatisfied customers without question. We are not, however, obliged by these Terms and Conditions of Sale or otherwise to follow this policy.
    2. We will not be liable for the defects of the services unless you tell us of the defects within 3 days of the time you discover, or ought to have discovered the defects and (if we so request) you give us a reasonable opportunity to rectify the defects.
    3. Nothing in these terms affects your statutory rights.
  5. Our Liability to You
    1. Subject to condition 4, the following sets out our entire financial liability to you in relation to any breach of these conditions or any representation, warranty, statement or act or omission in connection with this agreement.
    2. Nothing in these conditions excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or fraudulent misrepresentation. Subject to this our total liability arising under the agreement is limited to the price you have paid for the services. We will not be liable to you for any further claims for compensation arising out of or in connection with the agreement.
    3. As far as the law allows, all warranties, conditions and other terms implied by law (except those implied by Section 12 Sale of Goods Act 1979) are excluded from this agreement.
  6. Right to Cancel
    1. If you wish to cancel this agreement for any reason, you must notify us by email to CS@gsgi.co.uk or in writing to 3 Craven Mews, London SW11 5PW within 7 days of us accepting your payment. If you cancel this agreement, you will be entitled to a refund which we will pay as soon as possible and in any event within 30 working days of your notice to cancel.
  7. Delay in Performance
    1. If we are prevented from carrying on our business due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control, we may defer delivery or cancel the contract. We will inform you of the delay by email to the address you provide us. If the circumstances causing the delay continue for a period of 15 days, you may give us notice to cancel this agreement.
    2. If we are prevented from providing you with services for whatever reason, we will (if the interruption lasts for longer than 7 days in any one year) extend your subscription by twice the length of the interruption. If the interruption lasts for more than 14 days in any one year you may give us notice to cancel this agreement; and we will refund the unexpired part of your subscription.
  8. Copyright and usage
    1. Your password, and your rights as a subscriber to access and print out the contents of the GSGI and the other information which we make available online ("the Information"), are personal to you and may not be sold or transferred.
    2. You may not, without our express permission, make your subscriber facilities available to anyone outside your immediate family, whether for gain or otherwise.
    3. You must keep your password secure, and not allow it to become known outside your immediate family.
    4. We reserve the right, in our absolute discretion, to alter your password or to withdraw your rights of access if the pattern of usage on your account suggests that these conditions of access have been breached.
    5. All rights are reserved. No part of the Information may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a network, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) outside your immediate family without our prior written permission. Site licences are available for use on networks, or in facilities to which the Public has access; without such a site licence, any such use is prohibited. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to the Information may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
  9. Other
    1. The terms and conditions you agree to when you buy from this website also incorporate the general terms set out in part three below.

PART TWO. The Advisory Service

  1. Introduction
    1. We provide access to an advisory service through www.gsgi.co.uk and other websites. To use this service you are required to follow the procedure set out on the relevant web page. Any contract between us will be subject to these conditions, and any request from you for information or assistance under the advisory service is an acknowledgement of that fact.
    2. We will send you confirmation that we have received your request and will provide details of our referral. This confirmation will not be an acceptance of your order.
    3. We cannot enter into a contract on behalf of our advisers. We can only refer your order to a suitable adviser. We will use our best endeavours to select the most appropriate adviser for your needs.
    4. There will be no contract between you and us in relation to the advisory service. Any contract will be between you and the adviser who we, in our absolute discretion, refer you to.
    5. It is your responsibility to ensure that information that you provide us with is complete and correct. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that arises from you supplying incorrect or incomplete information.
  2. The Service
    1. We are responsible for referring your order to an adviser as set out above. The adviser is responsible for providing any advice. Such advice is given by the adviser on their behalf as a separate legal entity and not as an agent or representative of Lucas Publications Limited in any way.
    2. You acknowledge that neither we nor our advisers hold ourselves out as educational experts, and that, while we will share our experience and views with you, our advice is limited to suggesting schools which you might consider. Any decisions that you take on the schooling of your children should be based on your views and research and you should not rely solely upon the views and opinions we supply.
  3. The Price
    1. All prices are quoted in pounds sterling and include VAT where applicable.
    2. The price for the service is that agreed between you and the adviser.
    3. We may collect payment on behalf of the adviser as their agent and such action shall not give rise to any contract between you and us.
  4. Our Liability to You
    1. We accept no responsibility for any advice given by the adviser, and by accepting these terms and conditions you accept that your only course of action in respect of the advisory service is against the adviser. Frankly, if you’re looking for an adviser you can sue if things go wrong, we’d be delighted to recommend you to one of our larger rivals.
  5. Other
    1. The terms and conditions governing the use of the advisory service incorporate the general terms set out in part three below.

PART THREE. General

  1. Communication
    1. Our posting notices on the website or sending email communications to you satisfy any requirement for notices to be made in writing. Any notice that you need to give us in writing can be sent by email to editor@gsgi.co.uk (and will be deemed to be received on the day it was sent) or by post to 3 Craven Mews, London SW11 5PW (which will be deemed to be receive on the second working day after the date of posting if sent from the United Kingdom and on the fifth working day if from outside the United Kingdom).
    2. If you have any complaints or comments please contact Customer Services (CS@gsgi.co.uk).
  2. General
    1. You authorise us to use, store or process any information that you provide, including your name and address for customer services, administration and marketing purposes. We may also use cookies to collect information about your use of our system and your buying behaviour. If you do not wish to be contacted for marketing purposes please write to us at 3 Craven Mews, London SW11 5PW or check the ‘Leave me alone’ box in your online customer profile.
    2. You must ensure that any information you provide us is accurate and complete. For more information on how we deal with your personal information, and your right to view the information held, please read our privacy policy on our website.
    3. Any service or goods offered to you from this website are subject to your compliance with the Standard Terms and Conditions for Website Access above, which you agree to when entering and using this website.
    4. Each of our rights and remedies under this agreement is without prejudice to any other rights whether under this agreement or otherwise. If any provision of this agreement is found to be unenforceable, in whole or in part, then it will be deemed to be severed and the remainder of the agreement will continue in full force and effect.
    5. Any failure or delay in enforcing any part of the agreement is not sufficient to waive any of our rights. If we ignore any breach of the agreement by you, this does not mean that we will allow any further breach.
    6. English and Welsh law governs the contract and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh Courts. Nothing in these terms and conditions will create any rights for third parties under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

5th January 2007

Version 1.1

General

If any of these terms and conditions are deemed to be illegal or unenforceable, then that term will be severed and deleted and the remaining terms and conditions will continue to be binding and enforceable.

These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and any dispute arising from these terms will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

If you wish to contact us about our website please email Customer Service at CS@gsgi.co.uk or telephone +44 (0)20 7801 0191. Any legal notice can also be sent by post to our registered office at Bowland House, West Street, Alresford SO24 9AT.

We have tried to make the website accessible to all users. If you have any difficulties accessing our website, please contact webmaster@goodschoolsguide.co.uk

Date: 2nd February 2003
Version 3.1

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