TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EVENTS
The following terms and conditions apply to all companies and or persons or other entities (“you”) that are attending any one day events (“Event”) organised by Karen Skidmore Limited (“we” or “us”). Please ensure you have read and understand the following:
1. Acceptance of terms and conditions
By completing the registration form and paying for a particular event, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions set out below (“Terms”) and they will be incorporated into the contract between us (“Contract”). You will ensure that your employees, partners, agents, contractors, subcontractors and any other person attending the Event on your behalf or for whom you have purchased tickets shall comply with these Terms. The Contract is formed when we send you your receipt.
2. Payment
The fee for attending the Event (“Registration Fee”) will be as stated on the registration form. All payments for the Registration Fee must be made in full at the time of completing the registration form, or as per our invoice, which ever has been outlined on the Event page. If payment is not received within 7 days of your registration, or as per our invoice, which ever has been outlined on the Event page, your registration will be cancelled and the payment of any refund will be at our complete discretion. Payment will be made via our merchant account provider and you consent to us passing your necessary details to the merchant account provider and to them processing necessary information about you. We reserve the right to run price promotions as we think fit.
3. Refunds
All tickets for the Event shall be non-refundable within 6 weeks of the date of the Event, except as set out in paragraphs 4 and 5 below. However, if you are unable to attend the Event for any reason you may email us at [email protected] to request a transfer of your ticket to either a future Event or a substitute to attend the Event on your behalf, however this can not be guaranteed and is always subject to availability.
4. Cancellation
There may be extreme circumstances in which we need to cancel the Event. In such circumstances, we will provide you with a full refund of the amount of the Registration Fee that you have paid to us and we will make very effort to provide you with such refund within 14 days of the date of cancellation.
5. Postponement or change to venue
There may be extreme circumstances in which we need to postpone the Event or change the venue at which Event is to be held and if we do, we shall advise you of this as soon as we possibly can. If the postponement is for more than 1 month after the publicised date of the Event or the replacement venue is more than 50 miles away from the publicised venue, you may cancel your ticket by emailing us at [email protected] and we shall provide you with a full refund.
6. Force Majeure clause
A Party shall not be considered to be in default or breach of this Agreement, and shall be excused from performance or liability for damages to any other party, if and to the extent it shall be delayed in or prevented from performing or carrying out any of the provisions of this Agreement, arising out of or from any act, omission, or circumstance by or in consequence of any act of God, labor disturbance, sabotage, failure of suppliers of materials, act of the public enemy, war, invasion, insurrection, riot, fire, storm, flood, ice, earthquake, explosion, epidemic, breakage or accident to machinery or equipment or any other cause or causes beyond such Party’s reasonable control, including any curtailment, order, regulation, or restriction imposed by governmental, military or lawfully established civilian authorities, or by making of repairs necessitated by an emergency circumstance not limited to those listed above upon the property or equipment of the Party or property or equipment of others which is deemed under the Operational Control of the Party. A Force Majeure event does not include an act of negligence or Intentional Wrongdoing by a Party. Any Party claiming a Force Majeure event shall use reasonable diligence to remove the condition that prevents performance and shall not be entitled to suspend performance of its obligations in any greater scope or for any longer duration than is required by the Force Majeure event. Each Party shall use its best efforts to mitigate the effects of such Force Majeure event, remedy its inability to perform, and resume full performance of its obligations hereunder.
7. Notification of email address
We shall notify you of any cancellation or postponement of an Event or change to venue by emailing the email address that you provided on the registration form for the Event and it is your responsibility to advise us of any change to your email address. We shall not be liable for any loss you suffer (such as travelling to the Event) arising out of you failing to see our email about any cancellation, postponement or change of venue.
8. Liability
Our sole liability in relation to any cancellation, postponement or change of venue shall be limited to the price paid by you for such Event and we shall not be liable under any circumstances for any consequential losses.
9. Your obligations
If you act in any way which in our opinion is likely to cause any harm or nuisance to any person or property at the Event, you will be required to leave the Event and we shall not be liable to refund your Registration Fee or any other payment.
You must comply at all times with the health and safety policy of the venue. You must comply with all requests from us or the venue with regard to health and safety and failure to do so will result in you being asked to leave the event (in which case no refund will be provided). You may not bring any equipment or items of a hazardous or dangerous nature to the Event.
You shall not cause any damage to any part of the venue (including outside areas, and all inside walls, flooring, fixtures and fittings). You are solely liable for any damage caused by you, your employees, contractors, sub-contractors and agents to any such area of the venue and shall fully reimburse us in relation to any damage so caused.
You must keep your personal belongings with you at all times and we accept no liability for any damage to, loss of or theft of any of your belongings or other items brought to the Event by you.
You will indemnify us and keep us indemnified against all losses, damages, costs, expenses, fines, awards and any other liability suffered by us as a result of you (or any person attending the Event on your behalf or for whom you have purchased tickets) breaching these terms in any way or being negligent in any respect.
10. Promotional materials and materials at the Event
You agree that we may include your details in any promotional materials relating to the Event and/or any materials used at the Event. We are not liable for errors or omissions contained in such information. Unless otherwise stated, the copyright for any such promotional materials and any materials used at the Event (including course notes, slides, brochures, articles and case studies) belongs to us and may not be reproduced in any medium without our prior written consent. You may use such materials for your own business purposes only and may not reproduce, publish or deal with such materials in any way for any commercial use. We reserve the right to change the published programme or materials as we think fit.
11. Photography and filming
We may wish to photograph or film the Event and reserve the right to do so for the purposes of promoting future events or otherwise. You consent to us (or any other person attending the Event) photographing or filming you and any persons attending the Event with you. You may take photographs (but not film) of the Event.
12. Data protection
We will communicate with you using the contact details provided on the Registration Form for the purposes of the Event. You agree that we may send your personal data outside of the European Economic Area. We shall be entitled to pass on all of your contact details to the event contractors and to third parties who provide goods and services that may be of interest to you. You should notify us in writing (by emailing us at [email protected]) if you do not wish your personal contact details to be used in any of the ways listed above.
13. Tickets
We shall not send you tickets for the event. We will have your name on the attendee list and if you have paid the Registration Fee you shall be provided with access to the Event.
14. Travel, accommodation and refreshments
You shall be responsible for making and paying for your own travel and accommodation arrangements to and from the Event. If you are late at the event or prevented from attending the Event due to travel delays or any other circumstances, we shall not be obliged to provide you with a refund or to wait to start the Event until you arrive. Refreshments and accommodation shall be provided as set out on our Event page.
15. Disability, medical conditions and dietary requirements
If you have any disability or medical condition that requires us to make special arrangements for you or any special dietary requirements, please email us at [email protected] as soon as possible and in any event at least 2 weeks prior to the date of the Event.
16. Limitations of Liability
Whilst every reasonable precaution is taken by us to ensure security and safety at the event, we shall not in any way be liable for any loss or damage suffered by you whatsoever in relation to the Event.
Nothing in these Terms shall limit or exclude our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, any fraudulent misrepresentation or any other liability for which it is unlawful to exclude or limit liability.
Our total liability for any matter arising out of the Contract shall in all circumstances be limited to the price paid by you for your ticket for the Event and we shall not in any circumstances be liable to you for any consequential loss whatsoever.
17. Governing law
These Terms shall be governed by English Law and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
