Terms and Conditions
1. FORMATION OF CONTRACT
LCS Training will conduct business solely upon the following terms and conditions, which:
(i) can be varied only in writing by the Managing Director; and
(ii) override and exclude any terms stipulated or referred to by the customer in any communication or prior course of dealing with LCS Training; and
(iii) supersede any prior representation, whether oral or written, made to the customer by any employee or agent of LCS Training.
2. SERVICES
LCS Training agrees to provide inter alia Training, Consultancy, General and other Services as agreed.
3. PRICE OF SERVICES
The price of the service provided to the customer by LCS Training shall be based upon LCS Training’s current price list or if appropriate and agreed, on a course-by-course or service-by-service basis.
4. PAYMENT
Payment of Invoice
LCS Training shall invoice the customer for the current price of the service forthwith upon completion of the service or at agreed stages. Subject to credit being allowed to the customer by LCS Training, the invoice shall be payable on or before the 30th day after the invoice date.
Confirmation of Booking
Confirmation will be in writing or email. A delegate will not be confirmed as booked onto a course until a cleared deposit of 25% of the overall course fee is paid when making a booking unless, and only at the sole discretion of LCS Training, agreed otherwise in writing.
Cancellation/Non-attendance
The following schedule sets out payment of fees following cancellation or non-attendance:
(i) Non-attendance or drop out mid-course – 100%
(ii) < 5 working days notice of cancellation – 100%
(iii) < 15 working days notice – 50%
(iv) < 30 working days notice – loss of 25% deposit
(v) > 30 working days notice – loss of 25% deposit.
5. DEFAULT IN PAYMENT
(i) We understand and will exercise our statutory right to interest and compensation for debt recovery costs under the late payment legislation if we are not paid according to agreed credit terms.
(ii) In default of due payment of its invoice, LCS Training may in its absolute discretion and irrespective of any other rights maintain an action against the customer for the invoice sum upon which interest and compensation for debt recovery shall be payable.
(iii) The customer shall indemnify LCS Training against any legal costs, which it may reasonably incur to recover its invoice sum.
6. CUSTOMERS OBLIGATIONS
It is a condition precedent of buying services from LCS Training that:
(i) The customer hereby warrants that in relation to information provided by LCS Training, the customer will not place reliance upon such information in conducting its business and will not hold LCS Training responsible for any loss or damage unstained as a result thereof.
(ii) Without Prejudice to 6 (i) the customer is advised that on all questions of law, compliance with regulations or best practice, that the customer will seek independent advise outside of LCS Training in respect of their own conduct or that of their business or undertaking.
(iii) The customer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless LCS Training against all claims, proceedings, costs, losses and damage which LCS Training may sustain or incur in connection with the service supplied to the customer unless those claims result from wilful misconduct of LCS Training.
7. LIABILITY
(i) LCS Training shall not be liable for the loss and/or damages sustained by the customer by reason of any cause whatsoever.
(ii) LCS Training shall not be liable for loss and/or damage sustained by the customer and resulting from any inability on the part of LCS Training to perform its obligations by reason of war, riot, explosion, fire, flood, strike, lock-out, Acts or Regulations of Government, shortage of materials or labour, failure of plant or equipment or any event which LCS Training is unable to avoid.
(iii) LCS Training shall not be liable for loss and /or damage sustained by the customer resulting from any acts, errors or omissions by LCS Training or its employees and/or agents.
(iv) LCS Training shall not be liable for loss and/or damage sustained by the customer resulting from any reliance placed upon information provided to the customer by LCS Training.
8. CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS
LCS Training shall not be liable to the customer for any consequential loss or damage irrespective of its cause.
9. SET-OFF
The customer may not withhold payment of any invoice or other amount due to LCS Training by reason of any right of set-off or counterclaim which the customer may have or allege to have for any reason whatsoever.
10. MISCELLANEOUS
(i) Each of these terms and conditions is to be considered separately and shall survive and apply even if one or more of the other terms and conditions are held to be unreasonable or otherwise inapplicable.
(ii) Headings contained herein are for reference purposes only and shall not be deemed to be an indication of the meaning of the clauses to which they relate.
(iii) The customer’s obligations and/or benefits hereunder shall not be assigned to a third party without LCS Training prior written consent.
(iv) The customer agrees to provide 48 hours notice of cancellation of any booked time or services and to accept billing for services booked should such notice not be given.
11. PROPER LAW
These terms and conditions herein shall be governed by the law of England and Wales and any dispute arising out of or in connection with the same shall be determined by the English Courts.
LCS Training
The Deighton Centre
Deighton Road
Huddersfield
HD2 1JH
