Terms and conditions

Unless otherwise agreed, payment terms are as follows: 50% of the agreed fee is required as a deposit. This is payable within fourteen days of my signing and acceptance of the Firm Offer. The deposit is non-refundable. The balance is payable thirty days before the date of the event on this agreement. If the event date is within thirty days of the time of booking, the full fee is owed and payable within 14 days. If the event date is between thirty and sixty days from the time of booking, the full fee is owed and payable within 21 days. Under these circumstances, the agreed fee is still payable in full.
If the client wishes to cancel, I must be advised in writing by email, fax or by recorded delivery post. Any cancellation will take effect on the day written instruction is received. If payment is not received in accordance with these terms and conditions, I may regard this as a cancellation.
The nearer the cancellation date is to the engagement date, the greater the charge will be.
The sums payable are: –
Time before engagement date
More than 30 days
0 to 30 days
Cancellation charge (as a % of total fee)
50
100%
If I am unable to fulfil this agreement for whatever reason, I will refund the fee or the deposit if the balance of the fee has not been received. I cannot be held responsible for any costs that the client has incurred up to the date of cancellation.
Unless otherwise agreed client arranges and pays for business/club/first round-trip airfare (flexible), hotel accommodations (executive standard), ground transportation (in the city of origin and event city), Visas where required, and meals/beverages (for the duration of the stay).
The client undertakes to provide:
a. a suitable venue, properly lit, heated, and ventilated. The client will provide the necessary technical support, such as staging and sound equipment in good working
b. suitable insurance including adequate insurance including public liability insurance and
c. that all necessary regulations are met in respect of the venue for fire, safety and any other statutory regulations and ensure the maximum capacity for the venue is not exceeded.
Database and Privacy – Under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament – the General Data Protection Regulation – I will only use personal data (such as names, addresses, email and so on) I collect from you and your personnel for the purposes of this Agreement and for contacting you and your personnel about events, goods and services we offer which we believe may be of interest to you. I may contact you and your personnel by email for these purposes in accordance with GDPR rules.
No audio or video recording (including back projection) may be made without my prior consent.
You will not permit or authorise the use of my name or photograph or likeness for the promotion, endorsement, advertising or commercial purposes of any product or service whatsoever without prior written approval. Publicity material directly relating to the event may not be issued without my prior written.
Both parties understand that the details, conditions, and content of this contract are strictly private and confidential and, except for their personal and professional advisors, may not be communicated to a third party without the written consent of the other party.
Under no circumstances will either party be liable to the other party or any third party in contract tort or otherwise, for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, exemplary, or similar damages that result from the parties’ performance or non-performance hereunder, including but not limited to loss of revenue or lost profits.
In the event that the performance of any obligations under this Agreement by either Party is prevented due to acts of God, exchange controls, export or import controls or any other government restriction, wars, hostilities, blockages, civil disturbances, revolutions, strikes, terrorist attacks, lockouts, or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of a Party, each Party shall not be responsible to the other for failure or delay in performance of its obligations under this Agreement. Each party shall promptly notify the other of such force majeure condition. The terms of this Clause shall not exempt, but merely suspend, any party from its duty to perform the obligations under this Agreement until as soon as practicable after a force majeure condition ceases to exist.
This contract shall be subject to the laws of England and Wales and any dispute arising from it shall be dealt with under English Law.
Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that:

it has full power and rights to enter into this Client Contract;
this Client Contract constitutes the entire agreement between them in relation to its subject matter;
in entering into this Client Contract, it has not relied on any statement, representation, warranty or understanding which is not expressly set out in this Client Contract;
the failure to exercise a right or remedy provided by this Client Contract or by law does not constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or a waiver of other rights or remedies;
this Client Contract is personal to the parties and neither party may assign, transfer or sub-license any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party (not to be unreasonably withheld);
it shall comply with all applicable laws in the exercise of its rights and the performance of its duties hereunder
this Client Contract does not establish an employment relationship between Me and the Client;
a person who is not a party to this Client Contract may not rely upon or enforce any rights pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 and
any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Client Contract, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be finally settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce by one or more arbitrators appointed in accordance with said Rules, which Rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this clause. The seat, or legal place, of arbitration, shall be London, England. The governing law of the Client Contract shall be the substantive law of England and Wales. The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English.
All parties shall sign this agreement on a separate document to affirm their agreement to these terms and conditions.

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