Terms & Conditions - Cranborne Lodge

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Terms and Conditions of Hire Weddings & Private Events

The following terms and conditions apply to all bookings made with us by individuals. We kindly ask that you take a moment to read them prior to making any booking, particularly sections 14 and 15.

1. Who we Are and Entering into our Contract

We are Cranborne Lodge Limited a company registered in England and Wales. Our company registration number is 14964959 and our registered office is at Studio 5, The Old Kiln, Penn Croft Farm, Crondall, Farnham, Hampshire, England, GU10 5PX.
You can contact us by telephoning us on 01725 517555 or by writing to us at enquiries@cranbornelodge.com.
Please sign the booking form or email us the booking form to confirm that you are happy to be bound by these terms and conditions. A contract shall arise when we sign the booking form or otherwise indicate to you that we accept your booking.

2. Charges

Our charges are quoted in the booking form to which these terms and conditions are attached.
The quote in the booking form shall be valid for a period of 48 hours. If you do not pay the deposit and book with us within this timeframe then we may review and amend the pricing.
We will reserve the date(s) in the booking form for a period of 48 hours but if you do not pay the deposit within this timeframe we may release these dates and hire the venue to someone else.
Please note that the quote is only an estimate based on the information provided by you at the time of booking and is subject to change. We shall notify you of the actual fee once we final guest numbers and any other information we require from you. The remaining amount after the deposit that you have paid will be due to us no less than four weeks prior to the beginning of the event (unless we have set out a different date in the booking form, in which case the date on the booking form shall apply).
If we’re unable to collect any payment you owe us we charge interest on the overdue amount at the rate of 3% a year above the Bank of England base rate from time to time. This interest accrues on a daily basis from the due date until the date of actual payment of the overdue amount, whether before or after judgment. You pay us the interest together with any overdue amount.
If the rate of VAT changes between the date you place your booking with us and the date we supply the service, we adjust the rate of VAT that you pay, unless you have already paid in full before the change in the rate of VAT takes effect.
Car parking is included within the fee.
All tips, service charges and gratuities left with the Event Manager will be distributed amongst the team. Such charges are at the guest’s discretion.

3. The Venue

No posters, boards, signs, flags or other emblems or advertisements are to be displayed outside any part of the venue or grounds without our prior consent. If we do give permission for any type of signage to be used, you must follow the explicit instructions given by us and we reserve the right to remove, or have removed at your expense, any type of signage, for any reason.
No confetti is permitted at the venue, save for organic petals which may only be used outside.
You must not damage, alter, deface the venue or any item that belongs to us or our suppliers including the venue and its furnishing and fittings or remove any such item from the venue.
We are entitled to make changes to the venue prior to your event, for example we may change the furnishings, decorations or landscaping of the venue.
In the event of hearing the fire alarm please leave via the nearest exit and wait at the assembly point which is in the front garden. An assembly point sign is located towards the cottage by the main entrance. Exits are clearly signed; but please always make yourself aware of your nearest exit when inside.
You must notify us of any third party suppliers that you will be using for your event in advance, and deliveries between 11pm and 7am shall only be permitted if we have agreed to this in advance.
Where you have not booked the venue on an exclusive basis we reserve the right to hold other events on the date(s) of your booking. If you have an exclusive booking we will not hold other events. With any type of booking we cannot guarantee that no one else will be present at the venue but we will do our best to prevent such individuals being in the same area as you and your guests at the same time.
We reserve the right to change the venue area(s) your booking applies to. For example, we may need to move an outside event inside if there are adverse weather conditions (or they are predicted), or we may change your event from room to another. We shall ensure that any area you use has sufficient room to accommodate the number of guests you have confirmed with us.
You, your guests and any sub-contractor shall bring all equipment and property (including cars and other vehicles) into the venue at your own risk and we accept no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage where this is not caused by us and we are entitled to exclude our liability by law.

4. Guest behaviour

Guests are requested to conduct themselves appropriately and to comply with our instructions with regard to conduct and respect for the venue, its employees, guests and their health and safety.
Guests are requested not to disrupt the comfort and enjoyment of other guests, the smooth running of the event, or cause offence to other guests or our members of staff.
Consideration for our neighbours is of paramount importance. By making the Booking, you agree to adhere to and not exceed the maximum noise levels for amplified music set by us (an average of 100dB). It is your responsibility to inform the band and/or DJ of this rule. We have the right to ask noise levels to be reduced at any times during the event. If the maximum noise level is exceeded and the request to reduce noise levels is not adhered to, we may stop the event and no refund will be payable.
We reserve the right to refuse accommodation or services or remove you and members of your party from the venue and/or cancel your event if, in our reasonable opinion, we consider that you or the individual has failed to comply with the requirements set out in this paragraph. Where this is the case shall have no obligation to refund you for lost accommodation, other services or any other loss or expense incurred.

5. Staying

Room check in time is 2pm and check out time is 11am.
Only you and your named guests can use the accommodation and its facilities. The number of guests staying must not exceed the maximum number of guests agreed with us prior to the event. If we become aware that the number exceeds the agreed number, we reserve the right to ask the relevant guests to vacate the accommodation immediately or charge you a full night’s stay for each extra guest.
All guests staying at the accommodation will be asked to respect the privacy and peace of all other staying guests, neighbours and the owners of the property at all times. If, in our sole opinion, any person is not suitable to continue their occupation of the accommodation because of unreasonable conduct or damage or disturbance / nuisance to other parties (including other guests, neighbours or us), we reserve the right to require all relevant guests to vacate the accommodation immediately, and with no right to a refund of monies paid.
We reserve the right to enter the accommodation for the purposes of urgent repairs and/or maintenance (or where otherwise necessary) at any time.

6. Food and Drink

No food or drink may be brought into the venue without our prior written consent. This includes alcoholic drinks that are brought into the venue by your guests.
Special dietary requirements can be catered for with sufficient prior written notice. Any allergies should be notified to us in advance.
Listed drinks are sold on a sale or return basis however we reserve the rights to charge for opened bottles.

7. No Smoking

Guests are not permitted to smoke in rooms or public areas.

8. Pets

Dogs are permitted on the venue with prior arrangement. There is a charge for cleaning.

9. Photographs and Videos

We shall be entitled to take photographs and videos of your event and use these for our marketing (for example placing them on or in our website, social media accounts and brochures) unless you notify us that you do not want us to do so.

10. We are not responsible for delays outside our control

If we cannot supply our services on the agreed event date by an event outside our control, such as Acts of God including floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters, epidemic or pandemic (such as Covid) including any actions, recommendations, announcements or restrictions, related to an epidemic or pandemic (whether made by a government body, authority, public health organisation or other similar official body) or outbreak at our venue, terrorist attack, civil war, threat of or preparation for war or change in law we contact you as soon as possible to let you know and do what we can to minimise the impact and try to work with you to find an alternative solution such as postponing the event.
As long as we do the above, we won’t compensate you for the delay, but you can contact us to end the contract and receive a refund for any services you have paid for in advance, but not received, less a reasonable proportion of our reasonable, unrecoverable expenses.
We recommend that prior to booking, you obtain wedding and/or event insurance that provides (as a minimum) sufficient cover for the risk of your booking being unable to proceed as a result of an unexpected event.

11. We can change our terms in certain circumstances

We shall have the right to make any changes to our services which are necessary to comply with any applicable law or safety requirement, or which do not materially affect the nature or quality of the services, and we shall notify you of any such changes in writing.
We reserve the right to change the allocation of space reserved should the numbers fall below the expected guest count you have provided us with.

Cancellation Policy – Weddings & Private Hire Events

12. Your right to end this contract

Please note that you do not have a legal right to change your mind under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013/3134 (commonly known as the 14 day cooling off period) due the type of services you are purchasing.
You can cancel your booking and end your contract with us at any time. However, you will not be entitled to a refund of any deposit you have paid. However, you may transfer your booking to a future date where we are able and willing to do so providing you give no less than 12 week’s prior notice.
If you wish to cancel or amend the date of your booking then please contact us in writing (which can be by email).

13. We can withdraw services

We can stop providing a service. We let you know at least 12 weeks in advance and we refund any sums you’ve paid in advance for services which won’t be provided.

14. We can end our contract with you

We can end our contract with you and claim any compensation due to us if:

you don’t make any payment to us when it’s due and you still don’t make payment within 7 days of our reminding you that payment is due;
you don’t, within a reasonable time of us asking for it, provide us with information, cooperation or access that we need to provide the service, for example, the number of guests to be attending; or
continuing to provide the services would provide a serious risk to us, our staff, any guests or persons at the venue or which might jeopardise our operating licences or cause us to be in breach of any law.

15. Responsibility for Loss

We are not responsible for losses you suffer caused by us breaking this contract if the loss is:

1. 1. It was not obvious that it would happen and nothing you said to us before we accepted your order meant we should have expected it (so, in the law, the loss was unforeseeable);
  2. Caused by a delaying event outside our control. As long as we have taken the steps set out in the section 9
  3. Something you could have avoided by taking reasonable action, including following our reasonable instructions for use.

To the extent that you use a product for the purposes of your trade, business, craft or profession then, save in respect of any liability which cannot legally be limited, our total liability to you for all losses arising under or in connection with any contract between us, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, shall be limited to what you paid for the product and all claims for loss of profit or indirect or consequential loss are wholly excluded.
We reserve the right and you hereby authorise us to deduct from your damage deposit an amount equal to any damage incurred to the venue (including without limitation specialist cleaning) where these are caused by you, your guests or your suppliers, or for any items that are missing when you leave. If the damage caused is more than the damage deposit you have paid then we reserve the right to charge for you for any additional amount.
Please note that any third party supplier you may use will have their own terms which will govern your use of their products and/or services. We are not responsible for any third-party contracts which you make with any suppliers, and those contracts will be between you and the supplier.

16. We use your personal data as set out in our Privacy Notice

Our Privacy Notice sets out how we treat your person information. This is available upon request by emailing enquiries@itascawines.com.

17. Complaints

Our service team will do their best to resolve any problems you have with us or our services. Please contact them at enquiries@cranbornelodge.com / 01725 517555 if you would like to discuss any issues.

18. Other important terms apply to our contract

We can transfer our contract with you, so that a different organisation is responsible for supplying your service. We’ll tell you in writing if this happens and we’ll ensure that the transfer won’t affect your rights under the contract.
This contract is personal to you and you cannot transfer your contract with us to someone else.
This contract is between you and us. Nobody else can enforce it and neither of us will need to ask anybody else to sign-off on ending or changing it.
If a court invalidates some of this contract, the rest of it will still apply. If a court or other authority decides that some of these terms are unlawful, the rest will continue to apply.
Even if we delay in enforcing this contract, we can still enforce it later. We might not immediately chase you for not doing something (like paying) or for doing something you’re not allowed to, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do it later.
These terms are governed by English law and wherever you live you can bring claims against us in the English courts. If you live in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, you can also bring claims against us in the courts of the country you live in. We can claim against you in the courts of the country you live in.

Terms and Conditions of Hire – Corporate

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1. Who we Are and Entering into our Contract

We are Cranborne Lodge Limited a company registered in England and Wales. Our company registration number is 14964959 and our registered office is at Studio 5, The Old Kiln, Penn Croft Farm, Crondall, Farnham, Hampshire, England, GU10 5PX.
You can contact us by telephoning us on 01725 517555 or by writing to us by writing to us at enquiries@cranbornelodge.com.
Please sign the booking form or email us the booking form to confirm that you are happy to be bound by these terms and conditions. A contract shall arise when we sign the booking form or otherwise indicate to you that we accept your booking.

2. Charges

Our charges are quoted in the booking form to which these terms and conditions are attached.
The quote in the booking form shall be valid for a period of 48 hours. If you do not pay the deposit and book with us within this timeframe then we may review and amend the pricing.
We will reserve the date(s) in the booking form for a period of 48 hours but if you do not pay the deposit within this timeframe we may release these dates and hire the venue to someone else.
Please note that the quote is only an estimate based on the information provided by you at the time of booking and is subject to change. We shall notify you of the actual fee once we final guest numbers and any other information we require from you. The remaining amount after the deposit that you have paid will be due to us no less than four weeks prior to the beginning of the event (unless we have set out a different date in the booking form, in which case the date on the booking form shall apply).
If we’re unable to collect any payment you owe us we charge interest on the overdue amount at the rate of 8% a year above the Bank of England base rate from time to time. This interest accrues on a daily basis from the due date until the date of actual payment of the overdue amount, whether before or after judgment. You pay us the interest together with any overdue amount.
If the rate of VAT changes between the date you place your booking with us and the date we supply the service, we adjust the rate of VAT that you pay, unless you have already paid in full before the change in the rate of VAT takes effect.
Car parking is included within the fee.
All tips, service charges and gratuities left with the Event Manager will be distributed amongst the team. Such charges are at the guest’s discretion.

3. The Venue

No posters, boards, signs, flags or other emblems or advertisements are to be displayed outside any part of the venue or grounds without our prior consent. If we do give permission for any type of signage to be used, you must follow the explicit instructions given by us and we reserve the right to remove, or have removed at your expense, any type of signage, for any reason.
No confetti is permitted at the venue, save for organic petals which may only be used outside.
You must not damage, alter, deface the venue or any item that belongs to us or our suppliers including the venue and its furnishing and fittings or remove any such item from the venue. You shall be liable for any and all damage and/or loss caused by you or your suppliers or guests.
We are entitled to make changes to the venue prior to your event, for example we may change the furnishings, decorations or landscaping of the venue.
In the event of hearing the fire alarm please leave via the nearest exit and wait at the assembly point which is in the front garden. An assembly point sign is located towards the cottage by the main entrance. Exits are clearly signed; but please always make yourself aware of your nearest exit when inside.
You must notify us of any third party suppliers that you will be using for your event in advance, and deliveries between 11pm and 7am shall only be permitted if we have agreed to this in advance.
Where you have not booked the venue on an exclusive basis we reserve the right to hold other events on the date(s) of your booking. If you have an exclusive booking we will not hold other events. With any type of booking we cannot guarantee that no one else will be present at the venue but we will do our best to prevent such individuals being in the same area as you and your guests at the same time.
We reserve the right to change the venue area(s) your booking applies to. For example, we may need to move an outside event inside if there are adverse weather conditions (or they are predicted), or we may change your event from room to another. We shall ensure that any area you use has sufficient room to accommodate the number of guests you have confirmed with us.
To the fullest extent permitted by law you, your guests and any sub-contractor shall bring all equipment and property (including cars and other vehicles) into the venue at your own risk and we accept no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage.

4. Guest behaviour

Guests are requested to conduct themselves appropriately and to comply with our instructions with regard to conduct and respect for the venue, its employees, guests and their health and safety.
Guests are requested not to disrupt the comfort and enjoyment of other guests, the smooth running of the event, or cause offence to other guests or our members of staff.
Consideration for our neighbours is of paramount importance. By making the Booking, you agree to adhere to and not exceed the maximum noise levels for amplified music set by us (an average of 100dB). It is your responsibility to inform the band and/or DJ of this rule. We have the right to ask noise levels to be reduced at any times during the event. If the maximum noise level is exceeded and the request to reduce noise levels is not adhered to, we may stop the event and no refund will be payable.
We reserve the right to refuse accommodation or services or remove you and members of your party from the venue and/or cancel your event if, in our reasonable opinion, we consider that you or the individual has failed to comply with the requirements set out in this paragraph. Where this is the case shall have no obligation to refund you for lost accommodation, other services or any other loss or expense incurred.

5. Staying

Room check in time is 2pm and check out time is 11am.
Only you and your named guests can use the accommodation and its facilities. The number of guests staying must not exceed the maximum number of guests agreed with us prior to the event. If we become aware that the number exceeds the agreed number, we reserve the right to ask the relevant guests to vacate the accommodation immediately or charge you a full night’s stay for each extra guest.
All guests staying at the accommodation will be asked to respect the privacy and peace of all other staying guests, neighbours and the owners of the property at all times. If, in our sole opinion, any person is not suitable to continue their occupation of the accommodation because of unreasonable conduct or damage or disturbance / nuisance to other parties (including other guests, neighbours or us), we reserve the right to require all relevant guests to vacate the accommodation immediately, and with no right to a refund of monies paid.
We reserve the right to enter the accommodation for the purposes of urgent repairs and/or maintenance (or where otherwise necessary) at any time.

6. Food and Drink

No food or drink may be brought into the venue without our prior written consent. This includes alcoholic drinks that are brought into the venue by your guests.
Special dietary requirements can be catered for with sufficient prior written notice. Any allergies should be notified to us in advance.
Listed drinks are sold on a sale or return basis however we reserve the rights to charge for opened bottles.

7. No Smoking

Guests are not permitted to smoke in rooms or public areas.

8. Pets

Dogs are permitted on the venue with prior arrangement. There is a charge for cleaning.

9. Photographs and Videos

We shall be entitled to take photographs and videos of your event and use these for our marketing (for example placing them on or in our website, social media accounts and brochures) unless you notify us that you do not want us to do so.

10. Other duties

You shall ensure that the terms of the order form to which these terms and conditions are attached and any information you provide us with are complete and accurate.
You shall co-operate with us in all matters relating to the services we are to provide and will provide us with such information and materials as we may reasonably require in order to supply our services.
If our performance of any of obligations under this contract is prevented or delayed by any act or omission by you or failure by you to perform any relevant obligation under this contract (Customer Default):

1. 1. without limiting or affecting any other right or remedy available to us, we shall have the right to suspend performance of our services until you remedy the Customer Default, and to rely on the Customer Default to relieve us from the performance of any of our obligations in each case to the extent the Customer Default prevents or delays our performance of any of our obligations;
  2. we shall not be liable for any costs or losses sustained or incurred by you arising directly or indirectly from our failure or delay to perform any of our obligations as set out in this section 3; and
  3. you shall reimburse us on written demand for any costs or losses sustained or incurred by us arising directly or indirectly from the Customer Default.

11. We are not responsible for delays outside our control

If we cannot supply our services on the agreed event date by an event outside our control, such as Acts of God including floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters, epidemic or pandemic (such as Covid) including any actions, recommendations, announcements or restrictions, related to an epidemic or pandemic (whether made by a government body, authority, public health organisation or other similar official body) or outbreak at our venue, terrorist attack, civil war, threat of or preparation for war or change in law we contact you as soon as possible to let you know and do what we can to minimise the impact and try to work with you to find an alternative solution such as postponing the event.
As long as we do the above, we won’t compensate you for the delay.
We recommend that prior to booking, you obtain event insurance that provides (as a minimum) sufficient cover for the risk of your booking being unable to proceed as a result of an unexpected event.

12. We can change our terms in certain circumstances

We shall have the right to make any changes to our services which are necessary to comply with any applicable law or safety requirement, or which do not materially affect the nature or quality of the services, and we shall notify you of any such changes in writing.
We reserve the right to change the allocation of space reserved should the numbers fall below the expected guest count you have provided us with.

Cancellation Policy – Corporate Hire

13. Termination

You can cancel your booking and end your contract with us at any time. However, you will not be entitled to a refund of any deposit you have paid. You may transfer your booking to a future date where we are able and willing to do so providing you give no less than 12 week’s prior notice. If you wish to cancel or amend the date of your booking then please contact us in writing (which can be by email).
Without affecting any other right or remedy available to us, we may terminate this contract and/or any of the services to be provided under it by giving you no less than 12 weeks’ written notice.
Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, either party may terminate this contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if:
- 1. the other party takes any step or action in connection with its entering administration, provisional liquidation or any composition or arrangement with its creditors (other than in relation to a solvent restructuring), applying to court for or obtaining a moratorium under Part A1 of the Insolvency Act 1986, being wound up (whether voluntarily or by order of the court, unless for the purpose of a solvent restructuring), having a receiver appointed to any of its assets or ceasing to carry on business or, if the step or action is taken in another jurisdiction, in connection with any analogous procedure in the relevant jurisdiction;
  2. the other party suspends, or threatens to suspend, or ceases or threatens to cease to carry on all or a substantial part of its business; or
  3. the other party’s financial position deteriorates to such an extent that in the terminating party’s opinion the other party’s capability to adequately fulfil its obligations under the Contract has been placed in jeopardy.
Without affecting any other right or remedy available to us, we may terminate this contract and/or any of the services to be provided under it immediately upon written notice if:
- 1. you don’t make any payment to us when it’s due;
  2. you carry out any material breach of this contract and fail to remedy the same (where the breach is capable of remedy) within 14 days of being requested to do so;
  3. you don’t, within a reasonable time of us asking for it, provide us with information, cooperation or access that we need to provide the service, for example, the number of guests to be attending; or
  4. continuing to provide the services would provide a serious risk to us, our staff, any guests or persons at the venue or which might jeopardise our operating licences or cause us to be in breach of any law.
Upon termination of this contract for any reason you shall immediately pay to us all of our outstanding unpaid invoices and interest and, in respect of services supplied but for which no invoice has been submitted, we shall submit an invoice, which shall be payable by you immediately on receipt;
Any provision of this contract that expressly or by implication is intended to come into or continue in force on or after termination or expiry of the contract shall remain in full force and effect.

14. Limitation of Liability

References to liability in this section include every kind of liability arising under or in connection with this contract including liability in contract, tort (including negligence), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise.
Nothing in this contract limits any liability which cannot legally be limited, including but not limited to liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence and fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
Subject to section 2, our total liability to you under this contract is limited to the total amount by you to us under the contract.
Subject to section 2, we exclude our liability to you for loss of profits; loss of sales or business; loss of agreements or contracts; loss of anticipated savings; loss of or damage to goodwill; and indirect or consequential loss.
The Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from this contract.
Unless you notify us within 6 months of the end of your event that you intend to make a claim in respect of our obligations under this contract and/or the event, we shall not be liable for the same. The notice must be in writing and must identify the grounds for the claim in reasonable detail.
We reserve the right and you hereby authorise us to deduct from your damage deposit an amount equal to any damage incurred to the venue (including without limitation specialist cleaning) where these are caused by you, your guests or your suppliers, or for any items that are missing when you leave. If the damage caused is more than the damage deposit you have paid then we reserve the right to charge for you for any additional amount, such amounts to be payable immediately upon demand.
Please note that any third party supplier you may use will have their own terms which will govern your use of their products and/or services. We exclude all liability for any third-party suppliers.

15. Personal Data

Our Privacy Notice sets out how we treat your person information. This is available upon request by emailing enquiries@itascawines.com.
You undertake to comply with your obligations under any applicable data protection legislation.

16. Complaints

Our service team will do their best to resolve any problems you have with us or our services. Please contact them at enquiries@cranbornelodge.com / 01725 517555if you would like to discuss any issues.

17. Miscellaneous Terms

We can assign, mortgage, charge, subcontract, delegate, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with any or all of our rights and obligations under our contract with you at any time., so that a different organisation is responsible for supplying your service. We’ll tell you in writing if this happens and we’ll ensure that the transfer won’t affect your rights under the contract.
You cannot assign, transfer, mortgage, charge, subcontract, delegate, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with any of its rights and obligations under your contract with us to someone else.
This contract constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter. Each party acknowledges that in entering into this contract it does not rely on, and shall have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in the contract. Each party agrees that it shall have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation based on any statement in the contract.
Each party undertakes that it shall not at any time disclose to any person any confidential information concerning the business, affairs, customers, clients or suppliers of the other party, except:

1. 1. to its employees, officers, representatives, contractors, subcontractors or advisers who need to know such information for the purposes of carrying out the party’s obligations under the contract. Each party shall ensure that its employees, officers, representatives, contractors, subcontractors or advisers to whom it discloses the other party’s confidential information comply with this section; and
  2. as may be required by law, a court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental or regulatory authority.

Neither party shall use the other party’s confidential information for any purpose other than to perform its obligations under the contract.
Any notice given to a party under or in connection with this contract shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or by pre-paid first-class post or other next working day delivery service at its registered office (if a company) or its principal place of business (in any other case); or sent by email to the address specified by the relevant party. Any notice shall be deemed to have been received:
- 1. if delivered by hand, at the time the notice is left at the proper address;
  2. if sent by pre-paid first-class post or other next working day delivery service, at 9.00 am on the second Business Day after posting; or
  3. if sent by email at the time of transmission, or, if this time falls outside business hours in the place of receipt, when business hours resume (business hours means 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday on a day that is not a public holiday in the place of receipt);
Providing this sub-section does not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action or, where applicable, any other method of dispute resolution.
Unless it expressly states otherwise, this contract does not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to any third party to enforce any term of the contract.
If any provision or part-provision of this contract is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed deleted, but that shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of the contract. If any provision or part-provision of the contract deleted under this Section 11.7 the parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree a replacement provision that, to the greatest extent possible, achieves the intended commercial result of the original provision.
A waiver of any right or remedy under this contract or by law is only effective if given in writing and shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent right or remedy. A failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under the contract or by law shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict any further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy provided under the contract or by law shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
This contract, and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with the contract or its subject matter or formation.