Terms Of Service

Please read these Web Hosting Terms carefully, as they set out our and your legal rights and obligations in relation to our web hosting services. 

You should print a copy of these Web Hosting Terms for future reference. We will not file a copy specifically in relation to you, and they may not be accessible on our Website in future. 

These Web Hosting Terms are available in the English language only.

If you have any questions or complaints about these Web Hosting Terms or our Services, please contact us by writing to our company address shown on the contact page or by sending us a message via email.

AGREEMENT:

1.         Definitions and interpretation

1.1     In the Agreement:

Affiliate” means a company, firm or individual that Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with the relevant company, firm or individual;

Agreement” means the agreement between the Company and the Customer incorporating these Web Hosting Terms and the Registration Form and any amendments to it from time to time;

Business Day” means any week day, other than a bank or public holiday in England;

Business Hours” means between 09:00 and 17:30 on a Business Day;

Charges” means the amounts payable by the Customer to the Company under or in relation to the Agreement (as set out on the Registration Form);

Company” means SPC Internet Ltd, a limited company incorporated in England and Wales (registration number 01699097) having its registered office at 55 Longford Crescent, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S17 4LJ;

Confidential Information” means:

(a)      any information supplied (whether supplied in writing, orally or otherwise) by one party to the other party marked as “confidential”, described as “confidential” or reasonably understood to be confidential;

Control” means the legal power to control (directly or indirectly) the management of an entity (and “Controlled” will be construed accordingly);

Customer” means the customer for Services under the Agreement specified in the relevant Registration Form;

Effective Date” means the date when the Agreement comes into force in accordance with Clause 2.3;

Force Majeure Event” means an event, or a series of related events, that is outside the reasonable control of the party affected (including failures of or problems with the internet or a part of the internet, hacker attacks, virus or other malicious software attacks or infections, power failures, industrial disputes affecting any third party, changes to the law, disasters, explosions, fires, floods, riots, terrorist attacks and wars);

Hosted Materials” means all websites, web applications, software, information, data, databases and other works and materials stored, transmitted, published or  processed using the Services;

Intellectual Property Rights” means all intellectual property rights wherever in the world, whether registered or unregistered, including any application or right of application for such rights (and the “intellectual property rights” referred to above include copyright and related rights, moral rights, database rights, confidential information, trade secrets, know-how, business names, trade names, domain names, trademarks, service marks, passing off rights, unfair competition rights, patents, petty patents, utility models, semi-conductor topography rights and rights in designs);

Minimum Term” means the period as specified on the relevant Registration Form;

Personal Data” has the meaning given to it in the Data Protection Act 1998;

Prohibited Content” means:

(a)      material which breaches any applicable laws, regulations or legally binding codes, or infringes any third party Intellectual Property Rights or other third party rights, or may give rise to any form of legal action against the Company or the Customer or any third party;

(b)      pornographic or lewd material; and

(c)      messages or communications which are offensive, abusive, indecent or obscene, are likely to cause annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety to another internet user, or constitute spam or bulk unsolicited mail;

(d)      Items specified in Clause 13.

Registration Form” means the form on the Company's website enabling users to sign up as Customers;

Resources” means the resources specified on the Registration Form;

Services” means the services provided under the Agreement, which may include shared hosting, dedicated hosting, co-location services, email services, domain name services and/or SSL services, as specified on the Registration Form;

Start Date” means the date specified as such on the Registration Form;

Term” means the term of the Agreement; and

Year” means a period of 365 days (or 366 days if there is a 29 February during the relevant period) starting on the Effective Date or on any anniversary of the Effective Date.

1.2     In the Agreement, a reference to a statute or statutory provision includes a reference to:

(a)      that statute or statutory provision as modified, consolidated and/or re-enacted from time to time; and

(b)      any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision.

1.3     The Clause headings do not affect the interpretation of the Agreement.

1.4     The ejusdem generis rule is not intended to be used in the interpretation of the Agreement; it follows that a general concept or category utilised in the Agreement will not be limited by any specific examples or instances utilised in relation to such a concept or category.

2.         The Agreement

2.1     In order to apply to become a Customer, the applicant must complete and submit the Registration Form.

2.2     If the applicant makes any input errors during the order process, these may be identified and corrected by the applicant before the Registration Form is submitted by either modifying the form or notifying a representative of the Company.

2.3     This Agreement will come into force if and when the Company sends to the Customer an acceptance email, following the submission of a completed Registration Form by the Customer.

2.4     This Agreement will continue in force indefinitely, unless and until terminated in accordance with Clause 20 (Termination).

3.         Implementation and transition

3.1     The Company will make available the Services on or before the Start Date.

3.2     At the request of the Customer, the Company will:

(a)      where the Company holds any Customer website(s) on its development servers, transfer such website(s) from its development servers; or

(b)      use reasonable endeavours to assist with the transition of any Customer website(s) from any third party host.

4.         Shared hosting

4.1     This Clause 4 applies where the Company agrees to make available to the Customer shared hosting.

4.2     The Company will make available to the Customer hosting capacity on a shared server meeting the specification set out on the Registration Form.

4.3     The Company will make available to the Customer the ability to access, update or amend the Hosted Materials by FTP or similar means.

4.4     For the avoidance of doubt, the Customer will not have administration rights in relation to any shared server, and the Company may refuse any request to change the configuration of a shared server at its sole discretion.

4.5     Charges payable in respect of shared hosting will be as specified on the Registration Form / as agreed between the Company and the Customer.

5.         Dedicated hosting

5.1     This Clause 5 applies where the Company agrees to make available to the Customer a dedicated server.

5.2     The Company will make available for the exclusive use of the Customer a dedicated server meeting the specification set out on the Registration Form, and will grant to the Customer administration rights with respect to that server.

5.3     The Customer acknowledges that the Company will provide all reasonable support in connection with the administration of any dedicated server within the skillset of the Company. If the Customer is unsure of the support which can be provided for a specific web application the this must be discussed prior to the Start Date.

5.4     The Customer will not configure, or allow any other person to configure, a dedicated server in any way contrary to the guidelines published on the Company website from time to time.

5.5     The Company may from time to time require that the Customer apply software and/or hardware upgrades to the dedicated server.

5.6     For the avoidance of doubt, dedicated servers made available under the Agreement will remain the property of the Company at all times.

5.7     Charges payable in respect of dedicated servers will be as specified on the Registration Form or as agreed between the Company and the Customer.

6.         Co-located servers

6.1     Co-Location services are not currently provided.

7.         Email services

7.1     This Clause 7 applies where the Company agrees to provide to the Customer email transmission, storage and/or management services.

7.2     The Company will provide POP3, IMAP, webmail and/or ActiveSync email services to the Customer as specified on the Registration form.

7.3     All mailboxes will be protected by anti-spam and anti-virus software if specified on the Registration Form. 

7.4     If the Customer or a mailbox exceeds the relevant storage limit set out on the Registration Form / notified by the Company to the Customer from time to time, the Company may refuse incoming emails until such time as the storage issue is resolved.

7.5     Charges payable in respect of email services will be as specified on the Registration Form / as agreed between the Company and the Customer.

8.         Domain name registration

8.1     Subject to the payment of the applicable Charges in advance, the Company will attempt to register domain names that the Customer orders using the interface on the Company website, but does not warrant that it will be able to do so.  Domain name orders will be subject to the provisions of this Clause 8.

8.2     Charges in respect of domain name registrations are non-refundable.

8.3     Domain name registrations will be subject to periodic renewal fees and transfer fees as stated on the Company website.

8.4     The Customer warrants that the information submitted for the purposes of a domain name registration is current, accurate and complete, that it has the legal right to apply for and use the domain name, and that its use of the domain name will not infringe any person's Intellectual Property Rights or other legal rights.

8.5     The Customer undertakes to keep the information required for the purposes of a domain name registration up-to-date.

8.6     The Customer acknowledges that certain information submitted for the purposes of a domain name registration will be published on the internet via “WHOIS” services as required by the relevant registry or registration authority.

8.7     The Company may reject in its sole discretion any request to register a particular domain name.

8.8     The Company will not offer any advice in relation to any actual or potential domain name dispute, and will have no liability in respect of the suspension or loss of a domain name by the Customer as a result of any domain name arbitration procedure or court proceedings.

8.9     The Company will have no responsibility for the Customer's use or retention of a domain name once registered, and it will be the Customer's responsibility to ensure that domain names are renewed and that applicable renewal charges are paid.

8.10    The Customer acknowledges that domain names will be subject to the rules and policies from time to time of the relevant registry or registration authority, and the Customer agrees to abide by all such rules and policies.

8.12    Charges payable in respect of domain name services will be as specified on the Registration Form.

8.13    By registering a .uk domain name, you enter into a contract of registration with Nominet UK on the following terms and conditions. This is a separate contract to any arrangement you may have with any third party for the provision of internet services. Please read the following before proceeding with your order - http://www.nominet.org.uk/uk-domain-names/registering-uk-domain/legal-details/terms-and-conditions-domain-name-registration

8.14    Registration, Renewal and Transfer fees for domains will be provided via email or quotation on request.

8.15 All domains are renewed on an annual basis, we will send out reminder emails 60 days, 30 days, 15 days, 7 days and 1 day before expiry. We will send the emails to the email address on the account, it is the registrants responsibility to make sure their contact details are up to date. The Company take no responsibility if your domain renewal fails due to your contact details being incorrect. If you do not wish to renew a domain please make sure you contact us via post, email or phone a minimum of 14 days before your domain expires. Alternatively you can set your domain to auto renew, this can be managed through the client portal area. All domains will be auto renewed 10 days in advance of the domain name expiring and will be billed 30 days in advance.

8.16 If you do not renew your domain before its expiry date it will have all services we provide suspended and you will have up to 30 days (protected period) after to renew the domain name at the original renewal fee. Please log into the client portal area to view renewal fees. After 30 days your domain will be suspended and will go into a 60 day grace period which you can still renew your domain name but with an additional redemption fee of £50 + VAT. This must be requested via post, email or phone before the 75th day after your domain has expired, after 90 days your domain will be cancelled and deleted from the register. The Company will not guarantee the renewal of a domain name.

9.         SSL certificates

9.1     Subject to the payment of the applicable Charges in advance, the Company will attempt to obtain SSL certificates that the Customer orders. SSL certificate orders will be subject to the provisions of this Clause 9.

9.2     Charges in respect of SSL certificates are non-refundable.

9.3     SSL certificates will be subject to periodic fees as stated on the Company website.

9.4     The Customer warrants that the information submitted for the purposes of an SSL certificate is current, accurate and complete.

9.5     The Customer undertakes to keep the information required for the purposes of an SSL certificate up-to-date.

9.7     Charges payable in respect of SSL certificates will be as specified on the Registration Form.

10.      Support

10.1    The Company will make available, on Business Days between the hours of 9.00 am and 5.00 pm (London time), a telephone and email facility for the purpose of providing support to the Customer (and the Company's other customers). The Company will use reasonable endeavours to respond to requests for support within 1 working day.

10.2    The Company will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that a member of its support staff can be reached by outside Business Hours in the case of an emergency.

10.3    The Customer must make all requests for support Services through telephone or email, and all such requests must include enough information to diagnose the issue.

10.4    The Company will use reasonable endeavours to resolve issues raised by the Customer promptly.

10.5    Subject to Clause 10.6, the Company will:

(a)      make back-ups of the Hosted Materials on a daily basis, and will retain such back-ups for 10 days; and

(b)      at least once every 4 weeks, the Company will arrange for the off-site storage of a current back-up of the Hosted Materials (which will be over-written on the following off-site back-up date).

10.6    The Company will not make back-ups of email messages that have been downloaded by the Customer and removed off the Company servers.

11.      Services: general provisions

11.1    The Customer's utilisation of Resources must not exceed the limits set out on the Registration Form.  If the Customer's utilisation of Resources exceeds those limits, the parties will endeavour to agree a variation to the Agreement.  If the parties cannot agree such a variation within a reasonable period (being not more than 7 days) following notice from the Company to the Customer requesting such variation, and Resource utilisation continues to exceed those limits, the Customer will be deemed to be in material breach of the Agreement for the purposes of Clause 20.

11.2    The Company may suspend some or all of the Services in order to carry out scheduled or emergency maintenance or repairs.  Subject to this, the Company will use reasonable endeavours to maintain the Services at the availability level specified on the Registration Form.

11.3    You are responsible for monitoring your disk space usage. If you believe you will exceed or are currently exceeding your disk space allowance then contact one of the Company. You can also upgrade your Service from inside your client account.

11.4    The intention of the Company is to provide large enough bandwidth to transfer web documents, and not an offsite storage area for electronic files. If the Customer exceeds their bandwidth allowance the Customer will be notified and given 48 hours to remedy the problem (either by reducing their bandwidth requirements or upgrading their Service). The company will endeavour to accommodate the Customer’s bandwidth needs within reasonable limits. You can also upgrade your Service from inside your client account.

12.      Customer Responsibilities

12.1    The Customer will provide the Company with all co-operation, information and documentation reasonably required for the provision of the Services, and the Customer will be responsible for procuring any third party co-operation reasonably required for the provision of the Services.

12.2    The Services are provided to the Customer only, and the Customer may not resell the Services to any third party.

12.3    The Customer will be responsible for obtaining suitable licences of third party software which is not provided by the Company.

12.4    It is the Customer’s responsibility to keep any passwords relating to the Services confidential, and to change such passwords on a regular basis.  The Customer will notify the Company immediately if it becomes aware that a password relating to the Services is or may have been compromised or misused.

13.      Acceptable Use

13.1    Any attempt to undermine or cause harm to a server or customer of the Company is strictly prohibited.

13.2    The Company will strongly react to any use or attempted use of an Internet account or computer without the owner's authorization. Such attempts include "Internet scamming" (tricking other people into releasing their passwords), password theft, security hole scanning, etc.

13.3    Any unauthorized use of accounts or computers by the Customer, whether or not the attacked account or computer belongs to the Company, will result in action against the Customer. Possible actions include warnings, account suspension or cancelation, as well as civil or criminal legal action, depending on the seriousness of the attack.

13.5    The Customer may not run IRC, bots or clients on shared servers. Unacceptable uses also include, but are not limited to: Bulk emailing, unsolicited emailing, newsgroup spamming, upload scripts (Rappidleach), pornographic content, illegal content, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, warez sites (including links to/from), cracks, software serial numbers, proxy-relaying, link farming (the act of or by use of scripts), link grinding, link-only sites, spamdexing, FFA (Free-For-All) and/or anything else determined by the Company to be unacceptable use of our services including abuse of server resources.

13.6    WEB APPLICATIONS and WEB ACCESSIBLE SCRIPTS - All web applications that are actively being exploited will be shut down immediately without prior notice in order to protect the Company and Company's other customers. The Customer is responsible for and should evaluate their web-based applications and scripts on a regular basis to ensure their security and orderliness.

13.7    Hosting accounts may also be terminated if it includes the following content or have links to the following content: Providing material that is grossly offensive to the Web community including blatant expressions of bigotry, racism, hatred, or profanity; promoting or providing instructional information about illegal activities; promoting physical harm or injury against any group or individual; displaying material containing obscene nudity or pornographic material; displaying material that exploits children under 18-years of age; acts of copyright infringement including offering pirated computer programs or links to such programs; information used to circumvent manufacturer-installed copy-protect devices, including serial or registration numbers for software programs, or any type of cracker utilities.

13.8    The Customer must not use any of the Services in any way which may put the Company in breach of a contractual or other obligation owed by the Company to any internet service provider.

13.9    The Customer acknowledges that the Company does not purport to monitor the content of Hosted Materials or the use of the Services.

13.10  Where the Company reasonably suspects that there has been a breach of the provisions of this Clause 13, the Company may:

(a)      delete or amend the relevant Hosted Materials; and/or

(b)      suspend any or all of the Services and/or the Customer’s access to any or all Services while it investigates the matter.

13.11  Any breach by the Customer of this Clause 13 will be deemed to be a material breach of the Agreement for the purposes of Clause 20.

 

14.      Charges and payment

14.1    The Company will issue invoices for the Charges to the Customer on or before the relevant dates set out on the Registration Form.

14.2    The Customer will pay the Charges to the Company within 30 days of the date of issue of an invoice issued in accordance with Clause 14.1.

14.3    All Charges stated in or in relation to the Agreement are stated inclusive of VAT, unless the context requires otherwise.

14.4    Charges must be paid by using such payment methods as are specified inside your client account.

14.5    If the Customer does not pay any amount properly due to the Company under or in connection with the Agreement, the Company may:

(a)      charge the Customer interest on the overdue amount at the rate of 5% per year above the base rate of The Cooperative Bank from time to time (which interest will accrue daily until the date of actual payment, be compounded quarterly, and be payable on demand); or

(b)      claim interest and statutory compensation from the Customer pursuant to the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.

14.6    The Company may vary the Charges by giving to the Customer at least 60 days' notice of variation expiring at any time after the end of the Minimum Term.

15.      Warranties

15.1    The Customer warrants to the Company that it has the legal right and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Agreement.

15.2    The Company warrants to the Customer:

(a)      that it has the legal right and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Agreement; and

(b)      that it will perform its obligations under the Agreement with reasonable care and skill.

15.3    All of the parties' liabilities and obligations in respect of the subject matter of the Agreement are expressly set out in the terms of the Agreement.  To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no other terms concerning the subject matter of the Agreement will be implied into the Agreement or any related contract.

16.      Indemnity

          The Customer hereby indemnifies and undertakes to keep indemnified the Company against all liabilities, losses, costs, expenses (including legal expenses and amounts paid upon advice in settlement of any legal action) arising out of or in connection with:

(a)      any breach by the Customer of any term of the Agreement; and

(b)      any activity upon, or any breach of security of, the Customer's dedicated or co-located server, and any malfunction of the Customer's co-located server.

17.      Limitations and exclusions of liability

17.1    Nothing in the Agreement will:

(a)      limit or exclude the liability of a party for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;

(b)      limit or exclude the liability of a party for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation by that party;

(c)      limit any liability of a party in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

(d)      exclude any liability of a party that may not be excluded under applicable law.

17.2    The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Clause 17 and elsewhere in the Agreement:

(a)      are subject to Clause 17.1;

(b)      govern all liabilities arising under the Agreement or any collateral contract or in relation to the subject matter of the Agreement or any collateral contract, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty; and

(c)      will not limit or exclude the liability of the parties under the express indemnities set out the Agreement.

17.3    The Company will not be liable in respect of any loss of profits, income, revenue, use, production or anticipated savings.

17.4    The Company will not be liable for any loss of business, contracts or commercial opportunities.

17.5    The Company will not be liable for any loss of or damage to goodwill or reputation.

17.6    The Company will not be liable in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.

17.7    The Company will not be liable in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

17.8    The Company will not be liable for any losses arising out of a Force Majeure Event.

17.9    The Company's liability in relation to any event or series of related events will not exceed the greater of:

(a)      £100,000; and

(b)      the total amount paid and payable by the Customer to the Company under the Agreement during the 12 month period immediately preceding the event or events giving rise to the claim.

17.10  The Company's aggregate liability under the Agreement and any collateral contracts will not exceed the greater of:

(a)      £100,000; and

(b)            the total amount paid and payable by the Customer to the Company under the Agreement.

18.      Data protection

18.1    The Customer warrants that it has the legal right to disclose all Personal Data that it does in fact disclose to the Company under the Agreement, and that the processing of that Personal Data by the Company for the purposes of and in accordance with the terms of the Agreement will not breach any applicable laws (including the Data Protection Act 1998).

18.2    The Company warrants that:

(a)      it will act only on instructions from the Customer in relation to the processing of any Personal Data performed by the Company on behalf of the Customer; and

(b)      it has in place appropriate security measures (both technical and organisational) against unlawful or unauthorised processing of Personal Data and against loss or corruption of Personal Data processed by the Company on behalf of the Customer.

19.      Confidentiality

19.1    Each party will keep confidential the Confidential Information of the other party, and will not disclose that Confidential Information except as expressly permitted by this Clause 19.

19.2    Each party will protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information of the other party using at least reasonable security measures.

19.3    The Confidential Information of a party may be disclosed by the other party to its employees and professional advisers, provided that each recipient is legally bound to protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information.

19.4    These obligations of confidentiality will not apply to Confidential Information that:

(a)      has been published or is known to the public (other than as a result of a breach of the Agreement);

(b)      is known to the receiving party, and can be shown by the receiving party to have been known to it, before disclosure by the other party; or

(c)      is required to be disclosed by law, or by an order (binding upon the relevant party) of a competent governmental authority, regulatory body or stock exchange.

 

20.      Termination

20.1    Either party may terminate the Agreement at any time by giving at least 30 days' written notice to the other party expiring at any time after the end of the Minimum Term.

20.2    Either party may terminate the Agreement immediately by giving written notice to the other party if the other party:

(a)      commits any material breach of any term of the Agreement, and:

(i)       the breach is not remediable; or

(ii)      the breach is remediable, but the other party fails to remedy the breach within 7 days of receipt of a written notice requiring it to do so; or

(ii)      breaches any part of the Acceptable Use Policy; or

(b)      fails to pay any amount due under the Agreement in full and on time.

20.3    Either party may terminate the Agreement immediately by giving written notice to the other party if:

(a)      the other party:

(i)       is dissolved;

(ii)      ceases to conduct all (or substantially all) of its business;

(iii)     is or becomes unable to pay its debts as they fall due;

(iv)     is or becomes insolvent or is declared insolvent; or

(v)      convenes a meeting or makes or proposes to make any arrangement or composition with its creditors;

(b)      an administrator, administrative receiver, liquidator, receiver, trustee, manager or similar is appointed over any of the assets of the other party;

(c)      an order is made for the winding up of the other party, or the other party passes a resolution for its winding up (other than for the purpose of a solvent company reorganisation where the resulting entity will assume all the obligations of the other party under the Agreement); or

(d)      (where that other party is an individual) that other party dies, or as a result of illness or incapacity becomes incapable of managing his or her own affairs, or is the subject of a bankruptcy petition or order.

21.      Effects of termination

21.1    Upon termination all the provisions of the Agreement will cease to have effect, save that the following provisions of the Agreement will survive and continue to have effect (in accordance with their terms or otherwise indefinitely): Clauses 1, 14.5, 16, 17, 19.1 to 19.4, 21 and 22.3 to 22.12.

21.2    Termination of the Agreement will not affect either party’s accrued rights (including accrued rights to be paid) as at the date of termination.

21.3    If the Agreement is terminated under Clause 20.1, or by the Customer under Clause 20.2 or 20.3 (but not in any other case):

(a)      the Company will promptly provide to the Customer an electronic copy of the Hosted Materials;

(b)      the Company will provide such assistance as is reasonably requested by the Customer to transfer the hosting of the Hosted Materials to the Customer or another service provider, subject to payment of the Company's reasonable expenses; and

(c)      the Customer will be entitled to a refund of any Charges paid by the Customer to the Company in respect of any Services which were to be performed after the date of effective termination, and will be released from any obligation to pay such Charges to the Company (such amount to be calculated by the Company using any reasonable methodology).

21.4    Save as provided in Clause 21.3(c), the Customer will not be entitled to any refund of Charges on termination, and will not be released from any obligation to pay Charges to the Company.

22.      General

22.1    Any notice given under the Agreement must be in writing (whether or not described as “written notice” in the Agreement) and must be delivered personally, sent by first class post or Airmail or email, for the attention of the relevant person, and to the relevant address or email address given on the Company’s website in case of the Company or specified on the Registration Form in the case of the Customer (or as notified by one party to the other in accordance with this Clause).

22.2    A notice will be deemed to have been received at the relevant time set out below (or where such time is not within Business Hours, when Business Hours next begin after the relevant time set out below):

(a)      where the notice is delivered personally, at the time of delivery;

(b)      where the notice is sent by first class post, 48 hours after posting; and

(c)      where the notice is sent by Airmail post, 5 working days after posting; and

(d)      where the notice is sent by or email, at the time of the transmission (providing the sending party retains written evidence of the transmission).

22.3    No breach of any provision of the Agreement will be waived except with the express written consent of the party not in breach.

22.4    If a Clause of the Agreement is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other Clauses of the Agreement will continue in effect.  If any unlawful and/or unenforceable Clause would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the Clause will continue in effect (unless that would contradict the clear intention of the parties, in which case the entirety of the relevant Clause will be deemed to be deleted).

22.5    Nothing in the Agreement will constitute a partnership, agency relationship or contract of employment between the parties.

22.6    The Agreement may not be varied except by a written document signed by or on behalf of each of the parties.

22.7    The Company may freely assign its rights and obligations under the Agreement without the Customer’s consent.  Save as expressly provided in this Clause or elsewhere in the Agreement, neither party may without the prior written consent of the other party assign, transfer, charge, license or otherwise dispose of or deal in the Agreement or any rights or obligations under the Agreement.

22.8    The Company may subcontract any of its obligations under the Agreement to any third party.

22.9    Each party agrees to execute (and arrange for the execution of) any documents and do (and arrange for the doing of) any things reasonably within that party’s power, which are necessary to enable the parties to exercise their rights and fulfil their obligations under the Agreement.

22.10  The Agreement is made for the benefit of the parties, and is not intended to benefit any third party or be enforceable by any third party.  The rights of the parties to terminate, rescind, or agree any amendment, waiver, variation or settlement under or relating to the Agreement are not subject to the consent of any third party.

22.11  The Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties in relation to the subject matter of the Agreement, and supersedes all previous agreements, arrangements and understandings between the parties relating to the subject matter of the Agreement.  Subject to Clause 17.1, each party acknowledges that no representations or promises not expressly contained in the Agreement have been made by or on behalf of the other party.

22.12  The Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales; and the courts of England will have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising under or in connection with the Agreement.