PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OUR PAYMENT PLATFORM

BY USING OUR PLATFORM YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS

By using our payment platform, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them.
If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our platform.
We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.

Payment platform terms and conditions

We only accept payments in GBP.
We do not hold any card details on our systems.
This service can only be used for payments of sums as set out in our previous correspondence. If you are unclear about any of these terms or wish to discuss your account with us, the firm’s details are below.
We only accept Visa and Mastercard payments.
Payments will not be accepted below the minimum of £50.00.

Regulatory information required by the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002

We are a limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 10019855. Our registered office at Sherwood House, 5 Bluecoats Avenue, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 1PB. Our trading address is also Sherwood House, 5 Bluecoats Avenue, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 1PB. Our VAT number is 247 9168 67. Our telephone number is 01992 668 168. Our email address is info@pdclaw.co.uk. We are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Our SRA number is 630125.

We maintain compulsory professional indemnity insurance of £3 million, for each and every claim. The name of our insurer is AmTrust Europe Limited. Their contact details are: 61 – 63 London Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 1NA. Their telephone number is 0115 941 1022. A copy of our certificate can be made available on request or by inspection at our office.

If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction.

If you are a business, these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

There are other terms that may apply to you

These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our platform:

• Our Privacy Policy
• Our Cookie Policy
• Our site terms and conditions

Refund policy

We, at our sole discretion, may issue a full or partial refund of any payments made on this platform. If a refund is issued to you, we will deduct a processing fee and any disbursements (if any) inc VAT. The appropriate processing fee will be based on the firm’s usual hourly rates up to and including the date of the refund.

We may make changes to these terms

We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our platform, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. These terms were most recently updated on 23rd July 2024

We may make changes to our platform

We may update and change our platform from time to time to reflect changes to our products, our users’ needs and our business priorities.

We may suspend or withdraw the platform

Our platform is made available free of charge.
We do not guarantee that our platform, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of it for business and operational reasons.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our platform through your internet connection are aware of all our terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

You must keep your account details safe

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.

We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.

If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at r.wheeldon@pdclaw.co.uk.

How you may use material on our platform

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our platform, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You may print, download, view or copy of any page from our platform for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on this platform.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our platform must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the content on our platform for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us.
If you print off, copy or download any part of our platform in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our platform will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

Do not rely on information on this platform

The content on our platform is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our platform.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our platform, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our platform is accurate, complete or up to date.

Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you

We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our platform or any content on it.

We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

• use of, or inability to use, our platform; or
• use of or reliance on any content displayed on our platform.

In particular, we will not be liable for:

• loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
• business interruption;
• loss of anticipated savings;
• loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
• any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

How we may use your personal information

We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.

We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them

We do not guarantee that our platform will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our platform. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse our platform by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our platform, the server on which our platform is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our platform. You must not attack our platform via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our platform will cease immediately.