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1. Agreement
By accessing or using this website (including submitting forms where available), you agree to these Terms of service. If you do not agree, you must not use the site. We may update these terms from time to time; the “Last updated” date above will change when we do. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms, except where prohibited by law.
2. Who we are
This website is operated by CATER AND MERGER CONSULT LTD (company number 11462325) of 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ (“we”, “us”, “our”). Contact: info@londonpoliticalsummitawards.org.
3. The service
We provide an online presence for programme information, news, and related outreach. Features may include contact messaging, event information, registration or expression-of-interest workflows, and restricted tools for authorised programme staff. We do not guarantee that any particular feature will always be available, error-free, or suitable for your needs. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the service with or without notice where reasonable to do so.
4. Eligibility and authority
You represent that you have legal capacity to agree to these terms and, where you act on behalf of an organisation, that you are authorised to bind that organisation. You must not use the site in any jurisdiction where use would be unlawful.
5. Operations access
Access to programme operations areas (for example staff sign-in) is limited to authorised users. You are responsible for safeguarding credentials and for all activity under your account to the extent permitted by law. We may suspend or revoke access where we reasonably believe there is misuse, risk to security, or breach of these terms.
6. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Use the site for any unlawful purpose or in breach of applicable regulations.
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to systems, data, accounts, or networks connected to the service.
- Introduce malware, overload or attack infrastructure, or interfere with the proper working of the site.
- Scrape, harvest, or extract data at scale without our prior written consent, or circumvent technical or contractual access limits.
- Misrepresent identity or affiliation, or submit false, misleading, or defamatory information.
- Use the site to send spam, bulk unsolicited messages, or content that infringes third-party rights.
We may investigate suspected misuse and cooperate with law enforcement and regulators as required.
7. Your submissions
Where you submit information through the site (including contact messages and event-related forms), you warrant that the information is accurate to the best of your knowledge and that you have the right to provide it. You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, store, reproduce, and process submissions for programme administration, security, analytics internal to our organisation, and communication with you, for as long as we have a lawful basis to do so. Unless we have entered a separate written confidentiality agreement with you, submissions are not treated as confidential information by default.
8. Events, registrations, and programme matters
Information on the site about dates, venues, format, speakers, sponsors, and availability is provided for general information and may change. A submission through the site (including registration or expression of interest) does not, by itself, guarantee admission, accreditation, speaking slots, sponsorship rights, or any commercial outcome unless and until we (or the relevant host) confirm this in writing. Separate terms, policies, or codes of conduct may apply to specific programmes, venues, or tickets; where they conflict with these terms on programme-specific points, those programme terms prevail to that extent.
We may refuse or cancel participation where reasonably necessary for operational, security, legal, reputational, or capacity reasons.
9. Intellectual property
We and our licensors own all rights in the site, branding, design, text, graphics, software, and compilations (except where third-party materials are credited). You receive a limited, revocable, non-transferable licence to access and use the public site for your own lawful, non-commercial browsing unless we agree otherwise in writing. You must not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, or create derivative works from our materials without permission, except as allowed by mandatory law (such as transient copying for browsing).
10. Third-party links and services
The site may link to third-party websites or services. We do not control and are not responsible for their content, policies, or practices. Your use of third-party services is at your own risk.
11. Disclaimers
The service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis to the fullest extent permitted by law. We disclaim all warranties and conditions, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement, except where such disclaimers are not permitted. Content is not tailored legal, financial, or professional advice; you should obtain independent advice before relying on it for decisions.
12. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude our liability for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive losses, and for loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, data, or business opportunities, arising from or related to your use of the site or inability to use it, whether or not we were advised of the possibility.
Subject to the paragraph below, our total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with these terms or the service in any rolling twelve-month period is limited to the greater of (a) one hundred pounds sterling (£100) and (b) amounts you have paid to us in that period specifically for access to paid digital services on this site (if any). Many features are provided without charge; where no fees apply, the cap reflects that context.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where it would be unlawful to do so, including for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, and any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under English law.
13. Indemnity
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless CATER AND MERGER CONSULT LTD, its officers, employees, and contractors, from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to your breach of these terms, your misuse of the site, or your violation of applicable law or third-party rights.
14. Force majeure
We are not liable for delay or failure to perform caused by events outside our reasonable control, including infrastructure failures, cyber incidents affecting third-party providers, industrial action, natural events, war, terrorism, or government action.
15. General
Severability. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder remains in effect.
Assignment. You may not assign these terms without our prior consent. We may assign or transfer our rights and obligations (including in connection with a reorganisation or sale of business assets).
No waiver. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of our rights.
Third-party rights. Unless expressly stated, nothing in these terms confers rights on any third party under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
16. Governing law and jurisdiction
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve disputes arising out of or relating to these terms or the site, subject to any mandatory rights you may have as a consumer to bring proceedings in your home jurisdiction.