Terms and Conditions

Quark Limited – Terms and Conditions for the Supply of Atalo Services

  1. Interpretation

The following definitions and rules of interpretation apply in these Conditions.

  • Definitions:
  • Atalo Platform: the Supplier’s platform at www.atalo.co as such address is varied by the Supplier by notifying the Customer from time to time.
  • Authorised Users: those employees, agents and independent contractors of the Customer who are authorised by the Customer to use the Services.
  • Business Day: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in England, when banks in London are open for business.
  • Charges: the charges payable by the Customer for the Services, as set out in the Plan.
  • Commencement Date: date on which the Customer subscribes for the Services.
  • Conditions: these terms and conditions as amended from time to time in accordance with clause 5.
  • Contract: the contract between the Supplier and the Customer for the supply of Services in accordance with these Conditions.
  • Customer: the person or firm who subscribes on the Atalo Platform for Services.
  • Customer Data: the data inputted by the Customer or Authorised Users for the purpose of using the Services or facilitating the Customer’s use of the Services.
  • Customer Default: has the meaning set out in clause 2.
  • Data Protection Legislation: the Data Protection Act and any applicable legislation relating to personal data in force from time to time which apply to a party relating to the use of Personal Data.
  • Heightened Cybersecurity Requirements: any laws, regulations, codes, guidance (from regulatory and advisory bodies. Whether mandatory or not), international and national standards, industry schemes and sanctions, which are applicable to either the Customer or an Authorised User relating to security of network and information systems and security breach and incident reporting requirements, which may include the cybersecurity Directive ((EU) 2016/1148), Commission Implementing Regulation ((EU) 2018/151), the Network and Information systems Regulations 2018 (SI 506/2018), all as amended or updated from time to time.
  • Intellectual Property Rights: patents, utility models, rights to inventions, copyright and neighbouring and related rights, moral rights, trade marks and service marks, business names and domain names, rights in get-up and trade dress, goodwill and the right to sue for passing off or unfair competition, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, rights to use, and protect the confidentiality of, confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets), and all other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications and rights to apply for and be granted, renewals or extensions of, and rights to claim priority from, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world.
  • Occupier: each occupier from time to time of the [residential] buildings owned and/or managed by the Customer.
  • Plan: the subscription plan selected by the Customer on the Atalo Platform.
  • Services: the subscription services described in the Plan and on the Atalo Platform.
  • Software: the online software applications provided by the Supplier under the brand ‘Atalo’ as part of the Services.
  • Subscription Period: means the payment period specified in the Plan.
  • Subscription Term: the period from the Commencement Date to the date of termination pursuant to clause 11.
  • Supplier: Quark Solution Limited registered in England and Wales with company number 13120748 and registered office at 71-75 Shelton Street, London, Greater London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ.
  • Virus: any thing or device (including any software, code, file or programme) which may: prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect the operation of any computer software, hardware or network, any telecommunications service, equipment or network or any other service or device; prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect access to or the operation of any programme or data, including the reliability of any programme or data (whether by re-arranging, altering or erasing the programme or data in whole or part or otherwise); or adversely affect the user experience, including worms, trojan horses, viruses and other similar things or devices.
  • Vulnerability: a weakness in the computational logic (for example, code) found in software and hardware components that when exploited, results in a negative impact to the confidentiality, integrity, or availability, and the term Vulnerabilities shall be construed accordingly.
    • Controller, Processor, Data Subject, Personal Data, Personal Data Breach, processing and appropriate technical and organisational measures shall have the meanings given to them in the Data Protection Legislation.
    • Interpretation:
      • A reference to legislation or a legislative provision:
        • is a reference to it as amended, extended or re-enacted from time to time; and
        • shall include all subordinate legislation made from time to time;
      • Any words following the terms including, include, in particular, for example or any similar expression, shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words, description, definition, phrase or term preceding those terms.
      • A reference to writing or written includes email.
  1. Supply of Services
    • The Supplier shall supply the Services to the Customer using reasonable care and skill and in accordance with the Plan in all material respects.
    • The Supplier shall use commercially reasonable endeavours to make the Services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except for:
      • planned maintenance carried out during the maintenance window of [10.00 pm to 2.00 am UK time]; and
      • unscheduled maintenance performed outside normal business hours, provided that the Supplier has used reasonable endeavours to give the Customer at least [6] normal business hours’ notice in advance.
    • The undertaking at clause 1 shall not apply to the extent of any non-conformance which is caused by use of the Services contrary to the Supplier’s instructions, or modification or alteration of the Services by any party other than the Supplier or the Supplier’s duly authorised contractors or agents. If the Services do not conform with the foregoing undertaking, Supplier will, at its expense, use all reasonable commercial endeavours to correct any such non-conformance promptly, or provide the Customer with an alternative means of accomplishing the desired performance. Such correction or substitution constitutes the Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of the undertaking set out in clause 2.1.
    • The Supplier:
      • does not warrant that:
        • the Customer’s use of the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free;
        • that the Services and/or the information obtained by the Customer through the Services will meet the Customer’s requirements;
        • the Software or the Services will be free from Vulnerabilities or Viruses; or
        • the Software or Services will comply with any Heightened Cybersecurity Requirements.
      • is not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or any other loss or damage resulting from the transfer of data over communications networks and facilities, including the internet, and the Customer acknowledges that the Services may be subject to limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of such communications facilities.
    • This agreement shall not prevent the Supplier from entering into similar agreements with third parties, or from independently developing, using, selling or licensing documentation, products and/or services which are similar to those provided under this agreement.
    • The Supplier warrants that it has and will maintain all necessary licences, consents, and permissions necessary for the performance of its obligations under this agreement.
    • The Supplier shall follow its standard back-up procedures for Customer Data, as such procedures may be amended by the Supplier in its sole discretion from time to time. In the event of any loss or damage to Customer Data, the Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy against the Supplier shall be for the Supplier to use reasonable commercial endeavours to restore the lost or damaged Customer Data from the latest back-up of such Customer Data maintained by the Supplier in accordance with its procedures. The Supplier shall not be responsible for any loss, destruction, alteration or disclosure of Customer Data caused by any third party (except those third parties sub-contracted by the Supplier to perform services related to Customer Data maintenance and back-up for which it shall remain fully liable).
    • The Supplier will, as part of the Services and at no additional cost to the Customer provide the Customer with the Supplier’s standard customer support services during normal business hours. The Supplier may amend those services in its sole and absolute discretion from time to time.
    • The Supplier reserves the right to amend the Services if necessary to comply with any applicable law or regulatory requirement, or if the amendment will not materially affect the nature or quality of the Services, and the Supplier shall notify the Customer in any such event.
  2. Customer’s obligations
    • The Customer shall:
      • co-operate with the Supplier in all matters relating to the Services;
      • provide the Supplier with such information and materials as the Supplier may reasonably require in order to supply the Services, and ensure that such information is complete, accurate and up-to-date at all times; and
      • obtain and maintain all necessary licences, permissions and consents which may be required for the Services before the date on which the Services are to start.
    • If the Supplier’s performance of any of its obligations under the Contract is prevented or delayed by any act or omission by the Customer or failure by the Customer to perform any relevant obligation (Customer Default):
      • without limiting or affecting any other right or remedy available to it, the Supplier shall have the right to suspend performance of the Services until the Customer remedies the Customer Default, and to rely on the Customer Default to relieve it from the performance of any of its obligations in each case to the extent the Customer Default prevents or delays the Supplier’s performance of any of its obligations;
      • the Supplier shall not be liable for any costs or losses sustained or incurred by the Customer arising directly or indirectly from the Supplier’s failure or delay to perform any of its obligations as set out in this clause 2; and
      • the Customer shall reimburse the Supplier on written demand for any costs or losses sustained or incurred by the Supplier arising directly or indirectly from the Customer Default.
  1. User subscriptions
    • Subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement, the Supplier hereby grants to the Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable right, without the right to grant sublicences, to permit the Authorised Users to use the Services during the Subscription Term solely for the purposes outlined in the Plan.
    • In relation to the Authorised Users, the Customer undertakes that:
      • each Authorised User shall keep a secure password for his use of the Services and that each Authorised User shall keep his password confidential;
      • it shall maintain a written, up to date list of current Authorised Users and provide such list to the Supplier within [5] Business Days of the Supplier’s written request at any time or times.
    • The Customer shall not access, store, distribute or transmit any Viruses, or any material during the course of its use of the Services that:
      • is unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, infringing, harassing or racially or ethnically offensive;
      • facilitates illegal activity;
      • depicts sexually explicit images;
      • promotes unlawful violence;
      • is discriminatory based on race, gender, colour, religious belief, sexual orientation, disability; or
      • is otherwise illegal or causes damage or injury to any person or property;

and the Supplier reserves the right, without liability or prejudice to its other rights to the Customer, to disable the Customer’s access to any material that breaches the provisions of this clause.

  • The Customer shall not:
    • except as may be allowed by any applicable law which is incapable of exclusion by agreement between the parties and except to the extent expressly permitted under this agreement:
      • attempt to copy, modify, duplicate, create derivative works from, frame, mirror, republish, download, display, transmit, or distribute all or any portion of the Software (as applicable) in any form or media or by any means; or
      • attempt to de-compile, reverse compile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise reduce to human-perceivable form all or any part of the Software; or
    • access all or any part of the Services in order to build a product or service which competes with the Services; or
    • use the Services to provide services to third parties other than the Occupiers; or
    • license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, display, disclose, or otherwise commercially exploit, or otherwise make the Services available to any third party except the Authorised Users; or
    • attempt to obtain, or assist third parties in obtaining, access to the Services, other than as provided under this clause 4; or
    • introduce or permit the introduction of, any Virus or Vulnerability into the Supplier’s network and information systems.
  • The Customer shall use all reasonable endeavours to prevent any unauthorised access to, or use of, the Services and, in the event of any such unauthorised access or use, promptly notify the Supplier.
  • The rights provided under this clause 4 are granted to the Customer only and shall not be considered granted to any subsidiary or holding company of the Customer.
  1. Third party providers

The Customer acknowledges that the Services may enable or assist it to access the website content of, correspond with, and purchase products and services from, third parties via third-party websites and that it does so solely at its own risk. The Supplier makes no representation, warranty or commitment and shall have no liability or obligation whatsoever in relation to the content or use of, or correspondence with, any such third-party website, or any transactions completed, and any contract entered into by the Customer, with any such third party. Any contract entered into and any transaction completed via any third-party website is between the Customer and the relevant third party, and not the Supplier. The Supplier recommends that the Customer refers to the third party’s website terms and conditions and privacy policy prior to using the relevant third-party website. The Supplier does not endorse or approve any third-party website nor the content of any of the third-party website made available via the Services.

  1. Charges and payment
    • The Customer shall pay the Charges on the dates and in accordance with the procedures specified in the Plan.
    • The Supplier reserves the right to increase the Charges from time to time provided that it shall give the Customer at least [30] days’ notice of any increase and the Customer shall be entitled to terminate this Contract at any time during that period by giving notice to the Supplier.
    • All amounts payable by the Customer under the Contract are exclusive of amounts in respect of value added tax chargeable from time to time (VAT). Where any taxable supply for VAT purposes is made under the Contract by the Supplier to the Customer, the Customer shall, on receipt of a valid VAT invoice from the Supplier, pay to the Supplier such additional amounts in respect of VAT as are chargeable on the supply of the Services at the same time as payment is due for the supply of the Services.
    • If the Customer fails to make a payment due to the Supplier under the Contract by the due date, then, without limiting the Supplier’s remedies under clause 11 the Customer shall pay interest on the overdue sum from the due date until payment of the overdue sum, whether before or after judgment. Interest under this clause 4 will accrue each day at 4% a year above the Bank of England’s base rate from time to time, but at 4% a year for any period when that base rate is below 0%.
    • All amounts due under the Contract shall be paid in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by law).
  2. Intellectual property rights
    • The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Supplier and/or its licensors own all intellectual property rights in the Services. Except as expressly stated herein, this agreement does not grant the Customer any rights to, under or in, any patents, copyright, database right, trade secrets, trade names, trade marks (whether registered or unregistered), or any other rights or licences in respect of the Services.
    • The Supplier confirms that it has all the rights in relation to the Services that are necessary to grant all the rights it purports to grant under, and in accordance with, the terms of this agreement.
    • The Supplier acknowledges and agrees that the Supplier and/or its licensors own all intellectual property rights in the Customer Data.
  3. Data protection
    • Each party will comply with all applicable requirements of the Data Protection Legislation. This clause 8 is in addition to, and does not relieve, remove or replace, a party’s obligations or rights under the Data Protection Legislation.
    • The parties acknowledge that for the purposes of the Data Protection Legislation, the Customer is the Controller, and the Supplier is the Processor.
    • Without prejudice to the generality of clause 1, the Customer will ensure that it has all necessary appropriate consents and notices in place to enable lawful transfer of the Personal Data to the Supplier and/or lawful collection of the Personal Data by the Supplier on behalf of the Customer for the duration and purposes of this agreement.
    • Without prejudice to the generality of clause 1, the Supplier shall, in relation to any Personal Data processed in connection with the performance by the Supplier of its obligations under this agreement:
      • process that Personal Data only on the documented written instructions of the Customer unless the Supplier is required by applicable laws to otherwise process that Personal Data. Where the Supplier is relying on applicable laws as the basis for processing Personal Data, the Supplier shall promptly notify the Customer of this before performing the processing required by the applicable laws unless those applicable laws prohibit the Supplier from so notifying the Customer;
      • ensure that it has in place appropriate technical and organisational measures, reviewed and approved by the Customer, to protect against unauthorised or unlawful processing of Personal Data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, Personal Data, appropriate to the harm that might result from the unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss, destruction or damage and the nature of the data to be protected, having regard to the state of technological development and the cost of implementing any measures (those measures may include, where appropriate, pseudonymising and encrypting Personal Data, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of its systems and services, ensuring that availability of and access to Personal Data can be restored in a timely manner after an incident, and regularly assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of the technical and organisational measures adopted by it);
      • ensure that all personnel who have access to and/or process Personal Data are obliged to keep the Personal Data confidential; and
      • not transfer any Personal Data outside the UK/European Economic Area unless the prior written consent of the Customer has been obtained and the following conditions are fulfilled:
        • the Customer or the Supplier has provided appropriate safeguards in relation to the transfer;
        • the data subject has enforceable rights and effective legal remedies;
        • the Supplier complies with its obligations under the Data Protection Legislation by providing an adequate level of protection to any Personal Data that is transferred; and
        • the Supplier complies with reasonable instructions notified to it in advance by the Customer with respect to the processing of the Personal Data;
      • assist the Customer, at the Customer’s cost, in responding to any request from a Data Subject and in ensuring compliance with its obligations under the Data Protection Legislation with respect to security, breach notifications, impact assessments and consultations with supervisory authorities or regulators;
      • notify the Customer without undue delay on becoming aware of a Personal Data Breach;
      • at the written direction of the Customer, delete or return Personal Data and copies thereof to the Customer on termination of the agreement unless required by Applicable Law to store the Personal Data; and
      • maintain complete and accurate records and information to demonstrate its compliance with this clause 8 and allow for audits by the Customer or the Customer’s designated auditor and immediately inform the Customer if, in the opinion of the Supplier, an instruction infringes the Data Protection Legislation.
    • The Customer consents to the Supplier appointing Google as third-party processors of Personal Data under this agreement. The Supplier confirms that it has entered or (as the case may be) will enter with each third-party processor into a written agreement substantially on that third party’s standard terms of business and in either case which the Supplier undertakes reflect and will continue to reflect the requirements of the Data Protection Legislation. As between the Customer and the Supplier, the Supplier shall remain fully liable for all acts or omissions of any third-party processor appointed by it pursuant to this clause
  4. Indemnity
    • The Customer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Supplier against claims, actions, proceedings, losses, damages, expenses and costs (including without limitation court costs and reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with the Customer’s use of the Services, provided that:
      • the Customer is given prompt notice of any such claim;
      • the Supplier provides reasonable co-operation to the Customer in the defence and settlement of such claim, at the Customer’s expense; and
      • the Customer is given sole authority to defend or settle the claim.
    • The Supplier shall defend the Customer, its officers, directors and employees against any claim that the Customer’s use of the Services in accordance with this agreement infringes any United Kingdom patent effective as of the Effective Date, copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality, and shall indemnify the Customer for any amounts awarded against the Customer in judgment or settlement of such claims, provided that:
      • the Supplier is given prompt notice of any such claim;
      • the Customer provides reasonable co-operation to the Supplier in the defence and settlement of such claim, at the Supplier’s expense; and
      • the Supplier is given sole authority to defend or settle the claim.
    • In the defence or settlement of any claim, the Supplier may procure the right for the Customer to continue using the Services, replace or modify the Services so that they become non-infringing or, if such remedies are not reasonably available, terminate this agreement on [2] Business Days’ notice to the Customer without any additional liability or obligation to pay liquidated damages or other additional costs to the Customer.
    • In no event shall the Supplier, its employees, agents and sub-contractors be liable to the Customer to the extent that the alleged infringement is based on:
      • a modification of the Services by anyone other than the Supplier; or
      • the Customer’s use of the Services in a manner contrary to the instructions given to the Customer by the Supplier; or
      • the Customer’s use of the Services after notice of the alleged or actual infringement from the Supplier or any appropriate authority.
    • The foregoing and clause 6 state the Customer’s sole and exclusive rights and remedies, and the Supplier’s (including the Supplier’s employees’, agents’ and sub-contractors’) entire obligations and liability, for infringement of any patent, copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality.
  5. Limitation of liability
    • The limits and exclusions in this clause reflect the insurance cover the Supplier has been able to arrange and the Customer is responsible for making its own arrangements for the insurance of any excess loss.
    • References to liability in this clause 10 include every kind of liability arising under or in connection with the Contract including liability in contract, tort (including negligence), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise.
    • Neither party may benefit from the limitations and exclusions set out in this clause in respect of any liability arising from its deliberate default.
    • Nothing in this clause 10 shall limit the Customer’s payment obligations under the Contract.
    • Nothing in the Contract limits any liability which cannot legally be limited, including liability for:
      • death or personal injury caused by negligence;
      • fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; and
      • breach of the terms implied by section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (title and quiet possession).
    • Subject to clause 3 and 10.5, the Supplier’s total liability to the Customer for all loss or damage shall not exceed an amount equal to the aggregate amount received by the Supplier from the Customer in the twelve months preceding the date of the claim.
    • Subject clause 3, the Supplier shall not be liable to the Customer for loss of profits; loss of sales or business; loss of agreements or contracts; loss of anticipated savings; loss of use or corruption of software, data or information; loss of or damage to goodwill; and indirect or consequential loss.
    • The Supplier has given commitments as to compliance of the Services with relevant specifications in clause 2. In view of these commitments, the terms implied by sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
    • This clause 10 shall survive termination of the Contract.
  6. Termination
    • Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, either party may terminate the Contract at the end of each Subscription Period.
    • Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, either party may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if:
      • the other party commits a material breach of any term of the Contract and (if such a breach is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within [30] days of that party being notified in writing to do so;
      • 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;
      • 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
      • 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 it, the Supplier may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the Customer if:
      • the Customer fails to pay any amount due under the Contract on the due date for payment; or
      • there is a change of control of the Customer.
    • Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, the Supplier may suspend the supply of Services under the Contract or any other contract between the Customer and the Supplier if:
      • the Customer fails to pay any amount due under the Contract on the due date for payment;
      • the Customer becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause 2(c) or clause 11.2(d), or the Supplier reasonably believes that the Customer is about to become subject to any of them; and
      • the Supplier reasonably believes that the Customer is about to become subject to any of the events listed in clause 2(b).
  1. Consequences of termination
    • On termination of the Contract the Customer shall immediately pay to the Supplier all of the Supplier’s outstanding unpaid invoices and interest and, in respect of Services supplied but for which no invoice has been submitted, the Supplier shall submit an invoice, which shall be payable by the Customer immediately on receipt.
    • Termination of the Contract shall not affect any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties that have accrued up to the date of termination [or expiry], including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the Contract which existed at or before the date of termination.
    • Any provision of the Contract that expressly or by implication is intended to come into or continue in force on or after termination of the Contract shall remain in full force and effect.
  2. General
    • Force majeure. Neither party shall be in breach of the Contract nor liable for delay in performing, or failure to perform, any of its obligations under the Contract if such delay or failure result from events, circumstances or causes beyond its reasonable control.
    • Assignment and other dealings.
      • The Supplier may at any time assign, mortgage, charge, subcontract, delegate, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with any or all of its rights and obligations under the Contract.
      • The Customer shall not assign, transfer, mortgage, charge, subcontract, delegate, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with any of its rights and obligations under the Contract without the prior written consent of the Supplier.
      • 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 as permitted by clause 3(b).
      • Each party may disclose the other party’s confidential information:
        • 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 clause 3; and
        • 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.
    • Entire agreement.
      • The 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 the 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 or negligent misstatement based on any statement in the Contract.
      • Nothing in this clause shall limit or exclude any liability for fraud.
    • Except as set out in these Conditions, no variation of the Contract shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the parties (or their authorised representatives).
    • Waiver. A waiver of any right or remedy under the 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.
    • If any provision or part-provision of the 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 this agreement. If any provision or part-provision of this Contract deleted under this clause 13.7 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.
      • Any notice or other communication given to a party under or in connection with the 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 recipient party from time to time.
      • Any notice or communication shall be deemed to have been received:
        • if delivered by hand, at the time the notice is left at the proper address;
        • 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
        • 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. In this clause 8(b)(iii), 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.
      • This clause 8 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.
    • Third party rights. The Contract does not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the Contract.
    • Governing law. The 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 provided that each party shall be entitled to enforce any judgement of the courts of England Wales in the courts of any jurisdiction.