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Terms and Conditions

CEPMLP On-line Shop

1                    INTRODUCTION

1.1              CENTRE FOR ENERGY, PETROLEUM and MINERAL LAW and POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE, having its offices at Carnegie Building, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD4 1HN ("CEPMLP") shall supply the goods or services listed on the CEPMLP store website: https://www.cepmlp.org/online (the "Site") on the following terms and conditions.

1.2               By ordering any of the goods or services on the Site, you are deemed to have accepted and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

1.3              You should print a copy of these terms and conditions for future reference.

2                    APPLICATION OF TERMS

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, these terms and conditions are the only conditions upon which CEPMLP are prepared to supply the goods or services to you.  These terms and conditions shall constitute the whole agreement between CEPMLP and shall govern the contract between CEPMLP and yourself ("Contract") to the entire exclusion of all other terms or conditions (including your terms and conditions or those implied by trade, custom or practice).

3                    AVAILABILITY OF GOODS OR SERVICES

3.1               CEPMLP shall supply or otherwise procure the supply of the goods and services available on the Site to any party registered with CEPMLP on the Site.   

3.2               Your order constitutes an offer to CEPMLP to buy the goods or services.  All orders are subject to acceptance by CEPMLP, and CEPMLP will confirm such acceptance to you by sending you an e-mail confirming the order ("Order Confirmation").  The Contract will only be formed once you receive the Order Confirmation.

4                  DELIVERY OF THE GOODS

4.1              CEPMLP will use its reasonable endeavours to fulfill and deliver your order within a reasonable time period of the Order Confirmation.  If due to exceptional circumstances CEPMLP is unable to fulfill your order within a reasonable time period, CEPMLP will email or contact you to let you know.

4.2              In these terms and conditions, the "Delivery Address" means the delivery address specified in the personal details you have supplied.

4.3              Any date specified by CEPMLP for delivery of the goods is intended to be an estimate, and delivery will be within a reasonable time.

5                    NON-DELIVERY OF GOODS

5.1              The quantity of any consignment of goods as recorded by CEPMLP upon dispatch from CEPMLP shall be conclusive evidence of the quantity received by you on delivery unless you can provide conclusive evidence proving the contrary.

5.2              CEPMLP shall not be liable for any non-delivery of goods (even if caused by CEPMLP's negligence) unless written notice is given to CEPMLP within five (5) days of the date when the goods would, in the ordinary course of events, have been received.

5.3              Any liability CEPMLP has for non-delivery of the goods shall be limited to replacing the goods within a reasonable time, to providing a full refund or issuing a credit note at the pro rata Contract rate against any invoice raised for such goods.

6                    CANCELLATION OF GOODS

6.1              You may cancel a Contract at any time within seven working days, beginning on the day after you received the goods.  In this case, you will receive a full refund of the price paid for the goods in accordance with CEPMLP's refunds policy (set out in paragraph 11 below). 

6.2              To cancel a Contract, you must inform CEPMLP in writing and return the Goods to CEPMLP immediately, in the same condition in which you received them, and at your own cost and risk.  You are legally obliged to take reasonable care of the goods while they are in your possession and if you fail to comply with this obligation CEPMLP may have a right of action against you.

6.3              The rights outlined in clauses 6.1 and 6.2, however, do not apply to the supply of the following:

6.3.1          Food beverages, perishables or any other goods intended for everyday consumption;

6.3.2             Items made to your specification or which are clearly personalised;

6.3.3            Goods which by reason of their nature cannot be returned or are liable to expire rapidly;

6.3.4            Services, if the supply has already commenced with your agreement;

6.3.5           Audio or video recordings or computer software if they are unsealed by you;

6.3.6            Newspapers, periodicals or magazines; or

6.3.7           Gaming, betting or lottery services. 

7                 RISK AND TITLE OF GOODS

7.1              The goods are at your risk from the time of delivery.

7.2              Ownership of the goods will only pass to you when you receive an email from CEPMLP confirming receipt of all sums due in respect of the goods, including delivery charges.

8                    DELIVERY OF SERVICES

8.1              The services shall be provided on the date specified on the Site for that particular service.

8.2              CEPMLP shall provide or otherwise procure the provision of the services with all reasonable skill and care.

9                    NON-DELIVERY OF SERVICES

9.1              If CEPMLP should have to postpone a service, CEPMLP shall notify you as soon as possible and provide you with a new date for the delivery of the service. 

9.2              If CEPMLP should have to cancel the service, CEPMLP shall provide you with a full refund.

10                CANCELLATION OF SERVICES

10.1          Should you wish to cancel any booking of a service in advance of the service date, notice should be sent to CEPMLP as soon as possible. If cancellation takes place within twenty eight days (28) of the service date, the following cancellation charges will apply:

Notice Period

Percentage of Price payable

Less than 14 days

100%

Between 15 and 21 days

50%

Between 22 and 28 days

25%

More than 29 days

0%

  • 10.2 In the event of a delegate cancelling a place reserved on any of the professional training seminars, a 100% refund will be made providing that CEPMLP have been notified in writing at least a month before the course is due to commence. It is regretted that no refunds will be offered after that date.

10.3              Substitution:  If you are unable to attend a place reserved on any of the professional training seminars, a substitute delegate may attend in your place, providing CEPMLP is notified in writing in advance.

11                PRICE

11.1          Unless otherwise agreed by CEPMLP in writing, the price for the goods or services will be the price as displayed on the Site. Should value added tax be payable, the price will clearly stated that value added tax is included in the price.  That price is subject to the addition of all costs or charges in relation to postage, carriage and insurance.

11.2          You must make all payments due, in advance, under the Contract, without any deduction and you will receive an email from CEPMLP confirming receipt of all sums due.

11.3          Prices are liable to change at any time, but changes will not affect orders in respect of which CEPMLP has already sent you an Order Confirmation.

11.4          The Site contains a large number of goods and services and it is always possible that, despite CEPMLP's best efforts, some of the goods or services listed on the Site may be incorrectly priced.  CEPMLP are under no obligation to provide the goods or services to you at the incorrect (lower) price, even after CEPMLP has sent an Order Confirmation, if the pricing error is obvious and unmistakable and could have reasonably been recognised by you as mis-pricing.

12                PAYMENT

12.1             All payments are subject to the following conditions:

12.1.1          CEPMLP can not accept liability if payment is refused or declined by the credit/debit card supplier for any reason; and

12.1.2          If the card supplier declines payment, CEPMLP is under no obligation to bring this fact to your attention. You should check with your bank/credit/debit card supplier that payment has been deducted from your account.

12.2              If you are unable to provide a credit card number in order to pay for your registrant fees, please email Hugh Gunn ([email protected]) to provide invoice address details.  An invoice can be sent to you subject to status and following approval by the University of Dundee Finance Office.

13                REFUND

13.1             Refunds will be made as soon as possible following cancellation and in any case will be authorised within thirty (30) days of the day of notice of cancellation.

13.2            Refunds, if applicable, will only be made to the debit/credit card used for the original transaction.

14                DATA PROTECTION

Please read the Privacy Policy for details of how CEPMLP will use information about you.  By agreeing and accepting these terms and conditions you hereby agree and accept the terms of our Privacy Policy.

15                LIABILITY

15.1            CEPMLP shall, in no circumstances, be liable to you in contract, delict (including negligence) warranty or otherwise, in respect of any of the following losses or damage (whether such losses or damages were foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise):

15.1.1          Indirect or consequential loss or damage;

15.1.2          Loss of business profits, salary, business revenue, goodwill, or anticipated savings; or

15.1.3          Loss which could have been avoided by you through reasonable conduct.

15.2             If for any reason you will not accept delivery of the goods or the services:

15.2.1    Risk in the goods or services will pass to you;

15.2.2    The goods or services will be deemed to have been delivered; and

15.2.3    CEPMLP may store the goods until delivery, whereupon you will be liable for all related costs and expenses (including, without limitation, storage and insurance). 

15.3          CEPMLP confirms that (subject to the other provisions of these terms and conditions) the goods upon delivery will be of satisfactory quality within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act 1979. Subject to this clause 13.3, CEPMLP will not be liable for a breach unless: 

15.3.1        You give written notice of the defect to CEPMLP, and (if the defect is as a result of damage in transit) to the carrier, within fourteen (14) days after the time when the you discovers or ought to have discovered the defect; and

15.3.2       CEPMLP is given a reasonable opportunity after receiving the notice to examine the goods, and you (if asked to do so by CEPMLP) return the goods to CEPMLP, at your cost, for the examination to take place there. 

15.4          CEPMLP will not be liable for any claims that the goods are not of satisfactory qualility if: 

15.4.1       You make any further use of the goods after giving notice to CEPMLP under 15.3; or

15.4.2        The defect arises because you failed to follow CEPMLP's instructions as to the storage, installation, commissioning, use or maintenance of the goods or (if there are none) good trade practice; or

15.4.3        You altered or repaired the goods without the consent of CEPMLP. 

15.5            Nothing in these terms and conditions excludes or limits the liability of CEPMLP for death or personal injury caused by CEPMLP's negligence, or excludes CEPMLP's liability for fraudulent misrepresentation.

16                WARRANITIES

All warranties, conditions and other terms whether express or implied by statute or common law (save for the conditions implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979) are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the contract.

17                TERMINATION

17.1             CEPMLP may terminate the Contract with immediate written notice if you fail to pay the price of the goods or services in accordance with these terms and conditions.

17.2            Notwithstanding termination of the Contract for any reason you will continue to be liable for that proportion of the price attributable to those goods provided up until the date of termination.

18               VARIATION

CEPMLP has the right to revise and amend these terms from time to time without notice. 

19                WRITTEN COMMUNITICATIONS

Applicable laws require that some of the information or communications CEPMLP send to you should be in writing.  When using the Site, you accept that communication with CEPMLP will be mainly electronic.  CEPMLP will contact you by e-mail or provide you with information by posting notices on the Site.  For contractual purposes, you agree to this electronic means of communication and you acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that CEPMLP provide to you electronically comply with any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.  This condition does not affect your statutory rights.

20                NOTICES

All notices given by you to CEPMLP must be given to CEPMLP, University of Dundee, Carnegie Building, Dundee, DD1 4HN or via the email address [email protected].  CEPMLP may give notice to you at either the e-mail or postal address you provide to CEPMLP when placing an order.  Notice will be deemed received and properly served immediately when posted on the Site, 24 hours after an e-mail is sent, or three days after the date of posting of any letter.  In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post and, in the case of an email, that such e-mail was sent to the specified e-mail address of the addressee.

21                ASSIGNATION

CEPMLP may at any time assign the Contract or any of CEPMLP's rights or obligations under it.

22                WAIVER

The failure of either party to exercise or enforce any right conferred on that party by the Contract shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such right or operate to bar the exercise or enforcement thereof at any time or times thereafter.

23                SEVERABILITY

If and in so far as any part or provision of these conditions is or becomes void or unenforceable it shall be deemed not to be or never to have been or formed a part of the Contract and the remaining provisions of the Contract shall continue in full force and effect.

24                FORCE MAJEURE

CEPMLP reserves the right to defer the date of delivery or to cancel the Contract for all circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to any strike, lockout, disorder, fire, explosion, accident or stoppage of or affecting CEPMLP's business or work and which prevents or hinders the delivery of the goods or the performance of the services.

25                GOVERNING LAW

The Contract will be governed by and construed in accordance with Scots Law. The Scottish Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with the Contract.