- These terms of business ('the terms') set out the legal relationship between you and D O H R Limited ('we/us'). They supersede all earlier terms (whether written or oral) and set out the entire agreement between you and us. They can only be amended if such amendment is recorded in writing signed on behalf of you and us.
- The terms apply to the work you have asked us to carry out and which is specified in the assignment proposal and which forms part of the terms. The terms will also apply to any future work you ask us to carry out unless you and we agree in writing to the contrary.
- Your work will be carried out by a Human Resources specialist. It may be necessary for several members of the company to be involved from time to time in connection with your work but you will always be informed and consulted if this need arises. All work is carried out under the overall supervision of the Managing Director.
- Our fees and services are specified by assignment. A full quote will be provided on either a fixed fee or hourly rate basis.
- Our rates of charge do not normally vary during the course of an assignment but may be subject to review from time to time if the assignment lasts much longer than originally anticipated. Any changes which will be notified to you will apply from the month following notification. Necessary expenses will be charged at cost and we reserve the right to be paid for substantial outlays in advance. All our charges attract value added tax as appropriate. In respect of travel to the place where you require us to provide our services we will charge mileage at the rate of £0.40 per mile (subject to review from time to time) or public transport charges at cost.
- We will invoice you at the end of each month for work done and for expenses. Our invoices will contain sufficient detail to enable you to identify the work done and the expenses incurred. Payment is to be made so as to reach us within thirty days of the invoice date. If you have any query about any charge on an invoice you should contact the Managing Director immediately.
- If our payment terms are not met we will be entitled to suspend or withdraw our services and we will not be liable for any loss which you are caused as a result.
- If for any reason it is not possible for us to complete the work which we have been asked to carry out we will be entitled to be paid for the work done to date.
- We will treat all information provided to us by you or on your behalf as confidential and will not release it except as authorised by you or as required by law or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
- The intellectual property rights in all work carried out and documents of any sort generated (whether in print, electronically or otherwise) by us for you remain our property for all purposes and may be reproduced by you only as reasonably necessary for your own internal purposes. We will on request return to you on the completion of any work any documents of yours which we hold but we shall be entitled to retain copies for our records.
- We give you notice that we will while engaged to work for you also accept instructions to work for other clients of ours and we will determine at our discretion how we allocate our resources between different clients. Nothing in the terms shall constitute a partnership between you and us and no employee of ours will as a result of these terms become an employee of yours. We will not act as your agent nor purport to enter into any contract or arrangement on your behalf without your prior written instructions and authority.
- We strive to provide an effective and timely service. In the unlikely event of any complaint or concern the matter should be raised at the earliest opportunity with the Managing Director who will do their best to resolve it. If you remain dissatisfied you should put your comments in writing and send them to us. We will appoint an outside independent suitably qualified person to consider the matter and recommend a solution. Except for the purposes of recovery of sums due on our invoices neither you nor we will commence legal action against the other without first endeavouring to resolve the dispute between us and considering the use of mediation. Complying with the terms of this clause of the terms is a condition precedent to the issuing of a claim form. The terms and any dispute between us shall be subject to the laws of England & Wales to whose courts' exclusive jurisdiction you and we will submit.
- These terms form part of our proposal to you and by accepting the proposal you are also accepting the terms upon which we are carrying it out. You should raise any queries you have concerning the terms before signing the proposal to signify acceptance of it. Signing the proposal will signify your acceptance of the terms but the terms will anyway apply if having received the terms you continue to instruct us to carry out work for you.
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