Terms & Conditions

Introduction

1. This website is operated by Law Brief Publishing Ltd (LBP). LBP provide annual online subscriptions to PI Brief Update Law Journal (PIBULJ). xpl Publishing, a trading name of Richard Griffin (1820) Limited (XPL) provide annual subscrptions for printed copies of PIBULJ which can also be ordered on this site as part of a package with the PIBULJ online edition. For the avoidance of doubt, in making an order for an online subscription, the contract is with LBP, and in making an order for printed copies of PIBULJ, the contract is with XPL.

Booking

2. Submission of a booking form by you amounts to an offer. We are deemed to accept that offer once three full working days pass after our automatic confirmation email is sent out (or a confirmation letter) without us declining your booking.

Subscriptions

3. PIBULJ is published online once per calendar month, meaning that an annual subscription will entitle the customer to receive twelve issues.

4. Access to the online PIBULJ is by the username and password supplied by us. It is the responsibility of the person named on the booking to supply these details to everyone within the office who is entitled to and wishes to receive them.

5. Subscriptions will automatically expire at the end of the calendar month in which the final issue of the subscription is published. Access may be terminated by us at that point unless payment for renewal has been received.

6. We use standard web technologies to deliver online access to PIBULJ, which is compatible with most internet browsers. We are not liable, and are not obliged to supply any refunds, if you cannot view the journals due to firewalls, other hardware or software issues within your organisation, or failure of any technology used by you. We provide free demonstration journal issues, and it is your responsibility to check that our technology works on your systems.

7. All reasonable effort will be made to ensure that online journal issues are published once per calendar month. In the event that an issue is delayed no refund will be due. In the event of one or more issues being cancelled, all subscribers will be offered an extension of their subscription by the appropriate number if issues.

8. Printed copies of PIBULJ are supplied by, and are the sole responsibility of XPL. XPL reserve the right to delay delivery of printed journals until payment has been received and cleared by LBP. For the avoidance of doubt the contract for these products is made with XPL and not with LBP.

9. The price quoted on this website covers delivery of printed journals only within the United Kingdom (UK). Subscribers outside of the UK will be incur an extra fee, equal to the costs of supplying to their address, and should contact LBP in advance for a quotation.

10. All reasonable effort will be made by XPL to ensure that printed journals are supplied on time (subject to clause 9). In the event that an issue is delayed no refund will be due. In the event of one or more issues being cancelled, all subscribers will be offered an extension of their subscription by the appropriate number of issues. Total liability for printed journals is limited to the amount paid solely for that element of the subscription.

Payment

11. Payment is due within 28 days of invoice and interest accrues on any unpaid debt at 4% above Barclays Bank plc's base rate.

Delivery

12. Subscriptions remain in effect subject to payment being received within 28 days of the invoice being sent by us. We have the right to suspend or terminate subscriptions without notice where payments are not made by the due date. We retain the right to pursue payment for suspended subscriptions and to reinstate access once all due fees are recovered.

Intellectual Property & Access Rights

13. We grant to subscribers a non-exclusive license to view the materials supplied by us, either online or in print. Copyright in all materials remains with LBP. Any usage outside of the licensing terms will lead to liability for additional payments.

14. It is the responsibility of the customer to keep safe the username and password for access to PIBULJ. The customer may be liable for any non-licensed usage of these details. We utilise user passwords, ip tracking, and other technologies to monitor compliance with our license terms. You consent to us monitoring the ip address of any computers accessing the journal using your password.

Renewal

15. We will automatically send subscribers of PIBULJ an invoice for renewal about one month before renewal is due. Renewals will be for a further period of one year, covering 12 issues. There is no obligation to pay this invoice provided you tell us you do not want to renew within one month of receiving the invoice. We will tell you of your right to cancel at the time we send you the renewal invoice.

Exclusion / Limitation of liability

16. Our obligation is to use reasonable care in the preparation of our journals, having regard to their status within the profession. We may substitute authors and articles at any time.

17. Neither we, nor our authors, are liable for any errors or omissions in the content of their presentations.

18. Without prejudice to clauses 16 and 17, our liability is limited to the return of any fees paid by you to us for access to the journals, to the pro rata cost of a particular issue.

Changes

19. We have the right to alter these terms at any time. Any changes will be notified within this page on the website.