Website Terms and Conditions of Use

The following terms and conditions govern your use of this website ("Site"). The Site is owned and operated by Shaw Chapman, whose registered office is at Corner Oak, 1 Homer Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3QG.

Your use of the Site indicates that you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, together with any other applicable terms and conditions which expressly apply. Please read these terms and conditions carefully as they contain important information. Please note in particular the limitations on our liability in clause 10 and the indemnity in clause 11.

As you may be accessing the Site from outside the United Kingdom, it is your responsibility to comply at all times with the standards and/or laws in the community or jurisdiction where you are located and/or resident. If for any reason you believe that your use of the Site infringes or is likely to infringe any locally applicable laws or regulations, you must not use the Site.

We may change these terms and conditions without notification and we therefore advise you regularly to review them when you visit the Site.

2. DATA PROTECTION
We will use all personal information (including CVs) submitted through the Site in accordance with our privacy policy, a copy of which can be viewed by clicking the following link: Privacy policy >> You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for the content and accuracy of any information (including CVs) which you submit via this Site or otherwise but that we may take action to verify the same. We reserve the right not to use, or to cease to use your personal information if we cannot verify it.

3. COPYRIGHT
Unless otherwise stated, the copyright, trade marks, and other intellectual property rights in the contents of the Site are owned by or licensed to Shaw Chapman or its third party suppliers. Your use of the Site does not grant you any rights in respect of the contents of the Site.

4. USE OF MATERIAL
You may only use, print or download to disk any contents of the Site for the purpose of private and personal use, and you may not otherwise copy, distribute or republish any of the contents without our prior written consent. You may not commercially exploit any of the contents of the Site including but not limited to using such content on any other website or in a networked computer environment.

5. LINKED SITES
The Site may contain links enabling you to access other websites on the internet not owned by us. If it does, we do not endorse the contents of the linked website or any opinions contained in it nor do we accept any liability for any such content or opinion. We will not be liable for any material on any linked website which may be misleading, inaccurate, incomplete or not in accordance with applicable laws in force from time to time.

6. SITE USES
6.1 You confirm that you are an individual lawfully seeking employment opportunities and that you do not intend to use the Site for any other purpose.
6.2 You agree that you will not:
6.2.1 submit any incomplete, false or inaccurate information via the Site or otherwise to us;
6.2.2 impersonate another person in your use of the Site;
6.2.3 delete or in any way amend any material posted by any third party;
6.2.4 use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or with any service offered on the Site;
6.2.5 take any action which could impose an unreasonably large load on the Site’s infrastructure, or on our internal administrative systems;
6.2.6 use or attempt to use any other device or mechanism to search or navigate the Site other than any search engine offered on the Site, with the exception of common third party web browsers;
6.2.7 attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making the Site; or
6.2.8 use or attempt to use the Site in order to transmit, distribute or store material:
(a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation;
(b) that infringes the copyright or other intellectual property rights of others;
(c) that violates the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others; or
(d) that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.

We reserve the right to expel you and prevent your further access to the Site for breaching these terms and conditions or the law and the right to remove any communications which you post which so breach.

7. JOB ADVERTISEMENTS
All information contained in advertisements for positions appearing on the Site is provided by prospective employers and their agents, and we make no warranty or representation that we have vetted any prospective employer, or verified the content of any of the advertisements appearing on the Site. You are advised to undertake such verification in respect of any positions in which you are interested as may be considered advisable in the circumstances. You are also advised to make yourself aware of any requirements imposed by law or any professional body in relation to the position you hope to fill.

8. SUITABILITY OF POSITIONS ADVERTISED
We make no warranty or representation that any employer will ask for your details, ask to interview you, or hire you to fill a position, or that any position for which an employer interviews you or hires you will be suitable for you. You are advised not to rely on any information provided on the Site in circumstances where loss or damage may be incurred without first verifying the information upon which you intend to rely.

9. SITE CONTENT AND AVAILABILITY
9.1 The Site may contain technical inaccuracies and typographical errors and may sometimes be out of date. We accept no responsibility for the consequences of such technical inaccuracies, typographical errors or the presence of out of date material on the Site.
9.2 Whilst we will try to ensure that the Site and the services provided on the Site are available at all times, we accept no responsibility or liability in respect of any interruptions or delays to the operation of the Site or any services provided on the Site, however arising.
9.3 We do not warrant that the Site will operate error-free or that the Site and its server are free of computer viruses or other harmful mechanisms. If your use of the Site or the contents of the Site results in the need for servicing or replacing equipment or data, we are not responsible for those costs or any other damages that may arise therefrom.
9.4 The Site and any contents of the Site are provided on an "as is" basis without any warranties of any kind. Shaw Chapman, to the fullest extent permitted by law, disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, including the warranty of merchantability, fitness for particular purpose and non-infringement. We make no warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the contents of the Site, services, software, text, graphics, and links.

10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
10.1 We accept no liability whatsoever (except for direct loss or damage suffered by you to the extent arising from our negligence or wilful default) for any claims, charges, demands, damages, liabilities, losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly by reason of, in relation to or from these terms and conditions or the supply or non-supply of the Site or otherwise howsoever.
10.2 In no circumstances whatsoever shall we be liable in contract, tort (including negligence and breach of statutory duty) or otherwise for any loss (whether direct or indirect) of profits, goodwill or business opportunity or for any indirect, special or consequential loss (whether or not reasonably foreseeable and even if we have been advised of the possibility of you incurring the same).
10.3 Any disclaimers and exclusions of liability in these terms and conditions shall not apply to any damages arising from death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or by any of our employees or agents or fraud.
10.4 If any provisions of these disclaimers and exclusions shall be unlawful, void or for any other reason unenforceable then that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

11. INDEMNITY
You shall indemnify and keep us fully indemnified from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your communications with us or your breach of these terms and conditions.

12. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts for the settlement of any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with these terms and conditions.

13. ADDITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Other parts of the Site are subject to additional terms and conditions of use. By accessing and using these areas, you agree to be bound by such additional terms and conditions as may apply.