v1 – Last updated 4 January 2025
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY PRIOR TO PURCHASING AND USING ANY DIGITAL CONTENT
1. WHAT IS THIS AGREEMENT?
This Agreement contains the terms and conditions applicable to the purchase and use of any Digital Content by You. By placing an Order for any Digital Content, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
2. WHO WE ARE AND HOW TO CONTACT US
2.1 We are Self-Study Site UK Ltd. (We or Us). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 15449879 and have our registered office (and business address) at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ.
2.2 We are a limited company.
2.3 To contact us, please email contact[at]sqeselfstudy.co.uk.
3. TO PLACE AN ORDER YOU MUST ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT
3.1 Before placing an Order You will be asked to confirm that You accept the terms of this Agreement.
3.2 If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, you must not place an Order.
3.3 We recommend that you print a copy of this Agreement for future reference.
4. THERE ARE OTHER TERMS THAT APPLY TO YOU
This Agreement refers to the following additional documents, which also apply to You:
- Our Privacy and Cookie Policy which sets out (i) how We may use Your personal information, and (ii) information about the cookies on our Site; and
- Our Website Terms and Conditions which tell you the rules for using our Website.
5. DEFINITIONS
Agreement means this agreement between You and Us;
Digital Content means any online material (including, but not limited, to notes, software, templates, training programmes, quizzes and/or other general information) purchased from Us;
Force Majeure means circumstances beyond the relevant party’s control that prevent performance of the Agreement including, but not limited to, any failure or breakdown of electronic systems upon which the provision of a Digital Content is dependent;
Intellectual Property Rights or IPR means any and all intellectual property rights including trademarks, copyright, moral rights, database rights, know-how and all other intellectual and proprietary information rights as may exist now or hereafter come into existence; all modifications, renewals, rights to apply for, renewals and extension of any of the foregoing arising under the laws of any country, state or jurisdiction in the world;
Order means an order placed by You for the purchase of a Digital Content;
Order Date means the date upon which You place an Order for Digital Content;
Partner Website means flexiquiz.com;
Price means the amount to be paid by You to Us for access to and use of the Digital Content;
SQE means the Solicitors Qualifying Examination;
Website or Site means www.selfstudysite.co.uk (as may be updated from time to time);
You means the individual placing an Order for Digital Content.
6. YOUR STATUS
By placing an Order You warrant and represent that:
a. you are placing the Order on your own behalf;
b. the Order is not being placed on behalf of any business and
c. the individual placing the Order is acting as a consumer.
7. ORDERS AND PAYMENT
7.1 The total Price payable to access and use the Digital Content is as set out on the online order page. You may make payment via the methods that are specified on the online order page.
7.2 The Price is exclusive of value added tax.
7.3 We shall make a receipt available to You shortly after Your Order of any Digital Content.
7.4 Placing an Order for Digital Content will entitle You to a royalty free, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable licence to view and use the Digital Content online, for a fixed period of time (as described in the sub-clause below). You acknowledge that You have purchased a licence to use the Digital Content, and that the grant of this licence does not constitute a transfer of ownership.
7.5 Placing an Order for Digital Content will enable You to:
a. view the Digital Content for a period of 45 days (from the Order Date) and/or
b. complete an online quiz (which forms part of the Digital Content) up to three (3) times, whichever occurs first.
8. LOSS OF YOUR CANCELLATION RIGHTS
You agree that once You place an Order for Digital Content the Digital Content will be supplied to You (that is, Your ability to view and use the Digital Content will begin). You acknowledge that once the Digital Content is supplied Your rights to cancel the Agreement and receive a refund will be lost.
9. YOUR USE OF DIGITAL CONTENT
9.1 You may only use the Digital Content for Your personal purposes in the course of preparing to sit the SQE, unless otherwise agreed in writing with Us.
9.2 You shall not at any time copy, reproduce, publish in any form, share, sell, sub-licence, distribute, display, dispose of or otherwise make available any part of the Digital Content to any third party.
9.3 You may not, unless otherwise expressly permitted:
a. download, print, photograph nor store any Digital Content;
b. disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, translate, transfer, or otherwise make available any Digital Content and/or its content to any other person;
c. conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to the Digital Content or any services provided via, or in relation to, the Digital Content. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):
- Any “robot”, “bot”, “spider”, “scraper” or other automated device, programe, tool, algorithm, code , process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of the Digital Content or any data, content, information or services related to the same and/or
- Any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations;
This sub-clause c. shall not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) We are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under laws which apply to Us.
d. use any part of the Digital Content to create any derivative works or other content that could be considered competitive content;
e. allow any third party to access, benefit from or use any Digital Content in any way; or
f. share any password, username or other access information that can be used to access any Digital Content with any third party. (You must notify Us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorised use of your password, username or other access information).
9.4 You shall maintain all security measures as may reasonably be required to prevent any unauthorised access to or use of any Digital Content.
9.5 The provisions of this section shall survive termination of the Agreement.
10. DO NOT RELY ON THE INFORMATION IN THE DIGITAL CONTENT
10.1 The Digital Content is provided ‘as is’ for general information purposes. The Digital Content does not constitute professional or specialist advice, and You should not rely on it as such. The Digital Content may not be suitable for Your purposes.
10.2 Although We make reasonable efforts to update the Digital Content (and the information contained within) We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content in the Digital Content is accurate, complete or up-to-date.
10.3 We do not warrant that use of the Digital Content will ensure a passing score in any part of the SQE.
10.4 All warranties, representations and obligations not set out in this Agreement (whether expressly or as implied by law) are hereby excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law.
11.A. OUR OBLIGATIONS
11.A.1 Upon receipt of Your Order We shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, facilitate Your viewing and use of the Digital Content.
11.A.2 The Digital Content is held on third party servers and made available to You via the Partner Website. We have taken steps to ensure that the Digital Content will be available to You at all relevant times. However, We shall not be liable in the event that the Digital Content is not available in whole or in part at any time, or becomes corrupted, is deleted or fails to be stored.
11.B. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR VIRUSES AND YOU MUST NOT INTRODUCE THEM
11.B.1 We do not guarantee that our Site, the Partner Website or the Digital Content will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
11.B.2 You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and/or platform to access the Digital Content. You should use your own virus protection software.
11.B.3 You must not misuse our Site, the Partner Website or the Digital Content by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to Our Site, the Partner Website or the Digital Content, the server on which the Digital Content is stored or any server, computer or database connected to Our Site or the Partner Website. You must not attack our Website or the Partner Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, You would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities.
12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Any Intellectual Property Rights subsisting in the Digital Content are and shall remain Our sole property (or, where applicable, the property of Our licensors). You acknowledge that all present and future rights in, and title to, the Digital Content, including (but not limited to) the right to grant access to and use of the same, shall vest in Us (and, where applicable, Our licensors).
13. HOW WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will only use your personal information as set out in Our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
14. OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU
14.1 We do not exclude or limit in any way Our liability to You where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability:
a. for death or personal injury caused by Our negligence or the negligence of Our employees, agents or subcontractors and/or
b. for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
14.2 We only provide the Digital Content for Your domestic and private use. You agree not to use the Digital Content for any commercial or business purposes. We have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.
14.3 You agree that if the Digital Content We have supplied, damages a device or digital content belonging to you and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill, We will either repair the damage or pay you compensation. However, We will not be liable for damage that You could have avoided by following Our advice to apply an update offered to You free of charge or for damage that was caused by You failing to correctly follow installation instructions or to have in place the minimum system requirements advised by Us.
14.4 We shall not be responsible for any loss, damage or other cost resulting from any decisions that are made in reliance on any Digital Content including, without limitation, education, employment, compliance and/or risk management decisions. You acknowledge that any use of any Digital Content (or any of its contents) are at Your own risk.
15. WE MAY TRANSFER THIS AGREEMENT TO SOMEONE ELSE
We may transfer our rights and obligations under this Agreement to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and We will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the Agreement.
16. WE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT
16.1 We may update the terms of this Agreement from time to time. Each time you wish to place an Order, You will be asked to ensure you read and understand the terms of the Agreement that apply at that time.
16.2 This Agreement was most recently updated on the date stated at the beginning of the Agreement.
16. AGREEMENT DURATION AND TERMINATION
17.1 This Agreement shall continue for a period of forty-five (45) days from the Order Date. Terms that are specifically stated to remain in force will survive termination of the Agreement.
17.2 We may terminate this Agreement at any time where:
a. You breach any material term of the Agreement or
b. We have grounds to believe that the performance of the Agreement may be unlawful or cause Us and/or You to breach any legal, regulatory or professional requirement.
18. WHICH COUNTRY’S LAWS APPLY TO DISPUTES?
This Agreement, its subject matter and its formation, are governed by English law. The courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction (except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland).
19. GENERAL
19.1 If We fail to insist upon strict performance of any of Your obligations under the Agreement, or if We fail to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which We are entitled under the Agreement, this shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and shall not relieve You from compliance with such obligations. A waiver by Us of any default shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default. No waiver by Us of any term of the Agreement shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be a waiver and is in writing.
19.2 If any of the terms of the Agreement are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
19.3 A person who is not a party to the Agreement shall not have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the Agreement.