Consultancy terms and conditions (premium)

Consultancy terms and conditions (premium) contents

1. Definitions: definitions.
2. Term: commencement of term; end of term: indefinite, acceptance, event or date; each contract distinct.
3. Services: obligation to provide services; standard of services; devotion of personnel to services; keeping customer informed of services; services: compliance with reasonable customer requests; services: compliance with internal policies.
4. Client
   obligations: provision of co-operation etc by second party; second party responsible for third party co-operation.
5. Deliverables: obligation to deliver deliverables; feedback on deliverables; timetable for delivery of deliverables; deliverables warranties.
6. Acceptance: acceptance test or review by second party; deemed acceptance of deliverables; deliverables do not meet acceptance criteria in tests or review; subsequent failures of deliverables to meet acceptance criteria in tests or review; consequences of acceptance of deliverables.
7. Client
   Materials: supply of
   Client
   materials; licence of
   Client
   materials; warranties relating to 
   Client
   materials.
8. Intellectual Property Rights: assignment of intellectual property rights in deliverables; licence to use deliverables; mixed assignment and licence of rights; licensing of third party materials; waiver of moral rights in deliverables; further assurance (intellectual property).
9. Charges: obligation to pay charges; time-base charges limitations; amounts inclusive or exclusive of VAT; variation of charges.
10. Expenses: obligation to reimburse expenses; collection of evidence of expenses; supply of evidence of expenses.
11. Timesheets: obligation to keep timesheets; obligation to supply timesheets.
12. Payments: issue of invoices; time for payment of charges following invoice; payment methods; interest on late payments.
13. Confidentiality obligations:
    Consultant
    confidentiality undertaking;
    Client
    confidentiality undertaking; disclosure of confidential information to certain persons; exceptions to confidentiality obligations; disclosures of confidential information mandated by law etc; parties to stop using confidential information upon termination; parties to delete confidential information following termination; confidentiality obligations after termination.
14. Publicity: limited public disclosures; limited public disclosures by 
    Consultant
    ; limited public disclosures by
    Client
    ; confidentiality obligations overriding.
15. Data protection: compliance with data protection laws; warranty of
    Client
    's right to disclose personal data (GDPR); details of personal data processed by 
    the Consultant
     (GDPR); purposes of processing of personal data by 
    the Consultant
     (GDPR); duration of personal data processing by
    Consultant
    (GDPR); personal data processed by
    Consultant
    on instructions (GDPR); authorised international transfers of personal data (GDPR); informing 
    Client
     of illegal instructions (GDPR); personal data processed by
    Consultant
    as required by law (GDPR); confidentiality obligations on
    Consultant
     persons processing personal data (GDPR); security of personal data processed by 
    Consultant
     (GDPR); appointment of sub-processor by
    Consultant
    (GDPR); authorisation for
    Consultant
    to appoint sub-processors (GDPR);
    Consultant
     to assist with exercise of data subject rights (GDPR);
    Consultant
     to assist with compliance (GDPR); obligation to notify 
    Client
    of personal data breach (GDPR);
    Consultant
     to provide data protection compliance information (GDPR); deletion of personal data by 
    Consultant
     (GDPR);
    Consultant
     to allow audit (GDPR); changes to data protection law.
16. Warranties: first party general warranties;
    Client
    warranty of authority; exclusion of implied warranties and representations (statement of work).
17. Indemnities: first party indemnifies second party upon breach (deliverables); conditions upon first party indemnity; second party indemnifies first party upon breach; conditions upon second party indemnity; limitations of liability vs indemnities.
18. Limitations and exclusions of liability: caveats to limits of liability; interpretation of limits of liability; no liability for force majeure; no liability for loss of profits; no liability for loss of revenue; no liability for loss of use; no liability for loss of opportunities; no liability for loss of data or software; no liability for consequential loss; per event liability cap upon services contract; aggregate liability cap upon services contract.
19. Force Majeure Event: obligations suspended for force majeure; force majeure notification and information; mitigation of effects of force majeure.
20. Termination: termination without cause (optionally asymmetric); termination by either party without cause; termination upon breach; termination upon insolvency; termination upon non-payment.
21. Effects of termination: surviving provisions upon termination; termination does not affect accrued rights.
22. Non-solicitation of personnel: non-solicitation of employees by second party; non-solicitation of employees by first party; non-solicitation exception for general advertisements.
23. Status of
    Consultant
    : first party is independent contractor not employee; no redundancy or compensation.
24. Notices: section applies to all contractual notices; contractual notices must be in writing; methods of sending contractual notices; substitute contact details for notices; acknowledgement of notice by email; deemed receipt of contractual notices.
25. Subcontracting: no subcontracting without consent; subcontracting permitted; first party responsible for subcontracted obligations.
26. Assignment: assignment by first party; assignment by second party.
27. No waivers: no unwritten waivers of breach; no continuing waiver.
28. Severability: severability of whole; severability of parts.
29. Third party rights: third party rights: benefit; third party rights: exercise of rights.
30. Variation: variation in writing and signed.
31. Entire agreement: entire agreement: documents; no misrepresentation; section subject to caveats to limits of liability.
32. Law and jurisdiction: governing law; jurisdiction.
33. Interpretation: statutory references; section headings not affecting interpretation; calendar month meaning; no ejusdem generis.

SCHEDULE 1 (DATA PROCESSING INFORMATION)

1. Categories of data subject: prompt for categories of data subject.
2. Types of Personal Data: prompt for types of personal data.
3. Purposes of processing: prompt for personal data processing purposes.
4. Security measures for Personal Data: prompt for security measures for personal data.
5. Sub-processors of Personal Data: prompt for identifying sub-processors of personal data.

STATEMENT OF WORK