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Use of Website and service

1.1 Please read these Terms & Conditions (the 'Terms') before using this website which is operated by Dinner at Eight ('D8', 'we' or 'our'), Please retain a copy of these Terms for your future reference.

1.2 By using and/or registering with www.d8.co.uk (the "Website") or by participating in any Event (as defined below), you signify your agreement to be bound by these Terms.

1.3 From time to time we may modify the Terms. Accordingly, please review the Terms regularly whenever accessing or using our Website and in advance of your attendance at an Event. Your continued use of our Website and any Services following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the Terms, as amended.

1.4 If at any time you do not wish to accept the Terms, please do not use our Website or our Services. Please contact enquiries@d8.co.uk if you have any queries in this regard.

1.5 From time to time D8 may run competitions and promotions via this Website. Where applicable, separate terms and conditions will be displayed, which will govern such competitions and promotions.

2. Definitions

'Communications' means any and all communications submitted by you in connection with the Website or the Service, including but not limited to communications with other Users or between Members;

'Contribution' means any and all contributions by Users via or to the Website including but not limited to any text and/or images submitted for personal profiles and any material posted.

 
'Event' means any event organised by D8 including but not limited to Introductory Events;

'Guest' means a person who is a guest of a Member or an agreed guest for a particular event and who has been prior approved in writing by us to purchase tickets for and attend an Event with the relevant Member  (as the case may be) in accordance with such terms as we may require for such attendance;

'Introductory Event' means an introductory event to which you may be invited as an existing Member or a Guest;

'Member' means any person whose application to become a member with D8 has been accepted by us and remains valid;

'Service' means the service provided by D8 to Users including but not limited to using the Website, registration as a Member together with any and all associated benefits including the ability to participate in Events;

'User' means any User of the Website including but not limited to Members;


3. Accessing Our Website

3.1 If you are provided with a password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as personal and confidential to you, and you must not disclose this to any third party. We have the right to disable a members password, or other security procedures (whether chosen by you or allocated by us), at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of these Terms.

3.2 You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our Website. You are also responsible for and shall remain liable for anyone accessing or using the Service using your name, and password or other information provided as part of our security procedures. Please ensure that anyone accessing our Website through your internet connection is aware of these Terms.

4. How a contract is formed between you and us.

4.1. No contract will exist between us until you have submitted to us such an application and we have accepted this by means of a confirmation email.

5. Membership and Membership Fees


5.1 Application for membership is strictly by invitation from D8 only once we have had completed the introductory meeting. For details of the membership fees please see the website. Please note that Event fees are additional to your annual fee (see below).


5.2 All memberships are payable in UK pounds. An invoice will be generated by the D8 team and payment should be made by BACS.   Payments will not be treated as having been made until D8 has received cleared funds in respect of all sums due.  Membership fees are non-refundable.

5.3 Members shall not be given access to the Member-only Services until such time as payment for the full membership fee has been received by us.

5.4 We have the right at our absolute discretion to limit the number of Members or to refuse membership or membership renewal to any person for any reason.

5.5 Membership is not transferable.

5.6 We may change our policy on membership and membership fees at any time and any change will be immediately effective for new members and effective upon renewal of membership for existing Members.

6. Events and Event fees

6.1 Event fees are determined on an event by event basis. Fees are displayed on the Website and are in UK pounds. All Event fees are payable by BACS from a generated invoice and must be paid in advance of attendance. Payments for Events will not be treated as having been made until we have received cleared funds in respect of all sums due and we reserve the right to refuse admission to an Event in cases of non-payment prior to the relevant Event.

6.2 Except for Introductory Events, or where your attendance or that of your Guest(s) at Events has been prior approved by us in writing, you must be a current and valid Member to attend or participate in any Event. We may require that any and all Members, Guests and/or other Event attendees have a valid e-ticket (or other identifier) prior to being granted access to an Event. We reserve the right to refuse you or Guest(s) admission or to stop your or their continued participation in an Event if you/they do not have a confirmation email (or other identifier) and/or if your/their name(s) are not on the Event attendee list.

6.3 We have the right at our absolute discretion to limit the number of Members, Registered Users or Guests who may attend any Event or on reasonable grounds to prevent any Member, Registered User or Guest from taking part in or continuing to participate in any Event.

6.4 We reserve the right to cancel or to change the date, time, program or venue of any Event for any reason, including but not limited to situations where the requisite numbers of participants for an Event have not been met by the applicable deadline for that Event. If you purchase ticket(s) for an Event(s) we will use commercially reasonable efforts to inform you of any such change as soon as possible and you agree that it shall be your responsibility to inform any person for whom you have bought tickets of any change to an Event

6.5 Our liability to you in respect of cancellations or variations of Events shall be limited to the return of any sums paid by you in relation to that Event.

6.6 We are entitled to withdraw from any contract in the case of obvious errors or inaccuracies regarding Service(s), ticket(s) for an Event(s) and/or additional membership services appearing on our web site. If an error or inaccuracy is discovered with regards to the advertised price of the Services, Events and/or additional membership services that you have purchased, we will contact you as soon as possible by email to inform you of the correct price of the Service(s), ticket(s) for an Event(s) and/or additional membership services. You will then have the option to continue with or cancel the Service(s), your ticket(s) for an Event(s) services and/or additional membership.

6.7 We use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the accuracy of the information about Events displayed on the Website or otherwise communicated to you by us is correct. If the price of an Event has been published incorrectly we will endeavour to inform you of this error as soon as reasonably possible.

6.9 If you wish to cancel your participation in an Event you have already paid for, you must notify us by email. . We will endeavour to re-allocate your booking, otherwiseno refund is available.

7. Participation in Events

7.1 Members and all other Event attendees (including but not limited to Guests) must conduct themselves at all times in a responsible and respectful manner with other attendees or the general public or third parties at Events. We do not assume any responsibility for your actions or the actions of any other Member or other attendee at any Event.

7.2 Members or other attendees at Events who fail to behave correctly, for example in a drunken or disorderly manner, may be expelled, suspended or prevented from continuing with an Event and we may terminate your membership or preclude your attendance at future Events on such grounds. You acknowledge that venue suppliers or other Event organisers may also be entitled to refuse you admission to an Event or stop your continued participation in an Event for these and similar reasons.

7.3 Participation in an Event is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant venue supplier and/or food and beverage supplier of the Event as well as these Terms. By attending any Event you agree to be bound by the relevant venue supplier's and/or food and beverage supplier's terms and conditions for that Event and it is your responsibility to familiarise yourself with these and to ensure you follow such terms and conditions. All Health & Safety compliance at the Event is the responsibility of the venue supplier and/or food and beverage supplier of that Event. Unless otherwise stated on the Website, it is your responsibility to arrange for travel to any Event.


8. Personal Profile

8.1 Members must not include in their "something about you" any telephone numbers, street addresses, email addresses or any other information that would enable other Members or any person to contact the Member.

8.2 D8 may copy and/or reproduce any testimonials submitted to us or published by Users on the Website in any form and in any manner.

8.3 Each Member shall ensure that all information transmitted and/or published on the Website by him/her is accurate, true, complete and is not misleading.


9. Acceptable Use

9.1 Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload material to our Website, you must comply with these Terms and such standards as we may publish or notify to you from time to time.


9.1 We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other User.

9.2 You must not knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

9.3 You agree not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt any part of our Website or any software used in the provision of the Services.

12. Availability of the Service

12.1 We reserve the right to withdraw the Service on reasonable notice. You acknowledge that we will not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable for any technical reason beyond our reasonable control at any time or for any period and that we may need to restrict access to some parts of our Website or our entire Website for such reasons from time to time.

13. Intellectual Property, License and Download Rights

13.1 The Website, including but not limited to text, content, software, video, music, sound, graphics, photographs, illustrations, artwork, photographs, names, logos, trademarks, service marks and other material published on it ('Content') is protected by copyright, trade marks and/or other proprietary rights. Content includes both content owned or controlled by D8 and content owned or controlled by third parties. All individual articles, reports and other elements making up the Website may also be copyright works. You agree to abide by all applicable copyright laws and by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained in the Website.

13.2 You must not use any Content or part of it for commercial purposes, without obtaining prior written permission from D8 to do so.

13.3 You may print off one copy and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our Website strictly for your personal reference only.

13.4 You may not use D8’s trademark(s) or trade name(s) without obtaining our prior express written consent and you acknowledge that you have no ownership rights in and to these names and/or mark(s).

13.5 You agree to notify D8 by email promptly upon becoming aware of any unauthorised access to or use of the Website or the Services by any party or of any claim that the Website or the Content infringes any copyright, trade mark, or other contractual, statutory or common law rights of any party.

13.6 You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.


13.7 You acquire no rights or licences in or to the Website and /or the Content other than the limited right to use the Website in accordance with these Terms.

13.8 Other than as set out in these Terms you may not copy, reproduce, recompile, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, distribute, publish, display, perform, modify, upload to create derivative works from, transmit, or in any other way exploit any part of the Website.

14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMER

14.1 D8 IS PROVIDING THE WEBSITE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW MAKES NO (AND EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES ALL) GUARANTEES, REPRESENTATIONS (EXCEPT FOR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION) OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED) WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENTS OR ANY WEBSITES TO WHICH IT IS LINKED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES AS TO QUALITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

14.2 D8 IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY OTHER USER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ACTIONS OF MEMBERS, GUESTS OR OTHER ATTENDEES AT EVENTS OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CONTRIBUTIONS OR COMMUNICATIONS.

14.3 D8 AND ITS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARTNERS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE VIA THE WEBSITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE OR CURRENT NOR THAT THE WEBSITE WILL MEET PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS, OR BE AVAILABLE, ACCESSIBLE, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR OPERATE WITHOUT ERROR OR THAT IT WILL BE FREE FROM VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS. WE THEREFORE DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY ARISING FROM ANY RELIANCE PLACED ON SUCH MATERIALS BY ANY USER, OR BY ANYONE WHO MAY BE INFORMED OF ANY OF ITS CONTENTS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY RELIANCE ON THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL ON THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

14.4 YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND CONTACT AND INTERACTION WITH OTHER USERS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY EVENTS ARE ALL AT YOUR OWN RISK AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL D8 OR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, , PARTNERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING LOSSES OR DAMAGE (WHETHER SUCH LOSSES WERE FORESEEABLE OR OTHERWISE): (A) LOSS OF PROFIT; (B) LOSS OF DATA; (C) LOSS OF REVENUE; (D) LOSS OF BUSINESS OR LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY: (E) LOSS OF GOODWILL OR INJURY TO REPUTATION; (F) LOSSES SUFFERED BY THIRD PARTIES: OR (G) ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICE REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT THE LOSSES LISTED IN THIS SECTION ARE INTENDED TO BE SEVERABLE.

14.5 D8 TOTAL LIABILITY IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR BREACH OF DUTY) MISREPRESENTATION OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE OR ANY PART OF IT SHALL BE LIMITED AS FOLLOWS:

14.5 FOR MEMBERS, THE MEMBERSHIP FEES AND ANY OTHER FEES PAID BY SUCH MEMBER TO US DURING THE YEAR OF SUCH MEMBERSHIP;



14.6 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT D8 LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY ITS NEGLIGENCE OR FOR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION OR FOR ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY LAW.

15. Your Warranties

15.1 By becoming a Member you warrant and represent that:

  • you, at your pre acceptance meeting, submit acceptable identification (for example your driving license, passport or other government issued photo ID) as proof of your identity and residency.
  • you and any of your Guests have not been convicted of any offence or been subject to any injunction or court order or adjudged liable for civil penalties or damages involving sexual molestation or abuse of anyone; and
  • you will be using the Website and the Service for your personal use only and not for any commercial purpose whatsoever.

    15.2 We have the right in our absolute discretion to refuse any application to become a Member and to terminate User memberships with us in accordance with these Terms (see 'Termination' below).


    17. Website Changes

    17.1 You accept that D8 has the right to change the Content or technical specifications of the Website at any time at our sole discretion.

    17.2 Any of the material on our Website may be out of date at any given time and we are under no obligation to update such material.

    18. Information About You and Visits to Our Website

    18.1 We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy [By using our Website, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

    19. Links

    19.1 There may be links to third party websites from this Website. Linked third party sites are not under the control of D8 and we are not responsible for the contents of any such linked website or any link(s) contained in such a linked website.


    20. Termination

    20.1 D8 may suspend a Member or terminate a membership and deny access to the Service by any User with immediate effect whether on a temporary or permanent basis at our discretion and with or without prior notice:
  • if the User or Member fails to make any payment due to D8 when due; and/or
  • if the User or Member is in breach of any of these Terms; and/or
  • if D8 is unable to determine the accuracy and/or validity of any information provided by the User or Member.

    20.2 Notices to Members will be sent to the email addresses provided in the relevant registration or application pages.

    20.3 Provisions of these Terms which expressly or impliedly are intended to survive termination will remain in force after such termination, including but not limited to the Indemnity provisions (section 22 below).


21. Indemnity

21.1 You agree to indemnify and keep fully indemnified D8, its employees from and against any claims, actions, demands or other proceedings (including reasonable legal fees) based on or arising in connection with any breach by you of these Terms or arising from your negligence or breach of duty.

21.2 References in these Terms to your use of the Website shall be deemed to include any use by a third party where such a third party accesses the Website using your name and password or other information provided to you as part of our security procedures.

22. General

22.1 If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the invalidity, void ness or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of the Terms, which shall remain in full force and effect.

22.2 Failure or delay by us in enforcing or partially enforcing any of these Terms shall not be construed as a waiver of any of our rights under these Terms. Any waiver by us of any provision of these Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach of any provision.

22.3 Nothing in these Terms is intended to confer on any third party (whether referred to in our Terms of Use by name, class, description or otherwise) any benefit or any right to enforce any provision of these Terms or any agreement entered into in connection with it.

22.4 Except as provided herein, these Terms are the entire agreement between us and supersede any prior understanding or agreements (written or oral). Nothing in this clause will operate to limit or exclude either party's liability for fraud.

22.5 D8 may assign the benefit of this agreement to any person, firm or company.