STANDARD TERMS of BUSINESS & CONDITIONS

MoveReportsUK Ltd a company incorporated in England and Wales under company registration number 04531448 and registered for Value added Tax number 792906979. You can contact MoveReportsUK Ltd for any information or to register a complaint using enquiry@movereportsuk.com or 0845 094 5733.

Move Reports UK Ltd is regulated by the Property Codes Compliance Board (PCCB) in providing search reports and services Move Reports UK will comply with the Search Code.

1. Interpretation

1.1 In these Conditions the following words shall have the meanings as stated:

"Charges" - our financial charges for providing the services, which will be notified to "you", when you submit your order.

"Confirmation of order" - the point at which the agreement becomes binding on both parties when we confirm acceptance of your "Order" whether by telephone, facsimile, SMS or electronic means or when we supply you with the “Report” whichever occurs first.

"Intellectual Property Rights" - any enforceable intellectual property right including without limitation copyright, database right, trademark, patent, trade secret or design right.

"Order" - "your" request for us to provide the "Services", which you place by completing an "Order Form" and sending it to us by facsimile, post or by electronic means or orally confirming the details of the order by telephone.

"Order Form" - our "Order Form" which may be updated from time to time or an approved alternative.

"Property" - the property address of location, the building(s) land, and all chattells for which you require a report.

"Report" - any report/document that you have asked us to deliver to you as detailed in the "Order Form" whether originated from MoveReportsUK Ltd or associated trading partners, or whether it is a "Third Party Report".

"Required Information" – all information required to submit the "order form" to us which shall enable us to provide the "services" to you.

“Third Party Report” - any “Report” that we procure from a third party on your behalf for the purpose of providing the “service”.

“Services” – our compilation and/or delivery of reports/documents to “you”.

“Us/ we/our” – MoveReportsUK Ltd or one of our Agency partners.

“Working Day” - Mondays to Fridays except bank and public holidays.

“You/your” - the person, firm or company who instructs us to provide the “services” either on their own behalf or as an agent of another person.

“Deferred Payment” – a financial facility provided by a commercial banking house to offer the vendor an extended payment period.

 

2. Privacy Please refer to the separate Privacy policy

3. The Services

3.1 We will not be obliged to accept any Order and we may refuse to provide the Services at any time without giving any reason. No contract for Services will come into force until the Confirmation of Order.

3.2 Each Order if accepted by us will constitute a separate and severable contract.

3.3 We will use reasonable endeavors to ensure that the information contained within any Report is accurate at the date of it’s publication. You accept, however, that information on which any Report is based may be not be freely available or genuinely unavailable and by placing the Order we have your express permission to implement specific insurance as clearly outlined within the Footnote element of the Search and again herein paragraph 8.4.

Report information itself may subject to change from the date of it’s publication and we cannot be held liable for failing to include or omit any information in the report, which becomes publicly available after the date of publication.

3.4 Upon receiving and accepting your Order we shall provide a Confirmation of Order. The placing of the Order will constitute that you have read and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

3.5 Any indication that we may give as to the time in which we will perform the Services will be a good faith estimate only. We will use all reasonable endeavors to deliver the Services within the timescale that we have estimated. Due to variations in availability of the information required to provide the Services, delivery of Reports may be in excess of 30 days from the point of Order. By accepting these conditions You agree that in such case that time of delivery of the Reports is not of the essence and that delivery of Reports may take place as reasonably soon as is possible after the information for the Reports shall be made available to us.

3.6 Subject to anything else contained within these Conditions, all other warranties, conditions, terms, undertakings and obligations, whether express or implied are expressly excluded.

 

4.Charges.

4.1 Charges will include VAT unless expressed otherwise. And will include delivery and communication costs.

4.2 You shall be liable for payment for the Services at the notified rate prior to your Order, unless advised before the Confirmation Of Order. All other Invoices will be strictly 30 days, except for other terms agreed in writing. Late payments will be charged at our discretion at a rate of 2% monthly until all costs are recovered in full.

5. Your Obligations

5.1 You will provide us with the Required Information by way of the Order Form. You shall be responsible for information supplied by you that it is true and correct and that we can proceed to provide the Services that you have ordered.

5.2 You will notify us of any changes or inaccuracies stated in the Order Form. Amendments will be carried out but additional charges may apply for any new or revised Reports that may need procuring.

5.3 If there is any conflict between a provision of any Third party reports relating to your permitted use of the Reports and the corresponding provisions of these conditions, then these conditions will prevail.

 

6. Cancellation

6.1 If your order is submitted online, by post, or via telephone we shall communicate our confirmation to you through a durable medium. If you cancel your order after it has been confirmed and work begun to provide the Services any refund of monies already paid will be at be our discretion and you will be liable to pay any charges that have been reasonably incurred.

6.2 If your order is submitted in any other acceptable manner and you wish to cancel or re-schedule and order, you agree to give us written notice as soon as is reasonably practicable. If work on the Services has commenced there will be a reasonable charge depending on the progress of the Services at that point.

6.3 Where appropriate these Terms and Conditions constitute notice pursuant to the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) regulations 2000 as amended in 2005 and the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002.

 

7. Intellectual Property Rights and Proprietorship.

7.1 Any and all Intellectual Property Rights arising from performance of the Services shall vest in us and remain our property. We disclaim all proprietary rights including, without limitation, intellectual Property Rights in Third Party Reports.

7.2 You will not acquire nor will you attempt to register any Intellectual Property Rights in any Reports whether on your own behalf or on behalf of any client or other third party. You further agree not to use the Reports in whole or part other than is expressly permitted by these conditions.

7.3 Title to the MoveReportsUK Ltd products which are the subject of your order shall remain the property of MoveReportsUK Ltd and shall not pass to you or any other third party until the Charges notified to you have been paid in full.

8. Limitation of Liability

8.1 MoveReportsUK Ltd has in place Professional Indemnity Insurance of £5m in respect of anyone claim in respect of its personal search work and its work in preparing, collating and providing Home Information Packs which include its personal searches. The name and address of the insurer: GLENHAM UNDERWRITING LTD, The Technology Centre, Station Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 9AZ.

8.2 Information supplied by third parties such as, but not limited to, Local Authorities, Coal Authority, Water Companies, HM land Registry and Domestic Energy Assessors. Not all of the third parties information may have been commissioned by MoveReportsUK Ltd. These third parties are required by their regulatory bodies to have appropriate Professional Indemnity Insurance or covered by statutory compensation arrangements. MoveReportsUK Ltd will of course assist you should you need to pursue any supplier of information for defects in their reports.

8.3 We cannot accept liability for any negligent or incorrect entry in the registers or database in which we search.

8.4. For searches we will supply unique indemnity insurance at no additional cost to you which will cover any liability arising from unanswered questions in personal searches up to the value of the property which is subject to the report. You should note that commercial properties are limited to a maximum of £1m per claim and Residential properties to a maximum of £2m for any one claim. This insurance cover is provided under Stewart Title Ltd, 6 Henrietta Street, 3rd Floor, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 8PS. The policy is attached to the Local Search with the Key Facts statement.

8.5 We cannot accept any responsibility for any inaccuracy or error in the Report that is based on incomplete or inaccurate information supplied by you either in written, electronic or oral formats.

8.6 Subject to any other provisions in these Conditions, we will not be liable to you for any loss, damages, costs or expenses caused directly or indirectly by a delay in Delivery (even if caused by negligence).

8.7 We will not be liable for any loss of actual or anticipated profits or savings, loss of business, loss of opportunity or for any special, indirect or consequential loss whether arising from a breach of the Conditions or negligence in performing the Services even if we were advised of or knew of the likelihood of such loss occurring.

8.8 We will use all reasonable care and skill when compiling our search reports; in respect of personal local authority searches, we will be liable for direct loss or damage (excluding indirect or consequential loss) suffered as a result of our errors or omissions in recording or interpreting the local authority records not exceeding £2,000,000 arising out of any single claim or events. The Local Authority will be liable for any negligent, incorrect or omitted entry in their records or databases.

8.9 We confirm that we may also maintain insurance run-off cover which is incorporated in the professional indemnity insurance cover referred to in paragraph 8.1 above to ensure that insurance cover will remain in effect in the event that we cease trading.

9. Force Majeure

9.1 We will not be liable for any failure to perform the Services due to an event beyond our reasonable control. If our performance of the Services is delayed due to an event beyond our reasonable control, we will notify you immediately.

 

10. Assignment

10.1 You may not assign, charge or transfer any of your obligations under the Conditions without our prior written consent.

10.2 We may assign and/or sub-contract any contract for Services at any time on notice to you.

 

11. General

11.1 These Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and us in respect of the Services and supersede any earlier arrangements, understandings, promises, or agreements made between the parties in respect of the Services.

11.2 You acknowledge that in instructing us to provide the Services, you do not do so on the basis of any representation, warranty or provision not expressly contained within these Conditions.

11.3 If at any time, any one or more of these Conditions are held to be unenforceable, illegal or otherwise invalid in any respect, such enforceability, illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining Condition, which shall remain in full force and effect.

11.4 Any failure by us to enforce a breach of the Conditions by you will not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of these Conditions that you may make.

11.5 Nothing in these Conditions shall be deemed to create or be deemed to create a partnership or joint venture between us and you or the relationship of principal and agent or employer and employee.

11.6 These Conditions will be governed exclusively by English law. You and we agree to submit exclusively to the jurisdiction of the English courts.

11.7 You and we agree that no third party will be afforded any rights under these Conditions to any parties data unless permission is granted by those parties involved.