In these Terms and Conditions “we, our, us, and uniproof.co.uk” refer to Uniproof, who owns this website.

Uniproof and its affiliates provide services to you subject to the following conditions. Should you wish to visit and/or purchase any products or services from uniproof.co.uk, you accept these terms and conditions.

In addition, when you use any current or future univproof.co.uk product or service, or visit or purchase from any business affiliated with UniProof, whether included or not on uniproof.co.uk, you will also be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable for such service or business.

Please read the following carefully.

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing the content of uniproof.co.uk (“the Website”) you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out herein and you accept our privacy policy. If you object to any of the terms and conditions set out in this agreement, you should not use any of the products or services on the website and leave immediately.

You agree that you shall not use the Website for illegal purposes, and will respect all applicable laws and regulations. You agree not to use the Website in a way that may impair the performance, corrupt the content or otherwise reduce the overall functionality of the Website. You also agree not to compromise the security of the Website or attempt to gain access to secured areas or sensitive information.
You agree to be fully responsible for any claim, expense, liability, losses, and costs, including legal fees, incurred by us arising from any infringement of the terms and conditions set out in this agreement.

Modification

We reserve the right to change any part of this agreement without notice and your use of the Website will be deemed as acceptance of this agreement. We advise users to regularly check the Terms and Conditions of this agreement. Uniproof has complete discretion to modify or remove any part of this site without warning or liability arising from such action.

Limitation of Liability

Uniproof will under no circumstance be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages, including any loss of business, revenue, profits, or data in relation to your use of the Website or any material returned by us. Nothing within this Agreement will operate to exclude any liability for death or personal injury arising as a result of the negligence of Uniproof, its employees or agents. If you are dissatisfied with any Uniproof material, or with any of our terms and conditions, your sole solution is to discontinue using our services. While we endeavour to ensure that any files originating at this site are free of known computer viruses, we make no warranty or guarantee that files are virus-free, and we are not able to provide any assurances with respect to e-mail or attachments which may have originated with third parties. All recipients are cautioned to check all e-mail, attachments and other computer files before accessing them, and any and all risk of virus contamination is assumed by the recipient.

Academic Liability

Uniproof recognises that the academic evaluation of student work depends on considerations beyond our control. Therefore, we cannot be held legally or otherwise responsible for disappointing and/or unsatisfactory outcomes of any factor, including the negligence of editors, staff, or claims of such negligence.
You are advised that plagiarism and breach of copyright are serious offences, and we assume no responsibility for such content.
Uniproof proofreaders will not proofread work in a way to infringe on potential plagiarism guidelines established by the academic community; this includes, but is not limited to, rewriting substantial amounts of text, rewording copied (not cited) text from others, adding substantial text to your paper (including incomplete sources in your references list/bibliography), paraphrasing any part of other people’s work, and checking your paper for plagiarism.

Loss

Uniproof is not responsible for lost work. However, you as the client should always retain an original copy of your document and/or manuscript.

Payment

Unless otherwise agreed, payment should be made by the user before work commences; however, we acknowledge this is not always possible and permit, on prior agreement, a maximum of five days to elapse before the total balance is to be paid. Work shall not be returned until payment has been accepted for the job undertaken.

Variations in Service

Uniproof shall be entitled to increase its prices to reflect any increase in costs resulting from:

  1. Any alteration in or addition to your requirements
  2. Your instructions or lack of instructions
  3. Any interruptions, delays or additional overtime work arising from causes for which Uniproof is not directly responsible

Contract Termination

Uniproof and/or its proofreaders may terminate a project at any time for any reason.

Copyright

All intellectual property of Uniproof such as trademarks, trade names, patents, registered designs and any other automatic intellectual property rights derived from the aesthetics or functionality of the Website remain the property of Uniproof. By using the Website, you agree to respect the intellectual property rights of uniproof.co.uk and will refrain from copying, downloading, transmitting, reproducing, printing, or exploiting for commercial purpose any material contained within the Website.

Disclaimer

The information is provided on the understanding that the Website is not engaged in rendering advice and should not be wholly relied upon when making any related decision. The information contained within the Website is provided on an “as is” basis, with no warranties expressed or otherwise implied relating to the accuracy, fitness for purpose, compatibility or security of any components of the Website.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the uniproof.co.uk Website and cannot provide any representation that using the Website will be error-free.

Third Parties

The website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by other parties. We do not control such websites and we take no responsibility for, and will not incur any liability in respect of, their content. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of views, statements or information contained in such websites. These links are provided as a convenience. No endorsement of any third-party products, services or websites is intended by any content or links on this website.

Severance

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck out and the remaining provisions shall remain in force.

Force Majure

Both parties shall be released from their respective obligations in the event of national emergency, war, prohibitive governmental regulation, or if any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the parties or either of them renders the performance of the agreement impossible, whereupon all money due under the agreement shall be paid immediately and in particular:

  • The client shall immediately pay to the provider all arrears of payments,
  • Each party shall be liable to pay to the other damages for any breach of the agreement and all expenses and costs incurred by that party in enforcing its rights.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Agreement will be governed by the laws of England and Wales, and any user of the Website hereby agrees to be bound exclusively by the jurisdiction of English courts without reference to rules governing choice of laws.