Last updated: May 2019
Introduction
Thank you for accessing our THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PEWTERERS website (the Website). Please read these terms and conditions (the Terms) before using the Website. The Website is operated by THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PEWTERERS (UK) Royal Charter company (registered Company number RC000891, registered office at Pewterers’ Hall, Oat Lane, London, EC2V 7DE.
See Registered Charity numbers at the base of the webpage.
By using the Website, you signify your acceptance of the Terms in consideration of which The Worshipful Company of Pewterers provides you with access. From time to time The Worshipful Company of Pewterers may modify the Terms. Accordingly, please continue to review the Terms whenever accessing or using the Website. If at any time you do not wish to accept the Terms, you may not use the Website. From time to time The Worshipful Company of Pewterers may run competitions and promotions via the Website. Separate terms and conditions will be posted where applicable governing such competitions and promotions.
While The Worshipful Company of Pewterers has endeavoured to ensure the accuracy of the information accessed via the Website, The Worshipful Company of Pewterers does not guarantee or give any warranty as to the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of any information or material on the Website.
PLEASE NOTE that copyright and terms and conditions for publications by the Worshipful Company of Pewterers are detailed within the relevant publication/document these includes: Pewter Live and Pewterers’ Review.
Except as permitted by the copyright law applicable to you, you may not reproduce or communicate any of the content on this website, including files downloadable from this website, without the permission of the copyright owner.
Links to the Website
Websites or pages to which the Website is linked are for information only and have not been reviewed by The Worshipful Company of Pewterers. The Worshipful Company of Pewterers has no responsibility for the content of the websites or pages linked or linking to this website, and The Worshipful Company of Pewterers accepts no responsibility or liability for any losses or penalties whatsoever that may be incurred as a result of any linking to any location on any linked websites.
Please note the Worshipful Company of Pewterers does NOT accept enquiries regarding pewter marks or repairs. Although the Worshipful Company of Pewterer’s website provides information on pewter, manufacturers, designers and metal manufacturers it does so without any liability. It is does not recommend or sponsor any Company or individual and the information on the website is for general information only.
Intellectual Property
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 (“Content”) is protected by copyrights, trade marks and/or other proprietary rights. The Content includes both content owned or controlled by The Worshipful Company of Pewterers and content owned or controlled by third parties and licensed to The Worshipful Company of Pewterers. All individual articles, reports, and other elements making up the Website may be copyright works. You agree to abide by all applicable copyright laws and by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained in the Website.
You may not use any of The Worshipful Company of Pewterers’s trademarks or trade names without The Worshipful Company of Pewterers’s prior express written consent and you acknowledge that you have no ownership rights in and to any of those names and marks.
You agree to notify The Worshipful Company of Pewterers in writing promptly upon becoming aware of any unauthorised access to or use of the Website by any party or of any claim that the Website or any of the contents of the Website infringes any copyright, trade mark, or other contractual, statutory or common law rights of any party.
Licence and Download Rights
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 and to download on the terms set out in this section. Other than as set out in this section 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.
Download is permitted by The Worshipful Company of Pewterers provided only that:
(i) you make no more than one printed copy of such download and no further copies of such printed copy are made;
(ii) you make only personal, non-commercial use of such download and/or printed copy
(iii) you retain on such download and/or printed copy all copyright notices and shall remain bound by the terms of such wording and notices.
Additionally, you may not offer for sale or sell or distribute over any other medium (including distribution by over-the-air television or radio broadcast or distribution on a computer network) the Content or any part thereof. You may not make any part of the Website available as part of another website, whether by hyperlink framing on the internet or otherwise. The Website and the information contained therein may not be used to construct a database of any kind, nor may the Website be stored (in its entirety or in any part) in databases for access by you or any third party or to distribute any database websites containing all or part of the Website.
Permissions
If you would like information about obtaining The Worshipful Company of Pewterers’s permission to use any of the Content or if you would like to link your website to the Website, e-mail your enquiry to info@pewterers.org.uk
No Warranty
The Website and the Content are provided as is excluding any warranties of any kind, either express or implied, to the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law including (but not limited to) the exclusion of warranties of title, merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of proprietary or third party rights. The Worshipful Company of Pewterers further accepts no responsibility or liability for functions contained on the Website and makes no warranties that the Website will operate uninterrupted or error-free or that defects will be corrected. Please note that some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some or all of the above exclusions may not apply to you.
The Worshipful Company of Pewterers does not warrant that the Website is compatible with your computer equipment or that the Website or its server is free of errors or viruses, worms or “Trojan horses” and The Worshipful Company of Pewterers is not liable for any damage you may suffer as a result of such destructive features.
The Worshipful Company of Pewterers shall not be held responsible for Content provided by third parties. The Worshipful Company of Pewterers is also not responsible for the reliability or continued availability of the telephone lines and equipment you use to access the website.
These Terms do not affect your statutory rights or your legal rights as a consumer.
Limitation of Liability
You acknowledge that your use of the Website, including the Content is at your own risk. If you are dissatisfied with the Website, the Terms or any or the Content your sole remedy is to discontinue use of the Website.
Save in respect of fraud and of personal injury or death to the extent it results from The Worshipful Company of Pewterers’s negligence, in no event will The Worshipful Company of Pewterers be liable to you or any third party for any direct, special, indirect, consequential or incidental damages, exemplary or lost profits, or any other damages of any kind whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, even if The Worshipful Company of Pewterers has been advised of the possibility thereof. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so this limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
Local Laws and Regulations
The Website is not directed at any person in any jurisdiction where for any reason the publication or availability of the Website is prohibited. Those in respect of whom such prohibitions apply must not access the Website.
The Worshipful Company of Pewterers does not represent that either the Website or the Content are appropriate for use or permitted by local laws in all jurisdictions. Those who access the Website do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws or regulations; legal advice should be sought in cases of doubt.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless each of The Worshipful Company of Pewterers, its employees, representatives and agents, from and against any claims, actions, demands or other proceedings brought against any of The Worshipful Company of Pewterers, its employees, representatives or agents, by a third party, to the extent that such claim, suit, action or other proceeding brought against The Worshipful Company of Pewterers, its employees, representatives, suppliers, or agents is based on or arises in connection with:
(i) your use of the Website;
(ii) any breach by you of the Terms;
(iii) a claim that any use of the Website by you
(aa) infringes any intellectual property rights of any third party, or any right of personality or publicity, or
(bb) is libellous or defamatory, or otherwise results in injury or damage to any third party;
(iv) any deletions, additions, insertions, or alterations to, or any unauthorised use of, the Website by you; or
(v) any misrepresentation or breach of representation or warranty made by you contained herein.
References in this section of the 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 computer.
You agree to pay The Worshipful Company of Pewterers, its employees, representatives, and agents any and all costs, damages, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) awarded against any of them or otherwise incurred by any of them in connection with or arising from any such third party claim, suit, action or proceeding attributable to any such third party claim.
Termination
Either you or The Worshipful Company of Pewterers may terminate these terms with or without cause at any time. On termination you shall destroy all Content, and copies thereof, obtained from the website.
Changes to the Website
You accept that The Worshipful Company of Pewterers has the right to change the content or technical specifications of any aspect of the Website at any time at The Worshipful Company of Pewterers’s sole discretion. You further accept that such changes may result in your being unable to access the website.
Waiver
No waiver by The Worshipful Company of Pewterers of any breach of any obligation arising under these Terms shall constitute a waiver of any other breach and no failure to exercise or partial exercise by The Worshipful Company of Pewterers of any remedy shall constitute a waiver of the right subsequently to exercise that or any other remedy.
Governing Law And Jurisdiction
The Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
The Worshipful Company of Pewterers reserves the right not to respond to and delete:
• duplicate within email correspondence ;
• blank within email correspondence;
• within email correspondence in a language that is not English;
• any unintelligible content within email correspondence (such as content that contains random characters and meaningless word strings); or
• any email correspondence if it does not comply with these Terms of Use.