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LCP Client Terms of Use

1. Access

Access to LCP Teams is: (i) restricted to authorised guest users who have been invited to LCP Teams and; (ii) granted solely to facilitate more efficient information sharing and enhanced collaboration in connection with the services that we provide to the client entity listed in the invitation (the “Client”) and for any other specified purpose for which guest access has been provided (the “Purpose”).

You are only permitted to access those areas of LCP Teams that are specified in the invitation; such access shall only be in the course of your employment by the Client and for the Purpose.

We reserve the right to withdraw your access to LCP Teams at any time without notice and for any reason. 

2. Your Responsibilities

You will: (i) comply with our reasonable instructions in relation to your use of LCP Teams, including with any acceptable use or other applicable policies or technical requirements of which we notify you from time to time; (ii) use your own industry standard virus protection software on any device used to access LCP Teams; (iii) keep the login details used to access LCP Teams confidential and secure and not disclose them to any other person.

You will notify us immediately if: (i) you have been given access to LCP Teams (or a part of it) by mistake; (ii) you know or suspect that an unauthorised person knows your password; or (iii) if your involvement in the Purpose or your employment with the Client ceases or you are aware of other circumstances that mean you no longer require, or are no longer permitted, access to LCP Teams.  

You will not: (i) unless expressly agreed with us in writing, delete, destroy or move any files, folders, documents or other content or data contained within LCP Teams; (ii) access LCP Teams from the date that your involvement with the Purpose or your employment with the Client ceases or you become aware of other circumstances that mean you no longer require, or are no longer permitted, access to LCP Teams; (iii) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or work around technical limitations in LCP Teams; (iv) rent, lease, lend, resell, transfer, or host LCP Teams, or any portion of it, to or for third parties. 

3. Our Responsibilities

You acknowledge that we are providing you with access to LCP Teams solely to facilitate more efficient information sharing and enhanced collaboration between us and the Client as part of the general provision of our services.  Microsoft Teams is a third-party product and so we :(i) do not guarantee that LCP Teams will be available, or that your use of LCP Teams will be uninterrupted or error free or free from bugs or viruses; and (ii) we do not give any representation or warranty in respect of your access to or use of LCP Teams and, to the  fullest extent permitted by law, all conditions, warranties or other terms that may be implied by statute, common law, a course of dealing or otherwise are excluded from these terms. 

4. Intellectual Property Rights and Microsoft Licence

You acknowledge that we licence Microsoft Teams from Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) and that Microsoft is the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in the Microsoft Teams software.  Nothing in these terms shall operate to transfer any intellectual property or other rights in Microsoft Teams or LCP Teams or its content to you.  

You will comply with all applicable terms of the licence that Microsoft grants to us which are notified to you by us from time to time including, without limitation, with the following provisions of the Microsoft Acceptable Use Policy. 

You will not use LCP Teams or Microsoft Teams:

  • in a way prohibited by law, regulation, governmental order or decree;
  • to violate the rights of others;
  • to try to gain unauthorized access to or disrupt any service, device, data, account or network;
  • to spam or distribute malware;
  • in a way that could harm Microsoft Teams or impair anyone else’s use of it;
  • to assist or encourage anyone to do any of the above.

5. Online Privacy

Click here Privacy policy | Lane Clark & Peacock LLP (lcp.uk.com) to access our privacy policy, which sets out the basis on which we use your personal data. 

Click here Microsoft Privacy Statement – Microsoft privacy to access the Microsoft Corporation Privacy Policy, which sets out the basis on which Microsoft use your personal data. 

6. Information in LCP Teams

While using LCP Teams, you will have access to a variety of documents, information, data and other materials which may include draft advice, calculations and models.  You must treat all information, data and other materials you access through LCP Teams as draft and should not rely on or make any decisions based on the contents of LCP Teams or use any content for formal disclosure or any other purposes unless we have expressly confirmed in writing that you may do so.

7. Liability

Access to LCP Teams is provided for the benefit of the Client as part of our overall service to the Client and, as between us and the Client, is subject to the terms of our appointment letter and/or any other written agreement with the Client (the “Appointment Letter”).     

In addition to any exclusions and limitations of liability set out in the Appointment Letter, we do not accept any liability whatsoever to the Client for any loss or damage, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence and breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, misstatement or otherwise resulting from any Client or other guest access to, or use of, or any inability to access or use, LCP Teams. 

The foregoing includes, without limitation any loss or damage resulting from: (i) any virus, malicious code or software, defect or malfunction ;(ii) any breach of security or unauthorised use of LCP Teams; (iii) any access delays or interruptions; (iv) any actions or decisions taken using LCP Teams content unless we have confirmed in writing that such content may be relied upon. 

As between us and you (the individual user) and us and any third party we exclude all liability for any loss or damage, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence and breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, misstatement or otherwise arising under or in connection with; (i) these terms; (ii) use of, or inability to use LCP Teams; or (iii) use of or reliance on any content in LCP Teams.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability: (i) to the Client in respect of advice that we provide under the Appointment Letter; (ii) to the Client in relation to any liabilities other than those that relate (directly or indirectly) to Client or other guest access to LCP Teams; or (iii) in relation to any liability that cannot be lawfully limited or excluded. 

8. Miscellaneous

Any notification you are required to give under these terms must be sent to legal.mailbox@lcp.uk.com.

If any part of this these terms is held to be invalid  or unenforceable then the remainder of the term and all other terms shall remain enforceable to the extent permitted by law.

If there is any conflict between these terms and our Appointment Letter, these terms shall take precedence. 

These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and we and you each submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.