Website Disclaimer
(1) Introduction
This disclaimer governs your use of our website; by using our website, you accept this disclaimer in full. If you disagree with this disclaimer or any part of this disclaimer, you must not use our website.
Our website uses cookies. By using our website and agreeing to this disclaimer, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our privacy and cookies policy.
(2) Licence to use website
Unless otherwise stated, we or our licensors own the intellectual property rights in the website and material on the website. Subject to the licence below, all these intellectual property rights are reserved.
You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the website, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in this disclaimer.
You must not edit or otherwise modify any material on the website.
You must not:
(a) republish material from the website (including republication on another website);
(b) sell, rent or sub-license material from the website;
(c) show any material from the website in public;
(d) reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material from the website for a commercial purpose; or
(e) redistribute material from the website.
We reserve the right to restrict access to areas of our website, or indeed our whole website, at our discretion. You must not circumvent or bypass, or attempt to circumvent or bypass, any access restriction measures on the website.
(3) Acceptable use
You must not:
(a) use our website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the performance, availability or accessibility of the website;
(b) use our website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;
(c) use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software;
(d) conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent;
(e) violate the directives set out in the robots.txt file for our website; or
(f) use data collected from our website for any direct marketing activity (including without limitation email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing and direct mailing).
You must ensure that all the information you supply to us through the website, or in relation to the website, is true, accurate, current and non-misleading.
(4) Downloads
The purchase and use of ebooks and audiobooks available on this website shall be governed by our download agreement.
(5) Limited warranties
We do not warrant the completeness or accuracy of the information published on this website; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.
We reserve the right to discontinue or alter any or all of our website services, and to stop publishing our website, at any time in our sole discretion without notice or explanation; and you will not be entitled to any compensation upon the discontinuance or alteration of any website services, or if we stop publishing the website.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to this website and the use of this website (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill).
(6) Limitations and exclusions of liability
Nothing in this disclaimer will: (a) limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence; (b) limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or (d) exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer or in relation to the subject matter of the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any business losses, including (without limitation) loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.
(7) Indemnity
You hereby indemnify us, and undertake to keep us indemnified, against any and all losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by us to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute) incurred or suffered by us and arising directly or indirectly out of:
(a) any breach by you of any provision of this disclaimer; or
(b) your use of our website.
(8) Breaches of this disclaimer
Without prejudice to our other rights under this disclaimer, if you breach this disclaimer in any way, or if we reasonably suspect that you have breached this disclaimer in any way, we may:
(a) send you one or more formal warnings;
(b) temporarily suspend your access to the website;
(c) permanently prohibit you from accessing the website;
(d) block computers using your IP address from accessing the website;
(e) contact your internet services provider and request that they block your access to the website; and/or
(f) bring court proceedings against you for breach of contract or otherwise.
(9) Third party websites
Our website includes hyperlinks to other websites owned and operated by third parties. These links are not recommendations. We have no control over the contents of third party websites, and we accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
(10) Variation
We may revise this disclaimer from time to time.
The revised disclaimer will apply to the use of our website from the date of their publication on the website. You hereby waive any right you may otherwise have to be notified of, or to consent to, revisions of the disclaimer.
(11) Assignment
You hereby agree that we may assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations under this disclaimer. You may not without our prior written consent assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with your rights and/or obligations under this disclaimer.
(12) Severability
If a provision of this disclaimer is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.
(13) Entire agreement
Subject to the first paragraph of Section 6, this disclaimer, together with our download agreement and our privacy and cookies policy, constitutes the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website, and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.
(14) Law and jurisdiction
This disclaimer will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and any disputes relating to this disclaimer will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Download Agreement
(1) Introduction
Please read the download agreement carefully.
You will be asked to expressly agree to the download agreement before you place an order for downloads on our website.
(2) Interpretation
In the download agreement:
(a) “we” means Shola Lawrence (and “us” and “our” will be construed accordingly);
(b) “you” means our customer or potential customer for downloads (and “your” will be construed accordingly);
(c) “Audiobooks” means the audiobooks that you purchase from the website;
(d) “Ebooks” means the ebooks that you purchase from the website;
(e) “Force Majeure Event” means: (i) any event which is beyond our reasonable control; (ii) hacker attacks, or virus or other malicious software attacks or infections; (iii) problems with the internet, part of the internet, or any third party internet service provider; (iv) third party hardware, system and network failures; and/or (v) power failure, industrial disputes affecting any third party, governmental regulations, fires, floods, disasters, civil riots, terrorist attacks or wars;
(f) “Permitted Uses” has the meaning given to it in Clause 7; and
(g) “Prohibited Uses” has the meaning given to it in Clause 7.
(3) Order process
The advertising of downloads on our website constitutes an “invitation to treat”; and your order for downloads constitutes a contractual offer. The download agreement will not come into force between you and us unless and until we accept your order in accordance with the procedure detailed below.
In order to enter into the download agreement, you will need to take the following steps: (i) you must add any downloads you wish to purchase to your shopping cart, and then proceed to the checkout; (ii) if you are a new customer, you must then create an account with us and log in; if you are an existing customer, you must enter your login details; (iii) once you are logged in, you must confirm your order and your consent to the agreement; (iv) you will be transferred to the PayPal website, and PayPal will handle your payment; (v) we will send you an initial acknowledgement; and (vi) we will send you an email confirmation that the download agreement has come into force (shortly after which you will be able to access your downloads via your website account).
We will not file a copy of the download agreement specifically in relation to your order. We may update the version of the download agreement on the website from time to time, and we do not guarantee that the version you have agreed to will remain accessible. We therefore recommend that you print and retain a copy of the download agreement for your records.
The only language in which we provide the download agreement is English.
Before you place your order, you will have the opportunity of identifying whether you have made any input errors. You may correct those input errors before placing your order.
(4) Downloads
The Ebooks and Audiobooks available for purchase on and download from this website are all works of fiction.
The stories in the Ebooks and Audiobooks are works of fiction. All characters and organisations featuring in the works are entirely fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons or other organisations is entirely coincidental.
(5) Price and payment
Payment must be made upon the submission of your order. We may withhold the downloads if the price is not received from you in full and on time.
Payment for all downloads must be made by PayPal.
Prices for downloads are liable to change at any time, but changes will not affect download agreements that have come into force.
(6) Your warranties
You warrant to us that:
(a) you are legally capable of entering into binding contracts;
(b) you have full authority, power and capacity to agree to the download agreement;
(c) the information provided in your order is accurate and complete; and
(d) you have access to the necessary computer systems, software and network connections to receive and enjoy the benefit of the downloads that you purchase.
(7) Licence to use downloads
Subject to your payment of the applicable price and compliance with the terms of the download agreement, we grant to you a worldwide non-exclusive non-transferable licence to make any Permitted Use of any Ebook or Audiobook; providing that you must not in any circumstances make any Prohibited Use of any Ebook or Audiobook.
The “Permitted Uses” are the following uses insofar as done for personal and non-commercial purposes:
(a) downloading a copy of each Ebook/Audiobook;
(b) copying, storing and viewing/listening to up to 3 copies of each Ebook/Audiobook on not more than 3 desktop or notebook computers;
(c) copying, storing and viewing/listening to up to 3 of copies of each Ebook/Audiobook on not more than 3 ebook readers, smartphones, MP3 players, PDAs or similar electronic devices;
(d) printing a single copy of each Ebook; and
(e) copying, storing and listening to a single copy of each Audiobook on a single optical disk
The “Prohibited Uses” are:
(a) the publication, sale, licensing, sub-licensing, renting, transferring, transmission, broadcasting, distribution or redistribution of any Ebook/Audiobook or any part of any Ebook/Audiobook in any format;
(b) the editing, modification, adaptation or alteration of any Ebook/Audiobook or any part of any Ebook/Audiobook;
(c) the use of any Ebook/Audiobook or any part of any Ebook/Audiobook in any way that is unlawful or in breach of any person’s legal rights under any applicable law, or in any way that is offensive, indecent, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable;
(d) the use of any Ebook/Audiobook or any part of any Ebook/Audiobook to compete with us, whether directly or indirectly; and
(e) any commercial use of any Ebook/Audiobook or any part of any Ebook/Audiobook.
All rights in the downloads not expressly granted in the download agreement are hereby reserved.
You must retain, and must not delete, obscure or remove, copyright notices and other proprietary notices on any Ebook/Audiobook.
The rights granted to you in the download agreement are personal to you, and you must not permit any third party to exercise these rights.
Upon the termination of the licence set out in this Section 7, you will promptly and irrevocably delete from your computer systems and other electronic devices all copies of the Ebook/Audiobook(s) in your possession or control, and will permanently destroy any paper or other copies of the Ebook/Audiobook(s) in your possession or control.
(8) Consumer rights
Nothing in the download agreement affects any statutory rights you may have as a consumer.
(9) Cooling off period
If you are contracting as an consumer, you may cancel a download agreement at any time within 7 working days, beginning on the day after the download agreement comes into force, providing that we have not made available for download the download(s) purchased under the agreement during that period. You hereby agree that we may make available downloads before the end of that 7 day period.
If you cancel a download agreement in accordance with this provision, you will receive a full refund of the price paid. Your notice of cancellation should be sent to the address or email address at the end of the download agreement.
(10) Refunds
If you cancel a download agreement and are entitled to a refund, we will usually refund any money received from you using the same method originally used by you to pay for your purchase. We will process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any event, within 30 days of the day we received your valid notice of cancellation.
(11) Force Majeure Events
If a Force Majeure Event gives rise to a failure or delay in us performing our obligations under the download agreement, those obligations will be suspended for the duration of the Force Majeure Event.
(12) Limitations and exclusions of liability
Nothing in the download agreement will: (a) limit or exclude the liability of a party for death or personal injury resulting from negligence; (b) limit or exclude the liability of a party for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation by that party; (c) limit any liability of a party in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or (d) exclude any liability of a party that may not be excluded under applicable law.
The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section and elsewhere in the download agreement: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph and Section 8; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the download agreement or in relation to the subject matter of the download agreement, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of a Force Majeure Event.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any business losses, such as loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.
Our aggregate liability to you will not exceed the total amount paid and payable by you to us under the download agreement.
(14) Download agreement termination
If you fail to pay, on time and in full, any amount due to us under the download agreement, or if you commit any breach of your obligations under the download agreement, then the download agreement will automatically terminate (whether or not we notify you of termination).
You may terminate the licence set out in this Section 7 by deleting all copies of the Ebook/Audiobook(s) in your possession or control.
(15) Consequences of termination
Upon the termination of the download agreement:
(a) we will cease to have any obligation to make available or deliver downloads which are undelivered at the date of termination;
(b) subject to Section 8, you will not be entitled to any refund and will continue to have an obligation to pay for downloads; and
(c) all the provisions of the download agreement (including without limitation the licence in Section 7) will cease to have effect, except that Sections 12, 13, 15 and 16 will survive termination and have effect indefinitely.
(16) General terms
The download agreement may only be varied by an instrument in writing signed by both you and us. We may revise the download agreement published on our website from time-to-time, but such revisions will not affect the terms of any contracts which we have entered into with you.
If any provision of the download agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect, and such invalid or unenforceable provisions or portion thereof will be deemed omitted.
No waiver of any provision of the download agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, will be deemed to be, or be construed as, a further or continuing waiver of that provision or any other provision of the download agreement.
You may not transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract, sub-license or otherwise deal in any of your rights or obligations arising under the download agreement. Any attempt by you to do so will be null and void. We may transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract, sub-license or otherwise deal in any or all of our rights or obligations arising under the download agreement, at any time – providing where you are a consumer that such action does not serve to reduce the guarantees benefiting you under the download agreement.
The download agreement is made for the benefit of the parties to it and is not intended to benefit, or be enforceable by, any other person. The right of the parties to terminate, rescind, or agree any amendment, variation, waiver or settlement of the download agreement is not subject to the consent of any person who is not a party to the download agreement.
Subject to the first paragraph of Section 12: the download agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties in relation to the purchase of downloads from our website, and supersedes all previous agreements and understandings between the parties in relation to the purchase of downloads from our website; and each party acknowledges that no representations not expressly contained in the download agreement have been made by or on behalf of the other party in relation to the purchase of downloads from our website.
The download agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and the courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising under or in relation to the download agreement.
Ebook Legal Notice
(1) Copyright and moral rights
Copyright © 2018 Shola Lawrence.
Shola Lawrence owns the copyright and other intellectual property rights in this ebook. Subject to the licence below, all these intellectual property rights are reserved.
Shola Lawrence has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this ebook.
(2) Licence to use ebook
The terms upon which you may use the ebook are set out in this ebook notice. If you purchased the ebook from a website other than www.sholalawrence.com, the terms of this ebook notice are subject to any mandatory terms in the contract under which you purchased the ebook.
We grant to customers a worldwide non-exclusive non-transferable licence to make any Permitted Use of the ebook; providing that customers must not in any circumstances make any Prohibited Use of the ebook.
The “Permitted Uses” are the following uses insofar as done for personal and non-commercial purposes:
(a) downloading a copy of the ebook;
(b) copying, storing and viewing/listening to up to 3 copies of the ebook on not more than 3 desktop or notebook computers;
(c) copying, storing and viewing/listening to up to 3 of copies of the ebook on not more than 3 ebook readers, smartphones, PDAs or similar electronic devices; and
(d) printing a single copy of the ebook.
The “Prohibited Uses” are:
(a) the publication, sale, licensing, sub-licensing, renting, transferring, transmission, broadcasting, distribution or redistribution of the ebook or any part of the ebook in any format;
(b) the editing, modification, adaptation or alteration of the ebook or any part of the ebook;
(c) the use of the ebook or any part of the ebook in any way that is unlawful or in breach of any person’s legal rights under any applicable law, or in any way that is offensive, indecent, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable;
(d) the use of the ebook or any part of the ebook to compete with us, whether directly or indirectly; and
(e) any commercial use of the ebook or any part of the ebook.
All rights in the downloads not expressly granted are reserved.
The customer must retain, and must not delete, obscure or remove, copyright notices and other proprietary notices on or in the ebook.
The rights granted to the customer are personal to the customer, and the customer must not permit any third party to exercise those rights.
(3) Fiction disclaimer
The story or stories in this ebook are works of fiction. All characters and organisations featuring in the works are entirely fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons or other organisations is entirely coincidental.
(4) Pirate copies
If you have bought or received a copy of this ebook from any source other than us or a reputable retailer, then that copy is a pirate copy.
If this has happened to you, please let us know by writing to the email address published on our website.
