Terms and Conditions of Use

This page states the terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”) under which you may use Meritas Consultancy LLP’s website, meritas-recruitment.co.uk (the “Web Site”). Please read this page carefully. If you do not agree to and accept the Terms and Conditions as they are stated here, do not use this Web Site and service. By accessing or using this Web Site, you are willingly accepting that you are legally bound by the terms of these Terms and Conditions. Meritas Consultancy LLP may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page regularly to review the Terms and Conditions because they are binding to you and you will be deemed to accept the Terms and Conditions (as amended) every time you use the Web Site following any amendment. The terms “You” and “User” as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this Web Site for any reason, whatsoever.

If you would like your details removed, please see our Privacy Statement (a link can be found at the bottom of each page on the Web Site).

Your Use of this Web Site and its Contents

Meritas Consultancy LLPs Web Site (meritas-recruitment.co.uk) may be used only for lawful purposes by individuals seeking employment and career information and employers seeking employees.  You must not under any circumstances seek to undermine the security of the Web Site or any information submitted to, or available through it.

In particular, but without limitation, you shall NOT use this Web Site for any of the following purposes:

  • To access, alter or delete any information to which you do not have authorised access.
  • To post or transmit any material for which you have not obtained all necessary licences and/or approvals
  • To post or transmit on the Web Site inaccurate, incomplete or false information (including in the case of candidates, biographical information about yourself and/or information about your ability to work in the United Kingdom or elsewhere)
  • To post or transmit on the Web Site any libellous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material
  • To post or transmit on the Web Site any material which contains any virus or other disabling devices which interferes or may interfere with the operation of the Web Site; or which alters or deletes any information which you have no authority to alter or delete; or which overloads the Web Site by spamming or flooding it
  • To use any device, routine or software to crash, delay, or otherwise damage the operation of this Web Site or attempt to decipher, disassemble or modify any of the software, coding or information comprised in the Web Site.
  • To take any action that affects Meritas Consultancy LLP’s reputation or that defames, abuses, harasses or threatens others
  • To encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law; or carry out such conduct yourself

Violation of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability.  Meritas Consultancy LLP will investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and co-operate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

You are solely responsible for any information submitted by you to the Web Site. You are responsible for ensuring that all information supplied by you is true, accurate, up-to-date and not misleading or likely to mislead or deceive and that it is not discriminatory, obscene, offensive, defamatory or otherwise illegal, unlawful or in breach of any applicable legislation, regulations, guidelines or codes of practice or the copyright, trade mark or other intellectual property rights of any person in any jurisdiction. You are also responsible for ensuring that all information, data and files are free of viruses or other routines or engines that may damage or interfere with any system or data prior to being submitted to the Web Site. 

Meritas Consultancy LLP, in its sole discretion, shall determine your compliance with the above and shall have the right to prevent you from using the Web Site and/or to delete you from the Web Site immediately and without prior notice any material that it deems not to comply or to be objectionable for any reason. Meritas Consultancy LLP shall co-operate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Meritas Consultancy LLP to disclose the identify or locate anyone posting any material in breach of the above.

Content Rights

Meritas Consultancy LLP authorises you to view meritas-recruitment.co.uk and download a single copy of the material on the Web Site solely for your personal, non-commercial use. The contents of this Web Site such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software and other Web Site content (collectively, “Web Site Content”), are protected under UK and other copyright, trademark and other laws. All Web Site Content is the property of Meritas Consultancy LLP or its content suppliers or clients.

Unauthorised use of the Web Site Content may violate copyright, trademark and other laws. You must retain all copyright, trademark, service-mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Web Site Content on any copy you make of the Web Site Content. You may not sell or modify the Web Site Content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute or otherwise use the Web Site Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose.  The use of the Web Site Content on any other web site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose, is prohibited.

You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that meritas-recruitment.co.uk creates to generate any Web Site Content or the pages making up any meritas-recruitment.co.uk Site. It is also protected by meritas-recruitment.co.uk’s copyright.

User Information

Please see Meritas Consultancy LLP’s Privacy Policy on their Web Site for further details regarding how we process your Information.

User Submissions

As a user, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. You must not, and by using any meritas-recruitment.co.uk Site you agree not to, do the following things:

  • Post material that is copyrighted unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it,
  • Post material that reveals trade secrets unless you own them or have the permission of the owner;
  • Post material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others;
  • Post material that is obscene, offensive, vulgar, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, racist, sexist, discriminatory, of a menacing character or embarrassing, or which may cause annoyance, anxiety or inconvenience to another user or any other person or entity;
  • Post a sexually-explicit image or statement;
  • Post advertisements or solicitations of business;
  • Post chain letters, pyramid schemes or impersonate another person;
  • Post material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information.

Not adhering to the above points may, without prior notification to the poster, result in the removal of such postings.

Information Submitted by You

We will process any data which you provide to us via online registration, CV attachments and any further forms or personal details which you complete or provide to us, in accordance with UK data protection legislation.  We explain more about your personal data in our Privacy Policy on the Web Site.  Whilst we take all reasonable endeavours to ensure it is the case, we do not guarantee that any employer or client will keep confidential any candidate information or data provided to them.

Terms of Business for Recruitment of Personnel

Each employment assignment or placement arising as a result of an introduction made by Meritas Consultancy LLP will be subject to our standard Terms and Conditions of Business as they are applicable in the circumstances.  All prospective employers and clients for whom we arrange assignments or placements will be provided with a copy of the Terms of Business applicable to them.

Disclaimer for Interruptions and Omissions in Service

To the extent permitted by law, in no event shall Meritas Consultancy LLP, its suppliers or any third parties mentioned on any meritas-recruitment.co.uk site be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, incidental and consequential damages, lost profits, loss of business or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) resulting from the use or inability to use any meritas-recruitment.co.uk site and the web site content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not meritas-recruitment.co.uk is advised of the possibility of such damages.

Every effort is made to keep this website up and running smoothly.  However, Meritas Consultancy LLP takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the Web Site being temporarily unavailable for reasons of maintenance/improvement, or due to technical issues beyond our control.

Website Disclaimer and Liability

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only.  The information is provided by Meritas Consultancy LLP and whilst we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products services or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose.  Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

We accept no liability for any loss (whether direct or indirect, for loss of business, revenue or profits, wasted expenditure, corruption or destruction of data or for any other indirect or consequential loss whatsoever) arising from your use of the Web Site and we hereby exclude any such liability, whether in contract, tort (including for negligence) or otherwise.  We hereby exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to the Web Site and your use of it to the maximum extent permitted by law.

You agree to indemnity us and keep us indemnified against all costs, expenses, claims, losses, liabilities or proceedings arising from use of misuse by you of our Web Site.

You must notify us immediately if anyone makes or threatens to make any claim against you relating to your use of our Web Site.

Links to Other Sites

The Web Site and other meritas-recruitment.co.uk Sites may contain links to third party web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by Meritas Consultancy LLP of the contents on such third-party web sites. Meritas Consultancy is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third-party web sites. If you decide to access linked third-party web sites, you do so at your own risk

Information on this Site

Whilst we make every effort to ensure that the information on our Web Site is accurate and complete, some of the information is supplied to us by third parties and we are not able to check the accuracy or completeness of that information.  We do not accept any liability arising from any inaccuracy or omission in any of the information on our Website or any liability in respect of information on the Website supplied by you, any other website user or any other person.

No Resale or Unauthorised Commercial Use

You agree not to resell or assign your rights or obligations under these Term and Conditions. You also agree not to make any unauthorised commercial use of any meritas-recruitment.co.uk Site.

Termination

Meritas Consultancy LLP reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies, including but not limited to deletion of your postings from this Web Site and other meritas-recruitment.co.uk Sites and/or immediate termination of your registration with or ability to access the Web Site and other meritas-recruitment.co.uk Sites and/or any other service provided to you by meritas-recruitment.co.uk, upon any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or the terms and conditions of any meritas-recruitment.co.uk Site or if meritas-recruitment.co.uk is unable to verify or authenticate any information you submit to the Web Site registration or other meritas-recruitment.co.uk Site registration at any time, in our absolute discretion and without any explanation or notification.

Choice of Law and Jurisdiction

Meritas Consultancy LLP makes no claims that the Web Site Content may be lawfully viewed or downloaded outside of the United Kingdom. Access to the Web Site Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Web Site from outside of the United Kingdom, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the law of England and Wales. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under this agreement shall lie exclusively with the English Courts. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided in additional terms of use for areas of the Web Site, a particular “Legal Notice” or Software License or material on particular Web pages, these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and Meritas Consultancy LLP with respect to the use of the meritas-recruitment.co.uk Web Site(s). No changes to these Terms and Conditions shall be made except by a revised posting on this page.