LIONS Learning Terms & Conditions

These terms (the Terms) apply to and govern the provision of access to the LIONS e-Learning course (the Course) and all content and materials we make available in relation to the Course (Course Materials) by Informa Events (Europe) Limited of 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG or any of its associated companies as detailed in your invoice or Order Form (LIONS, we, us, our). Access to the Course and the Course Materials will be through the website notified to you (the Site).

The Course is for business participants. You warrant that you are an authorised employee of the organisation you represent. If we reasonably believe, in our sole discretion, that the Course has been purchased by a consumer in violation of these Terms, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate access to the Course immediately upon written notice.

Please read the Terms carefully before providing us with the details of any individual who will participate on the Course (a Participant). You agree to procure that all Participants comply with these Terms as if they are a party to them, and all references to ‘you’ in these terms shall be deemed to include a reference to a Participant.

Please read the Terms in conjunction with our Privacy Policy. If you have any queries concerning these Terms you may contact us at [email protected].

Terms & Conditions

  • 1. Registration and fee payment

    1.1. You may register to attend the Course on the Site, or by completion of an order form offline. If you register on the Site, you must pay the fee in full at the time of registration. If you complete an order form offline, we will send you an invoice and you must pay the invoice within 30 days of receipt or before the start of the Course, whichever comes first.

    1.2 Participants will only be permitted to attend a Course if all sums due have been received.

    1.3 The fee is non-refundable, and in particular but without limitation, no refund is due if a Participant is unable to attend their Course. The Course is a professional course and is not provided to consumers. Accordingly, consumer rights to cancel your participation and claim a refund of the fee paid for the Course do not apply.

    1.4 Once you have paid the fee in full, you must provide us with the name and email address for your Participants to enable them to access the Course. You will ensure that information provided to, and held about you, by us is accurate and up to date.

    1.5 Participants will only be permitted to attend a Course provided payment has been paid in full, in advance of the Course start date (which includes all administrative fees for all Course Deferrals and/or Course Transfers, if any). If you fail to make payment in accordance with this paragraph 1.5, you will be required to pay an administrative fee of €120 per Participant (payable via your original payment method) to transfer the Participant(s) to the subsequent Course cohort. You shall not be entitled to a refund or a credit in the event that you fail to make payment in accordance with this paragraph 1.5.

    1.6 For Participants located in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany and/or Italy, it is possible to purchase Courses online. Prices and Course dates are detailed on the relevant Course page of our website, here. Payment may be made in USD (or such other currency as stipulated on the Website) by credit card.

    1.7 We will process all personal data provided to us in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

  • 2. Cancellations and amendments

    2.1. Please ensure that each participant can attend the course you have selected when registering to attend. If you do wish to amend a registration to another course or to another participant then we require at least 4 (four) weeks' advanced notice to [email protected]. We will amend your booking subject to availability and receipt of an administration fee of €120.

    2.2. You can only amend your registration for a Course to move to the next Course cohort, and you cannot amend a registration once the Course has started.

    2.3. In the unlikely event that we have to postpone the Course, we will notify you as soon as reasonably practicable. If you are unable to attend the new date for the Course, we will give you a credit for a future Course.

  • 3. Provision of the Course and Course Materials

    3.1. We will provide the Course and the Course Materials with reasonable skill and care, to comply with the description on the Site and in accordance with all applicable laws. However, the Course and Course Materials are provided for general information purposes. We do not guarantee any specific business, financial or professional outcomes as a result of participation in the Course and you should not rely on them to make business decisions. We do not guarantee that the Course or the Course Materials will be free of errors, viruses or bugs or other defects or accurate or complete.

    3.2. The course may include live tutorials and presentations. If you attend a live tutorial of presentation, you agree that you will not photograph, film record any live tutorial or presentation; and/or intimidate, threaten, bully harass or otherwise negatively impact the enjoyment of other course attendees or the Course tutor, or attempt to do so.

    3.3. You may only use the Course Materials for your own professional purposes. You may not share the Course Materials with any third party and/or copy the Course Materials. If you print a copy of the Course Materials, you may not remove any watermark or copyright statement included on the Course Materials.

    3.4. During the term of the Course, you may have access to certain content on The Work and your access must be in accordance with The Work and Contagious IQ and your access must be in accordance with our General Terms of Business. We will determine the content you may access and you must not try to access any content that is not readily available to you. In the event of conflict between these Terms and the General Terms of Business applicable to the platforms, these Terms shall prevail.

    3.5. You will have access to our ‘On Demand’ Course Materials for a period of 3 months, starting from your Course purchase date. If your Course involves an exam, you must undertake your exam within 3 months of your purchase date.

  • 4. Site Access

    4.1. You must ensure that your Participants do not share their log-in credentials to the Site with any other person.

    4.2. When you and your participants use the Site, you must comply with all applicable laws, our website terms of use, these Terms, and any third party platform terms and conditions as may be applicable for accessing the Course and any Course Materials. If there is any conflict between these Terms and our website terms of use, these Terms shall prevail. You agree not to try to gain unauthorised access to the Site or any network servers or computer systems connected to the Site and/or reproduce, redistribute, sell, create derivative works from, decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble any part of the Site except to the extent expressly permitted by law not capable of lawful exclusion.

    4.3. We will use reasonable endeavours to maintain and make available the Site at all times. However, there may be occasions when access to the Site may be interrupted including for scheduled maintenance or upgrades, for emergency repairs, or due to failure of telecommunication links and or equipment. We shall use reasonable endeavours to notify you of any scheduled maintenance or upgrades and to schedule such maintenance and upgrades outside of normal working hours. You agree we have no liability to you for such interruptions.

    4.4. We may link to, incorporate or use third party software and services. Use of any such software or services is subject to the applicable terms of those third parties at the relevant time. You agree that you will comply with any such third-party terms and conditions when using the Site. Where we make available links to third party websites, content or apps in the Site, such links are provided for your information and convenience only. We are not responsible for the content or performance of the linked website or application. You hereby acknowledge that you are responsible for reviewing and complying with the linked websites or app’s terms of use, from time to time.

    4.5. We shall not be liable to you if you are unable to access the Site or any Course or Course Materials through the Site (or any other third party platform) for any reason within your control including your failure to use appropriate equipment or insufficient bandwidth.

  • 5. Intellectual Property

    5.1. All right, title and interest in any and all copyrights, design rights, database rights, patents and any rights to inventions, know-how, trade and business names, trade secrets and trade marks (whether registered or unregistered) and any applications or extensions for them and all other intellectual property rights of any similar or equivalent type in any territory of the world in or connected with the Site, the Course and the Course Materials are owned by, belong to and vest in us and our licensors.

    5.2. You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access and view the Site, the Course and the Course Materials only in accordance with these Terms.

  • 6. Feedback

    6.1.You agree that we may use, publish, edit, modify and adapt any feedback and comments you provide us relating to the Course including for the purpose of providing and marketing the Course and our products or services. You grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, unrestricted non-exclusive right and licence and all necessary permissions, consents and licences required for us to use your feedback and comments in that way. You waive any moral rights you may have in such feedback and comments.

  • 7. Termination

    7.1. We may terminate your participation on the Course if we reasonably believe that you have not complied with these Terms either to the letter or in the spirit. However, if what you have done can be put right we may give you a reasonable opportunity to do so. You will not be entitled to a refund if we terminate your participation under this paragraph

  • 8. Disclaimer and Limit on our Liability

    8.1. Not withstanding anything to the contrary, we do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes, without limitation, liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents, subcontractors or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

    8.2. Without prejudice to the paragraph above, we are only responsible to you for foreseeable loss and damage caused directly by us. If we fail to comply with these Terms, we are responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our materially breaching these Terms or our failing to use reasonable care and skill. We are not responsible for any loss or damage that is not direct or foreseeable. Loss or damage is foreseeable if either it is obvious that it will happen or if, at the time you accepted these terms, both we and you knew it might happen.

    8.3. We will have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity (in each case whether direct or indirect) or for any indirect or consequential loss through your use of the Site and/or the Course.

    8.4. We are not responsible for events outside of our control. If the provision of the Site and/or Course is prevented or delayed by an event outside of our control, then we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know and we will take steps to minimise the impact of such events, acting in accordance with these Terms.

    7.5. Our maximum aggregate liability under or in connection with these Terms, whether in contract, tort (including without limitation negligence) or otherwise, shall in all circumstances be limited to the price you paid for your Course.

  • 9. Non-Accreditation

    9.1. The Course (and the Course Materials) are not accredited by any university. Certain courses may be accredited by the CPD Certification Service in the UK, which is outlined on the relevant Course website if applicable. If you need a particular course accreditation, or for university accreditation, this programme may not be the right option at this time.

  • 10. Remedies

    10.1. You agree that the subject matter of these Terms is of a unique character with special value and that LIONS would be irreparably damaged if the terms of these Terms were not specifically enforced, and therefore you agree that we shall be entitled, without bond, other security, or proof of damages, to appropriate equitable remedies (including injunctive relief) with respect to breaches of these Terms, in addition to such other remedies as we may otherwise have available to us under applicable laws.

    10.2. Our licensors shall be third-party beneficiaries under these Terms and shall have the express right to enforce its provisions and to enjoy the benefits of our protections.

  • 11. Changes to these Terms

    11.1 We may change these Terms at any time for any legal, regulatory or security reason, or for any other reason that we decide at our absolute discretion, provided that such changes do not materially adversely affect the Course already purchased. We will notify you of any changes and you will be required to accept the changes to continue to use the Site.

  • 12. General

    12.1. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between LIONS and you in respect of their subject matter

    12.2. No waiver by us of any failure by you to comply with or perform a provision of these Terms shall constitute a waiver of any preceding or subsequent failure.

    12.3. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organisation (such as, without limitation, in the event of a business restructure or acquisition). e will let you know if that happens and we will ensure that your rights under these Terms are unaffected. You may not assign, transfer or otherwise deal with your rights or obligations under these Terms, unless we expressly agree to the transfer in writing.

    12.4. Except where expressly stated to the contrary in these Terms, these terms do not give rise to any rights to any third party to enforce any term of these Terms.

    12.5. If any of these Terms are held to be invalid or unenforceabe, the remaining provisions shall remain in force.

  • 13. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

    13.1. Except as set out in paragraph 13.2 and 13.3, these Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales; and the courts of England and Wales will be the exclusive venue for all disputes between the parties arising out of or in connection with these Terms

    13.2. 14.2. Where the LIONS contracting entity (as identified on the Order Form) is domiciled in the United States, these Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of laws rules and the state and federal courts located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms.

    13.3 14.3. Where both you and the LIONS contracting entity (as identified on the Order Form) are registered in the People’s Republic of China, these Terms will be governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission in Shanghai in accordance with its rules in force at the time of submission. The seat of arbitration shall be Shanghai and the language of the arbitration shall be English.

    13.4. Subject to paragraph 13.3, each party submits to the personal jurisdiction of, and waives any objections to venue in, the courts set out in this paragraph 13. To the extent applicable and to the maximum extent permitted by law, each party waives any right to a jury trial in any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms.

    13.5. This paragraph 13 does not prevent either party from seeking injunctive or other interim relief in any court of competent jurisdiction, including in respect of the protection of its intellectual property rights.