Terms of use

1. About these terms

1.1 These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the website at lead-eip.com and any of its subdomains (the “Website”). By accessing or using the Website you agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not accept them, please do not use the Website.

1.2 The Website is operated by Lead Energy Infra Partners Ltd (“LEIP”, “we”, “us”, “our”), a company registered in England and Wales under company number 11930661, whose registered office is at 1 Cedar Office Park, Cobham Road, Wimborne, BH21 7SB, United Kingdom. You can contact us at info@lead-eip.com.

1.3 We may amend these terms at any time by posting a revised version on this page. The version in force is the one published here when you access the Website. Please check this page from time to time.

2. Using the Website

2.1 We grant you permission to access and use the Website for your own personal or internal business purposes, on the terms set out here.

2.2 You agree not to: use the Website unlawfully or fraudulently; attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which it is stored, or any connected system; introduce viruses or other malicious material; use any automated system to scrape, harvest or extract data from the Website; submit false, misleading or abusive content through any form on the Website; or use any contact details published on the Website to send unsolicited marketing communications.

2.3 We may suspend, withdraw or restrict access to all or part of the Website at any time without notice. We do not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will always be available or uninterrupted.

3. Intellectual property

3.1 All content on the Website — including text, graphics, logos, illustrations, layout, design and the LEIP name and marks — is owned by LEIP or licensed to us, and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

3.2 You may view, download and print extracts of the Website for your own personal or internal business use. You must not modify the content, use it for commercial purposes without our written permission, or remove any copyright or proprietary notice.

3.3 You must not reproduce, republish or redistribute any substantial part of the Website without our prior written consent. If you cite or reference our content, please attribute it to Lead Energy Infra Partners.

4. No advice and no advisory relationship

4.1 The content of the Website is provided for general information only. It is not, and must not be treated as, professional, technical, engineering, financial, investment, tax or legal advice, and it does not take account of your particular circumstances, objectives or requirements.

4.2 Nothing on the Website constitutes an offer, inducement, recommendation or invitation to make any investment or enter into any transaction, nor a solicitation of any kind.

4.3 No advisory, consultancy, fiduciary or client relationship is created between you and LEIP by your use of the Website, by your submission of an enquiry through it, or by any general response we may give to such an enquiry. Any engagement of LEIP is subject to a separate written agreement, our client acceptance procedures, and any applicable conflict checks.

4.4 Case studies and engagement descriptions published on the Website are summaries provided for illustration. Past engagements are not a guarantee or indication of future results, and each engagement is specific to its own facts.

4.5 You should obtain appropriate professional advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of anything on the Website.

5. Accuracy of content

5.1 We take reasonable care to ensure that the information on the Website is accurate at the time of publication, but we give no warranty or guarantee — express or implied — that it is accurate, complete, current or fit for any particular purpose.

5.2 Energy markets, regulation and policy change frequently. Content may become out of date, and we are under no obligation to update it.

5.3 Any views expressed in insight or commentary items are those of the author at the date of publication and do not necessarily represent the position of LEIP or of any client.

6. Our liability

6.1 Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

6.2 Subject to clause 6.1, we exclude all conditions, warranties and terms implied by statute or common law in relation to the Website to the fullest extent permitted by law.

6.3 Subject to clause 6.1, we will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage — whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise — arising out of or in connection with use of, or inability to use, the Website, or reliance on any content on it. This includes loss of profits, revenue, business, opportunity, anticipated savings, goodwill or reputation, and any indirect or consequential loss.

6.4 We are not liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack or other technologically harmful material that may infect your equipment as a result of using the Website or downloading content from it.

7. Links to and from the Website

7.1 Where the Website links to third-party sites or resources, those links are provided for information only. We have no control over their content and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss arising from your use of them.

7.2 You may link to our home page provided you do so fairly, lawfully and in a way that does not damage our reputation or suggest any association, approval or endorsement by us that does not exist. You must not frame the Website on any other site. We may withdraw linking permission at any time.

8. Enquiries submitted through the Website

8.1 Information you submit through a contact form is transmitted over the internet, which is not a wholly secure medium. Please do not send confidential, price-sensitive or commercially sensitive information through the Website.

8.2 Submitting an enquiry does not oblige us to respond or to accept an engagement.

8.3 Personal data you submit is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.

9. General

9.1 If any provision of these terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full force.

9.2 A person who is not a party to these terms has no right to enforce them under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

9.3 These terms, their subject matter and their formation are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them.

10. Contact

10.1 Questions about these terms should be sent to info@lead-eip.com, or by post to Lead Energy Infra Partners Ltd, 1 Cedar Office Park, Cobham Road, Wimborne, BH21 7SB, United Kingdom.