LCP's Supplier or Collaborator 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 either the provision of services that you provide to us (where you are our supplier) or in respect of the project(s) that we are collaborating on (where you are our collaborator) (the “Purpose”).

You are only permitted to access those areas of LCP Teams that are specified in the invitation; such access shall only be  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; and (iii) if your involvement in the Purpose  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 ceases or you are 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 thereof, 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.  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 may have access to a variety of documents, information, data and other materials.  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 any purpose other than the Purpose.

7. Liability

These terms are supplemental to and should be read in conjunction with our Non-Disclosure and Compliance Agreement and/or any other written agreement we have entered into with you (the “Agreement”).  In addition to any exclusions and limitations of our liability set out in the Agreement, we do not accept any liability whatsoever to you for any loss or damage, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence and breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, misstatement or otherwise resulting from your 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. 

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability 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 the Agreement, 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.