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Terms & Conditions

Standard Terms and Conditions

  1. Professional guidelines

    We will observe and act in accordance with best professional practice.

  2. Investment services

    If during the provision of professional services to you, you need advice on investments, we may have to refer you to someone who is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority, as we are not.

  3. Complaints

    We hope that you will never need to complain, but if you do, please contact your engagement partner or manager in the first instance.

    We undertake to look into any complaint carefully and promptly and do all we can to explain the position to you.

  4. Conflicts of interest

    We reserve the right during our engagement with you to deliver services to other clients whose interests might compete with yours or are or may be adverse to yours, subject to our confidentiality requirements.

    Should any conflict arise, we will advise you immediately and take the necessary action to deal with the conflict subject to client confidentiality.

  5. Fees

    Our fees are charged on the basis of time spent on your affairs by the principals and staff of this firm and on the levels of skill and responsibility involved.

    Our standard terms of payment for invoices not being paid by standing order are that payment is due within 30 days of presentation of the invoice.

  6. Electronic Means of Communication

    Communications via the internet are capable of data corruption and therefore we do not accept any responsibility for changes made to such communications after their despatch. It may therefore be inappropriate to rely on advice contained in an e-mail without obtaining written confirmation of it. We do not accept responsibility for any errors or problems that may arise through the use of internet communication and all risks connected with sending commercially sensitive information relating to your business are borne by you. If you do not agree to accept this risk, you should notify us in writing that e-mail is not an acceptable means of communication.

    It is the responsibility of the recipient to carry out a virus check on any attachments received.

  7. Client Monies

    We may, from time to time, hold money on your behalf. Such money will be held in trust in a client bank account which is segregated from the firm’s funds. This account does not accrue interest.

    If the total sum of money held on your behalf exceeds £10,000 for a period of 30 days or more, then the funds will be placed in a separate designated account. Any interest paid on this account will be paid to you and paid without deduction of tax, subject to the current tax legislation.

    We will return monies held on your behalf as promptly as possible as soon as there is no longer any reason to retain those funds.

    If any funds remain in this account after a period of 5 years then we reserve the right to pay such monies to a registered charity.

  8. Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Money Laundering Regulations 2017

    We, together with all accountancy practices, are required by the above regulations to have due diligence procedures in place to identify all clients, to maintain records of evidence of identification and to report in accordance with the relevant legislation and regulations.

  9. Postal communications received

    All post received will be opened by a partner irrespective of the addressee, unless it is obviously a communication which we do not require, such as a third party invoice addressed to a client. These items will either be returned to the postal system for redirection or passed to the appropriate engagement partner or manager for action at their discretion.

October 2022