1. Except as set out below, the websites www.danielbarnett.com, www.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com, www.gettinredundancyright.com, www.policies2024.com and www.policies2025.com, together with all services and products offered within them, are owned, supplied and operated by Employment Law Services Limited, Unit 3, Chequers House, Chequers Lane, Watford WD25 0LG (company number 04067549).  The exceptions are:-

 

1.     any services or products offered by the HR Inner Circle, which are owned, supplied and operated by HR Inner Circle Limited (company number 07714689), and are governed by terms and conditions found at www.hrinnercircle.co.uk; and,

 

2.     any ‘legal activity’, as defined in s12(3) of the Legal Services Act 2007 (and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, this includes any barrister services supplied by Daniel Barnett), when your contract in respect of that legal activity is with Daniel Barnett, barrister of Lincoln’s Inn, practising from Outer Temple Chambers, 222 Strand, London WC2R 1BA under the Bar’s standard public access terms and conditions.  Daniel Barnett is regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and holds a current practising certificate;

 

3.     any items sold through third party websites (such as books sold through Amazon), when you contract is with that third party.

 

 

Our Services

 

2. Employment Law Services Limited (‘we’ or ‘us’) provides educational and information products relating to employment law in England, Wales & Scotland, along with templates and precedents.  We do not provide legal advice or services, and nothing in our materials, courses, seminars, Q&A sessions or other products or services should be construed as legal advice. Purchasing or participating in our services does not create a client-lawyer relationship with Daniel Barnett or any other individuals.

 

Live Seminars (whether in person, or online)

 

3. If you book a place on one of our live seminars, you may cancel your booking at no cost (and receive a full refund if you have already paid) up to one clear week before the event (so if you are attending a seminar on a Thursday, we must receive your written cancellation by 5pm on the previous Wednesday).  If you cancel less than a clear week before the event, the full fee is payable – however, you may transfer the booking to another individual within your firm/organisation at no cost.

 

4. We may cancel, reschedule, or refuse admission to a live seminar. If this happens, we will tell you as soon as possible. If we cancel and you have already paid, you will receive a full refund. If we reschedule and you cannot attend, you may request a refund within 21 days of notification. Beyond this, we accept no further liability.

 

5. Sometimes our live events are recorded. You may appear in the recording if you ask a question, or (during in person events) may be visible in general audience shots. Your name may also appear in chat transcripts if you ask a question or make a comment in online chat.  You consent to appearing in any recording and to the publication thereof. If you attend a live event which is being filmed and do not want to appear in the recording, please tell us at the outset and we will offer you a full refund and will reimburse any wasted travel or accommodation costs if you do not wish to stay.

 

6. We take photographs during live events, mainly of the stage, but also some audience shots.  These will be used for promotional purposes.  If you appear in any photographs (other than as part of a crowd scene), and you do not want your image used, please tell us in writing within 24 hours of the event and we will not use it.  In order to locate and exclude any images of you, we may need to ask for a photograph of you specifically for identification purposes.

 

 

Pre-Recorded Seminars

 

7. The purchase of a pre-recorded seminar gives you a single-user licence unless agreed otherwise.  You may not share, distribute, or rebroadcast the content, whether within or outside your organisation.

 

8. Any unauthorised sharing of login credentials or redistribution of content will result in immediate termination of access without a refund and to the voiding of any money-back guarantee.  It may also lead to legal action.

 

Other General Terms (applicable to all products and services)

 

9. We reserve the right to refuse to let you watch a live or pre-recorded seminar, even after you complete the order form. If we do refuse to let you attend, we will immediately return your money.

 

10. You agree not to make your own recordings of our seminars, to replicate recordings that we provide, or to upload any recordings of our seminars onto social media or elsewhere.

 

11. If a seminar is streamed online, only those with a paid licence may watch it. You may not share the stream or recording with others. If you do, you must: (a) tell us, and (b) pay the equivalent fee for the correct number of licences.

 

12. Any promotional discounts offered are redeemable only when you pay upfront for our products or services. If we agree that you can pay in instalments, the discounts are not applicable.

 

13. If we set up a WhatsApp group associated with a product or seminar, then (as is normal when using WhatsApp) your telephone number and name will be visible to other members of the group.  If you do not want this, you do not have to accept the invitation to join the group.  Any information you reveal, or questions you ask or answer, on the WhatsApp group do not attract any form of legal or litigation privilege and we are under no obligation to monitor others’ comments within the group or prevent disclosure of information to third parties.  We are not responsible for any content posted by others within the group.

 

14. If any of our products or services come with a licence to resell or distribute it, or part of it, the terms of that licence shall be incorporated into this agreement.  Except as permitted by any licence agreement, you may not resell, share or distribute our products or services (or any part of them) either within or outside of your organisation.  That includes reselling, sharing or distributing to/with colleagues, clients, prospective clients, members of any organisation, or any other third party.

 

 

Employment Law Email Updates – Specific Terms

 

15. We offer a free email service, providing news about legislation, caselaw and other developments in employment law (‘the employment law updates’).  You can register to receive the emails at www.danielbarnett.com and all emails come with an embedded ‘unsubscribe’ link in the footer.

 

16. Most employment law updates contain an advertisement, typically for a job vacancy in the employment law community, underneath the main content.  These advertisements are placed by third parties and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the information contained within them.

 

17. From time to time, particularly when we launch new products or services, we will send a large number of emails promoting that product (typically one a day, but as many as three a day as launch deadlines approach).  When we do so, each email will contain an opt-out link in the footer.  If you click that link, you will stop receiving those promotional emails for that product/service but will continue receiving the employment law updates.

 

Virtual Employment Law Academy – Specific Terms

 

18. These terms apply (in addition to the other terms in this agreement) if you purchase or register for a place on the Virtual Employment Law Academy.

 

19. We will provide an online course on employment law, covering material similar to an undergraduate degree level course, along with associated benefits (‘the course’).  The course is for educational purposes only and nothing said or provided in it, including replies to questions posited by you or other students during the course, constitutes legal advice.

 

20. We will take reasonable care to make sure the content of the course, printed materials and other content such as Q&A sessions, assessments, coaching calls or community content is correct as of the date that the cohort begins.

 

21. The law taught on this course is employment law for England, Wales and Scotland. It is not applicable to Northern Ireland or countries outside the UK. Tribunal procedure and enforcement mechanisms in Scotland are different from those in England & Wales, and any modules which deal with tribunal procedure and/or enforcement will focus on English/Welsh procedure.

 

22. You may be invited to join Q&A sessions, tutorials, coaching calls or to ask questions or contribute on our Slack (or other) community networks. If you do:-

 

1.     the exclusion of liability in respect of the lecturers and tutors on the course, and the limitation of liability for us, applies to anything said or done in that group or those sessions as it does to the main course and materials produced for it;

 

2.     you agree to keep confidential any information you learn about others in the Slack group or on the Q&A/tutorial/coaching sessions;

 

3.     you recognise that any information you share in the Slack group or on the Q&A/tutorial/coaching sessions may thereby enter the public domain, and we are not responsible for that. In particular, you agree that we are under no obligation to enforce any confidentiality obligations against anybody else in the Slack group or Q&A/tutorial/coaching sessions, and that if you ask us and we agree to do so, you will indemnify us against any legal costs and reasonable management time (management time charged at £175+VAT per hour). Further, you agree to pay us reasonable sums on account of legal costs and management time within 14 days of being invoiced, and any failure to do so means we cease to be under any further obligation to help you.

 

23. For premium and diamond students only:

 

1.     you will be assigned to a small tutorial group, led by an assigned tutor, to discuss specific topics and work through real-life case scenarios;

 

2.     you will be asked to complete two (optional) written assessments. Subject to the assignments each being returned within three months, they will be returned with detailed feedback and a grade (distinction, merit, pass, fail). If you fail, you will be given the opportunity to resubmit the assessment within one month

 

3.     if you pass both written assessments, you will be sent a Completion Certificate, currently issued and certified by certified by CPDUK.  We reserve the right to change our certification partner.

 

4.     Premium members are invited to lunch at Lincoln’s Inn; Diamond members are invited on a tour of Temple and dinner at Lincoln’s Inn.  These are subject to any rules or limitations imposed by the Inn. A variety of dates will be offered. Once you reserve your place on a specific date, you cannot change it. In the unlikely event we have to reschedule your lunch/dinner, we will reimburse you any travel or accommodation expenses.

 

24. Although we will make every effort to stick to the published timetable for teaching the modules (and for tutorial and Q&A sessions), we may occasionally need to change a date/time due to illness, technology problems, or similar unplanned-for events.  We may also substitute a speaker/tutor to cover holiday, bereavement or illness absence.

 

25. We offer a small number of scholarships under the ‘Essential’ package. Application deadlines apply. It is a condition of grant of a full scholarship that (a) your name is published on our website; and (b) you provide a written testimonial after the course and a photograph, which we can use when marketing subsequent cohorts. We will not give any feedback on unsuccessful applications.

 

26. Diamond students receive free enrolment into the ‘Essential’ package for any subsequent cohort under such terms and conditions as apply at the time. If, for any reason, we do not run any further cohort, we will refund you £750+VAT (pro-rated accordingly if you paid a discounted price from the full advertised rate for diamond students).

 

 

HR Policies – Specific Terms

 

27. When you buy our HR Policies, you are buying a package which includes some or all of the following:-

 

(a) a pack of template HR Policies

(b) template employment contracts

(c) a guide to introducing new HR Policies into your organisation

(d) employee briefing summary cards and powerpoint presentation

(e) a ‘business in a box’ package and resale license

(f) an updating service.

 

 

28. We will produce generic policy and contract templates for you (designed specifically for SMEs). But every organisation has its own requirements, and it is your responsibility to make sure they are suitable for your organisation and reflect your employment practices accurately. If you recognise a union and have collective agreements in place, or if you are a large employer (with over 1,000 employees), or if you work in a regulated sector, or if you are a public body employer, then our policies will probably not be suitable for your organisation.  If you buy the templates and find they are not suitable for you, you may take advantage of our guarantee, below.

 

29. Although employers have discretion when changing non-contractual policies, you cannot do so unreasonably or without following an appropriate process. Our guide to introducing new HR Policies into your organisation will help you with this, but we do not warrant that following the guide will ensure compliance with applicable laws. It is your responsibility, should you wish to introduce new policies, to seek appropriate legal advice.  Note that the Employment Rights Bill (likely to become the Employment Rights Act 2025) will make it very difficult to change any contract terms or contractual policies without agreement.

 

30. If you are an independent HR Professional or employment lawyer, we grant you a license to resell the template policies and contracts, or give them away to existing clients. ‘Existing clients’ means persons who have purchased services from you on at least one occasion in the twelve months prior to you purchasing our policies, or subsequently. Any templates you resell or give away must be sent by direct email or be behind a paywall or password-protected area of a website. You are not permitted to give the templates away for free to non-clients, or to offer them for free on your website or social media.

 

31. You are not to assert copyright, nor claim authorship, of the templates. However, we do not require you to actively assert our ownership when reselling or distributing them. In other words, you do not have to put our copyright notice on, but are you not allowed to put your own on.

 

32. If we reasonably believe you have breached the terms of this resale and distribution licence, we are entitled to revoke it.

 

33. Any marketing plan, keyword research, sales letter or similar that we provide is for general guidance only. We offer no warranty, and make no assertion, about the level of sales (if any) you can achieve using this guidance.

 

34. If we provide you with an updating service, we will review the policies from time to time and issue updates if, at our absolute discretion, we think it appropriate to do so.  The updating service renews annually unless cancelled by you in advance.

 

35. If you are part of the template of the month club, we will send you two HR templates each month (typically template letters).

 

 

Employment Rights Bill/Act Update – Specific Terms

 

36. This is a recurring subscription service; we will take recurring quarterly or annual payments (depending on which you choose) unless you cancel.  You can cancel within your membership dashboard at www.danielbarnett.com, or by emailing support@emplawservices.co.uk.

 

37. You will receive access to quarterly webinars on the progress and implementation of the Employment Rights Bill (or Employment Rights Act, once enacted), monthly zoom Q&As, as well as regular exclusive updates by email.

 

 

Guarantee

 

38. We offer guarantees on most of our products.  These guarantees will apply unless the guarantee offered on the sales page is different, in which case that guarantee takes precedence:

 

1.     live seminars: provided you attended the in-person seminar (or watched it live as it was being streamed), you may ask for your money back within 365 days of the seminar taking place. 

 

2.     prerecorded seminars: you may ask for your money back within 365 days of purchasing the seminar. 

 

3.     Virtual Employment Law Academy:  if you are dissatisfied with the course, you may ask for your money back within four weeks of the end of the first term. We will also refund you an additional 20% ‘thank you for trying us’ bonus provided you have attended at least 3 of the 9 lectures (and if you are a premium or diamond student, at least 2 tutorials) during that first term.

 

4.     HR Policies and contracts: if you are dissatisfied with your policies or contracts, you may ask for your money back within 12 months of purchase.  If you exercise your right under this sub-clause, your resale & distribution license is automatically revoked, and if you thereafter resell or distribute any of our policies or contracts, you must tell us within 7 days and pay us back the full amount we refunded to you.

 

5.     Employment Rights Bill/Act update service:  You are entitled to a full refund if the Employment Rights Bill is not enacted.  You are also entitled to a full refund if you attend our quarterly live update webinars live, and are not delighted with the whole service.  But to qualify for the refund of what you have paid, you must attend the live sessions.  If you have not attended all the live sessions, and you pay quarterly, you are only entitled to a refund of the most recent quarter’s fee.  If you have not attended all the live sessions, and you pay annually, you are entitled to a refund of the full annual fee if you ask for it within six months of registering, otherwise you are only entitled to a refund of 50% of your (most recent) annual fee.

 

39. But any guarantee is void if:

 

1.     you are in arrears with payments which you owe to us in respect of that product or service;

 

2.     you have breached the terms of any resale or distribution license;

 

3.     you have improperly shared or distributed your login credentials or recordings of our seminars.

 

40. If you wish to exercise your right under our guarantee, please email support@emplawservices.co.uk.  We will normally issue refunds within five working days of your request.

 

 

Limitation of Liability

 

41. During seminars, our speakers give an overview of law, tactics and procedure, as well as off-the-cuff responses to questions. There will be generalisations. You should treat the content of any seminar (or recording) as general guidance but not legal advice tailored to fit the needs of your situation.

 

42. Nothing in these terms shall limit or exclude liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or fraudulent misrepresentation. Our liability for any other claim is limited to twice the fee paid for the service or product.

 

43. If you want us to have a higher level of liability towards you, please contact us before ordering and we can investigate obtaining insurance to cover any losses you may incur (although we are under no obligation to do so if such insurance is not reasonably available). If we can obtain insurance for higher levels of cover, and subject to your agreement, we will charge you the premium at cost, plus a 100% markup (minimum £200) as an administration fee.

 

44. By ordering from us, you agree not to bring any negligence or other claims against our speakers or tutors (including Daniel Barnett, Darren Newman, Francesca Read, and John Sprack).  This clause does not apply to legal services supplied by Daniel Barnett in his capacity as a barrister acting under formal instructions, where you have entered into a separate agreement with him under the Bar Public Access Scheme, in which case he is covered by insurance issued by the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund.

 

45. If we undertake to record any seminar and provide you with a copy, or a transcript, then if the recording does not work and/or it is not feasible to provide a transcript of the session, our liability shall extend to no more than 20% of the fee you paid and we shall not be responsible for any consequential loss.

 

46. The employment law updates are a free educational service intended to benefit the HR and employment law community.  Emails are typically sent out within minutes, or a few hours, of legislation being published, decisions being handed down by the courts, or the government issuing policy/consultation papers.  The content is a broad summary intended to highlight key points.  You are responsible for checking the accuracy of that content and you are not to rely on it without confirming the accuracy for yourself or seeking independent advice.

 

47. We publish a podcast, ‘Employment Law Matters’.  This is also a free educational service intended to benefit the HR and employment law community.  The content is often provided by third parties, is an overview of employment law containing generalities without necessarily delving into specifics, and sometimes contains content that is not intended to be taken seriously.  You are responsible for checking the accuracy of podcast content and you are not to rely on it without confirming the accuracy for yourself or seeking independent advice.

 

48. We may use third-party platforms and services (such as Stripe, Zoom, MailChimp, Vimeo, WhatsApp, AddEvent and others) to process payments, host content, and facilitate communication. While we take reasonable care in selecting these providers, we are not liable for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by their performance, errors, or security breaches. Any issues related to these services should be directed to the respective third party in accordance with their terms and conditions.

 

Payment

 

49. Payment is normally required in advance by credit or debit card. If we agree to invoice you, payment must be made within 28 days (‘the due date’). If your accounts department requires a purchase order number to be quoted, it is your responsibility to provide that purchase number. If you do not, we are still entitled to full payment.

 

50. If any sum due under this Agreement remains unpaid after the due date:

 

1.     you lose the right to the benefit of any money-back (or similar) guarantee;

 

2.     we may charge interest on the overdue amount at a rate of 8% per annum above the Bank of England base rate, calculated daily from the due date until payment is received in full;

 

3.     in addition to interest, we shall be entitled to recover compensation for late payment and any reasonable costs incurred in recovering the debt, in accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 and any subsequent amendments. 

 

 

Data Protection and Confidentiality

 

51. Your data will be processed in the following ways:-

 

1.     your card payment information will be processed by our payment gateways (either WooCommerce, OptimizeCheckout, GuestList, or Stripe). We do not see, nor hold, your payment information.

 

2.     we will retain details of your purchase (name, organisation, email address, telephone number, occupation, date of purchase and package) for approximately seven years. We keep it for that long as the normal limitation period for any claims against us is six years. Nothing in this clause, though, undermines the limitation of liability set out above.

 

3.     we share the data in (b) with the following organisations:

 

• MailChimp, an online email app that we use to communicate with you;
• Zapier, an integration tool which connects our apps;
• Dropbox, iCloud Drive and/or Google Docs, where we store our documents and information;
• Slack, our internal communication platform;
• Zoom, for transmitting live sessions.

 

4.     if you are admitted to any of our online communities (such as those hosted on WhatsApp, Facebook or Slack), any data you enter will be held by those communities subject to their terms and conditions.

 

52. You have the right to access, correct, or ask us to delete your personal data. We process your data on the ground of contractual necessity (to provide purchased services) and legitimate interest (marketing and communications). For any data requests, contact support@emplawservices.co.uk.

 

 

Copyright and Intellectual Property

 

53. All content available on and from www.danielbarnett.com, www.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com, www.gettinredundancyright.com,  www.policies2024.com and www.policies2025.com, including but not limited to text, graphics, videos, audio recordings, course materials, templates, HR policies, employment contracts, presentations, software, and other digital content (‘the Content’) is owned by us and is protected by UK and international copyright laws.

 

54. When you purchase or access any Content, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use it solely for your personal or internal business purposes. This licence does not allow you to modify, copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, display, or create derivative works from our Content without prior written consent, sell, resell, sublicense, rent, or otherwise commercially exploit the Content, share login credentials or distribute purchased digital products beyond the permitted number of users (as outlined in individual product terms), save as otherwise authorised in these terms and conditions.

 

55. If you submit any content (e.g., comments, questions, feedback) on our website, courses, or forums, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, and distribute it in any format for promotional or educational purposes. You confirm that you own or have the right to share such content and that it does not infringe on any third-party rights.

 

56. ‘Daniel Barnett barrister’ and ‘Virtual Employment Law Academy’ are protected UK trademarks and may not be reproduced or used in any way.

 

57. If you infringe our intellectual property rights, we may seek an immediate injunction, damages, and legal costs. You agree to indemnify us against any losses (including legal losses and management time charged at £175+VAT per hour) incurred due to your unauthorised use of our content.

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

58. If a dispute arises between us, we will attempt to resolve it informally through negotiation within 30 days. If the dispute cannot be resolved, it shall be referred to non-binding mediation under the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution. If mediation fails, the dispute will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts under the laws of England and Wales.

 

 

This is version 1.0 of these terms and conditions, issued on 20 February 2025.