Terms of Use

We, Hugh Rice Limited, operate this website, the home page of which can be found at http://www.hughrice.co.uk. Your access to and use of this website is subject to your compliance with all applicable laws and these terms of use, which incorporate the paragraphs below, the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Sale, all of which can be accessed from this page (“Terms of Use”).  Your use of this website constitutes your unqualified agreement to accept and comply with the Terms of Use.

To jump straight to a particular part of the Terms of Use please click on the relevant heading below, or scroll down to read the Terms of Use in full.

 

1. Operator of this Website

This website is operated by Hugh Rice Limited, a company registered in England (number 02065159) whose registered office and address for correspondence is Unit 6 St Stephen’s Shopping Centre, Ferensway, Hull,HU2 8LN, United Kingdom.  Our VAT number is 168 605 443. 

2. Use of this Website

This website is offered as a service and facility for purchasing our products and is directed solely at those who access this website from within the European Union.

Whilst we use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information on this website, errors may occur. We cannot give any warranty or representation as to the accuracy of the information, and do not accept responsibility for errors or omissions or for any action or decisions based on the information.

Your use of this website is at your risk. If you have any specific queries, please contact us by email at mail@hughrice.co.uk or by telephone on + 44 (0) 1482 329449. The information and materials provided on this website are of a general nature only and cannot be regarded as constituting advice or recommendations (professional or otherwise). We do not accept any liability for any direct, indirect, special or consequential losses or damages of whatever nature, including, but not limited to loss of anticipated savings, revenues, information, goodwill or contracts arising out of this website, its availability or lack of availability or your use of any information contained in this website.

We exclude all warranties, express or implied, relating to the information and materials on this website to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Nothing in the Terms of Use shall be construed to exclude or limit (1) our liability for death or personal injury or fraudulent misrepresentation or (2) any rights you may have as a consumer to the extent that such liability and rights may not be excluded or limited under applicable statute or law.

3.Links from and to this Website

Hypertext links are links by which visitors can move from one website to another or from one page to another within the same website.

This website contains hypertext links to third parties' websites. Any hypertext links between our website and any third party website are provided for your convenience only and we accept no liability whatsoever for the contents of any such third party website. We exclude to the fullest extent permitted by law all liability that may arise in connection with or as a result of third party website material or your accessing of third party websites causing any damage, costs, injury or loss of any kind.

You agree that if you wish to create any links between this website and any other website you will do so only in accordance with these Terms of Use or as we otherwise agree in writing.

4. Share Facility

This section of the Terms of Use applies to any use of our “share” facility. For the avoidance of doubt all of the other provisions of the Terms of Use shall also apply to your use the share facility. Our Privacy Policy contains information about how this facility works and restrictions which apply to your use of this facility.

The share facility also incorporates an email function, which operates in a similar manner to our Wish List facility. Your use of the share email facility is subject to the same obligations and restrictions as set out in this Privacy Policy in relation to the Wish List facility.


5. Wish List

This section of the Terms of Use applies to our Wish List function, which allows you to share details of your favourite products with your friends and family. For the avoidance of doubt all of the other provisions of the Terms of Use shall also apply to your use of this function as does our Privacy Policy.  We may (but are not obliged to) monitor the contents of messages sent using this function and we do not accept any liability arising from use or the content of any message in your use of this function.

You undertake:

  • To accept full responsibility for the contents of any messages you send;
  • To use this function only for lawful purposes;
  • Not to send in any messages material which is inaccurate, defamatory, abusive, offensive, pornographic, racist, sexist, threatening, vulgar, obscene, hateful or otherwise inappropriate or which will constitute a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability or which may cause offence in relation to sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or working status;
  • Not to harass or upset third parties through your use of this function;
  • Not to include in messages any material which refers to a third party or is protected by confidentiality, copyright, trade mark or other propriety right without the express permission of the third party owner (and for the avoidance of doubt you have our permission to send details of our own products to third parties using this function in accordance with our Terms of Use).
  • Not to send personal information about any third party using the function;
  • Not to insert material into messages which contains viruses, files or programs that are designed to disrupt, damage or limit the functioning of any software or hardware equipment;
  • Not to use the function for any commercial purpose or to send advertisements, chain letters, surveys, pyramid schemes or requests for money; and
  • Not to use the function in order to obtain unauthorised access to data or other information belonging to us or any third party.

You acknowledge that the recipient of your message will be able to identify you from the information you provide when submitting your message and that we will cooperate with any person, law enforcement authority or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone sending material using the facility in breach of the Terms of Use, any law (whether civil or criminal) or the legal rights of any party. 

6. VIP Club

You will be bound by the terms we present to you at the time you become a member of our VIP Club. Please also see our Privacy Policy, with which you will be bound, for further information (click here to see a copy).

If you apply to become a member of our VIP Club you will also be bound by the Terms of Use, as are all users of the website. We may refuse, suspend or terminate any member’s membership of this website at any time for any reason. 

7. Sale of Products

These Terms of Use do not deal with the terms upon which we may supply products to you.  If you purchase any products from us you will be bound by our Terms and Conditions of Sale (click here to see a copy), which form part of the Terms of Use. 

8. Ring Size Guide

We provide a ring size guide for your convenience, which is available for download here. Please be aware that the guide is designed to operate as an approximate guide and we would recommend that you visit our store if you wish to have a more accurate measurement taken by a member of our staff. We do not accept any liability for the accuracy of the ring size guide or your reliance upon it.  

9. Trade Marks, Logos and Service Marks

The trade marks, logos and service marks (collectively “the Trade Marks”) displayed on this website (whether registered or unregistered) are and shall remain the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained in this website shall be construed as granting any licence or right to use any Trade Mark displayed on this website without the prior written consent of the relevant Trade Mark owner other than as expressly set out in these Terms of Use. Your misuse or infringement of any of the Trade Marks displayed on the Site is strictly prohibited.

10. Copyright

The copyright in each aspect of this website is owned by Hugh Rice Limited or its content or technology providers. All content is protected by copyright and may not be used except as expressly provided in the Terms of Use without our prior written consent. We do not warrant or represent that your use of materials displayed on the website will not infringe the rights of third parties.

Except where otherwise stated expressly, you must not copy, adapt, download, exploit or otherwise use the information contained in the website in any way, other than for the purpose of enquiring about or requesting information relating to the type of goods and services we are able to offer or downloading and temporarily storing one or more of the pages of the website for the purpose of viewing, for your personal use only, on a personal computer or terminal. For the avoidance of doubt you shall not be entitled to reproduce, permanently store, or retransmit any of the contents of the website without our prior written consent.

11. Viruses

Whilst we try to keep our anti-virus software up-to-date we do not warrant that this website, its servers, downloadable files or e-mails which may be sent by us, are free from viruses or other harmful components.

You must not:

  • Introduce or attempt to introduce any virus or other contaminant to the website or any of its software or systems; or
  • In any way attempt to access, alter, de-compile, reverse engineer, destroy or otherwise tamper with any part of this website, its software or systems.

 

12. Feedback and Complaints

Any queries, feedback or comments you may have about this website should be submitted by emailing us at mail@hughrice.co.uk or writing to Hugh Rice Limited, Unit 6 St Stephen’s Shopping Centre, Ferensway, Hull, HU2 8LN,United Kingdom.

13. Privacy Policy

Any personal information we collect from you shall only be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy (a copy of which can be viewed by clicking here), which forms part of the Terms of Use.

14. Connection and Charges

You are responsible for obtaining an appropriate connection with a telecommunications provider in order to access this website and the costs of all charges you incur in accessing and using this website. 

15.General

We may amend these Terms of Use from time to time. If we make any substantial changes we will notify you by posting a notice on this website's home page. You are bound by any changes we make to these Terms of Use with effect from the date of the change.  You can view the current version of these Terms of Use at any time by clicking on the Terms of Use link on the home page of this website.

If any of the Terms of Use are unenforceable it shall not affect the enforceability of the rest of them.

The Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the English Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear disputes between us.