Terms and Conditions of Contract of Serivce

Mark Andrew Smith Limited shall enter into a contract with the company named in the Provider Business Name as entered on the Provider Self Registration form via our website.  The following terms and conditions of service will form a contract whether paid for or free of charge depending on the version of the service requested.

  1. A service provider shall be described as a "Provider".  A "Client" is a client of the Provider.  A "User", is an employee or user of the Provider's Client.  Mark Andrew Smith Limited will be described as the hosting company who hosts and maintains the "System", Case Centre Pro, and provides regular software maintenance updates.  Case Centre Pro will also be known as the "System" or by its initials CCP.

  2. Mark Andrew Smith Limited will from time to time contact the Provider to ensure that the system continues to meet their requirements, and to develop further the system to assist them in their role as a service provider.

  3. At no time will Mark Andrew Smith Limited contact a Provider's Client nor any User of the Provider's Client.

  4. Mark Andrew Smith Limited will not share any Provider, Client or User contact data with any other third party, nor use any data mining technology.

  5. This contract includes that the Provider has entered into a non disclosure agreement with Mark Andrew Smith Limited to protect the solutions knowledge base technology that is present within the system, and not to share the solutions with other Providers without the agreement of Mark Andrew Smith Limited.

  6. Any solutions that a Provider may publish within the System shall fall under the above non disclosure clause.  However, the Provider will allow Mark Andrew Smith Limited to share any solution with other Providers to in a peer reviewing agreement ensure the continued quality of solutions.

  7. The Provider may use the solutions technology for their own use in resolving their own Clients cases.

  8. Mark Andrew Smith Limited shall host the case management system called Case Centre Pro on a globally clustered web portal system to achieve 99.5% up time or better.

  9. Mark Andrew Smith Limited shall take regular backups of the system and keep them at various secure locations around the globe.

  10. Mark Andrew Smith Limited shall offer a free version of Case Centre Pro for both demonstration purposes, and also to allow smaller and start-up service providers access to our quality software free of charge.  The free version may have some limitations.

  11. Mark Andrew Smith Limited reserves the right to display adverts on any free version of the system.

  12. There are no setup costs, however there is a single admin fee equal to one months payment to cover contract and accounts servicing over the life span of the Provider, albeit for one month, or many years.

  13. In order to reduce administration costs for both Mark Andrew Smith Limited and a Provider, Mark Andrew Smith Limited will provide an annual invoice even for monthly paying Providers.

  14. Providers choosing to settle an annual account (which incorporates 20%) discount, shall pay one single electronic funds transfer on the 1st of the next month, and be treated as if they are then 12 months in credit.

  15. Except for the free version, Mark Andrew Smith Limited expects to be paid on the 1st of every month in advance by electronic funds transfer

  16. Providers changing tariffs, ie yearly to monthly or monthly to yearly, will be subject to an admin fee equal to one months payment to cover contract amendment and accounts invoicing/credit note costs.  A new 12 month invoice will be raised at any new rate.

  17. Providers changing versions, ie upgrading or down grading their version, will be subject to an admin fee equal to one months payment at the higher of the two tariff versions to cover contract amendment and accounts invoicing/credit note costs.  A new 12 month invoice will be raised at any new rate.

  18. Mark Andrew Smith Limited reserves the right to vary the price of the service based on exchange rate fluctuations, market conditions, or promotion.  Any new rate affecting a Provider will be notified with at least one months notice, and will be applicable from the next invoice date at the new rate.

  19. A Provider may choose to terminate their contract with a months notice, and a balancing credit note will be issued.

  20. The minimum contract length is one month.

  21. There are no refunds as this is a pay as you go service with payment in advance.

  22. Mark Andrew Smith Limited reserves the right to alter the terms and conditions of contract informing Providers and giving at least one months notice.

  23. Missed or non payments will assume contract expiry, and the Providers account closed with potential loss of data.  It is the responsibility of the Provider to ensure that a payment is made in good time.

  24. Upon closing a Providers account, the account, logon, and any details shall be removed, along with any Case, Client and User Detail.  The Providers Case, Clients and User data will also be removed from our backups, so this data deletion will be irreversible.

  25. Upon termination of this agreement by either party, or by expiry, the clauses 3, 4 and 5 will live on for a period of 24 months.

  26. This contract is governed by the laws of the Republic of Ireland.