Call us on +44 (0)800 840 4025
Email us at enquiries@dda.law
Call us on +44 (0)800 840 4025
Email us at enquiries@dda.law
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The Site is operated by Davies and Davies Associates Ltd (“Us”). Davies and Davies Associates is registered in England under company number 06468156.
Our VAT number is 865 1730 16.
Davies and Davies Associates Ltd (Reg. Name) is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority Reg. No. 472797.
Company Registered Address: Davies & Davies Associates Ltd, 31 Pearce Drive, Farringdon Oxon SN7 7ND.
We are subject to the
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copy of which can be viewed at https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/standards-regulations/.
Our communications are not financial communications and are not invitations or inducements to any person to engage in investment
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but we may, since we are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority,
offer a restricted range of investment services to clients, but only if they are incidental to, or a necessary part of our
legal services. Davies & Davies Associates Ltd is also regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for the provision of surveying services. This means we agree to uphold the RICS Rules of Conduct for Firms and all other
applicable mandatory professional practice requirements of the RICS which can be found at www.rics.org. As an RICS regulated
firm we have committed to cooperating with the RICS in ensuring compliance with its standards. The firm’s nominated RICS
Responsible Principle is Nigel Davies who can be contacted at our Registered Address stated above.
We no longer maintain a fax number.
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1. We are committed to high quality legal advice and client care.If you are unhappy about any aspect of the
service you have received please contact Mr. Nigel Davies on 0800 840 4025 and e-mail ndavies@daviesanddavies.net or by post at our Registered office.
2. If you have a complaint, then this note sets out the procedure that we will follow in dealing with that complaint.
3. The following people have been appointed to deal with complaints and you should not hesitate to contact the relevant person.
Details are as follows:
Mr. Nigel Davies– DAVIES & DAVIES ASSOCIATES LTD
31 Pearce Drive, Farringdon Oxon SN7 7ND
4. Where your complaint is initially made orally, you will be requested to send a written summary of your complaint to the
person dealing with it.
5. Once we have received your written summary of the complaint, we will contact you in writing within fourteen working days
to inform you of our understanding of the circumstances leading to your complaint. You will be invited to make any comments
that you have in relation to this.
6. Within twenty eight days of receipt of your written summary, the person dealing with your complaint will write to you,
in order to inform you of the outcome of the investigation into your complaint and to let you know what actions have been or
will be taken.
7. You will not be charged for the cost of handling a complaint and at the conclusion of our complaints process you will
be reminded of your right to complain to the Legal Ombudsman including the time frames and full details as to how to contact
the Legal Ombudsman noted in paragraph 9.2 below.
8. If you remain dissatisfied and your complaint concerns our Surveyors services:
8.1. Mediation (Business and Consumer Clients). If you remain dissatisfied with any aspect of our internal handling
of your complaints, then we can discuss whether we can agree to go to mediation according to either the Centre for Effective
Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”) or the mediation process run by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (“RICS”).
| Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)
International Dispute Resolution Centre 70 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1EU United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)20 7536 6060 Fax: +44 (0)20 7536 6061 Email: info@cedr.com |
RICS Dispute Resolution Service 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2AA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)20 7334 3806 Fax: +44 (0)20 7334 3802 Email: drs@rics.org
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8.2. If you are still unhappy with the result of any of the above then, depending on whether you are either a Business or
a Consumer client, you can further refer your complaint as follows:
8.2.1. Business to Business clients. If you are a Business you can refer your complaint to the Arbitration Procedure
for Surveying Disputes / Neutral Evaluation Procedure for Surveying Disputes if it falls within the scope of the Scheme.
This is operated by IDRS Limited, 70 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1EU from whom you can obtain details. The rules for both
the Arbitration Procedure for Surveying Disputes and the Neutral Evaluation Procedure are available on the IDRS (part of CEDR
Disputes Group) web site www.idrs.ltd.uk. Alternatively, for further information,
you may contact IDRS Limited on 020 7520 3800 or email info@idrs.ltd.uk or visit
idrs.ltd.uk.
8.2.2. Consumer clients. If you are not a business and are still unhappy, you can refer your complaint to CEDR
which provides a range of options for disputes of any nature which we are willing to use in the event of a dispute. Any
complaint to CEDR must be made within 6 months of the date of our final response although no sooner than 8 weeks of the date
of the problem to enable us to exhaust our complaints procedure explained above and no more than 6 years from the date of act/
omission; or, no more than 3 years from when you should reasonably have known there was cause for complaint.
9. Alternatively, if you remain dissatisfied and your complaint concerns our Solicitors services:
9.1. With regard to allegations of misconduct, if you are dissatisfied with any aspect of our handling of your complaint
or the outcome of our internal investigation, or if for any reason we are unable to resolve the problem between us, then we
are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority that also provides a complaint and redress scheme.
9.2. With regard to allegations of inadequate professional service, if you are still not satisfied, you may then contact the Legal Ombudsman at PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton WV1 9WJ about your complaint. Any complaint to the Legal Ombudsman must be made within 6 months of the date of our final response although no sooner than 8 weeks of the date of the problem to enable us to exhaust our complaints procedure explained above and no more than 6 years from the date of act/ omission; or, no more than 3 years from when you should reasonably have known there was cause for complaint. For further information, you may contact the Legal Ombudsman on 0300 555 0333 or e-mail enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk or visit www.legalombudsman.org.uk.
9.3. Although we are under no obligation to use such a scheme, for your information upon exhausting that contained within
paragraph 9.2 above if you are still unhappy with the result of any of the above there is an additional ADR entity certified
under the EU Consumer Directive to whom you can refer your complaint called The Ombudsman Services. The Ombudsman Service
website is http://www.ombudsman-services.org.
10. If we have to change any of the timescales above, we will let you know and explain why.
11. The Solicitors Regulation Authority can help you if you are concerned about our behaviour. This could be for things
like dishonesty, taking or losing your money or treating you unfairly because of your age, a disability or other characteristic.
You can raise your concerns with the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
1) The “Customer” means the party commissioning the provision of service.
2) The “Contractor” means and refers to Davies and Davies Associates Ltd.
3) The “Contract” means the agreement between the Customer and the Contractor for the provision of development work or service.
4) This Contract represents the entire agreement between the parties. Each party warrants to the other party that has not relied
on any representation not recorded here, which has induced it to enter into this Contract.
5) No amendments to this Contract will be valid unless made in writing and signed by all the parties hereto.
6) The development works specified in the Contract will be undertaken on the basis of specific representations and information
supplied by the Customer to the Contractor and the Contractor shall not be responsible for any errors, omissions or other failures
in the performance of the said work arising from the provision of incorrect or incomplete information by the Customer. The
Customer acknowledges that where incorrect or incomplete information has been provided, additional work may be required by
the Contractor for which a reasonable additional fee may be payable.
7) Where the Customer is a corporate body, the Contractor undertakes the work on the basis of an implied undertaking that each
of the directors and shareholders of the Customer will indemnify the Contractor for all fees, costs and other charges which
for any reason are not paid by the Customer under the terms hereof.
8) The Customer acknowledges that all information in this Contract and which arises as a result of the work undertaken hereunder
is confidential and belongs to the Contractor and shall not be disclosed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly to any
party without the prior written approval of the Contractor.
9) The Customer undertakes to provide all necessary authorities to third parties to enable the Contractor to perform the whole
of the works required under the Contract.
10) The liability of the Contractors in contract, in tort or otherwise arising in connection with the work undertaken under the
Contract shall be limited to 10 times the fee rendered for the specific assignment, which has been paid in accordance with
the terms hereof.
11) Without prejudice and in addition to all other rights and remedies which may arise from any breach of this Contract, in the
event that this Contract is terminated for whatever reason prior to the work being completed by the Contractor, the Contractor
shall be entitled to retain the 50% deposit paid on the commencement of the Contract and shall be entitled to such reasonable
additional amount of the total charge as corresponds to the work completed in addition to any other payments or compensation
which is appropriate under the circumstances.
12) All prices referred to in the Contract are exclusive of Value Added Tax.
13) In the event that any of these terms and conditions or any part of the terms and conditions is judged illegal or unenforceable
for any reason the continuation in force of the remainder of these terms and conditions will not be prejudiced.
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