Clear terms for consulting services with Scott Lumley Consulting
Last Updated: January 22, 2025
By engaging with Scott Lumley Consulting for consulting services, you agree to these terms and conditions. Please read them carefully before scheduling a consultation or engaging our services.
Scott Lumley Consulting provides business consulting, coaching, and advisory services only. Our services include strategic guidance, business planning, leadership development, and entrepreneurial coaching based on Scott Lumley's four decades of real-world business experience.
We provide advice, insights, and recommendations. The implementation of any strategies or recommendations is solely at your discretion and responsibility.
Scott Lumley Consulting may assist with various business activities including deal facilitation, transaction support, real estate consulting, partnership arrangements, and business development opportunities.
Our approach is based on results and mutual success. We work alongside you to identify opportunities, facilitate connections, and help structure transactions that serve your business goals.
However, any business decisions, investments, or transactions you pursue are made independently and at your own discretion. You remain responsible for conducting your own due diligence and making informed decisions about any opportunities presented.
NO UPFRONT PAYMENTS REQUIRED. Payment is due only upon completion of agreed consulting services.
All fees and payment schedules will be clearly communicated and agreed upon before services begin. Invoices will be provided for all completed work.
As a client, you agree to:
While Scott Lumley brings four decades of business experience and expertise, we make no guarantees regarding business outcomes, financial results, or success.
Business consulting involves strategic advice based on experience and best practices, but results depend on numerous factors including market conditions, execution, timing, and circumstances beyond our control.
Consulting services are provided "as is" and we make no warranties, express or implied, regarding the services or outcomes.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Scott Lumley Consulting and its representatives shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to:
Our total liability for any claims arising from consulting services shall not exceed the total fees paid for the specific services in question.
We respect your privacy and maintain confidentiality regarding your business information shared during consulting sessions. We will not disclose your confidential information to third parties without your consent, except as required by law.
Similarly, clients agree to keep any proprietary consulting methods, frameworks, or materials confidential and not share them with third parties without permission.
Cancellations: Clients may cancel scheduled consultations with at least 24 hours notice without penalty. Cancellations with less than 24 hours notice may be subject to a cancellation fee.
Rescheduling: We are happy to reschedule consultations when reasonable notice is provided.
No-Shows: If a client does not attend a scheduled session without notice, the full consultation fee may be charged.
All materials, frameworks, methodologies, and content provided by Scott Lumley Consulting remain our intellectual property. Clients receive a personal, non-transferable license to use these materials for their own business purposes only.
Clients may not reproduce, distribute, sell, or commercialize any consulting materials without express written permission.
Either party may terminate ongoing consulting arrangements with written notice. For project-based work, services will be completed to the agreed scope before termination takes effect.
Upon termination, clients remain responsible for payment of all services rendered up to the termination date.
In the event of any dispute arising from these terms or consulting services, both parties agree to first attempt resolution through good faith negotiation and mediation before pursuing legal action.
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction where Scott Lumley Consulting operates, without regard to conflict of law principles.
We reserve the right to update these terms and conditions at any time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. Continued use of our services after changes constitutes acceptance of the modified terms.
If you have any questions about these terms and conditions or need clarification on any consulting services, please don't hesitate to reach out.
By scheduling a consultation or engaging our services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these terms and conditions.