Terms and Conditions

Definitions and Interpretation

• Blue Tutors
• A business owned by Peter Edwards, trading as Blue Tutors, Cambridge Tutors UK or Oxford Tutors UK.
• Client
• The party requesting Tuition. This is assumed to be the individual who initially contacts Blue Tutors, unless otherwise stated.
• Lesson
• A period of time during which the Tutor promises to engage in Tuition for the Client, for which the Client promises to pay the Tutor.
• Lesson Fee
• Amount charged for a Lesson made up of the Tuition Fee and the Travel Expenses
• Travel Expenses
• Amount charged for the Tutor's travel to and from a Lesson
• Tuition
• Any service supplied by a Tutor which has been requested by the Client.
• Tuition Fee
• Amount charged for Tuition during a lesson.
• Tutor
• The party offering Tuition for which payment is expected in return.

If you, the Client, request Tuition with a Tutor introduced to you by Blue Tutors then you agree to abide by the Terms and Conditions stated below

A. Lesson Cancellation

• If the Client cancels an arranged Lesson less than 24 hours before the Lesson is due to begin, for a reason other than an accident or an emergency, then the Client shall be obliged to pay a cancellation fee amounting to half of that cancelled Lesson's fee unless a mutual alternative agreement has been made between the Client and the Tutor.
• If the Tutor cancels an arranged Lesson less than 24 hours before the Lesson is due to begin, for a reason other than an accident or an emergency, then the Client is entitled to ask that a subsequent Lesson, up to the same duration, be offered by the Tutor at half of the agreed Lesson Fee unless a mutual alternative agreement has been made between the Client and the Tutor.

B. Payment

• The Client shall pay the Lesson Fee either directly to Blue Tutors, or directly to the Tutor. The payment recipient will be the Tutor unless otherwise stated.
• If the Client shall pay Blue Tutors then the Blue Tutors will invoice the Client. The amount of the invoice will be the sum of a number of Lesson Fees. The Client must pay the full amount of the invoice on or before the due date on the invoice.
• If the Client shall pay the Tutor then the Client will pay the Tutor the Lesson Fee for said Lesson during said Lesson unless a mutual alternative agreement has been made between the Client and the Tutor.
• If the Client does not pay an amount due before the date when it was due then Blue Tutors reserves the right to charge a late payment fee of up to £10 for each letter that is sent to the Client with regard to the amount owed. Such letters will be sent no more often than once each calendar month. Blue Tutors also reserves the right to charge interest on any overdue amount at 8% above base rate.
• In the case of a lesson fee dispute, the hourly lesson fee, confirmed when the tutor's details were sent to the client, will be used.

C. Miscellaneous

• Blue Tutors reserves the right to request that a Tutor stop arranging Lessons with the Client at any time.
• The Client shall not engage the Tutor without the consent and knowledge of Blue Tutors.
• On request, the Client must disclose, to Blue Tutors, details of each Lesson given by the Tutor.