1. Who we are
Software Systems Limited (company no. 14466340), trading as Talltree® Technologies, registered at 7 Bell Yard, London, WC2A 2JR, United Kingdom (“we”, “us”, “our”). For contact, email legal@talltree.tech.
2. What these terms cover
These terms govern use of talltree.tech and any other site or service we operate under our brands (including Talltree® Technologies), and any services we provide. By using the sites or engaging our services, you agree to these terms.
3. Use of the sites
You may use the sites for lawful purposes. You may not interfere with their operation, attempt to gain unauthorised access, scrape content at scale, or use the sites in any way that breaches applicable law or harms others.
We may change, suspend, or withdraw any part of the sites at any time without notice.
4. Services and payment
Where we provide paid services, the specific scope, fees, and timelines will be set out in a separate written agreement or order confirmation. Those documents take precedence over these terms in the event of conflict.
Payments are processed by a third-party payment provider. By paying, you accept their terms in addition to ours. Invoices are due within the period stated on the invoice. We may charge statutory interest on late payments under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
5. Intellectual property
All content on the sites — text, design, code, graphics, logos, and trademarks — is owned by us or our licensors and protected by law. You may view and share links to public content, but you may not copy, republish, or use it commercially without written permission.
The following marks are owned by Software Systems Limited:
- TallTree® — registered trademark
Other product names, brand names, and trademarks mentioned on the sites belong to their respective owners.
Where we deliver work to a client, ownership of deliverables transfers as set out in the agreement covering that engagement. Our trademarks, pre-existing IP, and any tools or frameworks we develop independently remain ours unless explicitly assigned in writing.
6. Third-party links and services
The sites and our services may link to or rely on third-party platforms (for example, hosting, email delivery, payment processing, advertising, and analytics). We are not responsible for the content or practices of those third parties.
7. Nature of content; no reliance
All content we publish — on the sites, in newsletters, on social media, in talks, podcasts, videos, and similar channels — is provided for general education and entertainment only. It is not professional engineering advice, certification, accreditation, legal advice, financial advice, or a substitute for any of these.
Reading, subscribing to, sharing, or otherwise engaging with our public content does not create a relationship of advisor, consultant, engineer, or other professional between you and us. You should not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of public content alone.
We do not issue legal advice and we do not provide formal certification or accreditation of any kind.
Professional engineering advice is provided only under a signed contract and only when communicated directly and specifically to the named client through the channels set out in that contract. Generalised public content does not replace, supplement, or modify advice given under contract, and clients may not rely on it as if it were.
Even under contract, our engineering advice represents our professional opinion based on the information available at the time. It does not constitute a warranty of regulatory compliance, safety, fitness for purpose, or commercial outcome unless explicitly stated in writing within that contract.
8. Disclaimers
The sites and any free content are provided “as is”. We make no warranty that they will be uninterrupted, error-free, accurate, current, or fit for a particular purpose, except as required by law.
Paid services are provided with reasonable care and skill in line with the relevant engagement agreement.
9. Liability
Where we have no contract with you, we accept no liability of any kind in connection with the sites or any public content, except for liability that cannot be excluded by law (see below).
Where we have a contract with you, the liability provisions of that contract apply. If a contract does not contain its own liability provisions, the limits in this clause apply by default.
Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or any liability that cannot be limited under England and Wales law.
Subject to the above, our total liability arising out of or in connection with these terms — whether in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise — is limited to the fees you have paid us under the relevant engagement in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or £100 if no fees have been paid.
We are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, loss of profit, loss of business, loss of data, loss of goodwill, or any loss arising from your reliance on public content outside a signed engagement.
10. Privacy
We process personal data in line with our Privacy Notice, which forms part of these terms.
11. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. The “last updated” date below will change. Continued use of the sites after a change constitutes acceptance of the new version.
12. Governing law and jurisdiction
These terms and any dispute arising out of them are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction, except that we may bring proceedings to protect our intellectual property in any competent court.