Legal · Terms of engagement
What we are agreeing to, and what we are not.
These terms cover use of this website and set out the basis on which engagements are agreed. Each engagement is confirmed in its own written contract, which prevails over anything on this page.
Who we are
Inference Institute is the trading name of Inference Inst Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales, company number 16676252. It is an independent AI, enterprise architecture, governance and risk advice operating from the United Kingdom. In these terms, "we" and "us" mean that company.
Use of this site
This site is published for information. Engagement descriptions are indicative and do not constitute an offer capable of acceptance. Nothing here creates a client relationship; that begins with a signed contract.
Engagements
Every engagement is fixed in scope before it starts, and the scope is written down. Where something in a published scope does not apply to your situation, we remove it at scoping along with its share of the fee. Where the work turns out to be materially different from what was scoped, we stop and re-agree rather than absorbing it silently.
Fees & payment
Fees are not published on this site. Each engagement is quoted against the scope agreed at scoping, exclusive of VAT and expenses, and the contracted fee is the one in your engagement letter. Fixed-scope engagements are invoiced on agreed milestones; retainers monthly in advance. Small assessments are payable upfront. Larger engagements use agreed payment stages. Work starts only when the agreed payment or credit arrangement, inputs, permissions and delivery capacity are confirmed. The engagement contract records the applicable payment dates and terms.
Intellectual property
You own the deliverables produced for you, on payment. We retain ownership of our pre-existing methods, templates, frameworks and know-how, including anything of that kind embedded in a deliverable, and you receive a perpetual licence to use it within the deliverable for your own purposes.
Confidentiality
Client material is confidential and handled under the agreed engagement terms. Approved services, access, retention and any personal-data responsibilities are agreed before sensitive material is shared. We do not authorise its reuse for another client or model training. We do not name clients, describe engagements or publish case studies without written permission. Representative materials are labelled and contain no confidential client information.
Nature of our advice
We deliver readiness and alignment — formal interpretation of any regulation stays with your legal counsel.
Assessments and readiness work do not confer certification or accreditation. Where independent certification is required, it is a separate process with the appropriate certification body. We identify the relevant scope, evidence, limitations and technical review in the engagement. Legal interpretations remain with your qualified advisers.
Liability
Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be limited. Subject to that, our aggregate liability arising from an engagement is limited to the fees paid under it, and we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, loss of profit, or loss of anticipated savings. The specific position for your engagement is in its contract.
Independence & conflicts
Inference Inst Ltd provides independent advice through AI Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, AI Governance and AI Risk & Impact Assessment. We do not implement. Your team or chosen delivery partner carries out the build. The contract identifies the advisory scope, responsibility and technical review. We disclose relevant commercial interests and conflicts before engagement and decline work where a conflict cannot be managed.
Term & termination
Fixed-scope engagements run to their stated deliverables. The engagement contract records cancellation, notice and handover terms. On termination, we reconcile work performed, payments received and any expressly agreed, evidenced non-recoverable commitments against that contract, then account for the unearned balance. Refunds and outstanding fees follow the agreed terms and applicable rights.
Governing law
These terms and any engagement are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.
Contact
Questions about these terms to our team.
This page is provided for information and does not constitute legal advice. Questions to our team.