Conditions (Terms and Conditions)
by Christoph Posselt and Caterina Schöne
1. Contract design
The conclusion of contracts between the client and Christoph Posselt and/or Caterina Schöne about the services to be provided to each other as well as changes and / or additions there to must be made in writing.
2. Performances of the trainer / coach
2.1 Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne provide their services themselves and / or by freelancers.
2.2 The scope, form, subject and aim of the training / coaching services are specified in the respective contract between the client and Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne in detail.
2.3 Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne provide services in particular in the form of training seminars, workshops and coaching.
2.4 An individual assessment of participants for the client contradicts the professional ethics of freelance trainers / coaches and does not take place.
3. Fees and costs
3.1 The first contact conversation by Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne is free of charge.
3.2 A daily fee is agreed for each started day for meetings, analyses, training / coaching preparations and other tasks that can be realized together with the client or third parties.
3.3 For seminars, a daily or flat fee is agreed.
3.4 For daily coaching, both daily and hourly fees may be agreed.
3.5 In addition, and after consultation with the client, the use of co-coaches will be charged.
3.6 Travel and subsistence expenses will be charged separately.
3.7 All services are subject to statutory value added tax.
3.8 Before the service is performed, any costs already incurred and 30% of the agreed flat-rate fee will be charged. The remaining 70% and any other costs incurred are due after completion of the service. Payment must be made without deduction immediately after invoicing.
Participation fees for open seminars will be charged prior to implementation and are payable immediately without deduction, unless otherwise agreed.
3.9 Set-off and retention rights against payment entitlements due are excluded, unless they have been legally established.
4. Securing the services
4.1 The client acknowledges the copyright of Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne on the works created by them (training documents, etc.). Any duplication and/or distribution of the aforementioned works by the client requires the prior written consent of Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne.
The seminar material bears exclusively the form designed by Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne. An audio or video recording is not permitted.
4.2 The client assures that the works provided by him for the execution of the order do not conflict with copyright and / or other rights.
4.3 The client informs Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne before and during the agreed training measures about all circumstances that are important for the preparation and execution of the contract. A responsible contact person is appointed by the client.
4.4 Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne undertake to keep confidential all business-related transactions that have become known to them through cooperation with the client.
4.5 Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne are entitled to offer their services subsequently also to competitors of the client.
4.6 If Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne can not meet their deadlines for performance of force majeure, illness, accident or other circumstances, for which Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne are not responsible, Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne, under exclusion of any liability for damages, are entitled to make up for the services on a date to be re-agreed.
If an appointment can not be made by the client, Christoph Posselt and / or Caterina Schöne will endeavor to name an alternative appointment within a period of one year. If this succeeds, only the additional costs incurred must be paid in addition to the agreed fee.
If no alternative date can be agreed upon, cancellations by the client up to three months before the completion of the training will be charged 50%, up to one month 75% and thereafter 100% of the fee plus costs according to number 3.
4.7 In the case of cancellations of publicly advertised short seminars (evening event, 1- to 4-day seminars), 50% of the course fee will be charged up to 4 weeks before the start of the course if cancelled by seminar participants / organizers.
5. General conditions
5.1 If individual provisions of the contract between the parties or these General Terms and Conditions for trainers / coaches are or become invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. The parties will then implement the conditions with an effective substitute provision that comes closest to the purpose of the omitted provision.
5.2 For these conditions and their execution exclusively German law applies.
5.3 The exclusive place of jurisdiction for all claims arising from the contract and these conditions relating to these terms and conditions is the domicile of Christoph Posselt and Caterina Schöne.