Terms & Conditions
This website (the "Site") is published by Daniel Freedman trading as Freedmans Law ("FL") who is a recognised sole practitioner regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England & Wales with number 496899. Daniel is also qualified in Scotland and regulated by the Law Society of Scotland and in the State of New York, USA and regulated by the Third Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
FL makes no representation that the information contained in the Site is appropriate for locations outside the United Kingdom.
Your use of the Site is subject to the terms and conditions set out below and by using the Site you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before accessing any other pages in the Site. Your use of the Site is conditional upon your acceptance of these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please leave the Site immediately.
1. Intellectual Property
1.1 The intellectual property rights (including but not limited to copyright and database
rights) in the material, information and computer files on the Site (the "Materials") are
owned by, or are licensed to, FL. Nothing in these terms and conditions transfers to you
any rights of ownership of such intellectual property rights, or constitutes a licence to
use such intellectual property rights other than to the extent expressly set out in these
terms and conditions.
1.2 You may copy any Materials to the extent necessary to view the Site and to print
pages of the Site using normal browsing software. You may not modify, distribute or
reproduce the Materials in any manner and for any other use without the prior written
consent of FL.
1.3 Names, words, titles, phrases, logos, icons, graphics or designs in the pages of the
Site may constitute trade names or unregistered trade marks of FL. All other product or
company names and devices, logos, icons, graphics or designs referred to on the pages
of the Site are the trade marks of their respective owners and are exhibited only in such
a manner as is intended to be for the benefit of such trade mark owners and FL intends
no infringement of such trade marks. The appearance or absence of product, services,
companies, organisations, home pages or other websites on the Site does not imply any
endorsement or non-endorsement thereof by FL.
1.4 You may not remove any product identification, copyright notices or other notices
from the Materials or any copies of the Materials which you may have made or printed
for your own personal use.
1.5 Any unauthorised downloading, use, copying, modification or distribution of the
Materials may be in breach of statutory or common law rights which could be the
subject of legal action.
1.6 All rights not expressly granted are reserved by FL.
2. Links
2.1 If you wish to provide a link to the Site this must be to FL’s homepage which is
currently at http//www.freedmanslaw.com. You are not permitted to frame, page-jack or
link to any other page of the Site. You are not permitted to use any robot, spider, other
automatic device or manual process to monitor or copy the Site or the content expressed
herein.
2.2 The Site may include links to World Wide Web sites operated by third parties
("Third Party Sites"). Links to Third Party Sites are provided for your convenience
only. FL is not responsible for the management and control of Third Party Sites and
does not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in such Third
Party Sites.
3. Interactive Sections
3.1 Part of the Site may contain interactive sections such as chat rooms, networking
rooms or bulletin boards (the "Interactive Sections"). Users of the Site may post and/or
transmit data, text or other materials to these Interactive Sections (each a "Posting").
You shall be liable for any Postings you make to the Interactive Sections. FL is not
liable or responsible for, and does not control or pre-screen, such Postings. FL does not
on a routine basis monitor or exercise any editorial control over the Interactive Sections.
However, FL has the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to monitor, alter,
amend or remove or refuse to post or display any Postings. FL is not responsible for
and does not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the contents of Postings or the
Interactive Sections. You should not rely on the content of any Postings and any
reliance on Postings will be at your own risk.
3.2 You shall not:
- create any Posting that is or could be deemed to be obscene, defamatory, threatening,
profane, indecent or degrading;
- create any Posting that contains information obtained in breach of confidence or
which is otherwise contrary to applicable law or regulation;
- create any Posting that infringes the intellectual property rights (including copyright)
or any other rights of any third party or which is otherwise unlawful;
- create any Posting that impersonates any person, company, group or entity or
misrepresents a relationship to or with any of the same;
- create any Posting that is or could be deemed to be the provision of professional
advice;
- create any Posting that contains any advertising or promotional material whether
commercial in nature or otherwise or any chain e-mail, "spam", junk mail, pyramid
schemes or mail bombs or conducts a survey;
- create any Posting that contains a virus or other harmful component;
- create any Posting that disguises the origin of such Posting;
- create any Posting that collects or stores any third parties’ personal data;
- create any Posting that prevents or restricts the use of the Site and the Interactive
Sections by other users;
- stalk or harass any third party by means of the Interactive Sections; or
- attempt to or interfere with or disrupt the Interactive Sections or any other part of the
Site.
3.3 You hereby grant FL a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, royalty free licence to
use, display, reproduce, copy, transmit or amend your Postings and/or other material
you submit via the Site. You hereby waive all rights, including but without limit moral
rights, that you may have in such Postings.
3.4 If you have reason to believe that any Posting infringes these terms and conditions
or is otherwise objectionable you should notify FL at
danielfreedman@freedmanslaw.com.
4. Accuracy of the Site and Liability Issues
4.1 FL reserves the right, at any time, to change the Site, the Materials and the terms and
conditions which apply to the use of the Site.
4.2 This Site is intended for users in the United Kingdom and may not be applicable to
other jurisdictions. FL excludes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law all
liability (other than liability for death or personal injury) resulting from access and/or
use of the site, the materials, and/or the postings from outside the United Kingdom.
4.3 The Site, the materials, and the postings are provided on an "as is" basis. FL
excludes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law all implied warranties, implied
representations, and implied terms and conditions relating to the site, the materials and
the postings.
4.4 No reliance should be placed on any of the statements made within the site (other
than these terms and conditions), the materials, the postings or any third party sites. FL
excludes to the fullest extent permitted applicable by law all liability (other than liability
for death or personal injury) resulting from any such reliance.
4.5 Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, FL excludes to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law all liability (other than liability for death or personal injury)
resulting from your access to and/or use of the site, the materials, the postings, or any
third party sites.
4.6 FL shall have no liability to you for any indirect or consequential loss or for any
loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of contracts, loss of customers, loss of business
opportunities, loss of employees, loss of data, loss of goodwill, work stoppage or loss
of anticipated savings, which may arise from your access to and/or use of the Site or the
materials or the postings or the downloads.
5. Computer Viruses
5.1 FL will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that neither the Site nor the Materials
contain or promulgate any viruses or other malicious code. However, it is recommended
that you should virus check all Materials downloaded from the Site and regularly check
your computer for the presence of viruses and other malicious code.
5.2 FL excludes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law all liability (other than
liability for death or personal injury) in connection with any damage or loss caused by
computer viruses or other malicious code originating or contracted from this site or any
third party sides.
6. Privacy Policy
6.1 FL will not collect any personal data about you (that is, your name, address,
telephone number, e-mail address or other data from which you can be identified)
("Personal Data") through the Site unless you provide it voluntarily. All Personal Data
collected through the Site will be processed in accordance with UK data protection law.
In the UK data protection law is enforced by the Information Commissioner's Office.
FL is registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner's Office.
6.2 At the time of collection of any such Personal Data, FL will seek your consent to
various acts in relation to such Personal Data, e.g. using the Personal Data to contact
you regarding seminars. FL may also subsequently contact you to seek your consent in
relation to other proposed uses of the Personal Data, e.g. passing it to a third party for
marketing purposes. FL will only use or process such Personal Data a) for the purpose
for which it was originally submitted by you; or b) for another purpose to which you
have expressly consented.
6.3 If you do not want your Personal Data collected, please do not submit it. If you
have already submitted Personal Data and would like it removed from any records held
by FL, please contact FL. FL will then use reasonable efforts to delete your information
from its records.
6.4 FL may pass such Personal Data to any person providing services to FL. However,
in such cases FL will ensure that such provider of services only processes that Personal
Data for and on behalf of FL and only to the extent necessary to provide the services.
6.5 In some cases, FL may collect information about you that may not be Personal Data.
Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet browser you are using,
the type of computer operating system you are using, and the domain name of the web
site from which you linked to the Site.
6.6 When you view the Site some information may be stored on your computer. This
information will be in the form of a "cookie" or similar file and will help FL in many
ways. For example, cookies allow the Site or a related advertisement to be tailored to
better match your interests and preferences. You can erase cookies from your computer
hard drive, block all cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored by
configuring your Internet browser software. Please refer to your Internet browser
instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.
6.7 Under UK data protection law you have the right to see a copy of the Personal Data
held by FL about you ("subject access"). If you require such subject access please
contact FL. Please note there may be a charge for such subject access. At present the
maximum charge is £10.
6.8 If you have submitted Personal Data through the Site and would either a) like that
information deleted from the records held by FL; or b) require Personal Data which FL
holds about you to be updated/corrected then please contact FL. FL will use reasonable
efforts to delete/correct this information from its existing files and to inform any party to
whom it has passed such data.
6.9 Please note that FL will take reasonable and appropriate measures to ensure that
Personal Data is stored in a secure manner. However, the Internet is inherently insecure
and Personal Data submitted by means of the Internet may be vulnerable to
unauthorised access by third parties. Submission of Personal Data using the Internet is
at your own risk.
7. Indemnity
You hereby indemnify FL against all costs, expenses (including but not limited to
reasonable legal costs and disbursements), losses and damages arising from or incurred
by reason of any claims, demands or actions that arise as a result of
your breach of these terms and conditions or your Postings or use of the
Interactive Sections.
8. Jurisdiction
8.1 You agree that these terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of England. You hereby agree that in any contract formed
hereby the place of performance will be England. You agree that the English courts
shall determine, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of, any disputes relating
to your access to and use of the Site.
8.2 You are responsible for compliance with any applicable laws of the country from
which you are accessing the Site.
9. Severability
If any court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these terms and conditions
to be void or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be ineffective to the
extent of the courts finding without affecting the validity and enforceability of any
remaining provisions.
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