TERMS OF WEBSITE USE
This terms of use (together with the documents referred to in it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website www.hwbusinesslaw.com (our site). Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our site.
Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use our site, as these will apply to your use of our site. We recommend that you print a copy of this for future reference.
By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them.
If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site.
We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.
Legal information
HW Business Law LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under number OC387027 authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (the SRA) under licence number 607761.
A list of partners of HW Business Law is open to inspection at its registered office: New Derwent House, 69-73 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8TA. Within HW Business Law, partner is used to refer to a member, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and/or qualifications as required, of HW Business Law.
Lawyers in HW Business Law are regulated by the relevant professional body in their place of admission and, where relevant, in their place of practice.
Use of this website
This web site is owned by HW Business Law LLP. This web site is protected by copyright and database right. You may print out individual articles or pages for your private use or for non-commercial research within your organisation. No form of distribution or making available to the public (whether in print or electronic form) of any of this web site’s contents is allowed without the prior written consent of one of our partners.
External information
This web site provides links to, and content from, other Internet sites and resources. Given that monitoring the vast amount of information disseminated and accessible via those sites and resources is impracticable and beyond our resources, such information cannot be guaranteed to be accurate, or up to date and is not endorsed by us.
Viruses
We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any servicer, computer or database connected with our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.
Disclaimer
We try to ensure the accuracy of all of the content published on this web site. However, the material on this web site is for general information only, and is not intended to be a substitute for specific legal advice. You should obtain specific legal advice before taking or refraining from taking any action. We cannot promise that access to the web site will be uninterrupted or entirely error free. We will not be responsible in any circumstances for any consequential or incidental damages (including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of privacy and loss of data) or for any other indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever that arise out of or that are related to the use of this web site.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.
Applicable law
If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, its subject matter and its formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. However, if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are a resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.
If you are a business, these terms of use, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. WE both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
PRIVACY POLICY
Data collection
For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act) the data controller is HW Business Law LLP of New Derwent House, 69-73 Theobalds Road, London.
All personal data is collected and stored in line with the Act.
We collect the following data:
- Click-stream data (the type of computer and browsing software you use, the address of the web site from which you linked, etc)
- HTTP protocol elements (your server address and top level domain name (e.g. .com, .gov etc), date and time of visit, etc).
- Search items
This data will be used for the following purposes:
- Completion and support of the current activity.
- Web site and system administration.
- Research and development.
This data is collected from all web users. Web access logs are used for statistical purposes only (e.g. to measure the use/performance of the site) except in the event of a security breach when they could be used for the purpose of tracing the breach. No information gathered from web logs is given or sold to any third party.
Any personal information that you provide to us will only be used for the purpose stated at the time we request it. This information will not be disclosed to a third party except where authorised by you or as otherwise permitted by the Act.
Cookies
Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a web site; they can facilitate communication and interaction with the site. You may stop or restrict the placement of cookies on your computer by adjusting your web browser preferences, but this may interfere with some of the functionality of the site.
The cookies we use are “analytical” cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Cookies will also be used for the following purposes:
- Research and development.
- User targeting.
- This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
Read more about the individual cookies we use and how to recognise them by clicking here [add link]
Email and electronic forms
We collect the following information:
- Physical contact information
- Online contact information
- Preference data
This data will be used for the following purposes:
- Completion and support of the current activity.
- Contacting visitors for marketing of services or products.
In all cases this information will only be used for the stated purpose for which it was provided. A number of online forms are provided on this site. Each form is processed using standard mail techniques, and is not encrypted.
The data is collected so that we can send you news and other information which is relevant to your needs and interests.
Opting out
If you have any concerns regarding the data held about you by HW Business Law, please contact us at the address given above.
Professional indemnity insurance
The territorial coverage of our professional indemnity insurance is worldwide. Our lead insurer is AXIS Specialty Europe SE, 4th Floor, Plantation Place South, 60 Great Tower Street, London EC3R 5AZ.