Legal disclaimer
1. Terms and Conditions
1.1 These terms and conditions (the “Terms”) set out below will
govern your use of this website which can be found at www.ffw.com (the “Website”).
1.2 The Website is owned and operated by Field Fisher Waterhouse
LLP a firm of Solicitors, whose address is 35 Vine Street, London,
EC3N 2AA (“us”, “we” or “our”). For the purposes of these Terms,
Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP includes any and all Field Fisher
Waterhouse LLP subsidiary undertakings, co-branded businesses and
joint ventures which may exist from time to time.
1.3 Please read these Terms carefully. By accessing and using
the Website you are deemed to have understood and agreed to the
Terms.
2. Disclaimer
2.1 This Website may contain information, text, data, graphics,
photographs, videos, sound recordings, illustrations, artwork,
names, logos, trade marks, service marks and information about FFW,
its areas of legal practice and general information on certain
areas of law which may be provided in the form of documents,
podcasts or via an RSS feed (the “Information”).
2.2 Except where it is otherwise expressly stated the
Information is not intended to, nor does it, constitute legal,
accounting, business, financial, tax or other professional advice
or services. The Information is provided on an information basis
only and should not be relied upon. If you need advice or services
on a specific matter, please contact us directly using the contact
details for the relevant partner or fee earner found on the
Website.
2.3 The Website and Information is provided “AS IS” and on an
“AS AVAILABLE” basis and Field Fisher Waterhouse does not guarantee
the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, performance or fitness for
a particular purpose of the Website or any of the Information. We
have tried to ensure that all the Information provided on the
Website is correct at the time of publication. No responsibility is
accepted by or on behalf of Field Fisher Waterhouse for any errors,
omissions, or inaccurate Information on the Website. Further, Field
Fisher Waterhouse does not warrant that the Website or any of the
Information will be uninterrupted or error free or that any defects
will be corrected.
2.4 Although Field Fisher Waterhouse attempts to ensure that the
Information contained in this Website is accurate and up-to-date,
we accept no liability for the results of any action taken on the
basis of the Information it contains and all implied warranties,
including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory
quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement,
compatibility, security and accuracy are excluded from these Terms
to the extent that they may be excluded as a matter of law.
2.5 In no event will Field Fisher Waterhouse be liable for any
loss including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss,
or any damages arising from loss of use, data or profits, whether
in contract, tort or otherwise, arising out of or in connection
with the use of this Website or any of the Information.
3. Linking
3.1 Websites or web pages to which this Website is linked are
for information purposes only and have not been reviewed by Field
Fisher Waterhouse. We accept no responsibility for the content of
such websites or web pages, nor do we accept responsibility for any
losses or penalties incurred as a result of your use of any links
or reliance on the content of any website to which this site is
linked.
3.2 You may not frame, link or deep-link this Website to any
other website without our prior written consent. Should you wish to
frame or to set up a link / deep-link to our Website please contact
marketingdepartment@ffw.com.
4. Computer Viruses, Worms and Trojan Horses
4.1 Whilst we use reasonable endeavours to protect this Website
from computer viruses, worms, Trojan Horses and similar detrimental
code (the “Destructive Features”), we do not warrant that the
Website is free from such Destructive Features and accept no
liability for any damage that may result from the transmission of
any Destructive Feature via this Website or via any files which are
available for you to download from the Website.
5. Copyright and Reproduction
5.1 Except as is otherwise indicated, Field Fisher Waterhouse is
the owner of the copyright in all the Information featured on this
Website and of all related intellectual property rights, including
but not limited to all database rights, trade marks, registered
trade marks, service marks and logos.
5.2 You are permitted to download, print, store temporarily,
retrieve and display Information from the Website on a computer
screen (or in the case of a podcast or an RSS feed on a mobile
phone or iPod), print individual pages on paper (but not photocopy
them) and store such pages in electronic form on disk (but not on
any server or other storage device connected to the network) for
your personal use or for internal use within your organisation.
5.3 You are not permitted (except where you have been given
express permission to do so) to adapt or modify the Information on
this Website or any part of it and the Information or any part of
it may not be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted,
broadcast or transmitted in any other way to any third parties for
commercial gain.
6. Data Protection and the Field Fisher Waterhouse Privacy
Policy
6.1 We may require basic information which identifies you as an
individual (“Personal Information”), such as your name, email
address and phone number, in order to enable you to take advantage
of particular services that we offer, for example when you send us
a question / request from our “contact us” page, request one of our
newsletters or further information on a specific department. We
will only use such Personal Information for the purposes of
providing information which you have requested, or for other
purposes set out in these Terms.
6.2 We may on occasion make use of Personal Information that we
collect in order to help us administer the Website and/or for
marketing purposes. We may for instance send you information about
our services that we feel might be of particular interest to you.
If you do not wish us to make use of your Personal Information in
this way, please email marketingdepartment@ffw.com.
We will also give you the opportunity to opt out of future
marketing whenever we send you marketing material.
6.3 Except (i) to the extent that we are required to do so by
law, (ii) in connection with any legal proceedings (including
prospective legal proceedings), or (iii) in order to establish,
exercise or defend the legal rights of Field Fisher Waterhouse, we
will not disclose your Personal Information to any other party
without first obtaining your permission.
6.4 Employees, contractors and agents of Field Fisher Waterhouse
may be given access to any Personal Information which we collect,
but their use shall be limited to the performance of their duties.
Our employees, contractors and agents who have access to your
Personal Information are required to keep that information
confidential and are not permitted to use it for any purposes other
than to enable you to use the Website or to deal with requests
which you submit to us.
6.5 The website may contain links to other websites. We are not
responsible for the privacy policy of such websites.
6.6 When you visit our Website a small amount of data known as a
“cookie” may be stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies
include information concerning for example the type of web-browser
you are using. We use cookies to help us monitor the way in which
the Website is used, which in turn helps us to ensure that the
Website is relevant to its users. Field Fisher Waterhouse does not
use cookie technology to collect Personal Information. Most
browsers allow you to turn off cookies or to receive a warning
before a cookie is stored on your hard drive. Please refer to your
browser instructions or help screen to learn more about how to do
this. You may also wish to refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html.
Note that you may not be able to take advantage of certain services
or facilities on the Website if you do refuse a cookie.
6.7 The Internet is a global environment and using the Internet
to collect and process data can involve the transmission of data on
an international basis. Therefore, by browsing our Website and
communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge our
processing of data in this way. However, we will endeavour to
protect all Personal Information collected through our Website in
accordance with strict data protection standards.
6.8 For more information on the Field Fisher Waterhouse Privacy
Policy, our use of cookies or to obtain a copy of the personal
information we hold about you please contact MarketingDepartment@ffw.com,
tel: +44 (0)20 7861 4000 (Marketing Department).
7. Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
7.1 Field Fisher Waterhouse is not authorised by the Financial
Services Authority to provide financial services and products under
the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. We are however
regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and as such can
offer a limited range of financial investment services to our
clients. We can supply these services as long as they are
incidental to the legal services that we are providing.
7.2 Field Fisher Waterhouse has an internal procedure for
dealing with complaints. However, should a client feel that a
complaint has been unsatisfactorily dealt with by us, they may ask
the Legal Complaints Services to look into the matter further.
8. Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002
8.1 The following information is provided by us to ensure our
compliance with the above regulations.
8.2 Field Fisher Waterhouse is regulated by the Solicitors
Regulation Authority and as such is bound by Solicitors Code of
Conduct 2007. This can be found at www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct.page
8.3 Field Fisher Waterhouse is registered for VAT with the
registration number GB 232 2737 84.
9. Changes to the Terms
9.1 Field Fisher Waterhouse reserves the right, at its
discretion, to make changes to any part of the Website, the
Information or these Terms. Should these Terms be amended, FFW will
publish details of the amendments on the Website. By continuing to
use the Website you agree to be bound by these Terms as
amended.
10. Severability
10.1 If these Terms or any part of them should be determined to
be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable under the laws of
any state or country in which these Terms are intended to be
effective, then to the extent that they are so illegal, invalid or
unenforceable, they shall in that state or country be treated as
severed and deleted from these Terms and the remaining Terms shall
survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be
binding and enforceable in that state or country.
11. Events beyond our control
11.1 Field Fisher Waterhouse will not be responsible for any
breach of these Terms caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable
control.
12. File Download
12.1 Certain files of Information are available for download
from the Website. These files of Information are subject to these
Terms.
13. Governing law
13.1 These Terms are subject to English law and to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the English courts.
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