Website terms and conditions of use
By using this website you are confirming that you accept our terms and conditions of use set out below. If you do not accept the terms and conditions, you must leave this website immediately.
About us
This site provides information about The Commercial Law Practice LLP, a law firm based in Aberdeen and regulated by the Law Society of Scotland. The Commercial Law Practice LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), registered in Scotland (number SO300073) and having its registered office at Commercial House, 2 Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen, AB10 1 XE.
The designation ‘The Commercial Law Practice’ is a trading name of The Commercial Law Practice LLP. Any reference in this site to ‘The Commercial Law Practice’ is a reference to The Commercial Law Practice LLP (hereinafter referred to as ‘the CLP’).
The principals of the CLP are Members of the LLP. Where we refer to a "Partner" at the CLP whether in this website or in any document or in any correspondence or communication, the term "Partner" means a Member of the CLP and shall not be construed as indicating or meaning that the Members of the CLP are carrying on business in general partnership or within the meaning of the Partnership Act 1890. Any advice or information which may be given on this website is subject to these terms and conditions and is disseminated on behalf of the CLP and not by any Members or employees of the CLP as individuals.
This firm is not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 but we are able in certain circumstances to offer a limited range of investment services to clients as we are regulated by the Law Society of Scotland. The CLP is licensed by the Law Society of Scotland in terms of the Solicitors (Scotland)(Incidental Financial Business) Practice Rules 2004 to carry on incidental financial business. We can provide these financial services if they are an incidental part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide.
Information accuracy
The information provided on or from this site is intended to give general information about legal topics and is not intended to apply to specific circumstances. The contents of this site should not, therefore, be regarded as constituting legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. In relation to any particular problem which they may have, users are advised to seek specific legal advice.
Whilst we make every effort to ensure that the information on this site is accurate and up to date, the CLP enters into no express or implied conditions, warranties, terms or representations about any of the content of this web site, nor do we warrant or represent that the material on the website is accurate, complete, current or that the website will be free of any defects, virus or other malicious code. The CLP accepts no responsibility for loss which may arise as a result of use of or access to or reliance on information contained in this site.
Website availability
This website is provided free of charge and we make no guarantee that it will be uninterrupted or error free. We reserve the right to suspend or withdraw the whole or any part of the website at any time without notice and without incurring any liability.
Copyright
This site is © 2007 the CLP - all rights reserved.
Unless indicated to the contrary, all materials on this website including design, text, graphics and photographs are the copyright of the CLP. Save as provided below, reproduction of part or all of the content of the site is prohibited.
The CLP is the owner of the trade marks appearing on this website and all associated trade names, logos and devices unless indicated to the contrary. All other trade marks, logos and names appearing on this website are the property of their respective owners, as indicated.
You may download, print and copy extracts from this site for your personal use only and any copied material must include all copyright or other proprietary notices appearing on it. No right, title or interest in any downloaded materials or software is transferred to you by such downloading. You may not make any other use of material on this site (including reproductions except as above, publications, alteration or distribution) without our prior written permission.
You agree not to:
• use any content or any part of the website for any purpose or in any manner that may give a false or misleading impression of the CLP, its partners, staff or services; or
• do anything that may interfere with or disrupt this website or our services.
Links
Our written permission must be sought prior to a link being established to this website, although we reserve the right to withdraw such permission at any time. Links must only be made to the home page of this website and you are not entitled (nor shall you assist others) to set up links from your own website to this website by deep-linking, framing or otherwise, without our prior written consent. Such consent may be withheld at our absolute discretion, and without the need to provide a reason.
This website includes links that allow you to leave this website and visit third party sites. We have no control over and are not responsible for the content, use by you or availability of those third party websites, for any products or services you buy through those sites or for the treatment of any personal information you provide to the third party.
Acceptable use
It is impossible to provide an exhaustive list of exactly what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable use of this website. In general, we will not tolerate any use of our website which damages or is likely to damage our reputation, the availability or integrity of the website or which causes us or threatens to cause us to incur any legal, tax or regulatory liability.
Jurisdiction
The CLP makes no claims or representations that any or all of the contents may be lawfully viewed or downloaded outside Scotland and unless otherwise specifically stated, the contents and this website is directed solely at users who access this website from Scotland. If you choose to access the website from outside Scotland, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.
Variation
We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time. The new version will be posted on this website and will take effect immediately upon posting. If you use the website after the new Terms and Conditions have come into effect any further use of the website indicates your agreement to be bound by the new Terms and Conditions.
General
If a court or other competent authority holds any of these terms to be void or unenforceable in whole or part, the other terms and the remainder of the affected term shall continue to be valid.
Our failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy provided by these terms of use or by law does not constitute a waiver of those or any other rights or remedies.
Governing law
These Terms and Conditions are subject to the law of Scotland and by your acceptance hereof, you hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.
Privacy Policy
This is the CLP’s website privacy policy. Please read it carefully as you should only submit information to us through this site if you agree we may use it in accordance with this policy. We collect certain basic information about you when you visit our website. We recognise the importance both of keeping that information secure and of letting you know what we intend to do with that information.
This policy only applies to our website; if you follow a link out of our site or leave our site in some other way, this policy will no longer apply. This policy should be read in conjunction with our website terms and conditions.
The CLP is regulated by the Law Society of Scotland. We are bound by the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. We are entered in the Register of Data Controllers with registration number: Z6780200.
We may collect information from you:
• by means of 'session cookies' when you use our site, and
• in the form of 'traffic data'
Session cookies
Cookies are small text files which are often stored on your computer's hard drive by websites you visit to enable the site to 'remember' who you are. We use a type of cookie called a 'session cookie' to provide added functionality on our website. These session cookies store your user name and a unique ID but do not contain any information that personally identifies you, such as a name or address. For more information about cookies and instructions on how to adjust your browser settings to restrict or disable cookies, see the IAB website at http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
Traffic data
We do keep a record of traffic data which is logged automatically by our ISP's servers, and which we analyse. This includes your IP address, the URL you visited before ours, the URL you visit after leaving our site and which pages you visit on our site. We do not store or analyse this traffic data in a way that identifies any individual.
We may use your information to provide you with any newsletters or legal updates or other content that you have requested. If you do not object at the time you submit your information to us, we will also use your details to send you, by post, details of our seminars and events and our bulletins and newsletters.
We will obtain your permission before sending you marketing information by email or fax.
You may ask us to remove you from our mailing lists at any time by writing to us at the address on our home page or by email to the e-mail address on our home page, with the subject line ‘unsubscribe’. We will also offer you the option of correcting your details and of being removed from our mailing lists when we write to you or send you newsletters by email.
We may disclose your information to third parties in certain circumstances.
• Suppliers who process information on our behalf, such as our confidential waste shredders and IT service providers, will have incidental access to your information but will be obliged to act only on our instructions and to keep your information secure.
• We may disclose your information to law enforcement or regulatory bodies if required to do so by them.
• We may also disclose your information to a third party in the context of actual or threatened legal proceedings or if otherwise required to do so by law.
• We do give some seminars and hold events in conjunction with third parties. In those circumstances, we will write to you about the event ourselves rather than disclosing your details to those third parties.
How we keep it secure
Only authorised personnel and contractors have access to your information.
We will keep your information secure by taking appropriate technical and organisational measures against its unauthorised or unlawful processing and against its accidental loss, destruction or damage.
Transfers outside Europe
Data protection legislation is harmonised throughout the European Economic Area (EEA). Countries outside the EEA do not generally have the same level of protection for personal information as those within the EEA. Because of the way the Internet works, it is possible that the information you provide to us could be routed via countries outside the EEA. However this is not considered a "transfer" under data protection legislation and unless you are from outside the EEA we will not transfer any information we collect from you outside the EEA.
Further information about data protection issues including the online Register of Data Controllers can be found at the Information Commissioner’s website http://www.ico.gov.uk. |
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