The following are the terms applying to the Rustons & Lloyd website ("the Website"). Use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of these terms. We may alter the terms at any time, and the amended version will take effect when displayed here.

1. Unless stated otherwise, copyright in all material on the Website belongs to Rustons & Lloyd. You may download, view and print extracts for internal use within your organisation, but you may not otherwise copy, reproduce or re-distribute the contents of these pages in whole or in part without our prior written consent. All other rights are reserved.

2. You agree not to reverse engineer, decompile, copy or adapt any software or other code or scripts forming part of the Website and not to transmit or attempt to transmit to or via the Website any material containing a virus or other similar harmful or disruptive component.

3. We do not accept or consider unsolicited material, product suggestions or original or creative ideas submitted through the Website. If you nevertheless submit any such materials, we reserve the right to treat them as our property. We accept no obligations of confidentiality in respect of them, and we may use or disclose them for any purpose without payment or compensation to you.

4. We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the information on the Website is accurate. However, Rustons & Lloyd accept no liability in contract, tort or otherwise for any loss or damage caused by or arising directly or indirectly in connection with any use or reliance on the contents of the Website except to the extent that the law prohibits the exclusion of such liability. We have no control over and we therefore accept no responsibility for the content of any third party website, whether or not linked to the Website. Nothing in these terms shall exclude our liability to you for fraudulent misrepresentation by us or our employees or for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our employees.

5. The purpose of the Website is only to provide certain key information, and its contents have been prepared on that basis. Nothing on the Website constitutes legal advice in relation to a particular situation or problem. We will gladly give advice and undertake work on any legal matters you may have, and the Website contains details of the appropriate people to contact within the firm in each subject area.

6. We make no representation that the operation of the Website will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we will not be liable for the consequences of any interruption or errors.

7. If you access any part of the Website which requires you to enter a password you agree:-

          (a)   to ensure that any details you supply to us to register for such access are accurate and to let us know promptly if any of those details change,

          (b)   to keep any personal login name and any password provided by us to you confidential, and to be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from use of your password by any third party, and

          (c)   that we reserve the right to terminate your access to password protected areas of the Website if we consider that your use of the Website is detrimental to the Website or to other users.

8. We are happy to communicate by e-mail, but you are reminded that the internet is not a secure medium, and any information sent through the Website or via e-mail may be intercepted and may not arrive safely at its intended destination.

9. If any provision of these terms is for any reason held to be unlawful or unenforceable, that provision will be deemed severable from and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any other provisions.

10. These terms are subject to and shall be interpreted in accordance with English law, and in the case of any disputes in relation to the Website you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.