This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms and conditions on which you may make use of our website. All references in this website to ‘I’, ‘We’, ‘Us’, ‘Our’, ‘Lilac Law’, ‘Bennett & Co’, ‘the firm’ and the like should be read as referring to Lilac Law and the other partnerships, limited liability partnerships, companies and other entities forming part of the practice of Lilac Law and which are authorised to carry the name ‘Lilac Law’ or to describe themselves as being ‘in association with Lilac Law (or similar expressions) or one or more of those undertakings as the context requires.
1. Information about us
1.1 This website is provided by Lilac Law. Lilac Law is a trading style of Bennett & Co, a partnership authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under SRA No. 46929.
1.2 References on this website and in these legal notices and privacy statement to:
- 1.2.1 “partner” in relation to Lilac Law means an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications or an individual with equivalent status in one of Lilac Law’s subsidiary undertakings. A list of members is open for inspection at the registered office as noted above;
- 1.2.2 “Lilac Law” means Lilac Law, a trading style of Bennett & Co;
- 1.2.3 Some publications accessed may contain details relating to the office at First Floor, 11 Allerton Road, Liverpool, L18 1LG.
2. Solicitors Regulation Authority
Lilac Law is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). You can access the rules by which we are regulated here.
3. Use of this website
- 3.1 This website is owned by Lilac Law. You agree to use this site for lawful purposes only and in a manner which is consistent with any and all applicable law and regulation in the country in which you access this site.
- 3.2 Your use of this site should not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by any third party.
- 3.3 You agree not to import or transfer to this site either directly or indirectly any information or other content which is or may be inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, obscene or offensive or in breach of any intellectual property right or similar right or damaging to the software or performance of this site.
- 3.4 Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service without notice.
- 3.5 You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons accessing the site through your internet connection are aware of these terms and that they comply with them.
- 3.6 Where you are provided with a user ID, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential and you must not disclose it to any third party.
4. Intellectual Property
- 4.1 We own copyrights in this site and in material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All our rights are reserved. © Lilac Law
- 4.2 Unless otherwise stated, all rights, including copyright and database rights, in this site and its contents are owned by (or licensed to) us or otherwise used by us as permitted by applicable law. You may access the contents of the site only for your own private use or internal use within your employer’s organisation, but not for any commercial or public use. You may download and use the service on a single CPU at a time, and you can print out hard copies of any part of the content on the site for your personal use or use within your employer’s organisation. Except where your use is permitted above or by copyright law, you may not otherwise copy, store in any medium (including any other website), distribute, transmit, re-transmit, broadcast, modify, or show in public any part of this site without our prior written permission.
5. The site is no substitute for specific legal advice
- 5.1 Our website tells you about our firm and includes comment on legal developments written by members of our specialist teams. The comments are written to raise the profile of some of the legal and regulatory issues which we think may affect businesses established in the United Kingdom.
- 5.2 Comments and other materials posted on our site are not intended to amount to legal or business advice. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed by any visitor to the site or anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. Reliance should only ever be placed on advice that is given in relation to specific client instructions: to find out more about becoming a client of Lilac Law, please go to the ‘Contact us’ page. Our lawyers will be pleased to tell you more.
6. Our site changes regularly
We update our website regularly and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we have the option to suspend the site or to close it indefinitely.
7. Information about you and your visits to our site
We process information about you in accordance with our privacy policy. You consent to such processing, and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
8. Linking to our site
- 8.1 You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. In particular, you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists. Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor should you establish a link to any part of our site other than the homepage. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
- 8.2 If you wish to make any use of material on our site other than that set out above, please contact us.
9. Links from our site
Our site contains links to various sites and other resources provided by third parties. These links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may be suffered in connection with your use of them.
10. Our liability to you
We make no warranties except as set out in these terms and conditions, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, all other expressed and implied warranties and conditions are hereby excluded. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude any liability arising out of access to or use of or reliance on any information posted on or downloaded from this site.
11. Severability
Should any part of these terms and conditions for any reason be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the validity of any remaining portion, and such remaining portion shall remain in full force and effect as if the invalid portion of these terms and conditions had been eliminated.
12. Jurisdiction and applicable law
The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from or related to a visit to this website. English law will apply to these terms and conditions.
13. Your concerns
If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site, please contact us.
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