Terms of Use

By using this website you are deemed to accept the following terms and conditions

Disclaimer

This website is operated by Ashurst (comprising Ashurst LLP, Ashurst Australia and their respective affiliates). References to "Ashurst" are to the legal entities that comprise Ashurst. More information on these legal entities can be found in the country specific information sections of the Legal Notices.

Terms of use

By using this website you are deemed to accept the following terms and conditions ("this website" means the whole or any part of the web pages located at www.ashurst.com, and include the layout of this website; individual elements of this website's design; underlying code elements of the website; or text, sounds, graphics, animated elements or any other content of this website).

As you browse through this website you may access other websites that are subject to different terms of use. When using these other sites, you will be bound by the terms and conditions posted on those websites.

Ashurst may change these terms of use at any time without notice. Any amendment will be effective immediately. Your use of this website after any amendment constitutes an agreement by you to comply with and be bound by the amended terms of use. Accordingly, you should read these terms of use from time to time for changes.

Disclaimer

The content on this website is provided by Ashurst in good faith on an "as is" basis for general information purposes only and is not intended to constitute or substitute legal or other professional advice. All articles, briefings, updates or other information available on this website are prepared so that they are current as at the date of writing. It should be noted that such information can rapidly become out of date. You must make your own assessment of the information and rely on it wholly at your own risk. You should not take any actions based on information found on this website without seeking legal advice.

Ashurst makes no representations about the suitability, reliability, timeliness, comprehensiveness and accuracy of the information, services and other content contained on this website. Ashurst may, from time to time, change or add to this website without notice. However, we do not undertake to keep this website updated. Ashurst is not liable to you or anyone else if errors occur in the information on this website or if that information is not up-to-date.

Legal content on this website relates only to the law or laws it is specified to apply to, and that law may be different from your law.

Ashurst cannot guarantee that the content and the provision of the content of this website will always be correct or fault, error and virus free. Ashurst does not accept liability for incorrect content or errors and omissions in this website or its content (whether of legal, typographical, technical or other nature) but endeavours to correct them as quickly as practicable. Ashurst will not be liable for any interference with or damage to your computer systems that may occur in connection with use of this website or a linked website, or for any data lost or any equipment or software replaced by you as a result of you using this website. You must take your own precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use from this website is free of viruses or anything else (such as worms or trojan horses) that may interfere with or damage the operations of your computer systems.

Save in respect of liability for death or personal injury arising out of negligence or for fraudulent misrepresentation, Ashurst shall not be liable directly or indirectly in contract, tort, equity or otherwise for any damage whatsoever in connection with this website or any use of content provided on this website, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damage (including but not limited to loss of profits, interest, data, business revenue, anticipated savings, business or goodwill).

Ashurst will in no way be liable to you or anyone else for any loss or damage, however caused which may be directly or indirectly suffered in connection with websites of other entities that are hyperlinked from this website.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, all representations, warranties and other terms are excluded.

This general disclaimer is not restricted or modified by any specific warnings and disclaimers elsewhere on this website.

User rights and intellectual property rights

This website is our copyright property. All rights are reserved.

You are provided with access to it only for your personal and non-commercial use. Other than for these permitted purposes, and for the purposes of and subject to the conditions prescribed under statutes that apply in your location, you may not, in any form or by any means:

• adapt, reproduce, store, distribute, transmit, print, display, perform, publish or create derivative works from any part of this website; or
• commercialise any information, products or services obtained from any part of this website;

without our written permission.

All rights in this website and the content on this website including copyright, design rights, patents, inventions, knowhow, database rights, trade marks, source codes and any other intellectual property rights in any of the foregoing are reserved to Ashurst and/or their content and technology providers.

All trade names, trade marks, service marks and other product and service names and logos (the "Marks") displayed on the website are proprietary to their respective owners and are protected by applicable trade mark and copyright laws. These Marks may be registered or unregistered marks of Ashurst or others.

Nothing contained on the website should be construed as granting any licence or right of use of any other person's or entity's trade mark which is displayed on this website without their express permission.

You may not remove, change or obscure the Ashurst logo or any notices of proprietary rights on any content of this website.

Links

This website may contain links to other websites solely for your convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained. Ashurst does not endorse, recommend or approve of any information, products or services referred to on such linked sites and assumes no responsibility for the contents of any other website to which this website offers links.

You may not link the homepage or any other parts of this website without prior written consent from Ashurst.

Your use of any link to a linked website is entirely at your own risk.

Unless stated otherwise on this website, Ashurst has:

• no relationship with the owners or operators of those linked website; and
• no control over or rights in those linked website.

Privacy policy

These terms of use incorporate, and should be read together with, the Ashurst Privacy Policy. Ashurst will use only the personal data which you submit to us via the website in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

The Privacy Policy also describes how this website may collect, store and use cookies.

Commercial Electronic Messages

If you express interest in products or services through your use of this website, you consent to Ashurst sending commercial electronic messages (including messages about Ashurst products and services and the products and services of third parties) to electronic addresses which you have provided to Ashurst or for which you or your employer (or your employer's related bodies corporate) are the relevant electronic account holder.

Alterations

Ashurst reserves the right to terminate, suspend or alter the content of this website and to amend these terms and conditions at any time. Continued use of this website after alteration of these terms and conditions shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of such alterations.

General

If any provision of these terms and conditions is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction:

• the validity, legality and enforceability under the law of that jurisdiction of any other provision; and
• the validity, legality and enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision,

shall not be affected or impaired in any way thereby.

These terms and conditions and any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to these terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any disputes between us relating to these terms and conditions.