Terms and Conditions of Use

This is the website of DF LEGAL LLP ('DF Legal') a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registration number OC312315. The registered address is 62/63 High Street Tewkesbury Gloucestershire GL20 5BJ England. References to "a partner" or "partners" of DF Legal means a member of DF Legal. It should not be construed as indicating that the members of DF Legal are carrying on business in partnership for the purposes of the Partnership Act 1890.

Please read these terms and conditions carefully, together with the privacy policy set out below; they govern DF Legal's relationship with you in relation to this website. The website to which these terms and conditions apply and for which DF Legal is responsible is www.dflegal.com. DF Legal may change these terms and conditions or the privacy policy at any time by updating this page. You should check from time to time to review these terms and conditions. Using or accessing this website indicates your acceptance of these terms and conditions. If you do not accept these terms and conditions please do not continue to use the website. All communications regarding this website should be addressed to DF Legal.

Use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:

• The content and design of these pages are subject to copyright owned by DF Legal (® DF Legal LLP 2006) or used under licence from third party copyright owners. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the Copyright Notice set out below. The Copyright Notice forms part of these terms and conditions.
• This website contains general information and does not constitute advice on any specific legal matter. Whilst DF Legal makes every effort to ensure that the content is accurate and up to date, nothing in these pages should be construed as legal advice. By using this Website you confirm that you have not relied on any such content. If you require advice on any specific legal problem or matter, please contact us.
• From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links provide further information and are not intended to signify that DF Legal endorses such website and/or content. DF Legal has no responsibility for the content of the linked website. It is your responsibility to check the terms and conditions of any other websites you may visit.
• You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without the prior written consent of DF Legal.
• Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England and Wales.
• THIS WEBSITE IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING ON THE BASIS THAT DF LEGAL EXCLUDES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT LAWFULLY PERMITTED ALL LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE HOWSOEVER ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR RELIANCE UPON THE CONTENT OF THIS WEBSITE. DF Legal does not exclude DF Legal's liability (if any) to you for personal injury or death resulting from DF Legal's negligence, for fraud or for any matter which it would be illegal to exclude or to attempt to exclude.

DF Legal is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. A list of names of the members of DF Legal and their professional qualifications is available for inspection at the above office.

Copyright Notice

The contents of this website are the copyright of DF Legal – © DF Legal LLP 2006. Reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than in accordance with the following permission.

Licence to copy for personal use only
You may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal use.

Licence to copy for limited purposes
You may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal information, but only if you acknowledge this website as the source of the material and you inform the third party that these terms apply and the third party agrees to comply with these terms.

The licence to copy does not permit incorporation of the content or any part of it in any other work or publication in any form whatsoever. Without limiting the foregoing, no part of this website may be:

• distributed or copied for any commercial purpose; or
• reproduced, transmitted or stored in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

Privacy Policy

DF Legal may ask you to provide certain information when you use this website. DF Legal is committed to ensuring your privacy is protected. This policy sets out how DF Legal use and protect any personal information that you give DF Legal when you use this website. If you have any queries about this policy please contact DF Legal before providing your information. DF Legal may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to review these conditions. This policy is effective from 1 January 2006.

The information collected may include:

• name and job title
• contact information including e-mail address
• gender
• occupation and company details
• interests in order to provide you with details of DF Legal products and services
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers.
• other information relevant to recruitment processes

DF Legal may use this information for the following reasons:

• internal record keeping
• to improve its products and services
• to send information to you which it thinks may be of interest to you
• to provide information relating to you or others if you indicate that you want to receive marketing material or similar communications
• to provide aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring website usage in order to help DF Legal develop this website and services. DF Legal may provide such aggregate information to third parties. These statistics will not include information that can be used to identify any individual
• recruitment and selection purposes
• to pass your details to accountants, consultants and other professionals, for the purpose of obtaining professional advice and complying with DF Legal's contractual obligations
• to customise the website according to your interests.

If you have supplied contact details DF Legal may contact you by e-mail, phone, fax or mail.

Security

The internet is not a secure medium. DF Legal is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Cookies and IP addresses

On this website DF Legal uses commercially available software tools to measure and analyse information on visits to the website. To that effect we use your IP address (a series of numbers that identifies a computer on the internet) to collect, among other things, internet traffic data and data regarding your browser type and computer. We will not use the data to identify you personally.

In addition cookies are used. A cookie is a small file that is stored on your computer when you visit a website. If you visit the website again, it is recognised as a repeat visit by means of the cookie. The cookie contains a unique number and therefore no personal data. We will not use the cookie to identify you personally. You can configure your web browser to refuse cookies, to delete cookies, or to be informed if a cookie is set. You can find out how to do this by clicking "help" on your browser menu.

Other websites

This website may contain links that make it easy for users to visit other websites. If the user uses the links to leave the website and visit a website operated by a third party, DF Legal does not have any control over that website. Accordingly, DF Legal cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which users have provided while visiting such websites. Users should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Personal information

You can choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information:

• Whenever you are asked to fill in a form, look for the box which you can click to say that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.
• If you have previously not objected to DF Legal using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you can change your mind at any time by writing to DF Legal at our address.

DF Legal may provide you with information by e-mail. If you are a client or you have previously asked DF Legal for information on our products, DF Legal may send you information on our range of products by e-mail, unless you have asked DF Legal not to do so.

If the reason you have given DF Legal personal information is to receive e-mail information, DF Legal will continue to provide this information by e-mail unless you ask them not to do so.

If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive marketing e-mails from DF Legal, please contact DF Legal at our address.

By using this website and not advising DF Legal to the contrary, you consent to DF Legal using the data in the way set out in these terms and conditions.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you may request details of personal information that DF Legal holds about you. A fee will be payable. If you want to make a request, or if you believe that any information DF Legal holds about you is incorrect or incomplete you should write to DF Legal at our address.