Website Terms & Conditions

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE

What’s in these terms?

These terms tell you the rules for using my website johndeane.co.uk (my site).

Who I am and how to contact me:

Johndeane.co.uk is a site operated by John Deane (“I”, “me”).

I am a solicitor regulated by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority in England and Wales, with ID number 141760. My main trading address is 9 Climsland House, Duchy Street, London, SE1 8AF.

To contact me, please email [email protected] or telephone: 07990861288.

By using my site you accept these terms

By using my site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use my site.

I recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.

There are other terms that may apply to you

These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:
My Privacy Policy can be found here.

I may make changes to these terms

I amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use my site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.

I may make changes to our site

I may update and change my site from time to time to reflect changes to my services, my users’ needs and my business priorities.

How you may use material on our site

I am the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in my site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from my site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on my site.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

My status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on my site must always be acknowledged (except where the content is user-generated).

You must not use any part of the content on my site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from me or my licensors.

If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of my site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use my site will cease immediately and you must, at my option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

No text or data mining, or web scraping

You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to my site or any services provided via, or in relation to, my site. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):

Any “robot”, “bot”, “spider”, “scraper” or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of the site or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same.

Any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.

The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of my rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790).

This clause shall not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) I am a unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us.

Do not rely on information on this site

The content on my site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on my site.

Although I make reasonable efforts to update the information on my site, I make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on my site is accurate, complete or up to date.

I am not responsible for websites I link to

Where my site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by me of those linked websites or
information you may obtain from them.

I have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.

Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you

Whether you are a consumer or a business user:

I do not exclude or limit in any way my liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by my negligence or the negligence of my agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any products to you, which will be set out in my Terms of Business.

If you are a business user:

I exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to my site or any content on it.

I will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
• use of, or inability to use, my site; or
• use of or reliance on any content displayed on my site.

In particular, I will not be liable for:

• loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
• business interruption;
• loss of anticipated savings;
• loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
• any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

How I may use your personal information

I will only use your personal information as set out in my [LINK TO PRIVACY POLICY].

I am not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them

I do not guarantee that my site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse my site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to my site, the server on which my site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to my site. You must not attack my site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. I will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and I will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use my site will cease immediately.

Rules about linking to our site

You may link to my home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage my reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on my part where none exists.

You must not establish a link to my site in any website that is not owned by you.
I reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

If you wish to link to or make any use of content on my site other than that set out above, please contact me.

Which country’s laws apply to any disputes?

If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

If you are a business, these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.