Please read these terms of website use carefully before using this website 
 

Who we are and how to contact us
 

www.bowerandleaf.co.uk is a site operated by Bower & Leaf Limited ["We"]. We are registered in England and Wales under company number 12808039 and have our registered office at International House, 61 Mosley Street, Manchester, United Kingdom, M2 3HZ
 

To contact us, please email enquiries@bowerandleaf.co.uk
 

By using our site you accept these terms
 

By using our 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 our site.
 

We 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 also to our Privacy and Cookie Policy, which also apply to your use of our site. The Privacy and Cookie Policy sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, and which sets out information about the cookies on our site. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
 

We may make changes to these terms
 

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

We may make changes to our site
 

We may update and change our site from time to time to reflect changes to our services, our users' needs and our business priorities.
 

We may suspend or withdraw our site

 

Our site is made available free of charge.
 

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions and that they comply with them.
 

Our site is only for users in England & Wales
 

Our site is directed to people residing in England and Wales. We do not represent that content available on or through our site is appropriate for use or available in other locations.

You must keep your account details safe
 

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
 

We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
 

If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at enquiries@bowerandleaf.co.uk

How you may use material on our site
 

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site and in the material published on it, including all questions and answers. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may not print off, copy or download extracts from our site without obtaining the prior written consent of Bower & Leaf.
 

​Our status [and that of any identified contributors] as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
 

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

Do not rely on the information on this site
 

The content on our 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 our site.
 

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

We are not responsible for websites we link to
 

Where our 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 us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
 

User-generated content is not approved by us
 

This website may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the site, including reviews to a lawyer’s profile, bulletin boards and chat rooms. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values.
 

If you wish to complain about information and materials uploaded by other users please contact us on enquiries@bowerandleaf.co.uk.
 

Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you
 

Whether you are a consumer or a business user:
 

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

If you are a business user:
 

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

• We 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 our site; or
     

  • Use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.
     

• In particular, we 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.
     

If you are a consumer user:
 

Please note that we only provide our site for your domestic and private use. You agree not to use our site for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

Uploading content to our site
 

You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us and other users of our site a licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to the relevant parties.
 

We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
 

You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content.

Rights you are giving us to use material you upload
 

When you upload or post content to our site, you grant us the following rights to use that content to:
 

• Provide the Website and our services;
   

• Review and enhance the quality of our services and products, including monitoring compliance with quality standards;
   

• Use, store and copy that content and to distribute it to and to communicate with lawyers and our partners, and suppliers or subcontractors of Products, where necessary in order to provide our services;
   

• Process your payments to us
   

• Review and enhance the quality of our services, including monitoring compliance with standards;
   

• Comply with our obligations to the regulators of our services, or as otherwise required by law or regulation;
   

• Provide information to the solicitor you instruct via our service; or
   

• Detect fraud.
   

We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them
 

We do not guarantee that our 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 our 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 our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our 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. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

Rules about linking to our site
 

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our 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 our part where none exists.
 

You must not establish a link to our site on any website that is not owned by you.
 

Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page.
 

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

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If you wish to link to or make any use of the content on our site other than that set out above, please contact enquiries@bowerandleaf.co.uk.
 

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.
 

Our trademarks are registered
 

Bower & Leaf is a trademark of Bower & Leaf Limited. You are not permitted to use it without our approval unless it is part of the material you are using as permitted under How you may use material on our site.

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