Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Your use of this website and the documents, files and other information available through it is subject to the following terms and conditions, as amended by us from time to time. Use of and access to this website does not of itself create a solicitor/client relationship between you and Legitimus and where such an arrangement does exist it is governed by separate off-line terms of engagement.

If you require advice on a specific legal problem please contact the relevant fee earner listed on this website or alternatively you can send an email to info@legitimus.co.uk. The content on this website is for general information only and should not be regarded as an exhaustive analysis of the law. It is provided  to the public free of charge, does not constitute legal advice and must not be relied upon as such to make any decisions. For that reason users should seek specific legal advice about any matter which concerns them.

All electronic links to any part of this site require the consent of Legitimus. Please email requests to info@legitimus.co.uk. Where consent is not obtained we reserve the right to remove any link at anytime.

General

1. This website is provided by Legitmus Solictors, New London House, 6 London Street, London EC3R 7LP. Legitmus is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

2. References on this website and in these terms and conditions to:

"Legitimus" or "we" or "our" or "us" shall mean Legitimus and/or its affiliated undertakings; and

"you" or "your" shall mean the user of this website. If you are accessing or using this website in your capacity as an employee, director, officer, partner or agent of a corporate or unincorporated entity "you" and "your" shall refer to you and such entity and you represent that you are authorised to accept these terms and conditions on behalf of such entity and agree to be personally bound by these terms and conditions.

3. Whilst Legitimus endeavours to ensure that content on the website is accurate at the date of publication, no warranties or representations are given as to its accuracy, completeness, reliability, suitability or quality. Content may subsequently be superseded and Legitimus gives no guarantees that contents will be updated after the date of publication. As such, Legitimus accepts no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, reliability, suitability or quality of any content on the website and to the fullest extent permissible by law, Legitimus excludes all liability (save in respect to death and personal injury caused by negligence and for fraud) for any loss or damage caused by using or relying upon the content appearing on this website. In particular, we will not be liable to you or any third party for any consequential loss or damage including any financial loss, loss of profit, revenue or business.

4. We and our suppliers own the intellectual property rights in the software that runs this website. Save to the extent expressly permitted by applicable laws, you must not copy, modify, download, distribute, decipher, de-compile interfere with or attempt to interfere with that software without our written consent.

5. We cannot guarantee that this website and its document delivery system will operate in accordance with your expectations or will be error free. If you are aware of any error on this website please contact us by email at info@legitimus.co.uk and we will endeavour to correct it.

6. We make no claims that any material contained on the website can be lawfully viewed or downloaded outside of the United Kingdom. Access to materials may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you are accessing the website from outside the United Kingdom you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with laws in your jurisdiction.

7. It is our policy to virus check documents and files before they are posted on this website. However, we cannot guarantee that documents or files downloaded from this website will be free from viruses. Accordingly, for your own protection, you must use virus-checking software when using this website. You must not post or provide to us via this website, any document or file which you believe may contain a virus. You must virus check any document or file which you intend to post or provide to us via this website. We exclude to the fullest extent permitted by law, all liability (save in respect of death or personal injury caused by negligence and for fraud) in connection with (a) any damage or loss caused by errors, computer viruses, other malicious code or harmful components originating or contracted from the website and (b) any interruptions in your access to the website.

8. You may only use this website for lawful purposes. You must ensure that any document, file or other information that you intend to post to our website or provide to us via this website does not contravene any applicable laws or contravene any person's legal rights and you must not post or upload anything indecent, obscene, abusive, libellous or defamatory. We do not monitor or edit documents or files posted or provided to us by other persons for posting on this website and accordingly we do not accept any responsibility for their content or for any damage or loss you may suffer. You hereby acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the form, content and accuracy of any documents or files that you post on the website. We reserve the right to remove material from this website that infringes these rules.

9. If you decide to access any third party websites linked to this website, you do this entirely at your own risk. Legitimus provides these links merely as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply that Legitimus endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or use of such web sites. You may be subject to the terms of use applicable to such third party sites.

10. If you would like to link to the website, you may only do so on the basis that you link to, but do not replicate, the website, and subject to the following conditions:

(a) you do not remove, distort or otherwise alter the size or appearance of the Legitimus logo;

(b) you do not create a frame or any other browser or border environment around the website;

(c) you do not in any way imply that Legitimus is endorsing any products or services other than its own;

(d) you do not misrepresent your relationship with Legitimus nor present any other false information about Legitimus;

(e) you do not otherwise use any Legitimus trade marks displayed on the website without express written permission from Legitimus;

(f) you do not link from a website that is not owned by you; and

(g) your website does not contain content that is distasteful, offensive or controversial, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or otherwise does not comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

10.1 Legitimus expressly reserves the right to revoke the right granted in this clause 10 for breach of these terms and to take any action it deems appropriate.

10.2 You shall fully indemnify Legitimus for any loss or damage suffered by Legitimus or any or any of its group companies for breach of clause 10.

11. By accessing this website, you agree that you will access its contents solely for your own use. You may print out a single hard copy of any part of the content of this website (other than documents, files or other information contained in the restricted areas which are subject to particular terms set out under the Restricted Areas section) for your use in accordance with these terms and conditions.

12. Except as expressly permitted by paragraph 10, you may not (except to the extent required in order to use this website in accordance with these terms and conditions) copy, store in any medium (including in any other website), distribute, transmit, re-transmit, broadcast, modify, delete or show in public any part of this website or systematically extract material from this website or any document available through it, create any derivative works from it or in any other way exploit commercially all or any part of this website or any document available through it without the prior written permission of Legitimus.

13. We reserve the right to vary or amend these terms and conditions from time to time. Any changes shall take effect upon posting to this website.

14. Any dispute arising between you and Legitimus in relation to this website shall be governed by English law and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts for the purposes of any such dispute.

15. If any of these terms and conditions is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, that shall not affect:

(a) the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other term or condition which shall continue to have full force and effect ; or

(b) the legality, validity or enforceability in other jurisdictions of that or any other term or condition which shall continue to have full force and effect.

16. A person who is not a party to these terms and conditions may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

17. No waiver of any of these terms and conditions shall be valid unless provided in writing by Legitimus.

18. The trade marks, logos and trade names displayed on the website ("Marks") are the property of Legitimus or other third parties. You are not permitted to download, copy, modify or use the Marks without the prior written consent of Legitimus or such third party who may own the Marks. The design and layout of the website is protected by copyright, database right, design rights and other similar laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part.

19. Legitimus is not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, but we may, in certain circumstances, offer a restricted range of investment services to clients, as the firm is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. We can provide these investment services if they arise out of, or are incidental to legal services we have been engaged to provide.

20. If you are accessing this website in the course of a business the express provisions of these terms are in place of all warranties, conditions, terms, undertakings and obligations implied by statute, common law, custom, trade usage, course of dealing or otherwise, all of which are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Data Protection and Confidentiality

1. Legitimus acknowledge that your contact details and application data (as defined under the Careers and Marketing section) ("your information") may be confidential. Legitimus will maintain the confidentiality of and protect your information in accordance with Legitimus' normal procedures and English law.

2. As part of Legitimus' quality control and with the objective of providing you with enhanced services we may monitor the use of this website and record your email address and/or IP address. This information is collected for Legitimus' internal purposes only and shall not be disclosed to any other organisation except as required by law. We may use "cookies" to collect this information and track your use of this website. For more information about "cookies", please see the Interactive Advertising Bureau's website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org. If you do not agree you can choose to not receive a cookie file by enabling your web browser to refuse cookies or to prompt you before you accept a cookie.

3. Legitimus may use your application data (as defined under the Careers and Marketing section) and contact details for the purposes of recruitment or marketing, respectively, as more fully described under Careers and Marketing. We may use information obtained about you from monitoring your use of this website solely for internal purposes including website performance, evaluation of website use and the creation of marketing reports at Legitimus to aid future marketing of information about Legitimus and Legitimus' services. Data collected by monitoring will be aggregate, no personal or sensitive personal data will be used other than for the purpose for which it was originally obtained.

4. Your information may be controlled and processed by any of Legitimus' offices. You acknowledge and agree that the location of our offices may change from time to time and that Legitimus may acquire other offices in any number of other countries or territories at any time, any one or more of which may act as a controller of and/or process your information. Legitimus will not disclose your data to any other third party unless required to do so by law or regulators.

6. You have the right to access and the right to rectify your personal data whether submitted as an application for a post at Legitimus or otherwise by sending us a written request to the address given above (see General) or by sending an email to info@legitimus.co.uk.

7. Occasionally third parties may provide storage services to us. In those circumstances those third parties shall be required to enter into a confidentiality agreement on no less stringent terms than found in these terms and conditions and to process your data solely in accordance with our instructions.

Marketing

From time to time we may use any of the information you submit to us, including personal data, to provide you with marketing information about Legitimus.
We may contact you from time to time for this purpose by fax email post or telephone. By sending your information to us you agree and consent to us contacting you in this way. You may withdraw this consent at anytime by contacting Legitimus on info@legitimus.co.uk

Careers

1. You may submit information, including personal data and sensitive personal data to us via the on-line application forms and email addresses as an application for a post advertised at Legitimus ("application data"). "Sensitive personal data" is information as to your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious, philosophical or similar beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, sexual life, commission of criminal offences and/or involvement in criminal proceedings.

2. In acknowledging an application Legitimus is not verifying the content, accepting the application or making any offer of employment or engagement. Legitimus is not obliged to accept any applications.

3. Legitimus will process your application data for the sole purposes of considering applications and recruitment, and not for any "direct marketing" purposes . We will retain your application data for up to 12 months following receipt of your application. If you would prefer us not retain your application data for this period for consideration in relation to any appropriate vacancies that may arise, please contact us by email at info@legitimus.co.uk.

4. Legitimus is an equal opportunity employer (in accordance with applicable legislation) and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, non disqualifying physical or mental disability or any other basis covered by local legislation. All employment related decisions are made entirely on merit.

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