Terms & conditions

Terms and conditions

(a) These terms and conditions govern your use of this website at www.lawsociety.org.uk/solicitorsabroad and http://solicitorsabroad.lawsociety.org.uk/ and the Solicitors Abroad service supplied to you through this website.

(b) We are the Law Society. Our principle place of business is situated at 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL.

The contract between us

1. We must receive payment of the whole price of the Solicitors Abroad service before your order can be accepted. Once payment has been received by us we will confirm whether your order has been accepted by sending to you an email confirmation and copy of your invoice at the email address specified in your registration information. Our acceptance of your order constitutes a legally binding contract between us. We reserve the right to refuse any order at our sole discretion. The use of any promotional code will be subject to the rules of the relevant promotion.

Price

2. The price for Solicitors Abroad is set out in this website. Further breakdown and explanation of pricing structure is available by emailing solicitorsabroad@lawsociety.org.uk.

3. All prices are expressed exclusive of any VAT payable unless otherwise stated.

4. Your credit/debit card details will be encrypted to minimize the possibility of unauthorized access or disclosure. Authority for payment must be given at the time of placing your order. The cost of your order includes a transaction fee that is payable to Sage pay the payment service provider.

Services

5. The services available through Solicitors Abroad are set out in this website. All services may be subject to separate terms and conditions, which will be notified to you before any order for them is placed. The terms and conditions for membership of the Law Society's International Division can be found here http://international.lawsociety.org.uk/termsandcondition. In the event that there is an express conflict between these terms and conditions and any separate terms and conditions to which specific services may be subject, the latter shall prevail.

6. All updates and information for Solicitors Abroad subscribers will be sent via email. These emails will be sent to you at the email address specified in your registration information. We can accept no responsibility if you do not update your registration information with your current email address or (because of the nature of email communications) if these emails do not reach you for some other reason.

7. We are continually seeking to improve the services available through Solicitors Abroad. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to make changes to any of the services or alter the services that are available provided that it does not materially reduce the content or the benefits of Solicitors Abroad.

Password and security

8. You must keep the password and any promotional code confidential and must not disclose them or share them with anyone. If you know or suspect that someone else knows the password or (if applicable) any promotional code you should notify us immediately by contacting us at solicitorsabroad@lawsociety.org.uk.

Availability of the website

9. We will use all reasonable skill and care in making the website available to you and in ensuring its availability. However, because of the nature of the Internet, errors and omissions do occur, and we do not give any warranties in respect of the availability of the website.

Cancellation/Refunds

10. The Solicitors Abroad service includes membership of the Law Society's International Division. Upon acceptance of your order, your membership of the International Division is active, and we start to provide the service to you. As such, we are not able to cancel your payment or offer a refund.

11. You may, however, terminate the contract between us at any time by written notice if we are in material breach of these terms and conditions and the breach is not remedied within a period of 14 days after written notice of the breach has been given to us.

12. Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 13 below, we may terminate the contract between us at any time by written notice if you are in material breach of these terms and conditions and the breach is not remedied within a period of 14 days after written notice of the breach has been given to you. If we reasonably believe your breach of these terms and conditions affects our lawful operation of the Solicitors Abroad, any of the services under it, or this website, we may suspend your subscription at any time.

13. We may terminate the contract between us immediately on written notice to you at any time.

Links to third party websites

14. This website may include links to other websites or material which are beyond our control. We are not responsible for the content on any website outside of this website.

Copyright

15. All copyright, rights in trade marks and all other intellectual property rights in this website, (including the website design, text and graphics) are owned by or licensed to the Law Society or otherwise used by the Law Society as permitted by law.

16. You may retrieve and display the content of this website on a computer screen, but may not otherwise reproduce or transmit the content in any form or by any means without the prior written permissions of the owner of the rights in the content.

17. Any permissions relating to the content of this website should be addressed to us in writing by emailing: solicitorsabroad@lawsociety.org.uk or writing to us at: Solicitors Abroad, The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL.

18. You must not use any intellectual property of ours, including the Law Society coat of arms logo, without our prior written consent, and must not suggest (by virtue of your subscription to Solicitors Abroad our otherwise) any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You may link to this website, but must link to its homepage and must link from a website you own, and you must do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. We reserve the right to withdraw this permission without notice.

Disclaimers

19. Although we aim to offer you the best service possible, we make no promise that Solicitors Abroad and any associated services available through it will meet all your requirements.

20. We cannot guarantee that this website will be fault free. If a fault occurs you should report it to us by emailing: solicitorsabroad@lawsociety.org.uk and we will attempt to correct the fault as soon as we reasonably can.

21. We continually seek to improve this website and reserve the right, at our discretion, to make changes to any part of it provided that it does not materially reduce its content or functionality.

Our liability

22. If we are in breach of these terms and conditions, we will only be responsible for any losses that you suffer as a result of that breach to the extent that such losses are a foreseeable consequence to both of us at the time you use the Solicitors Abroad website and/or any Solicitors Abroad service. Our liability shall not in any event include business losses such as lost profits, time, revenue, goodwill, business, data or anticipated savings.

23. Nothing in these terms and conditions shall limit or affect our liability if something we do negligently causes death or personal injury, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, nor any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Amendments

24. We may update these terms and conditions from time to time for legal or regulatory reasons, to allow the proper provision of Solicitors Abroad, or to allow the proper operation of this website. Any changes will be notified to you via the email address specified in your registration details or via a suitable announcement on this website. The changes will apply after we have given notice.

Complaints

25. If you have any complaints, please send them to us at the address given above. We would like to hear from you so we can improve our service.

Miscellaneous

26. You may not transfer any of your rights under these terms and conditions to any other person. We may transfer our rights under these terms and conditions where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.

27. If you breach these terms and conditions and we choose to ignore this, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies at a later date or in any other situation where you breach the terms and conditions.

28. We shall not be responsible for any breach of the terms and conditions caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

29. A person who is not a party to this contract (including any individual accessing this website under corporate membership) shall have no right under the UK Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this contract. This does not affect any right or remedy of a person who is not a party to this contract that exists or is available apart from that Act.

30. These conditions shall be subject to the laws governing England. We will try to resolve any disagreements quickly, but if you are not happy with the way we deal with any disagreement and you want to take court proceedings, you must do so within England.

Privacy policy

1. This policy (together with our Terms and conditions [NB: insert hyperlink] and any other documents referred to in it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

2. Use of this website by you constitutes acceptance by you of this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy"). If you do not wish to accept this Privacy Policy, please leave this website immediately.

3. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is:

• to assure you that we recognise and fully respect the privacy and personal data of the visitors to this website; and
• to explain what personal information we collect from this website and how we ensure its best protection.

4. This Privacy Policy governs this website at www.lawsociety.org.uk/solicitorsabroad and http://solicitorsabroad.lawsociety.org.uk/. Other sites to which this website may be linked may not be covered by this Privacy Policy.

5. This Privacy Policy covers only information which is collected by the Law Society from this website. It does not cover information which the Law Society holds about solicitors and other regulated persons in pursuance of its statutory functions and duties under the Solicitors Act 1974.

Data protection

6. The Law Society complies with the Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Act"). For the purposes of the Act, the Law Society is the data controller and sole owner of the personal data collected on this website.

7. The Law Society does not sell, share or transfer this information except as set out in this Privacy Policy.

8. We use up-to-date industry procedures to keep personal data as safe and secure as possible and to protect against loss, unauthorised disclosure or access. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to this website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

9. The Act gives you the right to access details that we hold about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. A small fee may be payable in respect of any access request.

10. For more information please refer to our Data Protection Policy.

Information we may collect from you

11. If you register for Solicitors Abroad, you are responsible for protecting your password and user name and must not share them with or disclose them to anyone else.

12. When you register, the basic personal information about you which we may collect and process is: your name; your roll number, your job role (eg assistant solicitor, partner etc); your e-mail address; your user ID and password. Depending on what you are registering for, additional information may be collected from you.

13. We may also collect and process details of your visits to this website (including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data), and the resources that you use. Further, if you contact us, we may also keep a record of that correspondence.

Uses made of the information

14. We may use information held about you in the following ways:

• to ensure that content from this website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
• to provide you with information, products or services that you request from us;
• to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service (where available), when you choose to do so; and
• to notify you about changes to our service.

15. We may also use your data for the purposes of advertising, marketing and public relations, so as to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you, and we may contact you about these by email, post or telephone. We will inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes, and you may opt-out at this point. You can also exercise your right to prevent such processing at any other time by contacting us at webteam@lawsociety.org.uk.

16. We may also pass your data to the Solicitors Regulation Authority to enable them to update the contact details they hold for you.

Changing the information we hold about you

17. If you would like to change the registration information we hold about you or want to it to be removed from our registration database, you may do so by returning to the personalisation area and changing or removing your details as you wish.

Third Parties

18. We will inform you (before collecting your data) if we propose to disclose your data to any third party. We will not disclose any data we have collected about you without your consent, other than where required to do so by law or in order to enforce or apply our terms and conditions [insert as hyperlink].

Cookies

19. When you visit this website, we issue a "cookie" to your computer. This is a small program containing a unique code that allows us to identify your computer. The cookie is used to note the different areas of our website service which have recently been accessed through your computer.

20. Information collected in this way is used to develop and manage our online services by, for example, storing information about your preferences, so as to enable us to customise this website according to your individual interests. The cookie alone contains no information which can identify you personally. However, when you register on this website, the cookie will be combined with the personal information that you have provided as part of your registration. If you wish, you are able to set up your computer to refuse to accept cookies. However, if you do so, you may be unable to access certain parts of this website.

Payment details

21. If you make a purchase online by credit card, your credit card details will be encrypted using SSL technology and processed via a third party website.

Changes to Privacy Policy

22. The internet and data privacy best practice are both developing. We therefore reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. If this Privacy Policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.

Consent

23. By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information in the manner set out above.

24. We will inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for marketing purposes, and you may opt-out at this point. You can also exercise your right to prevent such processing at any other time by contacting us at webteam@lawsociety.org.uk.

25. This website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

26. The Law Society strives to make its web information accessible to people with disabilities in keeping with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Technical standards

27. We intend to produce this website to conform with international Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

28. If you require any of our information in another format, or help finding a document, please contact us.

29. Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Policy are welcomed and should be addressed to solicitorsabroad@lawsociety.org.uk.