User agreement

This is version 1.0 of our user agreement, published on 17 July 2023.

The user agreement consists of the following elements:

• terms of use;
• acceptable usage policy;
• community content policy;
• trade marks policy;
• abuse reporting policy;
• the general provisions set out below (referred to as the main body of the user agreement).

These elements constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website and shall supersede all previous agreements between you and us in relation to your use of our website.

Limitations and exclusions of liability

Nothing in the user agreement will: (a) limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence; (b) limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or (d) exclude any liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

All the limitations and exclusions of liability set out in the user agreement are subject to the foregoing paragraph and govern all specified liabilities arising under the user agreement or relating to the subject matter of the user agreement, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.

To the extent that our website and the information and services on our website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control.

We will not be liable to you in respect of any business losses, including (without limitation) loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.

We will not be liable to you in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.

We will not be liable to you in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

Indemnity

You hereby indemnify us, and undertake to keep us indemnified, against any and all losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by us to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute) incurred or suffered by us and arising directly or indirectly out of your use of our website or any breach by you of any provision of the user agreement.

Breaches of the user agreement

Without prejudice to our other rights, if you breach the user agreement in any way, or if we reasonably suspect that you have breached the user agreement in any way, we may: (a) send you one or more formal warnings; (b) temporarily suspend your access to our website; (c) permanently prohibit you from accessing our website; (d) block computers using your IP address from accessing our website; (e) commence legal action against you, whether for breach of contract or otherwise; and/or (f) suspend or delete any account of yours on our website.

Where we suspend or prohibit or block your access to our website or a part of our website, you must not take any action to circumvent such suspension or prohibition or blocking.

Third-party websites

Our website includes hyperlinks to other websites owned and operated by third parties; such hyperlinks are not recommendations. We have no control over third party websites and their contents, and we accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Trade marks

Our logos and our other registered and unregistered trade marks belong to us; we give no permission for the use of these trade marks, and such use may constitute an infringement of our rights.

Any third-party registered and unregistered trade marks or service marks on our website are the property of their respective owners and, unless stated otherwise in these the user agreement, we do not endorse and are not affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights and as such we cannot grant any licence to exercise such rights.

Variation

We may revise the user agreement from time to time.

The revised user agreement shall apply to the use of our website from the date of its publication, and you hereby waive any right you may otherwise have to be notified of, or to consent to, revisions of the user agreement.

We may ask for your express agreement to any revision of the user agreement; and if you do not give your express agreement to the revised user agreement, we will disable or delete your account on the website, and you must stop using the website.

Assignment

You hereby agree that we may assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations under the user agreement.

You may not without our prior written consent assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with any of your rights and/or obligations under the user agreement.

Severability

If a provision of the user agreement is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect.

If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision of the user agreement would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.

Third-party rights

The user agreement is for our benefit and your benefit, and is not intended to benefit or be enforceable by any third party.

The exercise of the our and your rights under the user agreement is not subject to the consent of any third party.

Law and jurisdiction

The user agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

Any disputes relating to the user agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.

Statutory and regulatory disclosures

You can find out about us, our contact information, and relevant memberships, registrations and authorisations, by visiting our legal information page.