Terms & conditions

The Aspiring Solicitors Foundation (AS Foundation) is pleased to welcome you to  (our Website).  By continuing to use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions (the Terms and Conditions).  The Website is owned by the AS Foundation, whose registered office is 9 Park Lane Business Centre, Langham, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5WR.  Our Charity registration number is 1177969.  The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of our Website, whether as a guest or registered user. Use of our Website includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our Website.

Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before you start to use our Website, as these will apply to your use of our Website.

By using our Website, you confirm that you accept these Terms and Conditions and that you agree to comply with them.  These Terms and Conditions refer to the and which also apply to your use of our Website.

If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our Website.

Changes to these terms

We may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.

Changes to our Website

From time to time, we may update our Website and may change the content at any time. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Accessing our Website

Our Website is made available free of charge.  We do not guarantee that our Website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our Website is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our Website without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our Website.

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

Intellectual Property Rights

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Website 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 must not use any part of the content on our Website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

No reliance on information

The content on our Website is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to information on which you should rely, and you should not rely upon it in making or refraining from making any decision or in taking or refraining from taking any action. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our Website, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our Website is accurate, complete or up-to-date.

Limitation of our liability

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our Website or any content on it, whether express or implied.  We will not be liable to any user 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 Website; or use of or reliance on any content displayed on our Website or arising from it.  We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our Website or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.  

Please note that we only provide our Website for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our Website 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 arising from your use of our Website or services.

Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud, or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.

Uploading documents to our Website

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to our Website, you must do so in good faith and must not breach any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.  You warrant that any such contribution does not breach any laws, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.

Any content you upload to our Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such content for any purpose. 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 Website constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. We have the right to remove any document upload you make on our Website if, in our opinion, your document does not comply with these Terms and Conditions.

We do not guarantee that our Website, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions. We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any content submitted by you or any other user of our Website.

Viruses

We do not guarantee that our Website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our Website. You should use your own virus protection software. You must not misuse our Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Website, the server on which our Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to our Website. You must not attack our Website 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 Website will cease immediately.

Linking to our Website

You may link to our Website, 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.

Advertisements and links to Third-Party websites

The Website contains links to other internet websites. These links are provided for your information only.  We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our Website. Such links should not be interpreted as an endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Applicable law

Your use of our Website and any dispute arising out of such use of our Website is subject to the laws of England and Wales. We reserve the right to take action against any account, at any time, for any reason.