Terms of Use

1.1              You may access most areas of the Website without registering your details with us. Certain areas of the Website may only be accessible if you register.

1.2              The principal purpose of this website is

                   (A) to allow us to make a preliminary assessment about your eligibility to pursue a potential claim with us acting on your behalf;

                   (B) to provide you with basic information about the basis on which any claim might be able to be made; and

                   (C) to allow you to register interest in participating in a claim if the preliminary assessment suggests you may be eligible to do so.

1.3              Decisions made in the assessment process do not constitute legal advice on whether you have grounds for making a claim, or on the merits of any claim you may have. Unless we have agreed to act for you formally you should take independent legal advice if you require formal legal advice on the merits of making a claim.

2.1              You are permitted to print and download extracts from the Website for your own use on the following basis:

2.1.1         no documents or related graphics on the Website are modified in any way;

2.1.2         no graphics on the Website are used separately from the corresponding text; and

2.1.3         you do not reproduce any such material in a way that infringes the intellectual property rights in them for any reason.

2.2              Unless otherwise stated, the copyright and other intellectual property rights in all material on the Website (including photographs and graphical images) are owned by us or our licensors. Any use of extracts from the Website other than in accordance with clause 3.1 for any purpose is prohibited.

2.3              Subject to clause 2.1, no part of the Website may be reproduced or stored in any other website or included in any public or private electronic retrieval system or service without our prior written permission.

3.1              We endeavour to ensure that the Website is normally available 24 hours a day. We will not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

3.2              We reserve the right in our sole discretion to deny users access to all or any part of our site without notice.

4.1              Other than personally identifiable information, which is covered under our privacy policy, any material you transmit or post to the Website shall be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. We will have no obligations with respect to such material.

4.2              You must not misuse the Website (including, without limitation, by hacking or posting inappropriate or unlawful material on it).

5.1       Links to third party websites on the Website are provided solely for your convenience. If you use these links, you leave the Website. We have not reviewed all of these third party websites and do not control and are not responsible for these websites or their content or availability. We do not endorse or make any representations about them, or any material found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to the Website, you do so at your own risk.

6.1              Each registration is for a single user only. You may not share your username and password (if any provided) with any other person nor with multiple users on a network.

6.2              Responsibility for the security of any passwords issued rests with you.

7.1              Please see our privacy notice for information in relation to the way in which we handle your personal data. You agree that we can collect, store and use information about you in accordance with our privacy notice.

8.1       While we endeavour to ensure that the information on the Website is correct, we do not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the material on the Website. We may make changes to the material on the Website, or to the services described in it, at any time without notice.

8.2       The material on the Website is provided “as is”, without any conditions, warranties or other terms of any kind. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all such representations and warranties. In addition we make no representation or warranty about the accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose of the information and related materials published on this Website. The information may contain technical or factual inaccuracies or errors. We expressly exclude all liability howsoever arising for any such inaccuracies or errors to the maximum extent permitted by law.

9.1              None of Trethowans, any of its partners, employees or other representatives will be liable for loss or damage arising out of or in connection with the use of this Website. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including without limitation direct, indirect, consequential or compensatory damages, and loss of data, income or profit.

9.2              Nothing in this legal notice shall exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud; or any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law or other statutory rights.

9.3              If the limitation of liability at section 9.1 above is held to be invalid for any reason, then our liability is limited to the minimum level of cover required by the SRA Indemnity Insurance Rules from time to time. The amount of such minimum level of cover as at June 2023 was £3 million for an LLP.