Terms & Conditions

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 an accountant/ client relationship between you and Maxwell Gillott Solicitors 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 or alternatively you can send an email to Maxwell Gillott Solicitors.

All electronic links to any part of this site require the consent of Maxwell Gillott Solicitors. Please email requests to office@mglaw.co.uk.

Disclaimer

1. This website is provided by Maxwell Gillott Solicitors, King’s Yard, High Street, Lancaster LA1 1LA.

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

1. "Maxwell Gillott Solicitors" or "we" or "our" or "us" shall mean Maxwell Gillott Solicitors and/or its affiliated undertakings; and

2. "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. 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 or de-compile that software without our consent.

4. 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 office@mglaw.co.uk and we will endeavour to correct it.

5. Nothing in this website or the documents available through it constitutes legal or other professional advice. You should not rely on any information contained in this website as if it were legal or other professional advice.

6. 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 and we do not accept any responsibility for any damage or loss caused by any virus. 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.

7. 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 any damage or loss you may suffer. We reserve the right to remove material from this website that infringes these rules.

8. If you decide to access any third party websites linked to this website, you do this entirely at your own risk. Maxwell Gillott Solicitors provides these links merely as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply that Maxwell Gillott Solicitors 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.

9. 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 Restricted Areas) for your use in accordance with these terms and conditions.

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 Maxwell Gillott Solicitors and Maxwell Gillott Solicitors services subject to your consent.

Website Privacy Statement

Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any personal information we collect from you.
Maxwell Gillott Solicitors does not capture and store any personal information about individuals who access this web site, except where you voluntarily choose to give us your personal details via email, or by using an electronic form, or enquiring about any of our services. In these circumstances, any personal information you supply will only be used to provide the information or service you have requested. Personal information is not disclosed to third parties unless this is indicated on the web page and / or relevant form at the point of collecting information from you, or as required by law.

Statistical data

We automatically collect statistical data about usage patterns on our website. This information is not used to identify any individual. It is only collected to provide us with an understanding of the areas of interest on our site and kept only for as long as required for this purpose.

Use of cookies

In order that we can provide you with a better user experience we sometimes place small data files on a user's computer, laptop, tablet or mobile phone known as cookies. These data files do not store personal information about you, but merely about the choices you make when navigating our website and are used purely for analytical purposes.

More information about cookies in general can be found here: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/

The way we use cookies on our websites:

Analytics – eg how visitors use our website

We use Google Analytics to store information about how visitors use our website in order that we may make improvements and provide visitors with a better user experience.

Google Analytics is a third party information storage systems that records information about the pages you visit, the length of time you were on specific pages and the website in general, how you arrived at the site and what you clicked on when you were there. These cookies do not store any personal information about you eg name, address etc and we do not share the data. You can view Google's privacy policy below:

• Google - http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy/privacy-policy.html

Examples of cookies set:

Google Analytics

• Cookie Name: _utma; Typical content: This cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit to your site from that web browser. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits your site, a new __utma cookie is written with a different unique ID. This cookie is used to determine unique visitors to your site and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure.; Expires: 2 years
• Cookie Name: _utmb; Typical content: This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with your site. When a user views a page on your site, the Google Analytics code attempts to update this cookie. If it does not find the cookie, a new one is written and a new session is established. Each time a user visits a different page on your site, this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as user activity continues within 30-minute intervals
• Cookie Name: _utmc; Typical content: this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether or not to establish a new session for the user; Expires as soon as you exit your browser
• Cookie Name: _utmz; Typical content: This cookie stores the type of referral used by the visitor to reach your site, whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search, or a campaign such as an ad or an email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic, ad campaigns and page navigation within your own site. The cookie is updated with each page view to your site and expires after 6 months

General Session Cookie set by our website:

• Name: Asp.net_sessionid; Typical content: randomly generated text that is session based and expires as soon as you close your browser

Google+ Session Cookie (used so you can +1 content)

• Name: Gpnv_p11; Typical Content: Name of page; Expires: 30 mins

IP addresses

• An IP or Internet Protocol Address is a unique numerical address assigned to a computer as it logs on to the internet. Maxwell Gillott do not have access to any personal identifiable information and we would never seek this information. Your IP address is logged when visiting our site, but our analytic software only uses this information to track how many visitors we have from particular regions.

Cookie - Consent

You are completely in control of cookies stored on your device and can view/delete them at any time using settings in your browser, for instance, to refuse all cookies in:

• IE Browsers click "Tools", "Internet Options", "Privacy", and choosing "Block all cookies"
• Google Chrome Browsers click "spanner icon", "Settings", "under the bonnet", "content settings" and then choosing "Block sites from setting any data"
• Firefox browsers click "Tools", "Options", "Privacy" and ticking the option to not track you etc
• Safari browsers click "Settings", "Preferences", "Privacy" and selecting the appropriate cookie options
• Mobiles – open up the internet, select "settings" then look under the "privacy" section to adjust your cookie settings

ALERT: Obstructing all cookies will, however, have an adverse impact upon the usability of this website and many others on the internet.

Email security

Please note unless encrypted, email messages sent via the internet may not be secure and could be intercepted and read by someone else. Please bear this in mind when deciding whether to include personal or sensitive information in any email messages you intend to send.

To find out more about how we can help you, please contact Maxwell Gillott Solicitors.