Terms of Use

1. Introduction

These Terms of Use govern your use of our website at www.sterling-legalsolutions.com (the "Website") and any online services we provide through it (the "Online Services").

By accessing or using the Website, you confirm that you accept these Terms of Use and agree to comply with them. If you do not agree, you must not use the Website.

We recommend that you print or save a copy of these Terms of Use for future reference.

2. About us

The Website is operated by Sterling Legal Solutions Ltd ("we", "us", "our"), a company incorporated in England and Wales (Company No. 16763241) with its registered office at Office 18.23, 100 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG.

We trade under the name "Sterling Legal Solutions".

To contact us, please email: office@sterling-legalsolutions.com or call +44 20 4540 5088.

3. Purpose of the Website

The Website provides information about our services.

The Website may also allow you to:

• request information or quotations;

• book consultations or services;

• access resources, guides or updates; and

• communicate with us via forms or messaging tools.

The Website is intended for use by individuals and organisations based in the United Kingdom. If you access the Website from outside the UK, you are responsible for compliance with local laws.

4. No legal advice

Information on the Website is provided for general guidance only. It does not constitute legal advice and should not be relied upon as such.

You should not act or refrain from acting based solely on information found on the Website. If you require legal advice, please contact us directly to discuss your specific circumstances.

We do not accept liability for any loss or damage arising from reliance on Website content without obtaining professional advice.

5. Accuracy and availability

We aim to keep the Website accurate and up to date. However, we do not guarantee that:

• the Website or its content will be error-free, complete or current;

• the Website will be available at all times or without interruption; or

• any defects will be corrected.

We may update, suspend or withdraw the Website (or any part of it) at any time without notice. We will not be liable if the Website is unavailable for any reason.

6. Acceptable use

You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use.

You must not:

• use the Website in any way that breaches any applicable law or regulation;

• use the Website in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;

• transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam);

• knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware;

• access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:

  • any part of the Website;

  • any server, equipment or network on which the Website is hosted;

  • any software used in the provision of the Website; or

  • any server, network or software owned or used by any third party.

If the Website allows you to upload, post or submit content, you must ensure that any such content:

• complies with applicable law;

• does not infringe any intellectual property, privacy or confidentiality rights; and

• does not breach any legal or contractual obligations owed to third parties.

We may remove or edit any content you upload or post if, in our opinion, it does not comply with these Terms of Use or for any other reason in our discretion.

The views expressed by users of the Website do not represent our views or values. We are not responsible or liable for the content or accuracy of any material posted by you or any other user.

When you are asked to provide information via the Website, you agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information. Mandatory fields will be clearly indicated. If you do not provide mandatory information, we may be unable to provide certain services or respond to your enquiries.

7. Viruses, security and compatibility

We apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect our systems and the Website. However, we do not guarantee that:

• the Website or any content will be secure or free from bugs, defects or viruses; or

• the Website will always be available or operate without interruption.

You are responsible for:

• configuring your own information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access the Website; and

• using your own virus protection software, firewalls and other safeguards.

You must not:

• knowingly introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, spyware, adware, keystroke loggers or any other malicious or technologically harmful material;

• attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which it is stored or any related system; or

• attack the Website via a denial-of-service or distributed denial-of-service attack or any similar attack.

Any such conduct may constitute a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and other applicable laws. We may report any such breach to the relevant law-enforcement authorities and cooperate with them by disclosing your identity and any relevant information.

We do not warrant that the Website will be compatible with your browser, hardware or software.

8. Intellectual property rights

We (or our licensors) own all intellectual property rights in:

• the Website;

• the content and material published on it or made available through it (including text, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio and video); and

• any underlying software or code.

These works are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws and treaties around the world. All rights are reserved.

Subject to the conditions below, you may:

• view and download content from the Website; and

• print or save copies of pages from the Website,

in each case for your personal, non-commercial use only.

If you do so, you must:

• not modify any content in any way;

• not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or graphics separately from accompanying text; and

• acknowledge us (and any identified contributors) as the source of the material.

You may also provide occasional copies of material from the Website to others for their personal use, provided that:

• you do not charge for those copies;

• the copies are complete and unmodified;

• any copyright or proprietary notices remain intact;

• you clearly acknowledge our ownership (and that of any identified contributors); and

• you inform the recipient that these Terms of Use apply to their use of the material.

You must not use any part of the Website or its content for commercial purposes without obtaining a prior written licence from us or our licensors.

If you print, copy, download, share or otherwise use any part of the Website in breach of these Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

Our name, logo, brand assets and any other trademarks used on the Website are the property of Sterling Legal Solutions Ltd or our licensors. You are not permitted to use them without our prior written consent.

9. Privacy and cookies

Our Privacy Notice explains how we collect and use your personal data. Our Cookie Notice explains how we use cookies and similar technologies.

Both are available on the Website and form part of these Terms of Use.

10. Linking to our Website

You may link to our home page, if you:

• do so in a way that is fair and lawful;

• do not damage our reputation or take advantage of it; and

• do not suggest any association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not:

• frame the Website on any other site; or

• create a link to any part of the Website other than the home page,

without our prior written consent.

We may withdraw linking permission at any time without notice. If we ask you to remove or amend a link to the Website, you must do so promptly.

11. Termination and suspension

We may suspend, restrict or terminate your access to all or any part of the Website or Online Services at any time and without liability, including (without limitation) if:

• you breach these Terms of Use;

• we need to do so for security, maintenance or operational reasons; or

• we cease providing the Website or relevant Online Service.

12. Changes to the Website and these Terms

We may update or change the Website and its content from time to time and may suspend, withdraw or restrict the availability of any part of the Website for business or operational reasons.

We may also revise these Terms of Use from time to time. When we do so, we will publish the updated Terms on the Website and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.

Please check this page regularly to ensure you are aware of the current version. Subject to applicable law, changes take effect when they are published. Where required by law, we may provide additional notice or seek your consent for material changes.

13. Severance

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or competent authority to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed deleted, but this shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

Where a provision is deleted, the parties shall, where possible, replace it with a valid provision that most closely reflects the commercial intent of the original provision.

14. Waiver

No failure or delay by us in exercising any right or remedy under these Terms of Use shall constitute a waiver of that right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict any further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.

Any waiver must be in writing to be effective.

15. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms of Use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims arising out of or in connection with them) are governed by English law.

We and you each agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

16. Contact us

If you have any questions about these Terms of Use or would like a hard copy, please contact us at:

Email: office@sterling-legalsolutions.com
Address: Office 18.23, 100 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG
Telephone: +44 20 4540 5088