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This page (together with our Privacy and Cookies Policies) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website www.nockolds.co.uk (our site). Please read these terms of use carefully before using the site. By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site.

Our Terms and Conditions of Business will be provided to our clients at the start of each new matter.  A copy of our Terms and Conditions of Business can be found here:

Information About Us

Nockolds Solicitors Limited

‘Nockolds Solicitors’ and ‘Nockolds’ are trading names of Nockolds Solicitors Limited, registered in England and Wales with company number 07991146. Registered office 6 Market Square, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 3UZ. Tel. 01279 755777. A list of Directors is available from this address.

Authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (ID numbers 567738 & 605527). We use the title ‘partner’ for directors and certain senior solicitors who are not directors, but who are consultants or employees of Nockolds Solicitors Limited with equivalent standing and qualifications to the directors, and the word ‘firm’ to refer to Nockolds Solicitors Limited.

Our VAT number is 213 6243 00.

Nockolds Wealth Limited

‘Nockolds Wealth’ is a trading name of Nockolds Wealth Ltd, registered in England and Wales with company number 9398748. Registered office 6 Market Square, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 3UZ. Tel. 01279 712523.

Nockolds Wealth Ltd is a separate legal entity to Nockolds Solicitors in which the Partners of Nockolds Solicitors have a financial interest. Nockolds Wealth Ltd is not authorised or regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Nockolds Wealth Ltd is an appointed representative of Hanbury Wealth Management Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. FCA Number 669520.

Our VAT number is 213624300.

Accessing Our Site

Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our site without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.

Intellectual Property Rights

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, 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 may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on our site.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

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

Reliance on Information Posted

Commentary and other materials posted on our site are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

Our Site Changes Regularly

We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date.

Our Liability

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.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site 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 site; or
  • Use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.

If you are a business user, please note that in particular, we will not be liable for:

  • Loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
  • Business interruption;
  • Loss of anticipated savings;
  • Loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
  • Any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

If you are a consumer user, please note that we only provide our site for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our site 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.

Information About You and Your Visits to Our Site

We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy policies and our Cookies policy.

Viruses, Hacking and Other Offenses

We do not guarantee that our site 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 site. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our site 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 site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site 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 site will cease immediately.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites.

Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

Any dispute or legal issue arising from these terms of use will be determined by the law of England and Wales, and considered exclusively by the English and Welsh courts.

Variations

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.

Your Concerns

If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site, please contact the marketing department on 01279 755777 or email marketing@nockolds.co.uk. Thank you for visiting our site.