Legal Information
1. Terms of Business
2. Terms and Conditions
2. Privacy Policy
3. Accessibility Policy
4. Further Information
These are the Terms which apply to the use of this Site by you.
1. Use of Web Site on these Terms
All use of the Site is on these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, cease use of the Site immediately. You may print and keep a copy of these Terms. They are a legal agreement between us and you, and can only be modified with our consent. We reserve the right to change the Terms at our discretion by changing them on the Site.
2. Accuracy of Information and Disclaimer
We do our best to ensure all information on the Site is accurate. If you find any inaccurate information on the Site let us know and we will correct it, where we agree that it is inaccurate, as soon as practicable. We make no representations that the information on the Site is accurate and up to date or complete, and accept no liability for any loss or damage caused by the inaccuracy or incompleteness of information on the Site. Although we hope the Site will be of interest to users, we accept no liability and offer no warranties in relation to it and its content, to the fullest extent such liability can be excluded by law.
3. Restrictions on Use
The Site contains copyright material, trade names and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, graphics and may in future include video, music and sound. The entire contents of the Site are protected by copyright law. We, or our licensors, own copyright and/or database right in the selection, co-ordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part except as provided in these Terms. See the copyright notice on our Site.
You may download information from the Site for your own personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of the downloaded material will be permitted without our express permission and that of the copyright owner where we don’t own the copyright. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyright material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyright material.
We provide hypertext links to other sites that are operated by other people. Using such a link means you are leaving our Site and we take no responsibility for, and give no warranties, guarantees or representations in respect of linked sites.
4. Linking
Appropriate institutions are welcome to create a link to the Site with the following proviso:
a The link must be made to the Site home page; http://www.mcarthurstanton.co.uk/
b The destination of the link must correctly acknowledge McArthur Stanton
c The administrator of McArthur Stanton's website, Scott Charles Docherty, should be informed by e-mail.
If we request at any time that you take down the link to the Site you agree that you will take it down immediately.
5. Our Liability
The information on the Site is not intended to address your particular requirements. Such information does not constitute any form of advice or recommendation by us and is not intended to be relied upon by you in making (or refraining from making) any specific decisions. If you wish us to give such advice, please contact the relevant contact partner. We provide all information on this Site free of charge and we accept no liability for the information provided.
We are a distributor (and not a publisher) of content supplied by third parties and users of the Site. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, or users, are those of the authors or distributors and not of us. We do not necessarily endorse nor are we responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on the Site.
6. Legal Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution
Scots law shall apply to these Terms, notwithstanding the jurisdiction where you are based. You irrevocably agree that the Scottish courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these Terms and for those purposes irrevocably submit all disputes to the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts. The place of performance shall be Scotland. We make no warranty or guarantee that the Site or information available over it complies with laws other than Scots law.
7. General
Failure by us to enforce a right does not result in waiver of such right. If any of these Terms are held to be invalid or unenforceable by any court having authority to determine such issues, the remaining terms of this agreement will not be affected. You may not assign or transfer your rights under this agreement. We may amend these Terms at any time by posting a variation on the Site.
1. Online Privacy Practices
Your right to privacy is important to us. We are keen to strike a fair balance between your personal privacy and ensuring you obtain full value from the internet and other products and services we may be able to offer to you. We are fully registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 and ensure we comply with all protection the Act affords to you. Further information on the Act, and also on the relevant legislation including the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, and the INSPIRE Regulations 2009, is on the internet at http://www.ico.gov.uk/
2. Subscription
In some areas of the Site, we ask you to provide information that will enable us to enhance your site visit or reply to you after your visit. This would include where you subscribe to any of our newsletters, provide feedback to us or when you complete any online questionnaire we may post on the Site from time to time. When you do so, we ask you to give us your name, e-mail address and other personal information that will be needed for these purposes. That information will be used to update our records and to provide you with the services you have asked for together with information about any of our other services that we believe might be of interest to you. Your details may also be included on our database, which is accessible by our staff. None of your details will be passed to third parties for marketing purposes. If at any time, you would rather NOT receive such information and material from us, please contact Scott Charles Docherty using the Contact Form on the Site.
Furthermore, where we act for you or your business, we need to hold and use your details and information in the ordinary course of acting in these matters and for internal administrative purposes arising from the solicitor/client relationship. Where applicable, we will hold these details and information for those purposes.
3. Cookies
Other than as stated below, we do not use cookies for collecting user information from the Site and will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration of the Web server and otherwise as described above.
We operate social media accounts. Facebook, Twitter and Google+ social websites need to know who you are to work properly. We anonymously measure your use of the Site to improve your experience. We do not gather or retain any personal information other than as described above. Some cookies on the Site are strictly necessary for the Site to function and therefore cannot be disabled. Your continued use of the Site confirms that, unless you have explicitly confirmed your consent by accepting cookies using the plug-in we have placed on the Site, you have implicitly consented to our use of cookies.
4. Other Sites
With the exception of our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/mcarthurstantonsolicitors, and our Twitter feed at http://www.twitter.com/mcarthurstanton, this privacy policy only covers the Site. Other links within the Site to other websites are not covered by this policy.
1. Accessibility statement
We have designed this website in accordance with best design practice and have tried to make it as accessible as possible. In particular, we have implemented a number of accessibility features which, along with the accessibility features built in to the browser you are using, should help to make this website accessible to all user groups.
2. Accessibility features
This website contains the following accessibility features:
Navigation shortcuts
On certain pages of the Site there is a short menu at the start of every page that allows you to jump directly to the most important parts of the page, including main content and navigation.
Text only pages
The textual content of all pages on this website can be rendered as text-only by choosing the 'text only' link.
Font sizes
By default, all text is set in a relatively sized font. This means that you can resize the text if you want or need to from within your browser.
Internet Explorer: Select View, then Text Size, and then your preferred size.
Netscape (7.0+) / Mozilla: Select View, then Text Zoom, and then your preferred percentage size.
Tables
Tables are not used for layout.
Forms
All forms follow a logical "TAB" sequence.
Labels are associated with fields using HTML label tags.
In addition to the accessibility measures that we have included in this website, most web browsers will usually allow you to adjust the way in which webpages are displayed. Please see your browser's help features for more information.
3. Problems accessing this website
Whilst we have tried to ensure that our website is accessible to everyone, we appreciate accessibility problems may still arise from time to time. Should you be aware of any accessibility problems with this website, please write to Scott Docherty at our Dumbarton Office using the address on the Site, giving details of the problem encountered. We will then assess what reasonable measures can be taken both in the short and the long term to ensure that the accessibility problem that you have encountered can be overcome.
For further information from us on any of these Terms and Policies or for any queries on them, please contact: Scott Docherty, Telephone: +44 (0)1389 762266; Facsimile +44 (0)1389 742282; or via the Contact Form on the Site.