1. About us
   • We are XVO Legal (“we”, “us” and “our”). XVO Legal is the trading name of XVO Legal Ltd: a limited company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 13267909 and registered at The Old Post Office, 1533 Pershore Road, Birmingham, B30 2JH. XVO Legal Ltd is part of the XVO Group.
   • We are a legal services provider, not a law firm, and we are not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (the “SRA”). As we do not provide reserved legal services (as defined by the SRA), we are not required to be regulated by the SRA. Our sole director and lawyer, Sam Walkley, is regulated by the SRA in his individual capacity as a solicitor.
   • If you have any questions about this website and any of its content (the “Site”), please contact us by sending an email to sam@xvolegal.co.uk.
2. About these terms
   • These terms and conditions of use (the “Terms”) explain how you may use the Site. These Terms apply between us and you, the person accessing or using the Site (“you” and “your”).
   • You should read these Terms carefully before using the Site. By using the Site or otherwise indicating your consent, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with any of these Terms, you should stop using the Site immediately.
   • The Site is provided by us to you free of charge for information purposes only.
3. Using the Site
   • You agree that you are solely responsible for all costs and expenses you may incur in relation to your use of the Site.
   • We make no promise that the Site is appropriate or available for use in locations outside of the UK. If you choose to access the Site from locations outside the UK, you acknowledge you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws where applicable.
   • As a condition of your use of the Site, you agree not to:
     • misuse or attack the Site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful (such as by way of a denial-of-service attack); or
     • attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site, the server on which the Site is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Site.
   • We may prevent or suspend your access to the Site if you do not comply with these Terms or any applicable law.
4. Your privacy and personal information

Your privacy and personal information are important to us. Any personal information that you provide to us will be dealt with in line with our Privacy Policy, which explains what personal information we collect from you, how and why we collect, store, use and share such information, your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact us and the supervisory authorities in the event you have a query or complaint about the use of your personal information.

5. Ownership, use and intellectual property rights
   • The intellectual property rights in the Site and in any text, images, video, audio or other multimedia content, software or other information, or material submitted to or accessible from the Site (the “Content”) are owned by us and our licensors.
   • We and our licensors reserve all our intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, all copyright, trade marks, domain names, design rights, database rights, patents and all other intellectual property rights of any kind) whether registered or unregistered anywhere in the world.
   • Nothing in these Terms grants you any legal rights in the Site or the Content other than as necessary for you to access it. You agree not to adjust, try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on the Site or the Content (including any intellectual property notices) and in any digital rights or other security technology embedded or contained within the Site or the Content.
6. Submitting information to the Site
   • While we try to make sure the Site is secure, we do not actively monitor or check whether information supplied to us through the Site is confidential, commercially sensitive or valuable.
   • Other than any personal information, which will be dealt with in accordance with our Privacy Policy, we do not guarantee that information supplied to us through the Site will be kept confidential and we may use it on an unrestricted and free-of-charge basis as we reasonably see fit.
7. Accuracy of information and availability of the Site
   • We try to make sure that the Site is accurate, up-to-date and free from bugs, but we cannot promise that it will be. We also cannot promise that the Site will be fit or suitable for any purpose. Any reliance that you may place on the information on the Site is at your own risk.
   • We may suspend or terminate access or operation of the Site at any time as we see fit.
   • Any Content is provided for your general information purposes only and to inform you about us and our services. It has not been tailored to your specific requirements or circumstances. It does not constitute legal, technical, commercial or financial advice, or any other type of advice, and should not be relied on for any purpose. You should always use your own independent judgment when using our Site and its Content.
   • Whilst we try to make sure that the Site is available for your use, we do not promise that the Site will be available at all times or that your use of the Site will be uninterrupted.
8. Hyperlinks and third-party sites
   • The Site may contain hyperlinks or references to third party advertising and websites other than the Site. Any such hyperlinks or references are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over third party advertising or websites and accept no legal responsibility for any content, material or information contained in them.
   • The display of any hyperlink and reference to third party advertising or website does not mean that we endorse that third party’s website, products or services. Your use of a third party site may be governed by the terms and conditions of that third party site and is at your own risk.
9. Our responsibility to you
   • If we breach these Terms or are negligent, we are liable to you for foreseeable loss or damage that you suffer as a result. By “foreseeable” we mean that, at the time you accessed or used the Site in accordance with these Terms, it was either clear that such loss or damage would occur or you and we both knew that it might reasonably occur as a result of something we did (or failed to do).
   • We are not liable to you for any loss or damage that was not foreseeable, any loss or damage not caused by our breach or negligence, or any business loss or damage/
   • Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for any death or personal injury caused by our negligence, liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that the law does not allow us to exclude or limit.
10. Events beyond our control

We are not liable to you if we fail to comply with these Terms because of circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

11. No third party rights

No person or business other than us or you has any right to enforce any of these Terms.

12. Variation
    • No changes to these Terms are valid or have any effect unless agreed by us in writing or made in accordance with this section 12.
    • We reserve the right to vary these Terms from time to time. Our updated Terms will be displayed on the Site and by continuing to use and access the Site following such changes, you agree to be bound by any variation made by us. It is your responsibility to check these Terms from time to time to verify such variations.
13. Complaints
    • We will try to resolve any disputes with you quickly and efficiently. If you are unhappy with us in respect of the Site, any Content or these Terms, please contact us as soon as possible using the contact details set out in section 1 of these Terms.
    • The laws of England and Wales apply to these Terms, although if you are resident elsewhere you may retain the benefit of any mandatory protections given to you by the laws of that country.
    • Any disputes will be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. This means you can choose whether to bring a claim in the courts of England and Wales or in the courts of another part of the UK in which you live.