Please note that access to and the use of this website is subject to the following terms and conditions. Please read them carefully as by using this website you will be deemed to have agreed to them each time you access it. This Legal Notice is subject to change from time to time without notice.

Laven Legal Services Limited is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority ("SRA") whose regulations and codes of conduct can be found on their website at www.sra.org.uk.  Laven Legal Services Limited is a company incorporated in England & Wales, with company number 06270947 and whose sole director is Mr Jérôme de Lavènere Lussan. Laven Legal Services Limited is registered for VAT purposes with VAT registration number GB 881 880 387. Laven Legal Services Limited is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Services Authority however, in accordance with SRA regulations, Laven Legal Services Limited may undertake certain exempted financial service activities which are limited in scope and incidental to our legal services or which may reasonably be regarded as a necessary part of our legal services.

Client care and complaints

Laven Legal Services Limited aims to offer all clients an efficient and effective service and we are confident that this will be the case.  However, if any problems do arise or, indeed, you have any suggestions on how we can improve our services to you, then please do not hesitate to contact your contact partner to discuss them.  If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you have the right to complain to the Legal Complaints Service of the SRA, details of which are also available on request or on their website.

Restrictions on the use of this website and disclaimer

This website is intended for use as a source of general information only and this website does not provide or offer legal or other advice and is not an advertisement. Information contained herein must not be relied upon as legal or other advice.

Luxembourg

Luxembourg legal advice shall be provided through Luxembourg regulated lawyers including Alexandra Tzalla, one of our colleagues, in her capacity as a foreign lawyer admitted in her home jurisdiction and regulated by le Barreau de Luxembourg (the Luxembourg bar). Details of the rules and regulations governing the conduct of Lawyers registered in Luxembourg can be found on the website of Le Barreau de Luxembourg.

Accuracy of information

The information provided on this website is compiled by Laven Legal Services Limited and its affiliates and may be obtained from information supplied to us by third parties. We take every care and precaution to ensure that all information on this website is accurate when posted and regularly updated, but we cannot guarantee, and make no representations or warranties as to, its accuracy or completeness. Views and opinions, while given in good faith, are not intended to provide an exhaustive statement of law or any opinion on specific legal issues and are subject to change without notice. Such views and opinions do not offer legal or other advice and should not be relied upon as such. Laven Legal Services Limited or any of its affiliates, officers or employees do not accept any liability to any person who does rely on the content of our website.

External websites

Links to external websites may be provided for your convenience but such websites and websites through which you may have gained access to our website are beyond the control of Laven Legal Services Limited and its affiliates and we do not accept any responsibility for their contents or any services or items offered through such websites.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law or regulatory requirements, neither Laven Legal Services Limited nor any of its affiliates, directors, employees or other representatives shall be liable for any errors, inaccuracies or omissions on this website or for any loss or damage resulting from its use, whether caused by negligence or otherwise.

This limitation of liability includes any damages, losses, costs, claims, liabilities or expenses arising out of or in connection with the use of this website (whether under contract, tort, statute or otherwise arising). This limitation of liability shall apply to all damages, losses, costs, claims, liabilities and expenses of any kind whether direct or indirect and consequential, including (but without limitation) legal costs or expenses, direct loss of profit, direct loss of anticipated savings, loss of data, indirect loss of profit, indirect loss of anticipated savings, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of use of money, loss of opportunity or loss of or damage to property and/or any wasted expenditure and third party claims.

If for any reason any part of this Legal Notice is deemed to be unenforceable then the validity of the remaining terms shall not be affected. All disclaimers, terms, conditions as set out in this website shall form part of this Legal Notice of use of this website.

Copyright Notice

The contents of this website are subject to copyright with all rights reserved. You may download or print individual sections of this website for your reasonable personal use and information only provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices. You may not reproduce (in whole or in part), transmit (by electronic means or otherwise), modify, link into or use for any public or commercial purposes this website without the prior written permission of Laven Legal Services Limited. You must not transmit any virus or other item of a destructive nature to this website and it is your responsibility to ensure that whatever you download or select for your use from this website is free from such items.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This website is established in England by Laven Legal Services Limited and this Legal Notice shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales. You agree that the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the event of any dispute or proceedings arising from or in connection with the contents of this website, and you irrevocably waive any objection to proceedings in such courts on the grounds of venue or on the grounds that the proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Privacy

Data is processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, under which Laven Legal Services Limited is registered as Data Controller in relation to any personal data you supply. Laven Legal Services Limited and/or its affiliates and/or agents may use your information to keep you informed by post, telephone, e-mail or other means of products and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not wish your information to be used for these purposes, please write to Laven Legal Services Limited at 8 Cromwell Place, London SW7 2JN .

Web Beacons

Some of our web pages may contain electronic images known as Web Beacons (sometimes known as clear gif's) that allow us to count users who have visited these pages. Web Beacons collect only limited information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web Beacon resides. These beacons do not carry any personally identifiable information and are only used to track the effectiveness of a particular campaign.