This is the Website of Eversheds LLP ("Eversheds"), a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under Registration Number OC304065. The Registered address is Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4JL, England. Please note that when we refer to "a partner" or "partners" of Eversheds LLP, the term "partner" indicates a member of Eversheds LLP. It should not be construed as indicating that the members of Eversheds LLP are carrying on business in partnership for the purposes of the Partnership Act 1890.

All communications regarding this Website should be addressed to The Website Editor at the above address.

Use of this Website is subject to the following terms of use:

• The content and design of these pages are subject to copyright owned by Eversheds (© Eversheds LLP 2004) or used under licence from third party copyright owners. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the Full Copyright Notice. The Full Copyright Notice forms part of these terms and conditions.
• This Website contains general information and does not constitute advice on any specific legal matter. Whilst Eversheds makes every effort to ensure that the content is accurate and up to date, nothing in these pages should be construed as legal advice. By using this Website you confirm that you have not relied on any such content. If you require advice on any specific legal problem or matter, please contact one of our lawyers.
• Eversheds has offices throughout the UK and in Brussels, Paris and Copenhagen and alliances with other law firms outside the UK. Content related to the law and legal developments featured on this Website are based upon the laws of England and Wales unless otherwise expressly stated.
  
• From time to time this Website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided to provide further information and are not intended to signify that Eversheds endorses such website and/or content. Eversheds has no responsibility for the content of the linked website.
  
• You may not create a link to this Website from another website or document without Eversheds’ prior written consent.
  
• Your use of this Website and any dispute arising out of such use of the Website is subject to the laws of England and Wales.
  
• THIS WEBSITE IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING ON THE BASIS THAT EVERSHEDS EXCLUDE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT LAWFULLY PERMITTED ALL LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE HOWSOEVER ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR RELIANCE UPON THE CONTENT OF THIS WEBSITE. Eversheds do not exclude Eversheds’ liability (if any) to you for personal injury or death resulting from Eversheds’ negligence, for fraud or for any matter which it would be illegal to exclude or to attempt to exclude.
  
• Eversheds' Privacy Policy forms part of these terms and conditions.
  
• Your continued use of this Website indicates your acceptance of these terms and conditions.

Eversheds is regulated by the Law Society. A list of names of the members of Eversheds (who are referred to as "partners") is available for inspection at the above office.

The contents of these pages are the copyright of Eversheds – © Eversheds LLP 2004. Reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than in accordance with the following permission.

Licence to copy for personal use only
You may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal use.

Licence to copy for limited purposes
You may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal information, but only if:

• you acknowledge the Website as the source of the material; and
  
• you inform the third party that these terms apply and the third party agrees to comply with these terms.

The licence to copy does not permit incorporation of the content or any part of it in any other work or publication in any form whatsoever. Without limiting the foregoing, no part of the Website may be:

• distributed or copied for any commercial purpose; or
• reproduced, transmitted or stored in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

Eversheds may ask you to provide certain information when you use the Website. You will know when Eversheds is collecting information intended to be kept for future use because the web page will contain a link to this privacy policy. The information collected may include:

• name and job title
  
• postal/e-mail address
  
• gender
  
• occupation
  
• interests
  
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers.

Cookies and IP addresses
On this Website Eversheds uses Sitestat, a Nedstat product, to measure and analyse information on visits to the Website. To that effect we use your IP address (a series of numbers that identifies a computer on the internet) to collect, among other things, internet traffic data and data regarding your browser type and computer. We will not use the data to identify you personally

In addition cookies are used. A cookie is a small file that is stored on your computer when you visit a website. If you visit the website again, it is recognised as a repeat visit by means of the cookie. The cookie contains a unique number and therefore no personal data. We will not use the cookie to identify you personally. The cookie cannot be used to identify you on websites of third parties, including Nedstat. You can configure your web browser to refuse cookies, to delete cookies, or to be informed if a cookie is set. You can find out how to do this by clicking "help" on your browser menu.

We use the services of Nedstat to increase the efficiency of our website. For more information on Nedstat and their privacy policy we refer you to their website at http://www.nedstat.co.uk

Other websites
The Website may contain links that make it easy for users to visit other websites. If the user uses the links to leave the Website and visit a website operated by a third party, Eversheds does not have any control over that website. Accordingly, Eversheds cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which users have provided while visiting such websites. Users should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Personal information
You can choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information:

• Whenever you are asked to fill in a form, look for the box which you can click to say that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.
  
• If you have previously not objected to Eversheds using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you can change your mind at any time by writing to:

• Eversheds LLP, 75 Avenue de Cortenbergh, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

By using the Website and not advising Eversheds to the contrary, you agree to Eversheds using the data in the way set out in these terms and conditions.

Under the Data Protection Act, you may request details of personal information that Eversheds holds about you. If you want to make a request, you should write to the Data Protection Compliance Officer at the above address.

If you believe that any information Eversheds holds about you is incorrect or incomplete, you should write to the Data Protection Compliance Officer at Eversheds at the above address. Any information which is found to be incorrect will be corrected as soon as possible.

Eversheds strives to protect the security of information which you provide to Eversheds, and will use up-to-date measures to provide such security.