Terms of Use
This website is designed to tell you about us. We deal with legal matters in general terms within this site and would emphasise that you should always seek specialist legal advice on particular situations. We disclaim all responsibility and liability, to the extent permitted by law, for any reliance on the materials on our site.
We include a copy of our Terms of Business for you to refer to. We do not accept instructions formally through this website, as we prefer to deal with our clients personally.
Fladgate LLP
Fladgate LLP is a limited liability partnership, registered in England and Wales with registered number OC334334. It is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The term partner is used to refer to a member of Fladgate LLP. A list of members is available at the firm’s registered office at 16 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5DG.
Intellectual Property Rights
All items that appear within this site are © Fladgate LLP 2010 unless we say differently. Other intellectual property rights in the materials on this site are owned by or licensed to Fladgate LLP. You may reproduce such materials for your personal use only. You may make copies provided that they are complete and unchanged and you make it clear that it is our material.
Links
The contents of other sites that are linked to ours are outside of our control and we do not accept any responsibility for them.
Cookies
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Personal Details and Data Privacy
The information we may collect
You do not have to give us any personal information in order to use most of this website. However, you may choose to do so on various sections of our website, including:
- careers
- mailing lists to subscribe to bulletins and/or register an interest in seminars
- the ‘contact us’ section to instruct us or to give us your comments
We may collect and process your personal information, such as:
- your name
- address
- e-mail and other contact details
How we use your personal information
We use your information to improve our marketing, for administration, for recruitment and to provide legal services.
We will not pass your personal information on to anyone else without your prior consent.
Your rights and responsibilities
It is your responsibility to ensure that your personal details are accurate and up to date and to inform us of any changes that need to be made.
You have the right to request details of the information we hold about you upon written request and payment of a fee.
Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002
We are required by the above regulations to provide you with the following information:
- Fladgate LLP is the service provider
- Fladgate LLP is situated at 16 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5DG
- You can contact us at fladgate@fladgate.com
- Fladgate LLP is regulated by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority and as such is bound by the guide for the professional conduct of solicitors. This can be found at www.sra.org.uk. The firm’s registration number is 69255
- Fladgate LLP is registered for VAT with the registration number 333253974
Fladgate LLP and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
Some investment related activities of Fladgate LLP in the United Kingdom and elsewhere are regulated under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 of the United Kingdom (FSMA).
Like most law firms, we are not authorised under FSMA to provide investment services. Instead, as members of the Law Society of England and Wales which is a designated body for the purposes of FSMA, we can provide investment related services, including insurance mediation services on the basis that we are an “exempt professional firm” but only if they are incidental to our professional services, or if they can reasonably be regarded as a necessary part of our professional services or if we are otherwise permitted to provide them under FSMA. Subject to these limitations, Fladgate LLP is included on the register maintained by the Financial Services Authority so that we can carry on insurance mediation activities – broadly advising on, arranging and administering insurance contracts.
Responsibility for regulation and complaints handling has been separated from the Law Society’s representative functions. The Solicitors’ Regulation Authority is the independent regulatory body of the Law Society and the Legal Complaints Service is the independent complaints handling body of the Law Society.
Since we are not authorised under FSMA, we are only permitted to communicate invitations or inducements to engage in investment activities (financial promotions) where these have been approved by an authorised person or are exempt from the requirement for such approval. We are retained only to provide legal and, where specifically undertaken by us, tax advice to our clients and nothing that we say or do should be construed as advice to anybody on the investment merits of acquiring or disposing of particular investments or as an invitation or inducement to anybody to engager in investment activities. Also, we do not act as brokers of investment transactions.
In order to progress mattes on which our clients retain us, we need to communicate with clients and with others involved in those matters. If anybody decides to participate in a meeting, conference call or other interactive communication involving us, we will consider that they thereby request an interactive dialogue with us in our capacity as professional advisers to our client in the course of that communication.
Solicitors' Code of Conduct
The conduct of solicitors is governed by the rules contained in the Solicitors' Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct can be accessed via the following link:
www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct.page
Changes to the Terms of Use
We may amend details of the Legal Notices at any time. You should check the website periodically for any update and refer to the ‘Last modified’ date to see if it has changed.
Your Consent
By using our website you accept these terms of use and agree to abide by them.
Last modified: 9 August 2010