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By using this web site, you agree to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions concerning use of this site. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions you should not proceed beyond the home page of the site. Proceeding beyond the home page constitutes deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions. (Please note that any person or company suspected by ExpertSearch Ltd to be infringing these terms and conditions - e.g. for unauthorised 'data-mining' purposes - will have all future access to the site permanently barred).

FEEDBACK

We hope that you will enjoy using 'The Online Directory of UK Expert Witnesses', and that you will find it an informative research tool which is both simple to navigate and quick to answer your search queries. Revised daily, the 'Online Directory is today the largest, longest-established and most sophisticated Internet-based directory of UK expert witnesses. We welcome any comments which you may have concerning the site, or any suggestions which you may have as to how it might be further improved in the future (click here).

OWNERSHIP

‘The Online Directory of UK Expert Witnesses’ is owned, published and maintained by:-

ExpertSearch Ltd
Temple Court
Cathedral Road
Cardiff
CF11 9HA
(Regd. Office)

Tel : 029 2057 7000
Fax: 029 2057 8000

Email: info@expertsearch.co.uk

Any query about this web site or about the company's services should be submitted to the company by post, telephone or email to the above address.

COPYRIGHT AND RESTRICTED LICENCE

Copyright in all material accessible via this web site belongs to ExpertSearch Ltd, save only for the articles reproduced here, where copyright belongs to the author unless otherwise stated. Please note that information held in any database (whether stored on paper or computer) is subject to copyright law, both in the UK and internationally. Accordingly, unauthorised copying of any data included in this web site shall constitute a breach of copyright by the offending company and/or individual, giving rise to a cause of action in damages by ExpertSearch Ltd.

In order to protect the privacy of the individuals whose details are displayed via this web site (in particular from 'spamming' or other unsolicited commercial approaches), BY PROCEEDING BEYOND THE HOME PAGE OF THIS SITE YOU ARE DEEMED TO AGREE that neither you nor any person acting on your behalf (or with whom you are associated) will use any information obtained from this site for any marketing purpose whatsoever - or for soliciting any individual whose personal or professional details appear on this site. I.E. approaches for ANY purpose other than to canvass the suitability and/or availability of the individual in relation to a specific expert witness instruction are specifically prohibited. Any other approach to any expert witness whose details appear in this directory shall be made ONLY with the prior written consent of ExpertSearch Ltd.

NB : PENALTY CLAUSE

The user of this site further agrees that in the event of any commercial or marketing approach being made to any expert witness in breach of the immediately preceding clause, he and/or his employers shall be liable to ExpertSearch Ltd in damages - such damages to be either agreed or assessed, but to be in the minimum sum of £2,500 UK Sterling.

Except for bona fide expert witness purposes (i.e. with a view to locating an expert witness for a specific case) no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or otherwise, without the prior permission of ExpertSearch Ltd. Any use of this material to approach expert witnesses in order to canvass advertising or participation in any commercial activities (including the display of the individual's details in any other directory or web site) is specifically forbidden and will be prosecuted by ExpertSearch Ltd as constituting a breach of this Restricted Licence and the immediately preceeding clause. The company requests members of the UK expert witness community to notify it of any such activities (click here)

‘ExpertSearch.uk’, 'ExpertSearch.co.uk' and the ‘The Online Directory of UK Expert Witnesses’ are registered trademarks of ExpertSearch Ltd and use of these names and the ExpertSearch logo are expressly prohibited, save with prior written permission.

COPYING

You may print up to three copies of any item in hard copy for your own personal use or for use by others within your organisation. In all cases ExpertSearch Ltd must be acknowledged as the source of the material on the copy; and the address and contact information of the company must be printed on any copy so distributed.

The supply of any copy to any third party is permitted providing it is for their own personal use, it is not supplied as part of another work, web site or publication, in any form, and it is not supplied in return for commercial gain (whether directly or indirectly). The permitted supply of any copy to any third party is conditional upon them being made aware that ExpertSearch Ltd is the source of the copy, and that these terms apply equally to them. The copying of any page or article is only permitted if it is copied in full, without any amendment or editing.

ExpertSearch Ltd will be pleased to consider requests for permission to disseminate or use 'Online Directory' material outside the scope of the above licence terms.

DISCLAIMER

Whilst ExpertSearch Ltd has taken every possible care to ensure that the information contained in ‘The Online Directory of UK Expert Witnesses’ is correct and reliable, no warranty, either express or implied, is given as to the accuracy or completeness of that information and ExpertSearch Ltd shall not be liable for any third party claims or losses of any nature, including, but not limited to, loss of profits, indirect or consequential damages.

In particular, ExpertSearch Ltd does not take responsibility for the competence or probity of any professional adviser, expert or any other person listed in this web site, or for reliance on information as to the expertise or services offered by any such individual. Users of this site should always independently verify the qualifications and background of any expert who they are considering instructing or otherwise employing.

LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES

ExpertSearch Ltd has no control or proprietary interest in any of the web sites which are maintained by third parties which can be accessed via hypertext link from this site - and cannot, therefore, make any representation as to the accuracy of any information contained in those sites.

LINKS TO THE EXPERTSEARCH SITE

ExpertSearch Ltd welcomes links to this web site, provided that:-

  1. the link is to the ‘Home page’ of the site
  2. no charge is made, either directly or indirectly, for access to this site, which is (and will remain) a freely accessible resource
  3. an acknowledgement of the name of the site is provided on the page which links to this site in the following terms :- "The Online Directory of UK Expert Witnesses"
  4. ExpertSearch Ltd is notified of the existence of the link within 7 days of the link being set up. The company reserves the right to withdraw this web linking permission in any particular instance.
  5. Permission is also granted by ExpertSearch Ltd to any person linking to this web site to copy and use the image which appears below in relation to such hypertext link.