You may use our website only for lawful purposes. You may not use our website:

  • In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
  • In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
  • To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
  • To knowing transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which our website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our website. You must not attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our website will cease immediately.

We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You should use your own virus protection software. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

You also agree:

  • Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our website in contravention of the provisions of these terms of use;
  • Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt;
    • any part of our website;
    • any equipment or network on which our website is stored;
    • any software used in the provision of our website; or
    • any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Linking to our website

You may link to any public web page on our website, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, however, you must not establish a link which suggests any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists or which bypasses our branding and/or legal information.

You must not establish a link from any website that is not owned by you, however you may link from websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking, provided you do so in accordance with the relevant terms of use for those websites and applications.

Our website must not be framed on any other website. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website or application from which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in these terms of use.

If you wish to make any use of material on our website other than that set out above, please address your request to marketing@hymans.co.uk.

Links from our website

Where our website contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those websites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Suspension and termination

We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of these terms of use through your use of our website. When a breach has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.

Failure to comply with these terms of use constitutes a material breach of the terms upon which you are permitted to use our website, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

  • immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our website;
  • immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our website;
  • issue of a warning to you;
  • legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach;
  • further legal action against you; and/or
  • disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.

We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of these terms of use. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

Jurisdiction and applicable law

The English and Welsh courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our website although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country. These terms of use are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Changes to these terms of use

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our website.

Your concerns

If you have any concerns about material which appears on our website, please contact marketing@hymans.co.uk.