Terms of Service | Yates & Sinclair LLP

Welcome to the website of Yates & Sinclair LLP ("the Firm"). By accessing, browsing, or using this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree to these Terms, you must immediately cease use of our website.

1. Acceptance and Modification of Terms

These Terms govern your use of the Yates & Sinclair LLP website and any materials, resources, or contact forms provided herein. We reserve the right to modify, alter, or update these Terms at our sole discretion at any time. Any modifications will be effective immediately upon posting on this page. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

2. Informational Purposes Only

The content provided on this website—including articles, practice area descriptions, attorney biographies, and news—is intended for general informational purposes only. It does not constitute legal, financial, or professional advice. You should not act or refrain from acting based upon any information contained on this website without first seeking appropriate professional counsel regarding your specific facts and circumstances.

3. Intellectual Property Rights

All content, branding, design elements, text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, data compilations, and software on this site are the exclusive property of Yates & Sinclair LLP or our content suppliers and are protected by United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and international copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the site for personal, non-commercial purposes. Unauthorized reproduction, modification, distribution, or public display is strictly prohibited and will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

4. Prohibited Conduct

When using our website, you agree that you will not:

Use the site in any way that violates any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation.
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the website, or any other systems or networks connected to the website or to any of our servers.
Use any "deep-link", "page-scrape", "robot", "spider" or other automatic device, program, or methodology to access, acquire, copy, or monitor any portion of the site.
Transmit any viruses, worms, malware, or other malicious code.
Use the site to transmit unsolicited commercial email or "spam."

5. Disclaimer of Warranties

This website and all information, content, materials, and services included on or otherwise made available to you through this website are provided by Yates & Sinclair LLP on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of this website or the information, content, or materials included. We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

6. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Yates & Sinclair LLP, its partners, associates, employees, and agents shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages resulting from your use of, or inability to use, our website, including but not limited to reliance by a user on any information obtained from the website that results in mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation, or transmission, or any failure of performance.

7. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Yates & Sinclair LLP, its partners, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from your use of and access to the website or your violation of these Terms.

8. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (for North American matters) or the laws of England and Wales (for UK/EU matters), without regard to conflict of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding arising under these Terms will be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts located in the relevant jurisdiction, and the parties hereby irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue therein.