Website Terms of Use

Last updated: 24 September 2025

1) Who we are (and what this is)

This website (the Website) is operated by Patricia Haywood, trading as Patricia Haywood (unincorporated). Throughout these terms, we, us, and our mean Patricia Haywood. Our contact email is wwda@patriciahaywoodesq.com and our business address is [insert address].

By using this Website, you agree to these terms. If you don’t agree, don’t use the site. Simple.

You must be 18+ to use this Website.

2) Other policies that also apply

These terms sit alongside:

  • Our Privacy Policy: how we collect and use personal data.

  • Our Cookies Policy: how and why we use cookies and similar tech.

  • Our Disclaimer: important limits on reliance (especially for any legal/business insights shared on the site or in content).

You’ll find them at the bottom of this website.

3) Intellectual property: what you can (and can’t) do

Everything on this Website: text, images, graphics, audio/video, page layouts, code and databases (the Content) is protected by intellectual property rights owned by us or licensed to us.

You may:

  • view the Content on your device;

  • store pages for personal, non-commercial use;

  • print one copy for personal, non-commercial use.

You must not (without our prior written consent):

  • copy, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, sell, rent, or sublicense any Content;

  • remove or alter any copyright, trademark or other rights notices;

  • use our trademarks, logos, or brand elements in a way that implies endorsement.

If you want to reference or quote our Content commercially, ask first: wwda@patriciahaywoodesq.com

4) Acceptable use: play nice

Do not use the Website in any way that:

  • breaks the law or infringes anyone’s rights;

  • is abusive, defamatory, discriminatory, harassing, obscene or otherwise objectionable;

  • could damage, disable, overburden, impair or compromise our systems or security;

  • attempts to gain unauthorised access to the Website, data, or servers;

  • uploads or transmits viruses, malware, or similar harmful code.

5) Accounts and registration (if applicable)

If you create an account:

  • Provide accurate, current information and keep it updated.

  • Keep your login details secret. You’re responsible for activity under your account.

  • We can suspend or terminate your access if you breach these terms or if we need to protect other users or our systems.
    You can close your account anytime by emailing wwda@patriciahaywoodesq.com

6) User content (if you post or upload)

If the Website lets you post, upload or submit content (your User Content):

  • You keep ownership of your User Content.

  • You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, store, display, reproduce, modify and share your User Content for operating and improving the Website and our services.

  • You promise your User Content is lawful, accurate (where it states facts), and doesn’t infringe anyone’s rights.
    We may remove User Content at our discretion.

7) Links (ours and yours)

The Website may link to third-party sites. We don’t control them and aren’t responsible for their content or policies. Use them at your own risk.

You may link to our Website provided:

  • it’s fair, legal, and doesn’t damage our reputation;

  • you don’t suggest we endorse you when we don’t;

  • you don’t frame our site or replicate our pages without permission.

We can withdraw linking permission at any time.

8) Information on this site (important disclaimer)

We aim for accuracy, but information on this Website is general and provided as is. It’s not legal advice or a substitute for tailored professional advice. If you need specific advice, contact a suitably qualified professional.

We don’t guarantee the Website (or any Content) will be available, uninterrupted, secure, error-free or up to date. We may change, suspend or withdraw any part of the Website without notice.

9) Liability: what we’re not responsible for

We do not exclude or limit liability where it would be unlawful to do so—this includes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

Subject to that:

  • We’re not liable for loss or damage that wasn’t reasonably foreseeable.

  • We’re not liable for business losses (including loss of profit, revenue, contracts, goodwill, anticipated savings), data loss or corruption, or any indirect or consequential loss.

  • We’re not liable for events beyond our reasonable control.

10) Security

We use reasonable measures to protect the Website, but we can’t guarantee it’s free from bugs or viruses. You’re responsible for configuring your devices and using your own virus protection.

11) Changes to these terms

We can update these terms from time to time. The updated version will apply from the date it’s posted on the Website. Keep an eye on this page.

12) Third-party rights

No one other than you and us has any rights to enforce these terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

13) Severance

If a court says part of these terms is invalid or unenforceable, the rest still applies.

14) No waiver

If we delay or fail to enforce a right, we haven’t waived it.

15) Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms (and any non-contractual obligations arising out of them) are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.

16) Contact us

Questions or issues? Email wwda@patriciahaywoodesq.com.
If you want permission to use our Content beyond personal use, ask us first.