Legal Notice

Legal status

Kingsley Napley LLP is a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000. Its registered number is OC343278. Its registered office is at Knights Quarter, 14 St John's Lane, London EC1M 4AJ. We use the word partner to refer to a member of Kingsley Napley LLP. A list of the names of the partners appears on this website and is available for inspection at the registered office address. All partners are solicitors, qualified to practise in England and Wales.

Regulation of legal services

Kingsley Napley LLP is a member of The Law Society of England and Wales. The Solicitors Regulation Authority is the independent regulatory arm of The Law Society. The Legal Complaints Service is the independent complaints handling arm of The Law Society. Kingsley Napley LLP is recognised as a professional body by, and regulated by, the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Kingsley Napley LLP, its partners and employees are governed by the Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007. The Code can be viewed on the website of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (www.sra.org).

Regulation of investment advice

The provision of our legal services may involve regulated activities relating to investments within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. We are not authorised by the Financial Services Authority under that Act. If you need advice on investments, or if the provision of our legal services will involve regulated activities relating to investments, we may have to refer you to someone who is authorised by the Financial Services Authority. We can however provide you with certain limited investment services where these are closely linked to the legal work we are doing for you. This is because we are members of The Law Society of England and Wales, which is a designated professional body under the Act. However, we only act as legal advisers; we do not advise on the merits of financial products or investment transactions and any investment decision is entirely a matter for you. No communication from us should be treated as an invitation or inducement for you or anyone else to engage in regulated investment activity of any description. If you are in any doubt about what action to take you should seek advice from an appropriately qualified and regulated financial adviser. If you have a problem with any investment service we have provided to you, please tell us. The internal procedures we operate for resolving problems are explained below. We shall try to resolve any problem that does occur quickly. If we are unable to resolve the matter between us, you can ask the Solicitors Regulation Authority or the Legal Complaints Service to consider the matter. They also operate complaints and redress schemes.

Regulation of insurance business

We are not authorised by the Financial Services Authority, but we are included on the register of insurance intermediaries maintained by the Financial Services Authority. This allows us to carry on regulated activities relating to 'insurance mediation'. Insurance mediation covers advising on, selling and administering insurance contracts. The Solicitors Regulation Authority also regulates this part of our business. The register of insurance intermediaries can be viewed on the website of the Financial Services Authority (www.fsa.gov.uk). If you have a problem with any insurance advice you receive from us, please tell us. The internal procedures we operate for resolving problems are explained above. We shall try to resolve any problem that does occur quickly. If we are unable to resolve the matter between us, you can ask the Solicitors Regulation Authority or the Legal Complaints Service to consider the matter. They also operate complaints and redress schemes.

Complaints procedure

We try always to provide a good service in a friendly manner applying the highest professional standards. You are welcome to discuss our engagement letter, our terms of business, the calculation of our charges or the way in which our work on a matter will be conducted with the lead fee earner or supervising partner at any time. Any concerns about quality of service or our charges should be raised with the lead fee earner or the supervising partner in the first instance. If you would prefer to discuss the matter with someone other than the lead fee earner or supervising partner, you are welcome to contact the head of the relevant practice area. The names of the lead fee earner and supervising partner appear in the relevant engagement letter and an inquiry of our switchboard or website will provide the name of the head of the practice area. Any continuing concern about any aspect of the service provided by us should be directed to the senior partner, whose name can also be obtained from our switchboard or website. The senior partner will acknowledge receipt of the complaint, investigate the matter, and respond as promptly as circumstances allow. If you are not happy with our handling of any complaint you make you can ask the Legal Complaints Service (or the Office for Legal Complaints) to consider the matter (telephone number 0845 608 6565; www.legalcomplaints.org.uk). If the complaint relates to an invoice we have delivered, you may also be able to apply to the court for an assessment of the invoice under Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974.

Intellectual property

All copyright in, and any other intellectual property rights that attach to, the content of this website (including any Kingsley Napley or Kingsley Napley LLP marks, logos and branding, and any publications, that appear on this website) belong to Kingsley Napley LLP. You may download and temporarily store one or more pages of this website for the sole purpose of viewing them. You may also print any of the publications on this website so long as each copy is a complete copy, no amendment is made to it and it is only for personal use or use within your organisation. None of the content of or publications on this website, whether or not permission is granted for downloading, printing or circulation, may be used for commercial exploitation. Any other storage, copying, transmission or distribution of the content of or publications on this website is prohibited without the written consent of Kingsley Napley LLP. All access to, downloading or printing of and/or use by any person of anything on this website is entirely at the user's risk.

Publications

All publications available on this website provide general information only. They do not constitute legal advice and nor do they purport to be an exhaustive statement of the law. Users should also be aware that laws and regulations might be different outside England and Wales. You should take legal advice on any particular matter that concerns you. If you do require legal advice, please contact us.

Electronic links

Electronic links to this website are prohibited without the written consent of Kingsley Napley LLP. Any links to other websites provided by this website have been included for convenience only. Such links do not imply endorsement by Kingsley Napley LLP of the linked website or its provider. We accept no liability for the contents of, or for any loss or damage caused by the use of, reliance on, or software downloaded from, any linked website.

Electronic communications

Communication by email carries with it certain risks. Email may not be completely secure or error free, can be corrupted or intercepted and may arrive late or not at all. Anyone who communicates with us by email accepts these risks. Email may also contain viruses. We accept no liability for viruses. You must rely on your own anti-virus software. We recommend that you scan all emails for viruses before opening them. We advise you to verify all electronically transmitted advice before relying on it. Emails addressed to clients are subject to our terms of business. We do not endorse emails that do not concern the proper business of the firm. Emails sent to us and by us may be monitored to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business.

Data protection

When you access this website, your computer's browser provides us with electronic information such as your IP address, browser type and access time. This information is collected and used to compile statistical data on the use of the website. We use this information to help us improve the website and the services we offer. We do not use cookies on this website. Kingsley Napley LLP will only use any personal data collected during your use of this website in accordance with current UK data protection legislation. Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in the relevant part of the website, to provide you with such information or assistance as you request, to provide you with information about us and our services and for any other purposes for which you give your consent. If at any time you wish to have your name removed from our database, please send an email to aburdick@kingsleynapley.co.uk.

Provisions applicable to these terms and conditions

Kingsley Napley LLP may alter these terms at any time by publishing new terms on this website, following which all use of the website will be governed by the new terms. These terms shall be construed, and may be relied on and enforced, independently of each other. You agree to indemnify Kingsley Napley LLP, and its partners, consultants and employees, against any losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses incurred or suffered and any claims or legal proceedings threatened or brought against any of them, in each case arising from your use of or conduct on this website and/or breach of these terms.

Governing law

This legal notice and all issues regarding this website shall be governed by English law. Unless we elect otherwise, any dispute relating to this notice or this website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Assistance

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