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These terms apply to any question, answer, comment or any other material submitted to Ask PLC.
These rules are the terms of use for Ask PLC operated by Practical Law Company Limited (PLC) and these rules supplement the Terms for PLC services from 1 September 2010 (www.practicallaw.com/3-503-2117), the Terms of use for Discussion Forums, Blogs and Wikis (www.practicallaw.com/5-382-3064) and privacy policy (www.practicallaw.com/3-386-5597) applicable to PLC's website www.practicallaw.com (together, the Rules).
The Rules apply to all users. Any submission of a question, reply or any other material by you to Ask PLC means that you accept and agree to abide by all the terms and conditions of these Rules.
References to a "post" or "posts" include questions, replies or any other submission to Ask PLC.
PLC will consider questions within the current scope of the relevant web service. PLC will endeavour to respond to questions as soon as possible but is under no obligation to respond to a question. Generally, a question will be answered within one working day of the question being submitted. PLC tries to be as helpful as possible but because of constraints on time, we are normally unable to spend more than an hour on any particular question. (If the question is a specialist question and the editor(s) with the relevant expertise are not available, PLC may take longer than one working day to answer your question. In some cases, longer delays may occur owing to the non-availability of specialist editors for unavoidable reasons.) Questions and answers may be published to the PLC website.
PLC reserves the right, at its discretion, to edit, remove (in whole or in part) or republish any post. If a post contains information or a link that PLC considers should not be published, PLC is entitled to remove the information which it considers should not be published. The remainder of the post may then be published by PLC. Where a post has been removed (in whole or in part), subsequent posts referring to the offending post may also be removed.
Unless we state otherwise, replies to questions will be based on English law.
PLC's employees are not practising solicitors or barristers.
Users are encouraged to ask questions via Ask PLC. Replies may be provided by PLC or any other Ask PLC user.
Questions must be asked using the Ask PLC form which is available via the "Ask a question" link on the top navigation bar and in the "Actions" box on the right-hand side of each resource. (It replaces the "Contact the team" link in the "Actions" box).
Before submitting a question, use the search feature to check that your question has not already been answered on the PLC site.
You must not provide any confidential information to PLC, including any details that might identify a matter or parties to it.
Your question must be a general question about the law and/or practice. You should not seek legal advice.
By submitting a question you agree that it (together with any follow up correspondence on the question) may be published by PLC on its websites where it will be available for view and comment by all PLC users. Your question will be published anonymously. Your question may be moderated and amended before publication (including the addition of a title).
Any response to a question is not legal advice. No lawyer-client relationship is created between the person asking the question and the person answering it or between the person asking the question and PLC. Where appropriate, those asking questions should consult their own lawyers for legal advice.
The views in any post submitted by a non-PLC employee are those of the person who submitted it.
Users are encouraged to reply to questions raised by other users that are posted on Ask PLC and to add further comment to existing posts.
Posts must be made using the "Add reply" form at the end of each Ask PLC resource. You must be logged in with your individual password to post a reply.
By submitting a post you agree to it being published on PLC's websites where it will be available for view and comment by all PLC users. Your post may be moderated and amended in accordance with these Rules.
You must not provide any confidential information to PLC, including any details that might identify a matter or parties to it.
Your post should not provide legal advice but provide general information about the topic. Do not ask for specifics from the person asking the question or any information that may identify a matter or parties to it.
If you wish your identity to be displayed, please tick the "Display my name and organisation" box on the "Add reply" form. If you do not tick this box you will be shown as "Anonymous".
You are responsible for complying with any legal or regulatory requirements that apply to you.
PLC may revise these Rules at any time. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes PLC may make, as they are legally binding on you.