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Digital rights management

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Limitations and exclusions of liability

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(e) limit or exclude any mandatory rights that you have as a consumer
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(a) are subject to the preceding provision; and

(b) govern all liabilities arising under this disclaimer or relating to the
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the extent expressly provided otherwise in this disclaimer.

We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event or
events beyond our reasonable control.

We will not be liable to you in respect of any business losses, including (without
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anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.

We will not be liable to you in respect of any loss or corruption of any data,
database or software.

We will not be liable to you in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss
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Our aggregate liability to you shall not exceed [amount].

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trade marks, and such use may constitute an infringement of our rights.

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the holders of any such rights and as such we cannot grant any licence to exercise
such rights.

Law and jurisdiction

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law].

Any disputes relating to this disclaimer shall be subject to the [exclusive] OR [non-
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Free report disclaimer: drafting notes
Reports come in many forms, and in some of forms create legal risk for the report
publisher. This disclaimer is designed to help report publishers to manage such
legal risks.

The disclaimer incorporates a copyright notice, identifying the owner of copyright in


the report and the date of first publication. It also incorporates a licensing clause,
which sets out the permitted and prohibited uses of the report.

The core provisions of the disclaimer are designed to limit the scope of the
publisher's potential liability with respect to the report. As with all disclaimers of
liability, there is a risk that particular provisions of the disclaimer may be
unenforceable in court. For this reason, you should consider taking legal advice in
relation to any disclaimer document you wish to use.

Section: Credit

Subsection: Free documents licensing warning

Optional element. Although you need to retain the credit, you should remove the
inline copyright warning from this document before use.

Section: Licence to use report

Subsection: Licence to use report

Delete the references to a price if the report is distributed free of charge. Edit these
permissions as appropriate.

Subsection: Prohibitions on use of report

Edit these prohibitions as appropriate.

Subsection: Rights granted by document are personal

Optional element.

Section: Digital rights management

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Section: Pirate copies

Optional element.

Section: No advice

Optional element.

Subsection: No reliance on information in the report

Optional element.

Consider including this section if material in the report could be misconstrued as


professional advice.

Subsection: Report and medical attention

Optional element.
Consider including this section if material in the report could be misconstrued as
medical advice.

Subsection: No legal advice in report

Optional element.

Consider including this section if material in the report could be misconstrued as


legal advice.

Section: Limited warranties

Optional element.

Section: Limitations and exclusions of liability

Optional element.

Contractual limitations and exclusions of liability are regulated and controlled by


law, and the courts may rule that particular limitations and exclusions of liability in
contracts are unenforceable.

The courts may be more likely to rule that provisions excluding liability, as opposed
to those merely limiting liability, are unenforceable.

If there is a risk that any particular limitation or exclusion of liability will be found to
be unenforceable by the courts, that provision should be drafted as an independent
term, and be numbered separately from the other provisions.

It may improve the chances of a limitation or exclusion of liability being found to be


enforceable if the party seeking to rely upon it specifically drew it to the attention
of the other party before the contract was entered into.

You should take legal advice if you may wish to rely upon a limitation or exclusion
of liability.

Subsection: Caveats to limits of liability

Do not delete this provision (except upon legal advice). Without this provision, the
specific limitations and exclusions of liability in the document are more likely to be
unenforceable.

Subsection: No liability for business losses

Optional element.

Subsection: No liability for loss of data or software

Optional element.

Subsection: No liability for consequential loss

Optional element.

Subsection: Aggregate liability cap under document

Optional element. Do you want to include a liability cap in this document?

Liability caps may be unenforceable in practice. They are more likely to be


enforceable if set at a reasonable level.
Section: Trade marks

Optional element.

Trade marks may be registered or unregistered. It is a criminal offence under


Section 94 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 to falsely represent that a trade mark is
registered. Accordingly, you must not use the (R) symbol in relation to unregistered
trade marks.

Subsection: Trade mark ownership

It is customary in legal documents to identify specific trade marks using capital


letters (eg TRADE MARK) and, in the case of registered marks, registration
particulars (eg UK trade mark registration number 000001 for TRADE MARK).

Please identify your trade marks, by reference to registration particulars in the case
of registered trade marks.

Subsection: Third party trade marks in report

Optional element.

Section: Law and jurisdiction

Optional element.

The questions of which law governs a document and where disputes relating to the
document may be litigated are two distinct questions.

Subsection: Governing law

This document has been drafted to take account of the rules of English law and the
governing law provision should not be changed without obtaining expert advice
from a lawyer qualified in the appropriate jurisdiction. In some circumstances the
courts will apply provisions of their local law, such as local competition law or
consumer protection law, irrespective of a choice of law clause.

Which law should govern the document?

Subsection: Jurisdiction

In some circumstances your jurisdiction clause may be overridden by the courts.

Should the jurisdiction granted be exclusive or non-exclusive? Choose "non-


exclusive" jurisdiction if you may want to enforce the terms and conditions against
users outside England and Wales. Otherwise, choose "exclusive jurisdiction".

The courts of which country or jurisdiction should adjudicate disputes under the
document?

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