Terms and conditions

Use of this site is provided by BEN Help subject to the following terms and conditions:

  1. Your use constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions as at the date of your first use of the site.

  2. BEN Help reserves the rights to change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified.

  3. You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner which does not infringe the rights, or restrict, or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the site by any third party.

  4. This site and the information, names, images, pictures, logos regarding or relating to BEN are provided "as is" without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied. In no event will BEN be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever arising from the use or in connection with such use or loss of use of the site, whether in contract or in negligence.

  5. BEN does not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy and reliability of the materials.

  6. Copyright restrictions: Commercial use or publication of all or any item displayed is strictly prohibited without prior authorisation from BEN Help. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any licence by BEN Help to use any item displayed. Documents may be copied for personal use only on the condition that copyright and source indications are also copied, no modifications are made and the document is copied entirely. However, some documents and photos have been published on this site with the permission of the relevant copyright owners (who are not BEN Help). All rights are reserved on these documents and permission to copy them must be requested from the copyright owners.

  7. BEN Help takes no responsibility for the content of external internet sites. Other websites that we link to are owned and operated by third parties and BEN has no control over them. We accept no liability for any statements, information, products or services that are published on or are accessible through any websites owned or operated by third parties.

  8. Any communication or material that you transmit to the site can be considered as entirely confidential.

  9. Communication code of conduct (the "code"):

    Users of “Advice Clinic" discussion tools must not post material which:
    • is or is likely to be, discriminatory, hateful, false, inaccurate, threatening, defamatory, abusive, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, harassing, profane, invasive of a person's privacy, liable to incite hatred, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience or otherwise be a breach of the law. If however you have problems of a personal nature you may share the information, providing such information as is required to convey your concerns.
    • is copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by the user or unless the user has all necessary licences and/or approvals
    • constitutes an advertisement, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other form of solicitation
    • would be technically harmful (including, without limitation hacking, the introduction of computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data). We have the right to cease to communicate where the above rules have been breeched.
  10. If there is any conflict between these terms and conditions and rules and/or specific terms of use appearing on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.
  11. These terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
  12. If these terms and conditions are not accepted in full, the use of this site must be terminated immediately.