Terms of website use

Thanks for visiting louisemaggsdesign.co.uk operated by Louise Maggs Design.

These terms of use (together with the documents referred to in it) tell you the terms of use on which you may make use of our site. As a guest of our website, this use may include browsing, accessing content, downloading (some great content we hope) and filling out our contact form (so we can have a chat about how we can help you).

Please read these terms of use carefully as these will apply to your use of our site. We’ve tried to keep them as plain English as possible, with a little humour along the way.

By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them.  If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site and we bid you farewell until you do.

Other applicable terms

These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:

  • Our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate (If it’s not just let us know and we’ll change it).

  • Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.

Changes to these terms

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page.  The last amendment was on the: 12-04-2022 as version 1.2.

Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.

Changes to our site

We may update our site from time to time and may change the content at any time. However, please note that any of the content on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it.

Whilst we will do our best we do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.

Accessing our site

Our site is made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our site is permitted temporarily. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions and that they comply with them.

Our site is directed to people residing in the United Kingdom. We do not represent that content available on or through our site is appropriate or available in other locations.

Intellectual property rights

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights on our site, and in the material published on it.  Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one (or two) copy(ies) and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site (but please bear in mind the environment when doing so – SAVE TREES!).

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way (even to draw silly faces on our owners’ picture), and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

No reliance on information

The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to specific advice on which you should rely.  Please get in contact with us to speak about your specific circumstances so we can tailor our advice to your specific situation.  That said we are not lawyers and, in such matters, requiring legal assistance we would recommend you obtain professional legal advice.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date (Didn’t she just say that above?).

Limitation of our liability

Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied.

We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

  • use of, or inability to use our site; or

  • use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.

If you are a business user, please note that in particular, we will not be liable for:

  • loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;

  • business interruption;

  • loss of anticipated savings;

  • loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or

  • any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

We will make all reasonable endeavours to ensure our website is safe to use and virus free.  However, we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any services to you, which will be set out in our Terms and conditions of service

Viruses

As mentioned above we will take all reasonable measures to ensure our website is as safe as possible to use. However, we (nor anybody for that matter) can guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, systems, and networks in order to access our site. You should use your own protection mechanisms including at least your own virus protection software and firewall. You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will cooperate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

Linking to our site

You may link to our website, its pages and articles, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link to our site on any website that is not owned by you or you do not have a right to publish on

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

The website in which you are linking must comply with acceptable standards of ethical and humane use.

If you wish to make any use of the content on our site other than that set out above, please contact us using the contact form provided.

Third-party links and resources on our site

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only.

We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and such sites should be treated with the same level of suspicion as to any other unknown website.

Applicable law

If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, its subject matter and its formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. However, if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are a resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

If you are a business, these terms of use, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Contact us

To contact us, please fill out the contact form provided.

Again thank you for visiting our site.