TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF AND ACCESS TO ALL Global Legal Group websites: www.glgroup.co.uk, www.cdr-news.com, www.globallegalinsights.com, www.iclg.co.uk, www.africanlawbusiness.com

The use of and access to pages of this website operated by Global Legal Group is subject to the terms and conditions set out below. By using or accessing www.cdr-news.com, www.glgroup.co.uk, www.globallegalinsights.com, www.iclg.co.uk, www.africanlawbusiness.com the (“Websites”) or any part thereof you agree to be bound by the Terms.

1 COPYRIGHT

The copyright in the Website is owned by Global Legal Group and protected by United Kingdom and International copyright laws. Any party using or accessing the Websites (“User”) is entitled to copy any such information for their own personal use but may not re-publish, store or re-produce any such information in any manner, including without limitation electronic reproduction by “uploading” or “downloading”, without the prior written consent of Global Legal Group. Any unauthorised downloading, re-transmission or other copying or modification of any of the contents of the Websites may be in breach of statutory or common law rights which could be the subject of legal action. Global Legal Group disclaims all liability which may result from any unauthorised reproduction or use of the information on the Websites. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Global Legal Group.

The right to use the information collated on the Websites are owned by Global Legal Group. Any User extracting or re-utilising a substantial part of the information collated on the Websites or repeatedly extracting or re-utilising parts of the information, without the prior written consent of Global Legal Group will be infringing its database rights.

The Websites must not be accessed, monitored or copied by any manual process or by any robot, spider or other automated device.

2 INFORMATION DISPLAYED OR POSTED

Users understand and agree that the Websites are provided “as available” and that Global Legal Group assumes no responsibility for, inter alia, (1) any service disruptions or interruptions; (2) the unavailability of particular features or services; (3) the inability to access the Websites; (4) the failure or inability to post materials on the Websites; (5) the deletion of materials posted on the Websites; and (6) the failure to store materials posted on the Websites.

All information on the Websites including any content posted on the Websites (“User Content”), text, graphics and links is provided on an “as is” basis excluding any warranty whatsoever express or implied including but not limited to warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose or freedom from computer viruses.

Users understand and agree that any User Content is the exclusive responsibility of the person who posted or uploaded such User Content, and that Users will be solely responsible for any User Content they may upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit via the Websites. Users acknowledge that Global Legal Group is not responsible for, does not control, does not endorse and does not verify the User Content and Global Legal Group makes no guarantee regarding the reliability, service, accuracy, legitimacy or quality of any such User Content. Users agree that they will bear any and all risk of reliance on the accuracy, validity or legitimacy of such User Content. Under no circumstances will Global Legal Group be liable in any way to Users for any User Content, including but not limited to, errors or omissions in any content or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of any content posted or otherwise transmitted via the Website.

Users acknowledge that Global Legal Group has the ability to pre-screen User Content and has the right (but not the obligation) to amend, edit, and remove or restrict access to any such User Content in its sole discretion and without notice or compensation.

Users acknowledge and agree that Global Legal Group may preserve or disclose any User Content if it reasonably believes disclosure is required by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to (1) comply with legal process; (2) enforce these Terms; (3) respond to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third parties; or (4) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Global Legal Group staff, its users and the public.

By posting User Content on the Website a User waives any moral rights which he/she may have with regard to the User Content.

Each User is wholly responsible and liable for the User Content which that User posts on the Website.

Users acknowledge and agree to strictly comply with the rules set by Global Legal Group in relation to the posting of User Content on the Website (“Rules”).

Users must not:

• post, link to or otherwise publish any User Content containing any form of advertising or promotion for goods and services or any chain content or “spam”;

• post, link to or otherwise publish any User Content which contains any confidential information of or about a third party except with such third party’s explicit consent/authority;

• post, link to or otherwise publish any User Content that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, libellous, indecent, or which infringes copyright or any other rights of any third party or which contain any form of illegal content;

• disguise the origin of any User Content;

• impersonate any third party or misrepresent any affiliation to any third party;

• collect or store other Users’ personal data;

• restrict or inhibit any other User from using the Website;

• infringe the rights of any third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights and privacy or image/publicity rights;

• upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any material that (1) is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, or invasive of another’s privacy; (2) consists of instructional information on illegal activities, including but not limited to, hacking and cracking; (3) violates or infringes in any way the proprietary rights of others, including, without limitation, software, music, photographs, text, videos or artwork; (4) constitutes pornography, or sexual material of an obscene nature that violates the law in a relevant jurisdiction; (5) is the private information of another; (6) Users do not have the right to upload or post due to contractual or other legal obligations; or (7) contains software viruses, Trojan horses or other computer code, files or programmes designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.

When posting User Content on the Website the User agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Global Legal Group from all losses, damage, costs and expenses (including legal expenses) arising out of any User Content posted by the User on the Website.

General

The Website contains User Content over which Global Legal Group has limited control and as a result Global Legal Group cannot guarantee the accuracy or integrity or quality of User Content. Some Users may breach the Rules and post User Content on the Website which is misleading, untrue or offensive.

Users must bear all risk in relation to the use of the Websites and should not rely on any User Content in making (or not making) any specific decision or in taking (or not taking) any specific course of action.

By submitting User Content to the Websites, the User is granting Global Legal Group a perpetual, royalty free, non-exclusive licence to reproduce, modify, translate, make available, distribute and sub-licence the User Content in whole or in part and in any form.

Global Legal Group reserves the right to contact a User by e-mail with regard to the User’s use of the Websites.

Users are solely responsible for their interactions with other Users. Global Legal Group reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between Users.

Users agree that Global Legal Group may establish, in its sole discretion, any limitations, conditions or rules concerning the use of the Websites, including, for example, the maximum number of posts (of User Content) on the Websites in a given day, the number of days that post will be available, or the maximum size of a given post. Users acknowledge that Global Legal Group has the right to change these general practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice.

If any User believes that User Content posted on the Websites infringes his/her/its legal right(s), said User should notify Global Legal Group immediately by contacting Global Legal Group by e-mail at alan.falach@glgroup.co.uk

All content is subject to modification from time to time without notice.

3 TRADE NAMES

Certain names, words, titles, phrases, logos, icons, graphics and designs displayed on the Websites constitute trade names or registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Global Legal Group. The display of any trade names or registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks on the Websites does not imply any licence has been granted to any third party in respect of the same. The appearance or absence of products, services, companies, organisations, home pages or other websites does not imply any endorsement or non-endorsement thereof by Global Legal Group. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Global Legal Group.

4 LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES

Global Legal Group shall not be liable for any direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages including any loss of profits, business, revenue or goodwill arising from the use of or access to or inability to use or access, interruption or availability of the Websites, its operation or transmission, computer viruses, loss of data or otherwise in respect of its use or the downloading or use of any software, including pdf files, made available by Global Legal Group on the Websites. Any User using or accessing the Websites shall indemnify Global Legal Group from and against all claims, expenses, losses or liabilities (including professional fees and expenses) in connection with any claim by a third party relating to the use or downloading of the software or data or arising from such use or downloading.

Global Legal Group is not responsible for invalid destinations or transmission errors in, corruption of, or the security of information carried over telecommunications carriers’ or other providers’ facilities. Global Legal Group has no liability for faulty or interrupted communication links.

5 WARRANTIES

Each User understands and agrees that:

5.1 use of the Websites is at his/her/its sole risk. The Websites as stated above are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Global Legal Group expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

5.2 Global Legal Group makes no warranty that (1) the Websites will meet the requirements of any User; (2) the Websites will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error free; (3) any information that may be obtained from the use of the Websites will be accurate or reliable.

5.3 Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Websites is obtained and used at a User’s sole risk and discretion and each User will be solely responsible for any damage to their computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material.

5.4 No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by Users through or from the Website shall create any warranty by Global Legal Group.

5.5 Global Legal Group excludes any warranty that the Website will be error free, free of computer viruses or uninterrupted.

6 LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Global Legal Group accepts no responsibility or liability in respect of any material displayed on any third party websites which are not under its control. Users acknowledge and agree that Global Legal Group shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly for any damage or loss caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any material displayed on a third party website not under Global Legal Group control.

7 CHANGES TO THE TERMS

Global Legal Group reserves the right to make changes to any part of the Website and due to its policy of updating and improving the Website Global Legal Group may wish to change the Terms. Global Legal Group reserves the right to modify the Website and these Terms relating to the use of and access to the Website without prior notice. The amended Terms shall become effective immediately upon the posting of the amended Terms on the Website and the use of the Website by any User on or after any such effective date shall constitute acceptance of such amended Terms.

Users agree that Global Legal Group, in its sole discretion, may terminate a User’s ability to use the Website, and remove and discard any User Content, for any reason whatsoever. Users agree that any termination of their access to the Website may be immediate and without prior written notice.

8 GOVERNING LAW

The Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Welsh and if any User intends to take legal action in relation to the Terms and/or the Website such User agrees that the England and Welsh courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

9 GENERAL

If any provision of the Terms is found to be invalid the validity of that provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of the Terms which shall remain in full force and effect.

No User may assign, sub-licence or otherwise transfer any of his or her rights under the Terms.

If Global Legal Group or any User fails to exercise any right or remedy available under the Terms such failure does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.

The Headings in the Terms are for convenience only and have no legal meaning or effect.