By accessing http://www.ms-researchandrelief.org or it's sub-sites ('the Website') you are agreeing to be legally bound by these terms and conditions as modified from time to time ('the Terms'). Your use of the Website constitutes your agreement to the Terms.

Disclaimer

This site is intended for educational purposes only. Always seek professional advice.

Copyright

All intellectual property rights, including copyright, associated with the content displayed on the Website ('Content') belong to MS Research and Relief Fund or its licensors, unless otherwise indicated. 

Privacy Policy

The Website respects your right to the privacy of any personal information you provide us with.

Use of content

The Website and the Content may only be used for your personal, non-commercial use. You may for this purpose alone:

• Retrieve and display Content from the Website on a computer screen
• Print, but not photocopy, individual pages on paper
• Store files in electronic form on disk (but not on any server or other storage device connected to a network)

Except as expressly stated in these Terms you agree not to:

• Download, copy, reproduce, modify, store, archive, show in public, redistribute or commercially exploit in any way any part of the Content without prior written permission of MS Research and Relief Fund
• Remove the copyright or trade mark notice(s) from any copies of Content made in accordance with these Terms
• Use the Content for any illegal or improper purpose

This Website or any part of it may not be compatible with your browser or computer configuration and we make no warranty that it is. We make no warranty that our services via this Website will be available at any particular time or that your access to our Website will be uninterrupted, timely or error free and we will not be responsible if we are unable to provide the Website or its services for any reason.

If you are accessing our Website and services in the course of a business, all implied warranties and conditions are excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law.

We shall not be liable for any loss of profit, data loss, loss of production, depletion of goodwill or any indirect loss, costs or expenses whatsoever arising out of your use of our Website, your use of our services on our Website or our failure to deliver services contained on our Website.

However, if you are accessing our Website to use the services available through it otherwise than in the course of your business, you have certain statutory rights as a consumer regarding the performance of services. These statutory rights are not and will not be affected by any statement contained in these terms and conditions (and in particular, any provision which has the effect of limiting our liability to you in the event that any service is defective or fails to correspond with the description given to it on this Website shall not apply).

Indemnity

If you are accessing our Website in the course of a business, you agree to indemnify us and to keep us indemnified from all or any liability or damages we incur in contract, tort or otherwise towards a third party as a result of your use of this Website.

Our Customer Complaints Policy

This Website and the services available on it are provided by MS Research and Relief Fund, a company regulated by The Charity Commission. We are committed to meeting the highest quality standards in the delivery of the service we provide to our customers. We aim to provide efficient and effective service and take any problems that do arise very seriously indeed. We aim to ensure that any complaints our customers may have are identified quickly and dealt with in accordance with our complaints handling procedure. In the event that you have any cause for complaint with regard to any of our services please Contact Us. Alternatively, you may raise the matter with our Operations Officer. We will investigate your complaint in accordance with an internal written procedure which involves:-

• acknowledging any complaint and responding in full within 28 days or, if that is not possible, letting you know within that time when we will be able to respond fully;
• carrying out a full review of your matter;
• responding to you with our views on your complaint and how we propose to resolve it;
• if you are not satisfied with our response, instigating a further review by our Operations Officer.
• If you remain unsatisfied after our Operations Officer has reviewed your complaint, you may take your complaint to our board of trustees.

A copy of our written complaints procedure will be provided to you upon request.

General

If any provision contained in these terms and conditions is determined to be invalid or unenforceable the remainder of the terms and conditions shall not be affected.

Our Website is operated and controlled from the United Kingdom and these terms and conditions and your use of this Website are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Unless you are using our Website and services as a consumer, by agreeing to these terms and conditions you consent to all disputes arising out of or relating to your use of this Website being decided only by the courts of England and Wales. If you are accessing this Website from another jurisdiction it is your responsibility to ensure compliance with the laws that apply to that jurisdiction.

You are not permitted to assign your rights under these terms and conditions. All rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

Important Information

The materials contained in this Website are provided for general information purposes only and do not claim to be or constitute legal or other professional advice. MS Research and Relief Fund does not accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from accessing or reliance on information contained in this Website.

This Website may include hyperlinks to Websites operated by other parties and content posted by visitors to our Website. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating them and their inclusion does not imply our endorsement of their content. We are therefore not responsible for the content of external Internet sites that link to this Website or which are linked from it. Nor are we responsible for any content posted to this Website by visitors.

Copyright Notice

The contents of this site are protected by copyright under international law.

Users are permitted to read the contents of this site and make copies for their own personal use. They may also give copies to colleagues for their personal use on terms that MS Research and Relief Fund is acknowledged as the source, the text is not altered in any way and the attention of the recipients is drawn to this warning. All other use and copying of any of the contents of this site is prohibited. Copying from Websites of third parties is subject to any requirements applicable to those sites.

Requests to republish, redistribute or syndicate content should be sent to MS Research and Relief Fund.

Limitation of liability

Through your use of the Website, to the maximum extent allowed by law, you agree to indemnify the MS Research and Relief Fund and any affiliates from and against any and all liabilities, expenses (including attorneys' fees) and damages arising out of claims resulting from your use of the Website, including, without limitation, any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by you of these Terms. If you are dissatisfied with any the Website material or with any of these Terms, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Website.

The MS Research and Relief Fund shall not be liable for any claims, losses, injuries, penalties, damages, costs or expenses arising from the use of, or inability to use the Website or Content or from any action taken, or omitted to be taken, as a result of using the Website or Content, other than death or personal injury resulting from the use of the Website directly caused by the negligence of the MS Research and Relief Fund. 

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold MS Society and any of its officers, employees and agents harmless from and against all and any expenses, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses of any character incurred or suffered and any claims or legal proceedings which are brought or threatened, in each case arising from your use of, or conduct on, the Website and/or a breach of any of these Terms.

Applicable Law

These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and you irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall (subject to the paragraph below) have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these Terms or your use of the Website or arising in any way from the Content.

For our exclusive benefit, we shall retain the right to bring proceedings as to the substance of the matter in the courts of your country of residence, or where these Terms are entered into in the course of your trade or profession, the country of your principal place of business.

Modification of these Terms and Conditions

MS Research and Relief Fund reserves the right to change the Terms of its use. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to all such Terms.

Suspension of Access

MS Research and Relief Fund reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Website at any time, with or without notice or explanation.

General

These Terms incorporate by reference all other policies, disclaimers and terms contained anywhere on the Website; provided, however, that in the event of a conflict between such other terms and these Terms, these Terms shall control.