Terms and Conditions was last changed in February 2023.
Registered owner
This website is owned and maintained by King’s Counsel Appointments Ltd (KCA), registered office address: 16 Red Lion Square WC1R 4QH, London, Ltd is a limited company Registration Number 05423088.
Use of Data
Data collected will be used by KCA for the sole purpose of running the competition. KCA do not pass on any data, nor provide to third parties without specific consent. KCA electronic data is stored in secure, UK-based servers.
Conditions of Use
This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you about the conditions on which you may make use of our websites as listed below:
https://assessor.KCappointments.org/
https://grading.KCappointments.org/
https://applications-2023.KCappointments.org/
Please read these Conditions of Use carefully before you start to use the websites. By using the websites, you indicate that you accept these Conditions of Use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these conditions, please refrain from using the websites.
Accessing the Websites
Access to the websites is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on the websites without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason the websites is unavailable at any time or for any period.
From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts or all of the websites to users who have registered with us.
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Conditions of Use.
When using the websites, you must comply with the provisions of our acceptable use policy.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the websites. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the websites through your internet connection are aware of these Conditions of Use, and that they comply with them.
Reliance on information posted
All material posted on the websites is intended for information purposes only and does not represent legal advice on which reliance should be placed. Users are hereby placed under notice that they should take appropriate steps to verify such information. No user should act or refrain from acting on the information contained in the websites without first verifying the information and as necessary obtaining legal and/or professional advice.
Our liability
KCA makes no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy of the information contained on the websites. To the extent permitted by law, KCA expressly excludes all conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.
KCA expressly disclaims all liability and responsibility for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user arising from any reliance placed on materials posted on the websites by any visitor to the websites and by anyone who may be informed of any of their contents, or from the use or inability to use the websites, whether directly or indirectly, resulting from inaccuracies, defects, errors, whether typographical or otherwise, omissions, out of date information or otherwise, even if such loss was reasonably foreseeable and KCA had been advised of the possibility of the same. Direct, indirect or consequential loss and damage shall include but not be limited to loss of profits or contracts, loss of income or revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, and wasted expenditure or management time.
Nothing in these Conditions of Use shall exclude KCA’s liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence, or fraudulent misrepresentation, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
Changes to the Websites
We aim to update the websites regularly and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to the websites, or close it indefinitely.
Viruses, hacking and other offences
The user agrees that material downloaded or otherwise accessed using the website is obtained entirely at the user’s own risk and that the user will be entirely responsible for any resulting damage to software or computer systems and/or any resulting loss of data, even if such loss and damage was reasonably foreseeable and KCA had been advised of the possibility of the same.
You must not misuse the websites 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 the websites, the server on which the websites is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the websites. You must not attack the websites via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.
By breaching the provision in paragraph 13, 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 co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the websites will cease immediately.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the websites or to your downloading of any material posted on them, or on any website linked to them.
Linking to the Websites
You may not link to our websites.
General
If any provision of these Conditions of Use or the Notice of Copyright (see below) is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions which shall remain in full force and effect.
KCA’s omission to exercise any right under these conditions of use or the notice of copyright shall not constitute a waiver of any such right unless expressly accepted by KCA in writing. These Conditions of Use and the Notice of Copyright and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. The user and KCA agree to submit any dispute (including any non-contractual dispute) arising out of or in connection with the use of the websites to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
We may revise these Conditions of Use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we have made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these Conditions of Use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on the websites.
Notice of intellectual property rights
Except where expressly stated to the contrary, all intellectual property rights in the text, graphics, information, motifs, logos, designs and databases contained in this site including the domain names, organisation and layout of the site and the software used in relation to the site are owned by KCA or its licensors.
You may print or download to a computer extracts of this site:
- for personal use
- for the purposes of journalistic work about the KC appointment process
- for the purposes of informing prospective applicants about the appointment process.
Provided in all cases that:
KCA website is the acknowledged source; you do not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way; and you do not use any graphics, illustrations or photographs, separately from any accompanying text. This permission may be revoked at any time by KCA. Material displayed on the site, in whole or in part, may not otherwise be copied, reproduced, republished or incorporated in any other work or publication, whether paper or electronic media or any other form, without the KCA’s prior written permission. Sending copies of material to clients does not constitute reference purposes and is not permitted.
You may not reproduce or store any part of this site in any other website, document management system or electronic retrieval system (via screen-scraping or otherwise) without the KCA’s prior written permission.
You must not use any part of the materials on this site for commercial purposes (other than as expressly permitted herein) without obtaining a licence to do so from the KCA.
If you print off, copy or download any part of this site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use this site will cease immediately and you must, at the KCA’s option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
Any rights not expressly granted in this notice are reserved.
Acceptable Use policy
This Acceptable Use policy sets out the terms between you and KCA under which you may access the websites listed below:
https://assessor.KCappointments.org/
https://grading.KCappointments.org/
https://applications-2023.KCappointments.org/
This policy applies to all users of, and visitors to, the websites. Your use of the websites means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the policies in this policy, which supplement our Conditions of Use.
Prohibited uses
You may use the websites only for lawful purposes. You may not use the websites:
- in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation
- in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect
- for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way
- to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); or
- to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
You also agree:
- not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of the websites in contravention of the provisions of our Conditions of Use, or
- not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt any part of the Websites, any equipment or network on which the websites is stored any software used in the provision of the websites, or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
Interactive services
We may from time to time provide interactive services on the websites. Where we do provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered. Information about data gathered during any interactions is covered by our Privacy Policy.
Suspension and termination
We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this Acceptable Use policy through your use of the websites. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate. Failure to comply with this Acceptable Use policy constitutes a material breach of the Conditions of Use upon which you are permitted to use the websites, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
- immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use the websites
- immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to the websites
- issue of a warning to you
- legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach
- further legal action against you, or
- disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.
We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of this Acceptable Use policy. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.
Changes to the Acceptable Use policy
We may revise this Acceptable Use policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our website.