Terms & Conditions

Website User – Terms and Conditions

Welcome to the Mckenziefriendconsutants.co.uk web site. This agreement contains the terms, covenants, conditions and provisions upon which you may access and use this Site and the information and materials found on this Site. This agreement also contains the privacy policy applicable to your use of this site.

By accessing, viewing, or using this Site, you, the Visitor, indicate that you understand and intend these Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy to be the legal equivalent of a signed, written contract and equally binding, and that you agree to such Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Please note that European Citizenships.com reserves the right to change the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy under which this Site and its many offerings are extended to you. Your continued use of this Site following reasonable notice of such modifications will constitute your acceptance of such changes. You also agree that notices we may provide on the Site itself shall be deemed reasonable notice for this purpose.

We will use our reasonable endeavours to meet the time estimates given on our site or via our fact sheets but these remain estimates and in particular we accept no responsibility for delay caused by third parties or for reasons outside our control (such as the unavailability of the world wide web or for computer systems or telecommunications failure).

We are not obliged to accept any request or to continue to perform any service. We reserve the right to reject any request or to discontinue the performance of any service without liability.

EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS

We make no representations or warranties about the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the information and related graphics published in our site. The information contained in our site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors and is intended to be a general indication of our services only. Any implied terms including those as to quality, fitness for purpose, compliance with description or sample are excluded unless you deal as a consumer. If you do deal as a consumer these terms do not affect your statutory rights.

EVENTS BEYOND OUR CONTROL

We shall have no liability to you for any failure to provide services you have ordered or any delay in doing so that is caused by any event or circumstances beyond our reasonable control including, without limitation, strikes, locally related industrial disputes, and other industrial disputes and breakdown of systems or network access.

VARIATION

We reserve the right at any time without notice to revise the content of our site (including the services offered by us) and the terms and conditions. Any changes to the terms and conditions will be posted on our site and by continuing to use our site following any such change you will signify that you agree to be bound by the revised terms and conditions.

TERMINATION OF ACCESS

We reserve the right in our sole discretion to deny users access to our site or any part of our site without notice and to decline to provide the service to any user that is in breach of the terms and conditions.

FORCE MAJEURE

We shall not be liable to you for any breach of the terms and conditions or any failure to provide or delay in providing our services through our site resulting from any event or circumstance beyond our reasonable control including, without limitation, breakdown of systems or network access, fire, explosion or accident.

GOVERNING LAW

The contract between us shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and the English courts shall have jurisdiction to resolve any disputes between us.

MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS

Under International Money Laundering Regulations, mckenzieffriendconsultants.co.uk has an obligation to ensure that our services do not aid money laundering or any criminal activity.

“The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and Money Laundering Regulations 2003 place some important obligations upon professional advisers from a wide range of sectors, including Tax advisers, Accountants, Auditors, Insolvency Practitioners and Legal advisers. Such professionals who carry on relevant business are required to fulfil a range of obligations to prevent money laundering.

In particular they are required to report their knowledge or suspicion of money laundering to the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS). This covers the proceeds of all crime including all acts of tax evasion and fraud”.

Mckenzie Friend Consultants takes this obligation seriously and has set our due diligence standards accordingly. We ask for client cooperation to comply with these obligations. The ultimate beneficial owner will be requested to provide: Certified copy of passport, two utility bills issued within the last three months and in certain instances Professional reference (from Banker, Accountant, Lawyer, Solicitor). These documents are to be either the original documents or mailed copies that have been certified by a lawyer, your bank or a public official. No faxed or scanned documents will be accepted.

USE OF THE WEB SITE/INDEMNIFICATION

The Visitor undertakes: Not to use the information for any unlawful purpose. That it shall not make any use of the web site such that the whole or part of the web site is interrupted, damaged, rendered less efficient, or the effectiveness or functionality of the web site is in any way impaired. Not to use the web site for the transmission or posting of any computer viruses or any material which is defamatory, offensive or of an obscene or menacing character or in such a way as to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.

Not to use the Web Site in a manner which constitutes a violation or infringement of any person, firm or company (including but not limited to rights of copyright or confidentiality). That it shall not use the web site to transmit any material for the purposes of publicity, promotion and/or advertising without the prior written consent of and that in the event that it has any right, claim or action against any other Visitor arising out of the use of the web site then it shall pursue such right, claim or action independently of, and without recourse to, Immigration into America.com.

The Visitor will indemnify and defend Mckenzie Friend Consultants against all claims, liability, damages, costs and expenses, including legal fees, arising out of a breach of this contract or any use of the information or the web site by the Visitor.

The Visitor acknowledges that Mckenzie Friend Consultants has no control over the nature or content of information or programs transmitted or received by the Visitor using the web site and that European Citizenships.com does not examine in any way the use to which the Visitor puts the web site. The Visitor agrees to fully indemnify McKenzie Friend Consultants against any claims or legal proceedings arising in connection with Visitor’s use of the web site which are brought or threatened against McKenzie Friend Consultants by any other person.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Visitor acknowledges that all copyright, trademarks and all other intellectual property rights in the information shall remain vested in McKenzie Friend Consultants or its licensor.

VISITOR DATA

McKenzie Friend Consultants reserves the right to include the name, address and other relevant information relating to the Visitor in a directory for the use of McKenzie Friend Consultants, unless specifically requested by the Visitor in writing not to do so.

McKenzie Friend Consultants cannot guarantee the security or privacy of the web site and any information or communication to or from the web site by the Visitor.

CHANGES TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

McKenzie Friend Consultants reserves the right to change these terms and conditions from time to time by placing a note of such change in this file and the Visitor’s continued use of the Web Site following notice of such change shall be deemed to be the Visitor’s acceptance of any such change. It is the Visitor’s responsibility to check this file regularly to determine whether this contract has been changed. If the Visitor does not agree to any change to the terms and conditions of this contract then the Visitor must immediately stop using the web site.

SEVERABILITY

Each provision of this contract excluding or limiting liability shall be construed separately, applying and surviving even if for any reason one or other of those provisions is held inapplicable or unenforceable in an circumstances and shall remain in force notwithstanding the termination of this contract howsoever occasioned.

NO WAIVER

No waiver by McKenzie Friend Consultants shall be construed as a waiver of any proceeding or succeeding breach of any provision.

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA FROM CHILDREN

McKenzie Friend Consultants does not knowingly solicit information from children and we do not knowingly market the Site or its services to children. No one under the age of 18 should submit any personal information to Immigration into America.com and/or the Site.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

may provide links, in its sole discretion, to other sites on the Internet for the convenience of its Visitors in locating related information and services. These sites are maintained by third parties over which McKenzie Friend Consultants exercises no control. Accordingly, McKenzie Friend Consultants expressly disclaims any responsibility for the privacy policies, information collection practices, the content, the accuracy of the information, and/or quality of products or services provided by or advertised on these third-party web sites. Moreover, these links do not imply an endorsement with respect to any third party or any web site or the products or services provided by any third party.

COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS

www.mckenziefriendconsultants.co.uk does use cookies to store information about visitor’s preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customise Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

www.mckenziefriendconssultants.co.uk has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers or third party links. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. www.mckenziefriendconsultants’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

LOG FILES

Like many other Web sites, www.mckenziefriendconsultants.co.uk makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyse trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

DISCLAIMERS

The information and any commentary on the law contained on this website is provided for information and guidance purposes only. Every reasonable effort is made to make the information and commentary accurate and up to date, but no responsibility for its accuracy and correctness or for any consequences of relying upon it is assumed by Mc Kenzie Friend Consultants, its directors, employees or associated websites.

The information and commentary on McKenzie Friend Consultant’s web site does not, and is not intended to amount to legal advice to any third party on a specific case or matter. You are strongly recommended to obtain specific, direct legal advice from professional advisers whether these be your own advisers or those that appear on the europeancitizenships.com site. You should consider taking advice both in the country in which you are domiciled and in the country in which you are seeking to open a company and not to rely on the information or comments on this.

McKenzie Friend Consultants to provide the most accurate, up to date information and materials available. The information and materials available on the site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Moreover, McKenzie Friend Consultants may make modifications and or changes in this site or in the information and materials available on this site at any time, for any reason. In no event shall McKenzie Friend Consultants be liable for any indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of or in any way connected with the use of this site or with the delay or inability to use this site, or for any information and materials available on this site or otherwise arising out of the utilisation of this site, whether based in contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise, even if McKenzie Friend Consultants has been advised of the possibility of damages. Because some state/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation or liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitations may not apply.

As part of the Anti Money Laundering compliance that we undertake we may perform a personal Electronic ID check on you. This will not affect your credit history in any way.

McKenzie Friend Consultants Terms of Service

You understand that Derek Watkins, as your McKenzie Friend, is not legally trained and does not offer or provide any ‘professional’ legal or financial advice or service. He is a fee charging layperson, offering non legal advice and support as would an informed, impartial friend.

You understand and accept that by seeking the non legal service of Derek Watkins, as your McKenzie Friend that he can provide you with the following service only in the capacity of a layperson:

For Family Law matters:

To provide personal support, understanding and mentoring
To offer on non-legal advice and guidance
To assist you with paperwork, forms and planning
To organise your files and assist you in the smooth administration of the process
To help research information
To discuss and offer non-legal advice, guidance and opinions on your case and strategy
To assist with the management and timing of disclosures
To assist with your statements, submissions and arguments
To attend court with you under the formal guidance presented by the family courts
To help you prepare your arguments and questions
Under exceptional circumstances a court may allow a McKenzie Friend to advocate on your behalf. However, there is no expectation that as a McKenzie Friend that he would agree to do this and no guarantees that a court would agree

TERMS FOR OFFERING SUPPORT, NON-LEGAL ADVICE AND GUIDANCE

You agree to appoint Derek Watkins as your McKenzie Friend, and you have read, understood and agree to the following terms and conditions: understand and accept that in offering support, non-legal advice and guidance as a layperson, Derek Watkins holds no liability with respect to your legal process, legal costs, paperwork, mediation, court hearings, offers or outcomes of any court judgement.

Whilst as your McKenzie Friend Derek Watkins may help you explore different avenues, positions and arguments, you accept that all decisions in relation to your case and the management of your case are your own and you retain sole responsibility for the outcome of your decisions

You accept that if as your McKenzie Friend Derek Watkins is asked to research legal case law and other opinions on your behalf, no assurances can be given to the legal accuracy or correct legal interpretation of any information or legislation. You are solely responsible for any interpretation of the legislation that you may consequently rely on. It is strongly advised that you seek legal advice through a Solicitor on such matters.

All forms completed by Derek Watkins in assisting you as your McKenzie Friend in an administrative role must be signed and dated by yourself prior to any submission. You accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the content of the forms, and the accuracy of all statements made in writing, which must be signed and dated by you.

You accept that Derek Watkins is not liable to you in respect of any financial loss or any other loss whatsoever arising out of litigation proceedings associated with your case.

CONFIDENTIALITY

All of your information, circumstances, case papers and discussions will be treated in the strictest confidence. There will be no unauthorised verbal, written or any other form of disclosure to any other third person. Confidentiality cannot be maintained where there are suspected criminal offences or where there is a risk of harm to either yourself or another person.

You accept that there is no personal liability in the event of theft, misdistribution or loss of papers.

You give permission for us to use and store your personal data associated with your case. Please see GDPR Compliance notice