Terms and Conditions

Please read. The British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) requires consideration for and as a condition of allowing your use of this portal.

By accessing or using this site you represent that you have the full authority to act to bind yourself, any third party, company, or legal entity, and that your use and/or interaction, as well as continuing to use or interact, with the site constitutes your having read and agreed to these terms of use as well as other agreements that we may post on the site.

By viewing, visiting, using, or interacting with this portal or with any banner, pop-up, or advertising that appears on it, you are agreeing to all the provisions of these terms of use policy and the privacy policy of the BOA.

BOA specifically denies access to any individual that is covered by the children’s online privacy protection act (coppa) of 1998.

BOA reserves the right to deny access to any person or viewer for any lawful reason. Under the terms of the privacy policy, which you accept as a condition for viewing, and is collects and stores data and information for the purpose of exclusion and for many other uses.

These terms of use agreement may change from time to time. Visitors have an affirmative duty, as part of the consideration for permission to access this site, to keep themselves informed of such changes by reviewing these terms of use page each time they visit.

PARTIES TO THE TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT

Visitors, viewers, users, subscribers, members, affiliates, or customers, collectively referred to herein as “Visitors,” are parties to this agreement. The site and its owners and/or operators are parties to this agreement, herein referred to as “BOA.”

USE OF INFORMATION FROM THIS WEBSITE

Unless you have entered into an express written contract with the BOA to the contrary, visitors, viewers, subscribers, members, affiliates, or customers have no right to use this information in a commercial or public setting; they have no right to broadcast it, copy it, save it, print it, sell it, or publish any portions of the content of this website. By accessing the contents of this site, you agree to this condition of access and you acknowledge that any unauthorised use is unlawful and may subject you to civil or criminal penalties. Visitors have no rights whatsoever to use the content of, or portions thereof, including its databases, invisible pages, linked pages, underlying code, or other intellectual property the site may contain, for any reason or for any use whatsoever. In recognition of the fact that it may be difficult to quantify the exact damages arising from infringement of this provision, Visitors agree to compensate the owners of this site with liquidated damages in the amount of GBP £100,000, or, if it can be calculated, the actual costs and actual damages for breach of this provision, whichever is greater. Visitors warrant that they understand that accepting this provision is a condition of accessing the site and that accessing the site constitutes acceptance.

OWNERSHIP OF WEBSITE OR RIGHT TO USE, SELL, PUBLISH CONTENTS OF THIS WEBSITE

The site and its contents are owned or licensed by the site’s owner. Material contained on the site must be presumed to be proprietary and copyrighted. Visitors have no rights whatsoever in the site content. Use of website content for any reason is unlawful unless it is done with express contract or permission of the website.

HYPERLINKING TO SITE, CO-BRANDING, “FRAMING” AND REFERENCING SITE PROHIBITED

Unless expressly authorised by the BOA, no one may hyperlink this site, or portions thereof, (including, but not limited to, logotypes, trademarks, branding or copyrighted material) to theirs for any reason. Furthermore, you are not permitted to reference the URL (website address) of this website or any page of this website in any commercial or non-commercial media without express permission from us, nor are you allowed to ‘frame’ the site. You specifically agree to cooperate with the website to remove or de-activate any such activities, and be liable for all damages arising from violating this provision. In recognition of the fact that it may be difficult to quantify the exact damages arising from infringement of this provision, you agree to compensate the owners of the site with liquidated damages in the amount of GBP £100,000, or, if it can be calculated, the actual costs and actual damages for breach of this provision, whichever is greater. You warrant that you understand that accepting this provision is a condition of accessing the site and that accessing the site constitutes acceptance.

DISCLAIMER FOR CONTENTS OF SITE

The BOA disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy of the content appearing at, linked to on, or mentioned on this site. Visitors assume all risk relating to viewing, reading, using, or relying upon this information. Unless you have otherwise formed an express contract to the contrary with us, you have no right to rely on any information contained herein as accurate. We make no such warranty.

DISCLAIMER FOR HARM CAUSED TO YOUR COMPUTER OR SOFTWARE FROM INTERACTING WITH THIS WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENTS. VISITOR ASSUMES ALL RISK OF VIRUSES, WORMS, OR OTHER CORRUPTING FACTORS.

We assume no responsibility for damage to computers or software of the visitor or any person the visitor subsequently communicates with from corrupting code or data that is inadvertently passed to the visitor’s computer. Again, visitors view and interact with this site, or banners or pop-ups or advertising displayed thereon, at their own risk.

DISCLAIMER FOR HARM CAUSED BY DOWNLOADS

Visitors download information from this site at their own risk. The BOA makes no warranty that downloads are free of corrupting computer codes, including, but not limited to, viruses and worms.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

By viewing, using, or interacting in any manner with this site, including banners, advertising, or pop-ups, downloads, and as a condition of the website to allow their lawful viewing, Visitors forever waive all right to claims of damage of any and all description based on any causal factor resulting in any possible harm, no matter how heinous or extensive, whether physical or emotional, foreseeable or unforeseeable, whether personal or commercial in nature. For any jurisdictions that may now allow for these exclusions our maximum liability will not exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for using our website or service.

Additionally, you agree not to hold us liable for any damages related to issues beyond our control, including but not limited to, acts of God, war, terrorism, insurrection, riots, criminal activity, natural disasters, disruption of communications or infrastructure, labor shortages or disruptions (including unlawful strikes), shortages of materials, and any other events which are not within our control.

INDEMNIFICATION

Visitors agree that in the event he causes damage to us or a third party as a result of or relating to the use of this site, visitors will indemnify us for, and, if applicable, defend us against, any claims for damages.

SUBMISSIONS

Visitors agree as a condition of viewing, that any communication between them and the site is deemed a submission. All submissions, including portions thereof, graphics contained thereon, or any of the content of the submission, shall become the exclusive property of the site. “Submissions” is also a provision of the Privacy Policy.

NOTICE

No additional notice of any kind for any reason is required to be given to Visitors and Visitors expressly warrant an understanding that the right to notice is waived as a condition for permission to view or interact with the website.

DISPUTES

As part of the consideration that the BOA requires for viewing, using or interacting with this website, Visitors agree to use binding arbitration for any claim, dispute, or controversy (“CLAIM”) of any kind (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this purchase, this product, including solicitation issues, privacy issues, and terms of use issues.

In no case shall the viewer, visitor, member, subscriber or customer have the right to go to court or have a jury trial. Viewer, visitor, member, subscriber or customer will not have the right to engage in pre-trial discovery except as provided in the rules; you will not have the right to participate as a representative or member of any class of claimants pertaining to any claim subject to arbitration; the arbitrator’s decision will be final and binding with limited rights of appeal.

The prevailing party shall be reimbursed by the other party for any and all costs associated with the dispute arbitration, including attorney fees, collection fees, investigation fees, travel expenses.

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

If any matter concerning this purchase shall be brought before a court of law, pre- or post-arbitration, Viewer, visitor, member, subscriber or customer agrees that the sole and proper jurisdiction to be the county and city declared in the contact information of the web owner unless otherwise here specified.

APPLICABLE LAW

Viewer, visitor, member, subscriber or customer agrees that the applicable law to be applied shall, in all cases, be that of the country of the owner of this site.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mailing address:
British Orthopaedic Association
35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PE