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Terms Of Use.
Terms of use of the lodestone.co.uk website.
The www.lodestone.co.uk site (this site) is owned and operated by LODESTONE
PATIENT CARE. Your access to this site is conditional upon your acceptance
and compliance with the terms, conditions, notices and disclaimers
contained in this document and elsewhere on this site (known collectively
as Terms of Use). Your use of, and/or access to, this site constitutes
your agreement to these Terms of Use.
User requirements and content of this site
Third party sites
The site
Limitation of our liability
Other
Indemnities
Copyright and other intellectual property
Advertising, links to third party websites and e-commerce offers
User requirements and content of this site
This site is designed for general educational and information purposes
only.
In using this site, you acknowledge that LODESTONE PATIENT CARE
do not seek to nor do they provide medical, hospital or nursing,
dental, psychiatric, pharmaceutical, community health or health education
services, podiatry, chiropractic or any alternative health services
or health services or advice of any kind. LODESTONE PATIENT CARE
do not advocate nor adhere to any of the information, advice, treatments
or drugs mentioned, described or discussed at the site. LODESTONE
PATIENT CARE also does not offer any diagnostic advice or service.
The Content which LODESTONE PATIENT CARE makes available at this
site is not intended, whether expressly or impliedly:
to constitute professional medical or health care advice or diagnosis
or treatment;
to be relied upon without any professional consultation or independent
consideration by a qualified medical practitioner.
You should not rely on information that you obtain from or via this
site as a substitute for medical or health care advice, information
or treatment from a qualified medical or health practitioner. If
you need advice, information or treatment you should consult a qualified
medical or health care practitioner and not use this site.
You use this site at your risk. LODESTONE PATIENT CARE by providing
access to Content does not warrant its accuracy, currency or adequacy.
You must evaluate, and you bear all risks associated with, use or
reliance upon any Content.
LODESTONE PATIENT CARE do not warrant that the Content provided
satisfies government regulations which apply to the disclosure of
information on prescription drugs.
Additional terms may apply in relation to particular Content or
products or services acquired through use of the site. You should
check terms which apply to particular Content or products or services
prior to acquiring them.
You acknowledge that the Content available at this site or through
this site may be explicit, offensive and may not accord with your
personal, religious or philosophical beliefs and you agree that LODESTONE
PATIENT CARE are not responsible for any offence caused.
Third Party Sites
You acknowledge that
parts of this site are provided or maintained by third party providers
(Providers);
LODESTONE PATIENT CARE is not responsible for the provision of Providers'
sites nor the content of these sites.
Communications and dealings with any Providers are solely between
you and that Provider. You agree that LODESTONE PATIENT CARE are
not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage of any sort incurred
as the result of such dealings.
The Site
LODESTONE PATIENT CARE endeavours to provide a convenient and functional
site. However, we do not warrant the Content will be error free or
that the site or the server that operates it are free of viruses
or other harmful components.
If your use of the site results in the need for servicing or replacing
property, material, equipment or data, LODESTONE PATIENT CARE will
not be responsible for such costs.
Limitation of our Liability
Without limiting the above provisions, everything on the site is
provided to you "as is" and "as available" without
warranty or condition of any kind, either expressed or implied, including,
but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness
for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
To the extent that we are able under the law to limit the remedies
available to you, LODESTONE PATIENT CARE expressly limits its liability
for breach of a condition or warranty implied by virtue of any legislation
to the following remedies (the choice of which is at LODESTONE PATIENT
CARE's sole discretion): (a) in the case of goods, any one or more
of the following: (1) replacement of the goods or supply of equivalent
goods, (2) repair of the goods, (3) payment of the costs of replacing
the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods, or (4) payment of the
costs of having the goods repaired; or (b) in the case of services
(1) supply of the services again; or (2) payment of the cost of having
the services supplied again.
If you are entitled to statutory warranties, your remedies if those
statutory warranties are breached may be limited to those set out
above. Nothing in this agreement is intended to limit or exclude
any liability on the part of LODESTONE PATIENT CARE where and to
the extent that applicable law (eg the Trade Practices Act) prohibits
such exclusion or limitation.
Other
LODESTONE PATIENT CARE may change material on this site, including
these conditions, at any time without notice. Each time you log on
to this site, you will be deemed to have accepted any changes to
these Terms of Use. The updated online version of these Terms of
Use shall supersede any prior versions, whether in paper, online
or other media format.
This agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of New South Wales, Australia. You irrevocably and unconditionally
submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South
Wales. If any provision of this agreement is found to be invalid
or unenforceable by a court of law, such invalidity or unenforceability
will not affect the remainder of the agreement which will continue
in full force and effect.
All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Indemnities
By using this site you agree to:
irrevocably waive and release any and all claims that you now have
or may have against LODESTONE PATIENT CARE, its affiliates, subsidiaries,
parents, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents and
representatives which claims directly or indirectly arise out of,
relate to or are incidental to use of Content, this site or anything
made available via this site; and
indemnify LODESTONE PATIENT CARE from and against claims, loss, damage,
tax, liability and/or expense that may be incurred by LODESTONE PATIENT
CARE parties directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection
with your use or reliance upon Content, this site or anything made
available via this site, including legal costs, fees and expenses
of defending any of the I-MED NETWORK parties, but excepting claims
arising out of gross negligence or willful misconduct of I-MED NETWORK
parties.
You agree to indemnify LODESTONE PATIENT CARE parties from any claim
or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any third party
due to or arising out of:
violation of these terms by you, or
infringement by you, or other user of this using your user name and
password, of any intellectual property or other right of any person
or entity.
These indemnities are subject to the provisions of this agreement
under the headings "Limitation of our Liability".
Copyright and other Intellectual Property
This site contains material (including video, graphics and text)
which is subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights
owned by or licensed to LODESTONE PATIENT CARE. Subject to fair use
and other relevant defences:
you are allowed to:
view, copy and print material in electronic or other forms only
for your personal use, or non-commercial purposes and only if you
retain copyright and other intellectual property notices from the
original material;
you are NOT allowed to:
use material from this Site for non-personal, public or commercial
purposes (other than provision of professional services by you as
a medical or health care practitioner); or
breach copyright or any other intellectual property rights of LODESTONE
PATIENT CARE or its licensors including by amending or adapting any
material on this Site.
Advertising, links to third party web sites and e-Commerce offers
This site contains hyperlinks and other pointers to Internet web
sites operated by third parties. These linked web sites are not under
the control of LODESTONE PATIENT CARE. LODESTONE PATIENT CARE are
not responsible for the contents of any linked web or any hyperlink
contained in a linked web site. LODESTONE PATIENT CARE provides these
hyperlinks to you as a convenience only. Inclusion of any link does
not imply any endorsement of the linked web site by LODESTONE PATIENT
CARE or its affiliates. You link to any such web site entirely at
your own risk.
This site also contains third party advertisements (including banner
ads and full page advertisements) which contain embedded hyperlinks
or which include referral buttons to web sites operated by third
parties or their licensees or contractors. All third party advertising
(including referral buttons and embedded hyperlinks) is paid for
by the relevant third party advertisers and are not recommendations
or endorsements by LODESTONE PATIENT CARE parties. You should refer
to the relevant advertiser for all information regarding its products
and/or services.
In some instances, the advertisement will contain representations
or offers by the third party advertiser which you can accept by linking
to the advertiser's web site and executing the relevant transaction.
Such offers are not made by LODESTONE PATIENT CARE. The third party
advertiser is solely responsible to you for the delivery of any goods
or services you purchase on the third party web site.