Terms of use
Terms of Use of Smith & Nephew's website
Who are we?
We are Smith & Nephew Plc, An England and Wales registered limited company with registration number 03226423, having its registered address at: 15 Adam Street, London, WC2N 6LA
Smith & Nephew is registered for VAT in the UK, with registration number GB 168 1610 64.
You are welcome to write to us at our address, or you may contact us via e-mail or telephone.
What are you agreeing to?
These terms and conditions apply when you use our website. You must agree to these terms and conditions if you wish to use this site. The website is only offered to you upon agreement of these terms, and you will be deemed to have accepted these terms if you use the site.
We may amend these terms and conditions from time to time by updating this document. Except where stated, all amended terms and conditions apply from the point at which they are posted to the site.
Privacy and Intellectual Property
Our privacy statement and intellectual property statement form part of these terms and conditions, and must be agreed to if you wish to use the site.
Offering of Service
Smith & Nephew provides this Internet site for your general information only. Smith & Nephew reserves the right to delete, modify or supplement the content of this site at any time for any reason without notification to anyone.
We do our best to ensure that the information in the web site is accurate and helpful at all times. However, we cannot ultimately warrant the accuracy of that information and cannot be held liable for any use or reliance you may make of or put on it except as specifically agreed with us in any further agreement we may make with you in writing.
Products shown may not be available in all countries or may be known by a different name. Indications for use may vary from country to country. The information contained in this web site is general in nature, and is not intended to substitute for advice provided by an independent professional experienced and practicing in that area. Users are advised to consult with such an independent professional and to check any product information for specific information, and any new or up-to-date information or changes.
Nothing on this website should be construed as an offer to provide service to yourself. The information on this site is time-based, and may well no longer be an accurate reflection of our current position. For the purposes of forming a contract, any information on this website should be considered inaccurate until it has been confirmed by us in writing. No offer to contract shall be provided by us from this website, and any offer must be signed by an officer of the company.
We reserve the right to change the terms and conditions under which the web site is offered at any time. Any such change in terms and conditions will be effective once reflected in the text of these terms and conditions and published on this web page. You should check the terms and conditions periodically to ensure that you are aware of and complying with the current version.
External Links
We take no responsibility for the content of external links on this site. Nor do we make any warranties, representations or undertakings about the content of any external website. If you are in any doubt about whether a link is external or whether an external link is safe to visit, you should not click on the link.
Contributions
Any communications you send to this site or otherwise to Smith & Nephew are on a non-confidential basis, and Smith & Nephew is under no obligation to refrain from reproducing, publishing, or otherwise using them in any way or for any purpose. Smith & Nephew shall be free to use the content of any such communications, including any ideas, inventions, concepts, techniques or know-how disclosed therein, for any purpose including developing, manufacturing and/or marketing goods or services.
Warranty
We do not provide any warranty or commitment to make available this site. It is used by you at your own risk. We do not provide a warranty as to the satisfactory quality of the site, or that use is error free.
Limit of Liability
We will not be liable for any loss, damage, expense, costs, delays or other liability whatsoever (including without limitation any financial losses such as loss of profit) which you may incur as a result of any event beyond our reasonable control (including without limitation any failure of transmission, communication, computer or other facilities or your inability to access the web site for any reason or any failure, error or delay in the sending or receiving of any notice or communication or instruction through the post or any electronic medium).
You acknowledge that information and software accessible over the internet may contain viruses, Trojans, worms and other malicious and damaging objects. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to adequately protect yourself as you browse websites, and that we shall not be liable for any loss which results from your access to this site.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us and our officers, directors, agents and employees from and against any claim, liability, cost, damage or loss it may incur, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement.
General
This agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales. The parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.