1 Acceptance
1.1 This is an agreement between you and the website operator of jaani.net (the Website). I may be contacted at my chambers address: 8 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2A 3QP, United Kingdom.
1.2 By accessing or otherwise using the Website, including by posting a comment, you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the Website.
2 Copyright and licence
2.1 I own the copyright and all other intellectual property rights in the content of the Website, save for any material expressly identified as belonging to a third party.
2.2 Insofar as the content is mine, it is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). You may access, download, share and adapt such content for non-commercial purposes only, provided you give fair acknowledgement of the source and license any derivative work on the same terms.
3 Comments and prohibited content
3.1 You may post comments where the site invites them. You license your posted content to me under the same terms as I license my own content to you (see clause 2.2 above).
3.2 You must not post or transmit anything that: (a) is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, harassing, threatening or discriminatory; (b) infringes any person’s rights, including intellectual property or privacy rights; (c) contains malicious code, or seeks to disrupt or gain unauthorised access to the Website; or (d) is spam or unsolicited commercial marketing.
3.3 I may edit or remove any comment, and may restrict or withdraw your access to the Website, at my sole discretion and without notice.
4 Legal content
4.1 This Website includes articles and other material about legal subject matter, such as case summaries, commentary and resources. Such material is provided for general information only, may be neither current nor complete (or applicable in your jurisdiction), and is not legal advice.
4.2 No barrister–client or other professional or advisory relationship arises from your use of the Website or from any communication between us on the Website (for example, in comments). You must not rely on anything on the site as legal advice, and should seek independent legal advice from a qualified professional in your jurisdiction before taking any steps in reliance upon something you read here.
4.3 All content is written in my personal capacity and reflects my own opinions. It does not represent the views of any client, instructing party or other person, past or present.
5 Disclaimer and indemnity
5.1 The Website and its content are provided “as is”. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I exclude all warranties and implied terms.
5.2 To the fullest extent permitted by law, I accept no liability for any loss or damage of any kind arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Website, its content, or any other website linked to it. Hyperlinks to other sites are provided for convenience only, imply no endorsement, and I am not responsible for their content.
5.3 You agree to indemnify me against all claims, losses, liabilities and expenses (including legal costs) arising from your breach of these Terms of Use or any wrongdoing you commit in relation to your use of the Website.
5.4 Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
6 Changes to these terms
I may change these Terms of Use at any time by posting the revised version on this page. Changes take effect, and bind you, a reasonable period thereafter. If you continue to use the Website 7 days after such a revised version is posted, you will be taken to have agreed to the revised terms.
7 Governing law
These Terms of Use, and any dispute arising from them or related to your use of the Website, are governed by the law of England and Wales, and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of its courts.
8 Last updated
These terms were last updated on 14 June 2026.