Website disclaimer

Our terms and conditions specify that you must keep the credit for SEQ Legal in the document, and that you must link to us if you publish the disclaimer document on a website. A quick summary of the licensing terms is below.  If you want to use the website disclaimer without a credit or link, you can get a licence to do so here:

Do you need a more specialised document?

This template covers the basics, but many websites need more specialist legal documentation. We supply a wide range of specialist terms and conditions. For instance, we have documentation for ecommerce stores, marketplace websites, social networks, affiliate websites, blogs and dating websites. Alternatively, if you would like us to draw up documents specifically for your website, please request a quote.

More information about website disclaimers

Our disclaimer document is intended for use in relation to the simplest kinds of website that need to comply with English law: information-only websites lacking any significant interactive features (other than hyperlinks and HTML forms). As of April 2012, this disclaimer has been used on more than 400,000 websites.

The disclaimer has three main functions.  First, it specifies the basis upon which the website may be used.  In order to use a website, it must be copied, and so this takes the form of a copyright licence.  Second, it attempts to limit and exclude (disclaimer) various types of liability that may arise from the use of the website.  Third, it prompts the publication of certain information that must, under English law, be published on a website.

The document is a shorter version of the basic website terms and conditions document available on this website.  The main differences is that this document omits the provisions relating specifically to interactive website features.

The disclaimer document is divided into the following sections:

• a licence of the copyright in the website (and restrictions on what may be done with the material on the website);
• a disclaimer of liability (which gives the document its name);
• a variation clause;
• an entire agreement clause;
• a clause specifying the applicable law and the jurisdiction in which disputes will be decided; and
• a provision specifying some of the information which needs to be disclosed under the Ecommerce Regulations.

There is no magic to the document name: this "disclaimer" might as easily be called "terms and conditions" or "terms of use" or "website terms".

Please read the notes accompanying the disclaimer very carefully. You will of course need to adapt the disclaimer to suit your website and business.