Disclaimer
I’m sorry to have to put this in, but via my main blog, I get lots of emails and comments asking for legal advice, and the validity of this kind of thing has been upheld in the courts. I’m not a practitioner, so please don’t ask me for specific advice. If you need legal advice, you should consult a practising lawyer – in Ireland, that means you should talk to a solicitor.
This blog is not intended to convey, and should not be construed as or used as a substitute for, legal advice. It is written for general, informational purposes, and reading it does not create a lawyer-client relationship. Moreover, this blog is always under construction, and the contents are always changing, in part because I change my mind on issues a lot – so please do not rely on any post as a comprehensive or current statement of the law on any of the issues discussed. No responsibility of any kind is accepted for any reliance you may place on anything I have written here; but if you do find any of my many errors or omissions, please let me know about them. I write here in a personal capacity, and neither my employer nor any other group, body or company with which I am associated has approved of or endorsed the blog, and they are in no way responsible for anything I might say here. The contents of this blog are simply my opinions, and I do not intend to malign anyone; but if you disagree with something I have written about you, please let me know.
I retain copyright in what I write here, but I am happy for you to use it on foot of a Creative Commons licence. By the same token, I respect other people’s copyright, and any quotations I take from other sources are always acknowledged and are either licensed or constitute fair dealing, but if you think that I have gone beyond that in using some of your material, please let me know. Many of the images on this site are sourced externally, but this is always acknowledged in the alt field, and there is always a click-through to the source. There are lots of links in my posts, but I am not in any way responsible for the content of sites linked from here – such sites are the responsibility of those who maintain them; complain to them, not to me (but if an outside site has been compromised in some way, and so is not what it was supposed to be, please let me know so that I can amend or remove the now-inaccurate link).
I’m always happy to to discuss interesting issues, so if you’d like to discuss an issue with me, please do not hesitate to get in touch. I’ve been getting lots of emails and comments asking for help in writing undergraduate essays, but, whilst I’m more than happy for you to use my blog as a source in your research, I’m not going to write your essay for you.
I welcome, nay encourage, your comments on my posts. However, please follow my guidelines:
- keep your contributions concise, if you can,
- try to ensure that your comments are broadly relevant to the post,
- refrain from writing your responses in capital letters or bold,
- don’t write comments that are unlawful, defamatory, abusive, aggressive or rude,
- don’t spam or advertise (though a little self-promotion is ok), and
- don’t ask for legal advice, as a refusal often offends.
Whilst I am all in favour of your freedom of expression, the comments are moderated, and I will decline to approve and/or remove any comments that contravene these guidelines or the law, so please try to be civil. But, to the extent that the law allows, I am not liable for anything that anyone else says in the comments – if you don’t like what they said, please let me know but contact them too.
After all that, please enjoy the blog, and if you like it, please pass on the good word.
