Disclaimer
Last updated: 01.12.2025
This Disclaimer applies to the JSH Law Ltd website, including all pages, articles, blog posts, guidance notes, templates, downloads, resources, links, and other materials published on or through this website.
Please read this Disclaimer carefully before relying on any information, booking a consultation, requesting work, paying an invoice, downloading a document, using a template, or contacting JSH Law Ltd.
Business status
JSH Law Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales under company number 16870438.
JSH Law Ltd provides litigation support and McKenzie Friend services to litigants in person. We are not a firm of solicitors and we are not authorised or regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board, CILEx Regulation, or any other approved legal services regulator.
Unless expressly confirmed otherwise in writing:
- we are not acting as your solicitor or barrister;
- we do not conduct litigation on your behalf;
- we do not carry out reserved legal activities;
- we do not go on the court record as your legal representative;
- we do not have an automatic right of audience before any court or tribunal;
- we do not sign statements of truth, court forms, or correspondence on your behalf unless clearly indicated as a draft for your own review, signature, or sending.
Website content is general information only
The content on this website is provided for general information, public legal education, commentary, and practical support purposes only. It is not legal advice and must not be treated as a substitute for advice from a regulated solicitor, barrister, legal executive, or other appropriately qualified professional.
Legal rights, procedure, evidence, court practice, deadlines, remedies, risks, and outcomes depend on the specific facts of each case. General website content may not apply to your circumstances.
You should not rely on website content alone when making decisions about litigation, court proceedings, family law disputes, safeguarding issues, children matters, enforcement, criminal allegations, costs, appeals, or any matter with serious consequences.
No client relationship from website use
Viewing this website, reading our content, downloading material, sending an enquiry, submitting information through a form, emailing us, messaging us, or following JSH Law Ltd on social media does not create a client relationship.
A client relationship is only formed when we agree to act for you and you accept our terms, usually through a client agreement, written confirmation, invoice, task confirmation, or other express agreement.
We are not obliged to accept instructions, respond to an enquiry, review documents, reserve time, attend court, or carry out work unless we have expressly agreed to do so.
Litigants in person remain responsible for their own case
If you are a litigant in person, you remain responsible for your own case at all times. This includes responsibility for checking deadlines, complying with court orders, filing documents, serving documents, attending hearings, checking drafts, approving documents, giving accurate instructions, and deciding what action to take.
Any drafts, examples, templates, suggested wording, checklists, blog posts, or guidance materials published on this website must be carefully reviewed and adapted before use. They may not be suitable for your case.
You remain responsible for ensuring that any document you file, serve, sign, send, or rely on is accurate, complete, truthful, relevant, and suitable for your circumstances.
No guarantee of accuracy, completeness, or currency
We make reasonable efforts to ensure that information on this website is accurate and useful at the time of publication. However, law, procedure, guidance, court practice, forms, rules, fees, policies, and public information may change.
We do not guarantee that website content is complete, current, error-free, or suitable for your specific matter. Content may become outdated, incomplete, or superseded without notice.
You should check current law, court rules, practice directions, procedural guidance, forms, deadlines, and local court requirements before relying on any information.
No guarantee of outcome
JSH Law Ltd does not guarantee any court result, settlement, order, hearing outcome, procedural decision, litigation advantage, costs outcome, enforcement outcome, or other result.
Any views expressed on this website about procedure, presentation, evidence, risk, prospects, litigation trends, practical options, or possible outcomes are general commentary only. They are not guarantees and may not apply to your case.
Court decisions are made by judges and depend on many factors outside our control, including the evidence, the parties, the judge, the applicable law, procedural history, credibility, welfare considerations, safeguarding issues, and case management discretion.
McKenzie Friend role and court attendance
Any court attendance by JSH Law Ltd is subject to availability, prior agreement, prior payment, practical arrangements, and the court’s permission where required.
The court may restrict, refuse, or end the involvement of a McKenzie Friend. The court may refuse permission for us to sit with you, assist you, speak for you, address the court, take part in a hearing, or remain in the courtroom.
Any such decision is entirely a matter for the court. We do not guarantee any particular level of participation at court.
No advice on other jurisdictions unless expressly agreed
This website is written primarily from the perspective of England and Wales unless expressly stated otherwise.
Our services may, where agreed, include litigation support in relation to proceedings, documents, orders, enforcement steps, background facts, or related issues connected with another jurisdiction, including Ireland. However, this does not mean that we advise on the law, procedure, rights of audience, professional conduct rules, costs rules, enforcement rules, or court practice of any jurisdiction outside England and Wales unless expressly agreed in writing.
You remain responsible for obtaining advice from an appropriately qualified lawyer in any other relevant jurisdiction where needed.
Third-party content and external links
This website may refer or link to third-party websites, court resources, legislation, guidance, public bodies, professional organisations, articles, reports, campaigns, commentary, documents, or other external materials.
External links are provided for convenience and information only. JSH Law Ltd is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, availability, lawfulness, security, privacy practices, or content of external websites or third-party materials.
Inclusion of a link or reference does not mean that we endorse the third party, its views, its services, its conduct, or the accuracy of its content.
Blog posts, commentary, and public-interest writing
Blog posts, articles, commentary, social media posts, and public-interest content published by JSH Law Ltd are general commentary only. They may discuss legal issues, court processes, policy, public cases, professional practice, safeguarding, domestic abuse, children’s welfare, litigants in person, AI and law, or other matters of public concern.
Such content is not intended to provide legal advice on any individual case. You should not assume that commentary about one case, public issue, policy, judgment, article, or organisation applies to your circumstances.
Where commentary refers to third-party content, organisations, public-interest issues, or reported matters, it is provided for discussion, education, analysis, and lawful comment. It should not be treated as a finding of fact about any person unless clearly supported by the source material referred to.
Templates, downloads, and example documents
Any templates, example documents, checklists, forms, draft wording, or downloadable materials provided on this website are for general guidance only.
Templates may not be suitable for your case, court, facts, evidence, procedural stage, local practice, deadline, or legal issue. They must be carefully reviewed, amended, checked, and adapted before use.
You remain responsible for any document you prepare, file, serve, sign, send, publish, or rely on, including any document based on a JSH Law Ltd template or example.
Family court, confidentiality, and restricted information
Family court proceedings, children matters, Cafcass reports, social services records, police disclosure, medical records, school records, safeguarding materials, and court documents may be confidential or subject to restrictions on use, disclosure, copying, or publication.
You must not upload, send, publish, share, forward, screenshot, circulate, or disclose restricted material unless you are lawfully permitted to do so.
If you provide documents or information to JSH Law Ltd, you are responsible for ensuring that they may lawfully be shared with us and used for the purpose for which you provide them.
Safeguarding and emergency situations
We are not an emergency service. If you or someone else is at immediate risk of harm, call 999.
If you are concerned about a child or adult at risk, contact the appropriate local authority safeguarding team, police, NHS service, GP, mental health crisis service, domestic abuse service, or emergency support service.
Confidentiality may be overridden where disclosure is necessary or justified for safeguarding, prevention of serious harm, legal compliance, court order, protection of vital interests, or another lawful reason.
Communications and online systems
We may communicate by email, telephone, video call, messaging platform, client portal, or other electronic means. Electronic communications carry inherent risks, including delay, non-delivery, corruption, misdirection, interception, unauthorised access, platform outage, and technical failure.
We are not liable for loss arising from electronic communication failures, platform outages, missed messages, spam filtering, device issues, unauthorised access to your own accounts, or other matters outside our reasonable control.
You are responsible for checking your inbox, junk folder, portal notifications, messages, and contact details regularly.
No emergency or on-call service
Unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing, JSH Law Ltd does not provide a 24-hour, emergency, out-of-hours, or on-call service.
We may respond outside ordinary working hours at our discretion, but doing so does not create any obligation to do so in future.
Recording, publication, and misuse of materials
You must not record calls, meetings, conferences, consultations, court-related attendances, or discussions involving us without our prior written consent, unless recording is expressly permitted or required by law.
You must not publish, post, share, quote, screenshot, forward, circulate, or otherwise disclose our communications, drafts, attendance notes, invoices, internal comments, working materials, or documents on social media, websites, campaign pages, messaging groups, review platforms, or public forums without our prior written consent, unless required by law or court order.
Nothing in this Disclaimer prevents you from making a genuine complaint, seeking independent legal advice, complying with a court order, exercising statutory rights, making a lawful disclosure to an appropriate authority, or giving truthful evidence where lawfully required.
Intellectual property
Unless otherwise stated, website content, wording, templates, documents, downloads, graphics, layouts, branding, commentary, and materials published by JSH Law Ltd are owned by or licensed to JSH Law Ltd.
You may read and use website content for your own personal reference. You must not copy, reproduce, republish, sell, distribute, adapt, or commercially exploit our content without prior written consent, unless permitted by law.
Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, JSH Law Ltd is not liable for loss arising from reliance on general website content, outdated information, third-party websites, user adaptation of templates, missed deadlines, court decisions, litigation outcomes, failure to obtain appropriate legal advice, electronic communication failures, third-party interference, or misuse of our materials.
We are not liable for:
- any court decision, litigation outcome, procedural ruling, or order;
- loss caused by inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or late information supplied by you;
- loss caused by your failure to check, approve, sign, file, serve, attend, or comply with court directions;
- loss caused by your failure to obtain regulated legal advice where needed;
- loss caused by third-party advice, pressure, criticism, interference, or involvement;
- loss caused by publication, sharing, alteration, misdescription, or misuse of our communications, drafts, notes, invoices, or materials;
- events outside our reasonable control;
- indirect or consequential loss, to the extent permitted by law.
Nothing in this Disclaimer excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or any liability which cannot lawfully be excluded.
Relationship with other terms
This Disclaimer should be read alongside our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Complaints Procedure, Safeguarding Statement, and any client agreement or matter-specific terms agreed with you.
Where a signed or expressly accepted client agreement contains more specific provisions for a particular matter, those matter-specific provisions will take priority to the extent of any inconsistency.
Contact
If you have a question about this Disclaimer, contact jessica.hill@jshlaw.co.uk.
