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1. Intellectual Property

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### 2. Defamation#### 2.1 Disclaimer

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### 3. Data Protection#### 3.1

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### 4. No Legal Advice, Instructions#### 4.1

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### 5. Warranties, Liability#### 5.1

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5.2

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Forbes shall not be liable for any consequential or economic loss suffered by any User howsoever caused.

5.4

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### 6. Technical#### 6.1

Forbes and any of its partners, employees, agents, contractors or successors shall not be liable for the non-accessibility of this Website due to technical inefficiency or failure including (but not limited to) such failure caused by electricity supply faults or non-functionality of the Internet.

6.2

The availability of the Website is dependent upon the continuing availability of any third party Licences to Forbes. Termination of such Licences may result in the removal or non-functionality of parts or all of the Website.

6.3

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### 7. Jurisdiction#### 7.1

These conditions shall be governed by English law in every particular including formation and interpretation and shall be deemed to have been made in England

7.2

Any proceedings arising out of or in connection with these conditions shall be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in England and Wales

### 8. General#### 8.1

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