Disclaimers and indemnities

The views expressed in any post or Private Message on LTLF/Forestforum are those of the member who submitted them and not the views of LTLF/Forestforum or TAU Associates. Every effort is made, through established and published processes, to react swiftly to remove any inappropriate content, either through discovery by Forestforums’s moderators and administrators, or through request from any LTLF/Forestforum member or any third party.

The content on LTLF/Forestforum may include links to third party external sites. You agree that TAU Associates/LTLF/Forestforum and the appointed moderators cannot be held liable for the content, nature or reliability of any third party links.

TAU Associates/LTLF and the appointed forum moderators listed above reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to remove any content from the forums or to ban or restrict anyone from entering or using the forums without warning or liability.

TAU Associates/LTLF and the appointed forum moderators accept no responsibility in connection with or arising from content in Private Messages. Neither TAU Associates/LTLF nor the forum moderators are able to see, censor or pre-moderate any Private Messages submitted by members through forestforums’s Private Messaging functionality. If you wish to make a private message visable to the forum moderators click the report

By submitting any content to LTLF/Forestforum you agree to indemnify and hold harmless TAU Associates/LTLF and the appointed forum moderators from all claims, costs and expenses (including legal expenses) arising out of any content posted or published by you.

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LTLF/Forestforum will endeavour to remove any content that is offensive, defamatory or libellous, upon being given notice of such content. The process for requesting the taking down of content is as follows:

• Notify LTLF/Forestforum of the content that you feel is offensive, defamatory or libellous. You can do this by clicking the report this post link or by sending the URL of the thread or post in question to: reportedpost@forestforum.co.uk

  We will review the thread or post in question and determine whether it should be taken down. As 'innocent disseminators' of the content on this forum, our policy is to remove content only when there is a clear legal obligation for us to do so – we will defend our members' right to freedom of speech if we have sufficient reason to believe that content was posted in good faith, without malice and is the honestly held opinion of the author.

• Step 2 – Pre-Action Protocol for Defamation

  If you disagree with our judgement on the taking down of any thread or post and still wish it to be removed, you must follow the requirements of the Defamation Pre-Action Protocol. It is advisable to seek legal guidance on this.