Terms and Conditions

1. Information regarding the provider

This website is operated by Matthew Bender & Company Holdings Ltd (The International Trust Arbitration Organisation or ITAO), an international business company (IBC No. 2323097) with registered office at 20 The Mason Complex, The Valley, 14052, Anguilla, British West Indies.

2. Use of the website, copyright and trademarks

By using this website you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions.

The name the International Trust Arbitration Organisation or ITAO, the logo and all associated trade dresses and slogans are symbols of ITAO or affiliated companies.  

If you wish to use information or contents shown on the ITAO website, you must first request written consent from us or from the owner of the trademark rights, depending on the rights owner. You are not permitted to modify, copy, transmit, display, perform, publish, license or create derivative works of any software on this website or information which you receive through this website. Insofar as a copy or a transmission is expressly permitted, you may neither change nor delete the reference to the copyright or the name of the copyright owner.

Any reference on this website to products, services, processes, company symbols, trademarks or other third-party information represents neither a recommendation nor any form of support. Links to other websites which are not operated by us are for your convenience only. ITAO is not responsible for these products, services, processes, company symbols, trademarks or other information made available by third parties. Insofar as we provide hyperlinks to such sites on our website, the content of such sites is not our own and we are also not connected with these operators. We do not check the content of linked pages.

You are not permitted to use this website for activities which represent a violation of the law, infringe third-party rights or breach the standards, requirements regarding contents or specifications of the responsible authorities. You may not use this site to annoy or offend third parties, to make defamatory statements about third parties or to put undue pressure on third parties. You will indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, disputes, liability, claims for damages, costs and expenses which arise from your use of the website.

Unless we expressly permit the following uses or you have a legal claim, you may not:

• use robots, spiders or other automatic devices or manual methods to check the contents of the ITAO  website and gain access to it;

• use the ITAO website for purposes other than requesting quotes according to the rules;

• make counterfeit, fraudulent or speculative bookings;

• convey the impression in any way that ITAO supports your products or services;

• place false or inapplicable information on our website;

• publish or distribute over our website material which violates legislation and statutes, is threatening, offensive, constitutes defamatory statements, is obscene and indecent, incites hate, is pornographic or profane, or insulting to the prophets, or material which represents either a crime or an offence, constitutes liability according to civil law or breaches laws or incites their breach, or is illegal or in breach of contract for any other purpose;

• use or access the ITAO website in a manner that, to a reasonable observer, has a negative impact on the performance or functioning of the ITAO website, on the computer system or network, or otherwise on the user or registered customer/user of the ITAO website;

• upload or transmit through the website contents, software or procedures or use the website in any other way in order to employ viruses, Trojans, worms, time bombs or other programs and procedures which interrupt or interpose the ITAO website or the operation of the ITAO website or the systems which ITAO employs, or adopt measures in any other manner, which lead to an disproportionate load on our system or negatively affect third-party rights;

• use or attempt to use software, routines or objects which prevent the operation of the ITAO website or which create a disproportionate load on our system, or disguise or conceal the origin of information which is made available on the ITAO  website.

3. Disclaimer

All material included in our website is intended for information purposes only and does not represent legal advice. Users should take appropriate steps to verify such information.

No user should act or refrain from acting on the information contained in this website without first verifying the information and as necessary obtaining legal or professional advice.

We publish information on this website in good faith regarding its accuracy and check and update it regularly. However, we cannot guarantee the completeness or the accuracy of this information. We are unable to check and have not checked the accuracy of information which is made available by service providers and we cannot check the accuracy of other information which is made available to us by third parties.

We cannot assume any liability with respect to third parties for errors or incompleteness on this website. We can change, update or delete information on the ITAO website without prior notice. We are unable to guarantee either the uninterrupted availability of this website or its accuracy or that information or data available on this website is free from viruses or other damaging content.  We give no guarantee or assurance with regard to the usability of the information, products or services on this website for any purposes.

ITAO makes no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy of the information contained in this website. You are liable for any risks arising from the use of this website. We are not liable for errors, omissions or misleading information and we exclude our liability by contract, to the extent legally permissible, in connection with such information.  ITAO expressly disclaims all liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage occasioned from the use or inability to use this website whether directly or indirectly resulting from inaccuracies, defects, errors, whether typographical or otherwise, omissions, out of date information or otherwise, even if such loss was reasonably foreseeable and ITAO had been advised of the possibility of the same.  Consequential and indirect loss and damage shall include but not be limited to loss of profits, loss of goodwill, and wasted expenditure. 

All photographs which are used on the website are for illustration only and are not true representations of actually available facilities, accommodation or other services, unless expressly stated.

4. Prices

Any prices that may appear on this website are in Swiss Francs, and are provided as indicative of service provider services only. They are subject to any specific pricing provided by the service provider as part of a quote, offer or subsequent contract.

5. Amendments

We can amend these terms and conditions at any time, without prior notice. Insofar as amendments are made, these shall apply upon publication on the website.