Got a friend with an interesting dispute (detail not important) but the company in question have in there terms something along the lines of:
"This Agreement and any dispute between you and the Company arising out of your use of the Website or Service shall be governed by the laws of the Isle of Man, and no other laws, and shall be exclusively settled by means of binding arbitration / mediation using a neutral arbitrator (not a judge or jury)" and they list a load of shit.
How legally binding is this? Could such a term make them "above the law" as such?
To my mind no T&C should be legally able to rule out your legal rights or make them immune to the orders of a UK judge (the isle of man is still UK Jurisdiction) subject to a few limits (I found this: out of jurisdiction | MoneyClaimsUK)
Any thoughts on this from legal experts?
"This Agreement and any dispute between you and the Company arising out of your use of the Website or Service shall be governed by the laws of the Isle of Man, and no other laws, and shall be exclusively settled by means of binding arbitration / mediation using a neutral arbitrator (not a judge or jury)" and they list a load of shit.
How legally binding is this? Could such a term make them "above the law" as such?
To my mind no T&C should be legally able to rule out your legal rights or make them immune to the orders of a UK judge (the isle of man is still UK Jurisdiction) subject to a few limits (I found this: out of jurisdiction | MoneyClaimsUK)
Any thoughts on this from legal experts?