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• Your question must be a general question about the law and/or practice. We cannot provide specific legal advice in relation to individual cases. If this is what you require, you should contact the local police force dealing with the matter directly, and/or contact a solicitor for legal advice.
• Any response to a question is for reference purposes only and not legal advice; no lawyer-client relationship is created between the person asking the question and the person answering it. Where appropriate, you should consult your own lawyer for legal advice.
• You must not provide any confidential information to us, including any details that might identify a matter or parties to it.
• We will endeavour to respond to questions as soon as possible but are under no obligation to respond to a question. Generally, a question will be answered within two working days of the question being submitted. We try to be as helpful as possible, however because of constraints on time, we are normally only able to spend a limited amount of time on a particular question. If the question is a specialist question, it may take longer than two working days to reply. In some cases, longer delays may occur owing to a high volume of queries or the non-availability of staff for unavoidable reasons.
• Your query and answer may be used to create new content on the Ask the Police website where it will be available for view. Your question will be published anonymously and not include any of your personal information. Your question may be moderated and amended before publication (including the addition of a title). We reserve the right, at our discretion, to edit, remove (in whole or in part) or republish any content on the website.
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• In addition, to the maximum extent permitted by law, PNLD shall not be liable for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting in any way from:

• any errors in or omissions in the replies given or the content of the website;
• the unavailability or interruption to the website; or
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