Terms of use

General terms

By using this site you agree to use it lawfully and not to misuse what we publish — for example, by scraping it at scale, presenting our work as your own, or using it in a way that could mislead others about what we do. We may update these terms from time to time, and the version published here is the one that applies.

General information, not advice about your case

Everything we publish here is general information about lithium battery, e-bike and e-scooter fires, the wider safety and regulatory picture, and how responsibility after such a fire is usually established. It is not advice about your own case, and it cannot be, because we do not have your facts in front of us. Reading this site creates no relationship between us.

Citing or reusing our data

We publish our UK lithium battery fire statistics tracker so that journalists, researchers, policymakers and other websites can cite it. You are welcome to quote figures from that page and link back to it, provided you attribute the data to its original source as shown on the page (typically London Fire Brigade or the Office for Product Safety and Standards) and do not present our summary as if it were the primary source itself. We have no route open for licensing or other data questions yet; see our contact page.

Liability and disclaimers

We take reasonable care to keep what we publish accurate and current, and every figure here is attributed on the same page to a named, dated source. Even so, we cannot guarantee that every page is complete, up to date or error-free, and this area moves quickly — particularly regulation and product recalls. To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for any loss arising from reliance on this site's content, and nothing here should be treated as a substitute for advice on your own situation.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and any dispute relating to them is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer protections that apply to you under the law of the part of the UK you live in.

That choice of law governs these terms of use only. It does not decide which law applies to a battery fire itself — a fire in Scotland is a matter for Scots law, which differs in places from the law of England and Wales.