Website Terms

These Website Terms (Terms) apply to your use of the website lawyermeup.au (Website) operated by Lawyermeup Pty Ltd (ACN 659 602 892) (we, us and our). By using our Website you confirm that you accept these Terms and agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use the Website.

1. Account, Login and Cancellation of Service
   • You may use login details and a password to access all features of the Website, including the ability to view, purchase and download articles on a subscription basis (Service). You must obtain (or register) those login details and password as required by us and use them in the manner we direct from time to time in order to access the Website. We may decline to provide you login details or a password or to permit you to register login details or a password for the Website in our sole discretion.
   • You must not use another person’s account and you must not provide another person with the username and password for your account. If any third party does access your account (whether with or without your consent) then you are responsible for ensuring that any such persons who access your account are aware of these Terms and comply with them and you are liable for the use of the Website using your login details as if that use of the Website was by you.
   • The content available on the Website is intended for Australian users. No representation or warranty is made that the Website content is appropriate or available for use in any country outside Australia. Any user located outside Australia is solely responsible to comply with the laws of that country.
2. Pricing, Billing and Cancellation
   • The Service operates on a subscription basis. A paid subscription entitles you to a limited, non-exclusive and non-commercial use licence and will continue indefinitely until cancelled. You are required to elect a payment plan and provide credit card details. All fees are payable in AUD. You authorise us to deduct payments from your credit card until you cancel your account or the Service is discontinued. You will be billed on a recurring basis on the first day of each billing period and you will pay and you authorise us to charge your payment method the then current subscription fee.
   • We may from time to time change the price for a paid subscription. We will communicate any price changes to you in advance on reasonable notice, in any case not less than thirty (30) days. Subject to any applicable law, by continuing to use the Service after the price change takes effect, you will have accepted the new price. If you do not agree to the price change, you can reject the change by cancelling your subscription prior to the price change going into effect. All pricing is stated inclusive of GST.
   • You may cancel your subscription at any time by logging into your account and following the prompts. Unless otherwise indicated, cancellation will take effect from the end of the billing period in which you cancel and you will retain access to the Website until that time. All payments are non-refundable and no we do not provide refunds for any partial payment period.
3. Use of the Website
   • All copyright and other intellectual property rights in the Website (including all trademarks appearing on the Website) are owned by us and/or our licensors. You may view this Website and its contents using your web browser and electronically copy and print hard copies of parts of this Website solely for personal, non-commercial use. Except as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) or other applicable laws, any other use, including any commercial use of the content of this site, is strictly prohibited. This Website also contains registered trademarks and trademarks which are otherwise protected by law. Except as expressly authorised, the use or misuse of any of these trademarks is strictly prohibited.
   • Without limiting clause 3.1, you acknowledge and agree that:
     • you must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed or downloaded from the Website, in any way
     • you must not delete or alter any copyright, trade-mark or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from the Website;
     • our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on the Website must always be acknowledged;
     • you must not use any part of the content on the Website for commercial purposes without obtaining an express written licence to do so from us or our licensors
     • property in any PDF copies of Articles that are downloaded belong to you and you may distribute them as you see fit PROVIDED that they are unaltered from the original.
   • You must provide your own internet access and suitable device in order to use the Website. You are responsible for all internet access, data downloads and other network charges arising from your use of the Website, and you acknowledge and agree that we have no responsibility or liability for those charges.
   • You are responsible for the operation and maintenance of your device and for ensuring that the Website is accessible from your device, this includes but is not limited to, a responsibility to ensure the installation of a compatible operating system for the operation and use of the Website on your device.
4. Your Obligations
   • You must not use (or attempt to use) the Website:
     • for any unlawful or dishonest activity, or any activity prohibited by these Terms;
     • to access, transmit, publish or communicate material which is false, inaccurate, defamatory, offensive, inflammatory, obscene, unsuitable for minors, abusive, indecent, threatening, or otherwise harmful or unlawful;
     • to access, transmit, publish or communicate material which constitutes spam, commercial advertising, infringes a person's intellectual property rights or contains a virus or other harmful code;
     • to obtain unauthorised access to (or damage, disrupt or interfere with the operation of) any computer, system, application, network or service;
     • in any way that may bring negative exposure or harm to our business or any other users of the Website; or
     • in any way that may cause our business, or other users of the Website, to incur liability to a third party.
   • We may ask you to cease conduct which we believe is contrary to your obligations under these Terms, and you are obliged to comply with any such request. We reserve the right to immediately terminate or block your access to the Website or the services provided by the Website for any reason.
5. Disclaimer – Website content, security and performance
   • Lawyermeup Pty Ltd is not a law firm and any information and all content of articles provided on our Website is provided for information and educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. If you have a specific legal issue or concern, you should seek legal or professional advice from a legal or professional services provider, based on your specific circumstances.
   • Although we do our best to ensure accuracy of our content as at the “Last Updated” date on the article, we do not make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, currency or fitness-for-purpose of any information provided on our Website. All information on this Website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. You are responsible for verifying the accuracy of any information provided on our Website, and if you rely on any information on our Website, you do so at your own risk.
   • We will use reasonable endeavours to generally make the Website available during our normal business hours. However, we do not warrant or guarantee that:
     • you will be able to use the Website at all times or at any particular time;
     • the Website, or any content on it, will be always be available or uninterrupted, secure or error-free;
     • the Website is free from viruses or other conditions which could damage or interfere with data, hardware or software with which it might be used; and
     • we make no guarantee as to the reliability or performance of the Website.
   • If you access our Website you do so at your own risk and you acknowledge and agree to accept all risks associated with using the internet, including potential exposure to viruses and harmful code which may affect your device. You are solely responsible for the security of your device (including any data stored on your device) and for using appropriate and up-to-date software on your device to detect and manage the threat posed by viruses and other harmful code.
   • Without limiting the above, you acknowledge that website performance depends on various factors (including the functions, capacity and configuration of your device, the speed of your internet connection, and the number of users accessing the Website and the systems that support it) and website availability depends on third party suppliers.
6. We may make changes to our Website

We may change or update the Website from time to time to reflect changes in our users' needs, changes in law, our business practices or any other reason.

We may suspend, withdraw or restrict the availability of any, or all parts of the Website for business, operational or any other reason.

7. Third party links

This Website may contain links to other websites and resources provided by third parties over which we have no control. If links are provided, they are provided for your information and/or convenience only, and we are not responsible for their use, effect or content. We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, or accept any responsibility, for the accuracy of the information on those websites. If you access third party links, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of those websites.

8. Liability
   • To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude all rights, remedies, guarantees, liability, conditions and warranties in respect of the use of our Website or reliance on information or content displayed on or accessible via our Website or forming part of the Service.
   • Nothing contained in these Terms is intended to exclude, restrict or modify the application of the Australian Consumer Law (under schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) to the supply of any goods and/or services through our Website provided that, to the extent that the Australian Consumer Law permits us to limit our liability, then our liability is limited to:
     • in the case of goods, the cost of replacing the goods, supplying equivalent goods or having the goods repaired, or payment of the cost of replacing the goods, supplying equivalent goods or having the goods repaired; and
     • in the case of services, the cost of supplying the services again or the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.
   • We will not be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of income or profits or loss of opportunity, whether in an action of contract, negligence, tort or in equity or otherwise arising in connection with the provision of the Service, the use of our Website or any information contained on our Website.
   • To the fullest extent permitted by law, you indemnify and release us and our directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including legal costs and expenses, regardless of whether incurred or awarded) arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise arising, in connection with your use of our Website or use or reliance upon any information or content displayed on or accessible via the Website.
9. Privacy

We may collect, use and store your personal information in accordance with these Terms and our privacy statement available on the Website as amended from time to time (Privacy Statement), including for the purposes of making available the Website, complying with our legal obligations, and improving the user experience of the Website.

10. We may make changes to these Terms or to the Service
    • We reserve the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part of the Service) with or without notice. We will not be liability to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service. We suggest that you download PDF copies of articles as we are not required to maintain your account for any period of time beyond any legal requirement in Australia.

10.2 We may amend these Terms from time to time by posting an updated version of the Terms on the Website by notifying you of such changes by any reasonable means before they take effect, including by posting the revised Terms on the Website. If a change materially affects your subscription then we will use our reasonable endeavours to notify you by using the email address you have provided in your account details.

10.3 If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you may cancel your subscription account before the changes take effect. The effective date of these terms is set out at the top of this document. These Terms should be read in conjunction with the Privacy Statement.

11. General
    • A term or part of a term of these Terms that is illegal or unenforceable may be severed from this Agreement and the remaining terms or parts of the terms of these Terms continue in force.
    • Any failure of us or any third party beneficiary to enforce these Terms or any provision thereof does not waive our (or a third party beneficary’s right to do so). Any waiver of a right, power or remedy must be in writing and signed by us. Should any provision of these Terms be held invalid or unenforceable for any reason or to any extend, the remaining provisions will not be affected and the application of all non affected provisions will be enforceable to the extent permitted by law.
    • We may assign these Terms of Use and assign or delegate in whole or part any of our rights or obligations under these Terms. You may not assign any of your rights, or transfer or sub-licence any of your rights under these Terms to any third party.
    • These Terms are governed by the law applicable in South Australia and each party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of South Australia.