Terms of Use

When you use the South East Lawyers website, you agree to follow our rules. We might update these rules without letting you know. If you keep using our website, it means you accept the updated rules.

 

1. Intellectual property rights

We own the rights to the content on this website unless stated otherwise. Please respect these rights. You can browse or print the content for personal or internal business use, but you need our written permission to use, copy, or reproduce it for anything other purpose. All trademarks on this website belong to their respective owners.

 

2. General information and not legal advice

The information on our website provides a general overview of topics and is not intended to be comprehensive or serve as legal advice. You must independently assess the information and you rely on it entirely at your own risk.

Always seek legal or professional advice tailored to your situation before acting on any content from our website. While the content is current at the time of writing, it may become outdated quickly.  There may be delays, errors, or omissions that could affect its accuracy or timeliness. Additionally, historical articles and other content on the website, though current at the time of writing, may no longer reflect the current state of the law or industry practices.

Your use of this website, or receipt of any information through this website, is not intended to create, and does not create, a solicitor-client relationship between us.

 

3. Liability

Our website and its content are provided "as is" and "as available." We do our best to keep everything accurate and up to date, but we can't guarantee this.  

You agree that, to the extent allowed by law and subject to Section 4 below, we make no promises about the availability, reliability, accuracy, or security of this website. We won't be responsible if the website or any content is incomplete, incorrect, outdated, or unavailable for any reason, including: 

  • Issues with telecommunications like unavailability, delays, or failures;

  • Negligent, malicious, or wilful actions of third parties (including our service providers);

  • Maintenance or repairs by us or third-party service providers;

  • Events beyond our control; or

  • Services from third parties becoming unavailable.

You also agree that, as much as the law allows and subject to Section 4 below, we don't guarantee that this website is free from viruses or other defects that could affect your software or systems. You should protect your software and systems by using your own security measures.

4.  Consumer guarantees

To the extent permitted by law, any conditions, warranties, guarantees, rights, remedies, liabilities and other terms implied or conferred by statute, custom or the general law that impose any liability or obligation on us are excluded under these Terms of Use. However, if a supply under these Terms of Use is a supply of goods or services to a consumer within the meaning of the Australian Consumer Law (contained in Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)), nothing contained in these Terms of Use excludes, restricts or modifies the application of any provision, the exercise of any right or remedy, or the imposition of any liability under the Australian Consumer Law, 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 services, the cost of supplying the services again or payment of the cost of having the services supplied again; and

  • in the case of software or other 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 except in the case of a major failure (as that term is defined in the Australian Consumer Law), we can elect as between the remedies set above.

 

5. Exclusion of liability

Subject to Section 4 above, and as far as the law allows, we are not responsible for any direct, indirect, or consequential losses, damages, costs, or expenses. This includes, but is not limited to, loss of revenue, loss of goodwill, downtime costs, loss of profit, damage to reputation, losses related to contracts, loss of data, or loss of anticipated savings or benefits. This applies whether the issue arises from a contract, negligence, or any other reason, and is in connection with the website or any content or services provided through it. 

South East Lawyers is not liable for any loss or damage caused by using this website or its materials, including linked materials. If you rely on the materials on this website or linked websites, you do so at your own risk.

 

6.  Third party links

Our website (and our social media pages) may have links to other websites we don't control. These links are just for your convenience, and we aren't responsible for how you use them or what they contain. When you visit these third-party websites, you agree to their terms of use.  Unless we say otherwise, South East Lawyers:

  • has no relationship with the owners or operators of these linked websites.

  • has no control over or rights in these linked websites.

We do not endorse or guarantee any material on these websites and are not responsible for its quality, accuracy, source, or suitability. We also can't promise that the content on these websites doesn't violate anyone's intellectual property rights.

You can't link to our homepage or any other part of our website without written permission from South East Lawyers.

 

7.  Posting comments

Our website may enable you to post comments (for example, on blogs, forums or other public areas). You are responsible for all comments that you post (or that are posted using your username and password). You must not post any comment that: 

  • is inflammatory (commonly referred to as ‘trolling’);

  • is xenophobic, racist, abusive, harassing or hateful;

  • is false, defamatory, inaccurate, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy, or constitutes personal abuse directed at other users;

  • is obscene, sexually explicit or pornographic, or contains links to other websites that contain or promote obscene, sexually explicit or pornographic material;

  • constitutes commercial advertising, the promotion of gambling or the promotion of your own website (commonly referred to as ‘spamming’);

  • infringes someone else’s copyright or other intellectual property rights, or

  • violates any applicable law.

 

8. Commercial messages

If you show interest in our products or services while using this website, you agree to let us send you commercial emails. These emails may include information about our products and services, as well as those of third parties, to the email addresses you or your employer have provided.

 

9. Applicable law

These Terms of Use, and your use of our website, are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australi