Application and ownership
These Terms of Use govern access to and use of website www.jlagroup.com.au (Website).
The Website belongs to Australian company Johnston Legal & Advisory Pty Ltd (ABN 42 661 467 036) trading as Johnston Legal + Advisory and any associated entities (collectively, we, us or our).
By accessing the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use as well as all applicable laws and regulations.
Access and agreement
Copyright and licensing
Unless otherwise indicated, we reserve all rights (including copyright) in the content and design of the Website. We own or have a licence to use copyright in the content of the Website, unless otherwise indicated.
We give you a licence to temporarily download from the Website content, software or other information on the Website (Materials) for personal and transitory viewing only.
As conditions of this licence, you may not, and may not attempt to: (a) reproduce, adapt, store, transmit, print, display, perform, or publish or create derivative works from, Materials; (b) use Materials for an illegal purpose or in a way that is inaccurate, misleading or offensive or which brings us into disrepute; (c) use Materials for any commercial purpose; (d) remove copyright or proprietary marks from Materials; (e) transfer Materials to another person, ‘mirror’ Materials on any other server or cause Materials to be framed or embedded in another website; (f) decompile or reverse engineer software on the Website; (g) introduce viruses or contaminants (including bugs, worms, logic bombs or Trojan horses) to the Website; (h) use any automated software routine (e.g. bots) to access the Website; or (i) do anything which may harm or impede the security of the Website.
Without limitation to other legal rights we may have, this licence will automatically terminate if you breach these Terms of Use; however, we may at our absolute discretion terminate this licence at any time for any reason or no reason at all.
If your licence is terminated, you must destroy all downloaded or printed Materials in your possession.
Cookies and privacy
You do not need to reveal your identity to us in order to use the Website; however, you may use the Website to provide information including personal information to us, and the Website may use ‘cookies’ to collect anonymous traffic data from you and others who use the Website. The internet servers may also automatically collect data about any computer used to access the Website (such as IP address, domain name and browser type), date and time of access and information downloaded.
Cookies are small text files that our Website places on your computer and are in most cases used to help our Website recall which pages you find useful and which you do not. So overall, cookies help us to improve your experience of our Website. Cookies do not give us access to your computer or any information about you other than the data you choose to share with us. Most internet browsers are pre-set to accept cookies but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies should you prefer this.
Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information about how we handle personal information provided to or collected by us and your consent to this. By accessing the Website, you will be deemed to have accepted our Privacy Policy.
Links to external websites
We have not reviewed and do not control external websites linked to the Website, their content or their privacy policies.
A link on our Website to an external website is for information only and does not imply endorsement of that website’s owner or operator or its software, content or privacy policy.
We do not represent that any information obtained from or through this Website is free from computer viruses or other faults or defects. It is your responsibility to scan any such information for computer viruses. We will not be liable to you or to any other person for any loss or damage (whether direct, indirect, consequential or economic), however caused and whether by negligence or otherwise, which may result directly or indirectly from any such information. To the extent that any applicable law that cannot be excluded imposes any liability on us, that liability shall be limited to the cost of re-supplying that information.
You use linked external websites at your own risk, and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not responsible or liable to you or any other person for use of such external websites or for loss arising from such use, including: expenses; costs; demands; claims; damages; liabilities; injury; illness; interruption of service; loss of or corruption of data, software or hardware; loss of reputation; loss of business; loss of contracts; loss of revenue; loss of savings; loss of profit; loss of opportunity to earn the foregoing; or increase in operating expenses or financing costs, whether direct or indirect or normal or consequential in nature (Losses).
No lawyer-client relationship or legal advice
You do not need to be our client to use the Website or its Materials. Use of the Website or its Materials will not create a lawyer-client relationship, or any other relationship, between us and you.
Materials are provided for information only and are not, and are not intended to be, legal or other advice on any specific matter. You are responsible for your own decisions about if and how you use Materials and how they apply to your specific circumstances. It is for you to decide whether you should obtain legal advice. If you require or are seeking legal advice, you are responsible for obtaining such advice from your own lawyers, and should do so before taking or refraining to take any action in reliance on Materials.
No warranties or liability
The Website and its Materials are each provided on an ‘as is’ basis and may contain errors.
The internet is not a secure medium and communications to and from this Website may be intercepted or altered in transit.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude all warranties (including without limitation any warranty that would otherwise be implied by law), representations or guarantees that the Website or its Materials: (a) are suitable, accurate, complete, current or reliable; (b) are free from anything which may harm devices which access the Website or any data on such devices; or (c) do not infringe intellectual property rights.
Where any law implies a warranty into these Terms of Use which may not lawfully be excluded, then to the maximum extent permitted by law, our liability for breach of warranty will at our option be limited to supplying of the services again or the cost of having them supplied again.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not responsible or liable to you or any other person for your access or blocked access to or use of the Website or its Materials or for any Losses arising from such use.
Indemnity
You indemnify us against Losses we suffer arising from your breach of these Terms of Use.
Revision of Website
We may unilaterally modify the Website or its Materials from time to time without notice.
By accessing the Website, you agree to be bound by the then current version of these Terms of Use
Miscellaneous
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between us and you, and supersede all prior agreements or understandings, whether written or otherwise, in relation to access to or use of the Website or its Materials and any other subject matter of these Terms of Use.
These Terms of Use will be governed by the laws of South Australia. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of South Australia and courts able to hear appeals therefrom. We operate the Website from Australia. If you access the Website from outside Australia, you are responsible for ensuring compliance with local law.
You may not assign your rights (including sub-license any licence) or subcontract your obligations under these Terms of Use without our written consent. We may assign our rights or subcontract our obligations under these Terms of Use without restriction.
Where any part of these Terms of Use is or becomes illegal, invalid, unenforceable or void, such part will be removed and the rest of these Terms of Use will continue to have full effect.
Any provision of these Terms of Use which is expressed to or, by its nature, survives the termination of these Terms of Use, will survive such termination.
Our delay or failure to exercise a right or power under contract or remedy in connection therewith, or to enforce performance by you of an obligation, will not constitute waiver by us of that right, power, remedy or obligation.
Where you comprise two or more legal persons, these Terms of Use will bind such persons jointly and severally.
In these Terms of Use: (a) reference to party includes that party’s agents, successors and permitted assigns; (b) reference to a person includes a natural person, partnership, joint venture, government agency, association, trust, company or other body corporate; and (c) reference to a document includes any supplements and amendments thereunder.
Johnston Legal & Advisory Pty Ltd (ABN 42 661 467 036) trading as Johnston Legal + Advisory is an incorporated legal practice registered in South Australia. Registered office and address for service is c/- Brentnalls, 255 Port Rd Hindmarsh SA 5007.
Liability is limited by a scheme under Professional Standards Legislation.