These Terms of Use govern access to and use of the website of the Newcastle Law Society (NLS, or we, us or our): www.newcastlelawsociety.com.au. By accessing the NLS website you acknowledge and accept these Terms of Use and the NLS’s Privacy Policy. The NLS may at any time change these Terms of Use or any other content of this website.
Use of the NLS website is subject to all applicable laws and regulations. The NLS will vigorously protect its legal rights and interests.
Part VB and section 183 of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) entitlements reserved. For information about Part VB (educational use) and section 183 (government use) visit www.copyright.com.au and www.copyright.org.au.
Not Advice
The information provided on the NLS website is not intended to constitute legal, business or other professional advice. It is provided as general information only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from a qualified professional such as a solicitor who is familiar with the facts of your particular circumstances.
Disclaimer
While care and diligence have been used to maintain the information on the NLS website, it may not be accurate, current or complete in all respects and, consequently, the NLS does not make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information.
The NLS is not responsible to you or anyone else for any loss suffered in connection with the use of the NLS website or any of its content. The NLS excludes, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any liability which may arise as a result of the use of the NLS website, its content or the information on it, including links to other websites.
Where liability cannot be excluded, any liability incurred by us in relation to the use of the NLS website or its content, is limited to the extent provided for by the Australian Consumer Law. To the extent permitted by law, the NLS will not be liable for any consequential, incidental, indirect or special loss.
Intellectual Property
Users of the NLS website are granted a non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable licence to use the NLS website only in accordance with these Terms of Use. Nothing in these Terms of Use or the NLS website will give users ownership of the content. Users may not sell, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, republish, licence, frame, upload, transmit, post, communicate or use the content except as:
- expressly authorised either in the NLS website or these Terms of Use;
- permitted under the Copyright Act, including for any fair dealing purposes such as private study, research, criticism or review; or
- authorised in writing by the NLS.
The NLS owns or is entitled under licence to all rights, title and interests (including present and future copyright) in the NLS website. All material including domain names, company and business names, text, graphics, images, photographs, designs, illustrations, diagrams, logos, buttons, icons, software, and all products and services described on the NLS website are owned exclusively by the NLS, its related bodies corporate or others who have licensed their material to the NLS (unless expressly indicated otherwise).
The NLS reserves the right to all other intellectual property that is inherent in other information, products, processes or technologies which form part of this website and are not explicitly licensed.
Enquires should be addressed to: secretariat@newcastlelawsociety.asn.au
Linking to the NLS website
The NLS requires that the following rules are adhered to when establishing an external link from another website to the NLS website:
- A link to the NLS website is to be used only as a ‘hot’ link (direct link) to a Law Society webpage and for no other purpose.
- A link should preferably be made to the NLS’s homepage.
- A link to another page on the NLS website is permitted, but it is suggested that you run an automated link-checker periodically to test the integrity of such link. Information or page structures may change over time.
- You may link to, but not without permission replicate, Law Society content.
- You must not create a browser or framed border environment around Law Society content.
- Your website must not contain content that could be construed as distasteful or offensive.
- Your website must not claim or infer the existence of any relationship with, or endorsement by, the NLS unless you have obtained the NLS’s written consent.
- Selection of a link from your website to a NLS webpage, and subsequent page impressions within the NLS website, will display and retain within the browser software URL information relevant to Law Society webpage addresses.
- The NLS retains, in its sole discretion, a right to disapprove and seek the removal of any link to its website. If a link is not immediately removed upon request, the NLS reserves the right to disable that link.
Prohibitions
Users of the NLS website must not:
- use the NLS website in any way contrary to law or regulation or these Terms of Use,
- undertake data harvesting of personal information from the NLS website,
- use information obtained from the NLS website about a person, corporation or other entity to send unsolicited communications to that person, corporation or other entity,
- in any way interfere with access to, or functionality of, the NLS website or any transaction or process undertaken via the NLS website, or
- reproduce, incorporate or store any information from the NLS website, unless the prior written consent of the NLS has been obtained.
Disclaimer
While care and diligence have been used to maintain the information on the NLS website, it may not be accurate, current or complete in all respects and, consequently, the NLS does not make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information.
The NLS is not responsible to you or anyone else for any loss suffered in connection with the use of the NLS website or any of its content. The NLS excludes, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any liability which may arise as a result of the use of the NLS website, its content or the information on it, including links to other websites.
Where liability cannot be excluded, any liability incurred by us in relation to the use of the NLS website or its content, is limited to the extent provided for by the Australian Consumer Law. To the extent permitted by law, the NLS will not be liable for any consequential, incidental, indirect or special loss.
Intellectual Property
Users of the NLS website are granted a non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable licence to use the NLS website only in accordance with these Terms of Use. Nothing in these Terms of Use or the NLS website will give users ownership of the content. Users may not sell, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, republish, licence, frame, upload, transmit, post, communicate or use the content except as:
- expressly authorised either in the NLS website or these Terms of Use;
- permitted under the Copyright Act, including for any fair dealing purposes such as private study, research, criticism or review; or
- authorised in writing by the NLS.
The NLS owns or is entitled under licence to all rights, title and interests (including present and future copyright) in the NLS website. All material including domain names, company and business names, text, graphics, images, photographs, designs, illustrations, diagrams, logos, buttons, icons, software, and all products and services described on the NLS website are owned exclusively by the NLS, its related bodies corporate or others who have licensed their material to the NLS (unless expressly indicated otherwise).
The NLS reserves the right to all other intellectual property that is inherent in other information, products, processes or technologies which form part of this website and are not explicitly licensed.
Enquires should be addressed to: secretariat@newcastlelawsociety.asn.au
Linking to the NLS website
The NLS requires that the following rules are adhered to when establishing an external link from another website to the NLS website:
- A link to the NLS website is to be used only as a ‘hot’ link (direct link) to a Law Society webpage and for no other purpose.
- A link should preferably be made to the NLS’s homepage.
- A link to another page on the NLS website is permitted, but it is suggested that you run an automated link-checker periodically to test the integrity of such link. Information or page structures may change over time.
- You may link to, but not without permission replicate, Law Society content.
- You must not create a browser or framed border environment around Law Society content.
- Your website must not contain content that could be construed as distasteful or offensive.
- Your website must not claim or infer the existence of any relationship with, or endorsement by, the NLS unless you have obtained the NLS’s written consent.
- Selection of a link from your website to a NLS webpage, and subsequent page impressions within the NLS website, will display and retain within the browser software URL information relevant to Law Society webpage addresses.
- The NLS retains, in its sole discretion, a right to disapprove and seek the removal of any link to its website. If a link is not immediately removed upon request, the NLS reserves the right to disable that link.
Prohibitions
Users of the NLS website must not:
- use the NLS website in any way contrary to law or regulation or these Terms of Use,
- undertake data harvesting of personal information from the NLS website,
- use information obtained from the NLS website about a person, corporation or other entity to send unsolicited communications to that person, corporation or other entity,
- in any way interfere with access to, or functionality of, the NLS website or any transaction or process undertaken via the NLS website, or
- reproduce, incorporate or store any information from the NLS website, unless the prior written consent of the NLS has been obtained.
