Website Terms and Conditions

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of McDonald Law’s Website, located at mcdonaldlaw.com.au.

By accessing this website, we assume you accept these terms and conditions.

Do not continue to use McDonald Law if you do not agree to all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The website is operated by McDonald Law Pty Ltd ABN 226 618 614 27 ACN 661 861 427

In these terms and conditions, the expressions “we”, “us” and “our” are a reference to McDonald Law Pty Ltd

If you use this website, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions listed below and any other laws or regulations which apply to this website. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, you must not use this website.

We reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions from time to time. Amendments will be effective immediately upon notification on this website. Your continued use of this website following such notification will represent an agreement by you to be bound by the terms and conditions as amended.

Further, we reserve the right to withdraw access to this website at any time without notice. These terms and conditions will survive any such withdrawal.

Information we collect
We collect website activity statistics such as number of visitors, pages visited, time and date of visit and where you accessed our website from, so that we can make informed decisions relating to improving our website and the service we deliver.

This information is anonymous and does not identify a person.

Use of Cookies
By accessing McDonald Law, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with the McDonald Law’s Privacy Policy.

Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user’s details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website.

Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.

Your responsibilities
We take all reasonable precautions to protect your information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure, however, we cannot guarantee security.

You are responsible to take your own precautions to guard against “malware” (viruses, Trojan horses, bots etc) for example by installing an updating suitable anti-virus software. For the removal of doubt, we do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your own computer system which arises in connection with your use of this website.

Your personal information
From time to time, we may request you to provide personal information. You do not have to disclose personal or sensitive information or your contact details when you visit our website.

By voluntarily providing us with any personal information, you consent to us using this information to assist you with your enquiry and to offer any of our services that may be relevant to you.

If we collect personal information about you before you become our client, we use this information to determine if we are able to assist you with your legal matter. We hold onto this information to ensure any future communications with you is relevant.

Any information you provide to us is held in accordance with our privacy policy.

Intellectual property rights
All intellectual property rights on this website, including design, text, graphics, logos, icons, sound recordings and all software relating to this website belong to or are licensed by us. These intellectual property rights are protected by Australian and international laws.

You may only share the information contained on this website for the purpose of private use, research, or review as permitted under copyright legislation.

You must not otherwise, in any form or by any means, copy, adapt, reproduce (other than for the purpose of viewing the website in your browser), store, modify, distribute, print, upload, display, perform, remove any credits, publish post frame within another website or create derivative works from any part of this website or commercialise any information obtained from any part of this website without our prior written permission or, in the case of a third party material, from the owner of the intellectual property in that material.

Warnings
You must ensure that your access to this website is not illegal or prohibited by laws which apply to you.

Information provided on our website
The website may provide a summary of different rights and entitlements or laws that exist at a particular time, as well as answers to questions that are frequently asked about the law. This is general information only and is not a substitute for obtaining individual legal advice.

We do not warrant the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of the information, nor do we undertake to keep this website updated. The information on this website is not, and is not intended to be, advice. You should not act or refrain to act based on any material on this website without first satisfying yourself as to the truth or accuracy of all information given.

We do not accept responsibility for loss suffered because of reliance by you on the accuracy or currency of information contained on this website.

Linked websites
This website may contain links to other websites. The links are provided for convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained. The linked websites may not be maintained, controlled, or associated with us and we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices associated with linked websites.

Hyperlinking to our content
The following organisations may link to our Website without prior written approval:

Search engines;
News organisations;
Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and
System wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organisations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.

These organisations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organisations:

commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;
dot.com community sites;
associations or other groups representing charities;
online directory distributors;
internet portals;
accounting, law and consulting firms; and
educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organisations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavourably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of McDonald Law; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organisations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

If you are one of the organisations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to McDonald Law. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response.

Approved organisations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:

By use of our corporate name; or
By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
By use of any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site.

No use of McDonald Law’s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

iFrames
Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our Webpages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Website.

Limitation of Liability
We are not liable for any loss damage, however, caused (including, but not limited to, by our negligence) suffered by you in connection with these terms and conditions or your use of this website.

If the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) or any other legislation states that there is a guarantee in respect of goods or services supplied, and our liability for failing to comply with the guarantee may not be excluded be may be limited, our liability for such failure is limited to, in the case of a supply of goods, replacing the goods or supplying equivalent goods or repairing the goods, or in the case of supply of services, supplying the services again or paying the cost of having the services supplied again.

Indemnity
You agree to indemnify us for all damages, losses, penalties, fines, expenses, and costs (including legal costs) which arise out of or relate to your use of this website, any information that you provide to us via this website or any damage that you may cause to this website. This indemnification includes, without limitation, liability relating to copyright infringement, defamation, invasion of privacy, trademark infringement and breaches of the law.

Disclaimer
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury;
limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.

As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

Governing law and jurisdiction
If a dispute arises regarding these terms of use, the laws of New South Wales, Australia will apply.

In relation to any such dispute, you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of New South Wales, Australia.

Should you have any questions or comments about our website terms and conditions please contact us at:

McDonald Law
Level 13, 111 Elizabeth Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000.

E: [email protected]