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The Guild Lawyers website has been prepared, and is maintained, in order to provide you with general information about Guild Lawyers. The website is prepared and maintained by, and on behalf of, Guild Lawyers and is owned by Guild Legal Limited ABN 18 108 546 774 under the domain name www.guildlawyers.com.au.
Guild Lawyers believes that the information contained on the website is true and correct at the time of its latest review being September 2007
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Your access to the Guild Lawyers website and use of the information, graphics and material thereon is subject to these Terms & Conditions, Notices, Disclaimers and any other statements contained on the Guild Lawyers website. By using the Guild Lawyers website, you agree to comply with, and be subject to, the Terms & Conditions.
We reserve the right to alter these Terms & Conditions from time to time. The amendments will take effect immediately on publication on the site. Your continued use of the site, after publication of the amendments, constitutes an agreement by you to be bound by the amended Terms & Conditions.
A reference in these Terms & Conditions to "we" is a reference to Guild Legal Limited and its associated entities and businesses.
Intellectual Property
Copyright in the site, including all text, graphics and logos is owned by a license to us. Except where necessary for, or incidental to viewing the information as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth), or other applicable laws, no material or information on the Guild Lawyers website may be reproduced, adapted, uploaded to a third party location, stored in an electronic or other retrieval system, linked to, framed, performed in public, distributed or transmitted in any form by any process whatsoever without the knowledge and express written consent of Guild Lawyers.
Linking of Guild Lawyers Website
Use of materials and information on the Guild Lawyers website, without the knowledge and consent of Guild Lawyers, is totally prohibited as is linking (in whole or in part) the Guild Lawyers website to any other website. If you would like to link any part of the Guild Lawyers website, please contact our Senior Solicitor Director:
Paul Baker
Phone (02) 9018 9911
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Legal Material
The Guild Lawyers website and the material and information therein is a general nature only. Unless specified otherwise, legal material on this website is based on the laws of New South Wales and Victoria, as applicable (and, where appropriate, the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia). Therefore, please note that the information may not reflect the laws of other jurisdictions. It should not be construed as providing legal advice and should not be relied upon as legal advice. You must always seek legal advice about your particular circumstances from a lawyer authorised to provide such advice in your jurisdiction.
No Solicitor/Client Relationship
Your use of the website is not intended to create, nor does it create, a solicitor client relationship between you and Guild Lawyers.
Disclaimer of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we will not be liable in any way for any loss, damage, liability, claims and expenses (including legal costs and defence or settlement costs whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, consequential, financial or non-financial, suffered by you or arising out of, or referable to, the Guild Lawyers website, third party websites or a failure by Guild Lawyers to provide this website, howsoever caused whether in contract, tort (including negligence), statute or otherwise.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude any conditions or warranties that would otherwise be implied into these Terms & Conditions.
Please note that liability is limited by scheme approved under the Professional Standards legislation.
Indemnity
You will indemnify Guild Lawyers in respect of any liability suffered by Guild Lawyers as a result of your breach of the Terms & Conditions of your use of, or access to, the Guild Lawyers website (including use of or access to third party websites therefrom).
Governing Law
These Terms & Conditions, and access to the site, are governed by the laws of New South Wales.
Privacy and Security Policy |
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We are acutely aware of the importance of personal information and privacy and as such, we are committed to the protection of the personal information that we hold. Guild Lawyers is subject to the Privacy Act 1998 including the National Privacy Principles.
Our Philosophy & Approach to Privacy
Observing and ensuring the protection of confidentiality of client information is an essential part of the conduct of our business. Our procedure for dealing with any personal information that you disclose to us is set out below. We may amend the policy from time to time.
The Type of Information We Collect and Hold
Guild Lawyers collects general information relating to access to its website. No personal information is collected unless you actively type your personal information into one of the online enquiry forms used for the purpose of providing you with further information about our legal practice. Any personal information obtained is used for internal purposes only. If you provide us with personal information through an enquiry form on this website, this information will be received, retained, used and disclosed by Guild Lawyers for the primary purpose of providing you with further information about your enquiry. You may, at any time, request that no marketing material be sent to you.
How we Protect your Personal Information
Reasonable steps are taken by us to protect personal information we hold from misuse, loss, unauthorised access or disclosure regardless of the form in which the information is held. Internal staff training also encompasses aspects of client and general confidentiality.
Access and Correction
You can request, at any time, that we provide you with access to personal information that we hold about you. We will comply with any such request except where the Privacy Act or the National Privacy Principles allow us not to do so. Any such request should be directed to our Senior Solicitor Director:
Paul Baker
Phone (02) 9018 9911
Email
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If you are of the view any information Guild Lawyers holds about you is inaccurate, you should also contact our Senior Solicitor Director.
Cookies
As the Guild Lawyers website is currently an information only website, no cookies are utilised. However, should the Guild Lawyers website and its facilities be reviewed and modified, consideration may be given to the introduction of cookies. In that event, disclosure will be made in an amended Guild Lawyers Privacy and Security Policy Statement.
Links to and from our Website
The Guild Lawyers website may, from time to time, contain links to the websites of third party providers of material information, advice and/or goods and services. Guild Lawyers has no control over the operation of those websites nor should the linking of such websites be taken as an endorsement or approval of the material on any of those sites. Guild Lawyers does not provide any warranty or representation as to the accuracy of the material contained on those sites.
Should those third parties use cookies, those third parties are responsible for making appropriate disclosures to you as part of their own privacy and security policy and they are also responsible for informing you about how privacy issues are addressed. If you have accessed such third party websites through the Guild Lawyers website and if those third parties use cookies to collect information about, or obtain information from, you Guild Lawyers may also collect or have access to that information as part of our arrangements with those third parties.
Guild Lawyers may preserve and retain the content of any email that you send to us if Guild Lawyers has your consent and believes it has a legal requirement to do so. You should note that the Internet service provider for the Guild Lawyers website is not the Internet service provider for the Guild Lawyers email facility and as such, your email message content may be monitored by our own, or your own, Internet service provider, IT consultants for customer service monitoring, Internet traffic monitoring, troubleshooting and maintenance purposes or where email abuse is suspected or being investigated.
Security of Information
Guild Lawyers attempts to preserve the security of your personal information either as a result of your access to the Guild Lawyers website or by direct non-website or non-email dealings with Guild Lawyers.It is noted and acknowledged that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as being totally secure. Guild Lawyers, despite its best efforts, cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit and you acknowledge that you do so at your own risk. As indicated, however, Guild Lawyers takes all reasonable steps to preserve the security of the information about you in our own systems.
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