This is an agreement between you and EMERALD LAW (“EL”) regarding the use of the EL website located at www.emeraldlaw.com.sg and its related websites (the “Website”). By accessing and using the site in any way (including without limitation using any documents, data, reports, automated templates, website links or any other materials, or accessing any software programs, database systems or portals made available or enabled via the site) you acknowledge and accept that your use of the site is subject to the terms and conditions as set out in the legal notices herein and in the Personal Data Policy found on www.emeraldlaw.com.sg, which provisions are incorporated by reference here (collectively, the “Terms”).
The Terms may be amended at any time and from time to time by posting such amended terms on the Website and you will agree to those amendments upon re-visitation of the Website
Disclaimers, Limitation and Exclusions of Liability
All information, text, data, documents, reports, forms, articles, content, graphics, infographics, files and all other materials published on the site, including any software programs, database systems, website portals or links available or enabled on the site (collectively known as the “Online Content”) is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and we disclaim all representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.
Any component or part of the Online Content provided by third parties is also delivered on an “as is” and “as available” basis and we will not be liable for any problems, non-delivery, defectiveness, non-performance, inaccuracy or error encountered by you in your use or access (as the case may be) of such Content. We are not, and you agree we are not, responsible for such third parties and the provision by them of any of the Online Content. In addition, we do not necessarily endorse any contents of websites operated by third parties that are linked to or from the site or are accessible via the site.
The Content is by necessity, general in nature and is not intended as financial, regulatory, legal or other professional advice. In particular, the Content is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute nor should it be construed (where applicable) as investment advice or a recommendation to transact or engage in any investment activity.
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy, correctness and/or functionality of the Content at the time of creation of the site, we cannot and do not warrant the accuracy, validity, fitness and/or functionality of any of the Content found on the site or any other sites linked to our site or reproduced with permission from other parties or that the site and the server is and will be free of viruses, and errors or omissions may occur.
We assume no responsibility or liability for
- any errors and/or omissions on the Website which may arise from any inaccuracy or appropriateness of the Online Content; or
- any damages whether direct or indirect which may (i) arise from or in connection with reliance on the Content, (ii) result from the loss of use of the Content, or (iii) caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, hacking attempt, viruses or other technologically damaging material that may infect your hardware equipment, software programs, data or other proprietary material as a result of the use of the site or your downloading any material from the site or any web site linked to or from it; or
- any matter relating to you or any third parties accessing or using the site or the Content.
The use of the Website is wholly at your own risk.
You agree that neither your use of the site or any of its Content nor the transmission of emails to addresses on the site creates any solicitor-client relationship between you and the firm. Nothing in this Website may be used or constituted as legal advice and you should seek independent legal advice if so required.
You further acknowledge that the internet and emails are generally insecure as a means of communication and as such, no confidential information should be provided to us as such disclosure will not be privileged or confidential. We are not responsible for a leak in any such confidential information if the confidential information was provided to us through the internet and emails or any other third party methods.
Certain components of our Online Content are provided by third parties. You further agree that your access to such services is also subject to and further conditioned on your accepting and abiding by the separate terms of use, privacy policies, and other policies posted on such third party sites.
Ownership and Copyright
You agree that all Content as well as any company names, trademarks, logos, trade names, is owned by or licensed to us and subject to copyright protection (collectively, the “Content”). All Content, including the manner in which the Content is presented or appears, and all information relating thereto, is owned by or licensed to us and subject to copyright protection. The Content may not be reproduced, duplicated, sold, transmitted or distributed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without our prior written consent.
You are granted a limited, non-sublicensable licence (revocable at any time) to access and use the site and the Content for non-commercial and personal use only. Such licence is subject to these Terms and further does not allow the use of any data gathering, harvesting or extraction methods whether automatic or manual. No framing of the site or creation of any hypertext links or deep links between the site and any other website is allowed except without prior written consent.
We reserve the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to terminate your licence to use the site, and to block or prevent your future access to the site.
Where information/material is reproduced from elsewhere, copyright in respect of these works remains with their respective owners.
Acceptable Use
As a condition of use, you agree that you shall not use the site or any part thereof of it for any purpose prohibited by the Terms or applicable law. You shall not (and shall not permit any third party to):
- interfere with (or attempt to interfere with) the proper functioning of the site or use the site in any way not expressly permitted by the Terms; or
- engage in (or attempt to engage in) any potentially harmful or damaging acts directed against us or the site, including without limitation, violating any security features of the site, using such means (whether automated or manual) to access, ‘scrape’, or ‘crawl’ (or by any other similar means) any pages contained within the site, introducing viruses, worms or similar harmful or damaging software or code into the side, or interfere with the use of the site by any other use, host, or networks, including by means of ‘flooding’, ‘spamming’, or ‘crashing’ the site.
- User Content
Where you are able to and do upload, post, email or make available any information, data, text and/or other materials on any portion of the site (the “User Content“), you acknowledge and agree that you (and other users of the site) are wholly responsible for such User Content and that we are not liable for the deletion or accuracy of such User Content or for the failure to retain, transmit or receive transmission of such content.
In addition, we are not obliged to screen and/or filter User Content (including content made available by third parties on the site) prior to its availability on the site but we reserve the right in our sole discretion to refuse or remove any User Content or to remove any User Content that violates the Terms.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify us in whole for any and all claims, losses, liabilities and expenses (including legal fees) arising from your use of the site or any violation of these Terms.
If you do not agree with the above, please direct your browser elsewhere immediately. For more information, please contact us at hello@emeraldlaw.com.sg
