Kin Lawyers Pty Ltd ABN 69 636 788 595 (we, our or us) operates this website (at the following domain addresses: www.kinlawyers.com.au and www.kinlawyers.com and www.kinlawyers.au) (Site), and uses additional online platforms (including social media) and online communications such as via webforms or email (Online Platforms).
The purpose of the Site is to provide general information about the law, our law firm and the services we provide. It does not provide specific legal advice or create a lawyer/ client relationship with you.
You agree to be bound by these Terms
By accessing the Site and using it, and/or by accessing and using the Online Platforms, you agree to be bound by these terms of use (Terms) and the Privacy Policy also available on our Site (available here). Please read these Terms and Privacy Policy, and if you don’t agree to them, then you should at once stop using our Site and Online Platforms.
When we can change these Terms
We may change these Terms at any time by publishing the updated terms on our Site. We will not notify you when they change, and we suggest you come back and check the Terms on a regular basis to ensure you are up to date with the current Terms.
Changes to the Site and Online Platforms
Materials and information on this Site and via Online Platforms (Content) are also subject to change without notice. While we try to keep the Content on our Site current, we do not make any promises or undertake to keep our Site up-to-date and are not liable if any Content is inaccurate or up to date.
The way in which you use the Site and Online Platforms
We own the Site and grant you a non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable, worldwide, non-transferable licence to use the Site. You have no ownership of the Site. You may not use the Site in any other way without our agreement in writing. All other uses of this Site and Online Platforms must be in accordance with these Terms.
We do not permit you to:
- copy Content or any other details on our Site or Online Platforms;
- use or copy our Site, Online Platforms or Content in any way that competes with our business; or
- breach our copyright or other intellectual property in the Site and Online Platforms.
Behaviour on the Site and Online Platforms
When you use our Site or Online Platforms, we expect you to abide by a clear standard of behaviour. You must not do, or attempt to do anything:
- that is unlawful;
- prohibited by law;
- we would reasonably consider inappropriate; or
- that might bring our Site or Online Platforms or us into disrepute.
This includes (without limitation):
- anything that would breach the privacy of an individual;
- using our Site or Online Platforms to defame, harass, threaten, menace or offend any person;
- interfering with any user using our Site or Online Platforms;
- tampering with or modifying our Site or Online Platforms;
- intentionally transmitting viruses to our Site or Online Platforms;
- intentionally transmitting disabling or damaging features to our Site or Online Platforms;
- interfering with our Site or Online Platforms, including the use of Trojan horses, viruses, piracy or programming routines that may damage our Site or Online Platforms;
- using our Site or Online Platforms to send unsolicited email messages; or
- assisting a third party to do any of the above.
The Site contains general information and not legal advice
Our services are provided in relation to Australian law, and in some circumstances South Australian law, only. The content on our Site provides a summary and general overview of our services. The Site and Online Platforms may also provide general legal information at our discretion (Content). This legal information, where provided, is not intended to be comprehensive or constitute legal advice. You should always obtain legal or other professional advice specific to and appropriate for your own circumstances before acting on that content.
Our Content also does not take into account your specific needs, objectives or circumstances. Your use of the Site and any information provided on the Site or via Online Platforms is not intended to create, and does not create, a lawyer-client relationship or any other professional relationship between us. If you wish to engage us as your lawyer, we ask that you get in contact with us to request we act as your lawyer (Request). Upon such a request we would undertake a conflict check and where appropriate provide you with our costs agreement, with any such engagement not formalised until you have signed that costs agreement.
Disclaimer
We use reasonable commercial efforts to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the Content on our Site and via Online Platforms. However, the law changes and business arrangements in our law firm change. Therefore, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we make no representation, warranty or guarantee, either express or implied, with respect to the completeness, reliability, accuracy, suitability or availability of the Content or the likely outcomes you will get if you action the information on our Site and via Online Platforms and apply it to your situation or life. Your reliance on any of the Content is therefore strictly at your own risk. Where you are considering taking any type of legal action, we recommend that you consult a lawyer for advice prior to taking any action. We reiterate that the legal information available on our Site (if any) is not legal advice.
Your use of our Site and Online Platforms is entirely at your own risk. We take no responsibility for, and are not liable for, the Site or Online Platforms being unavailable due to issues beyond our control.
Transmissions via the internet cannot be guaranteed to be secure. We do not guarantee the security of your information and data transmitted via our Site or Online Platforms and any such transmissions are at your own risk. You accept the risk that any information you provide to us via our Site or Online Platforms may be disclosed to third parties, corrupted or lost during its transmission and only provide us with information via our Site or Online Platforms if you accept this risk.
Intellectual Property rights
Unless we state otherwise on the Site and via Online Platforms, we own or licence all rights, title and interest (including intellectual property rights) in our Site and Content including via Online Platforms.
Your use of our Site and Online Platforms and your use of and access to the Content does not grant to you or transfer any rights, title or interest in relation to our Site, Online Platforms or our Content. You must not:
- copy or use any Content from our Site or Online Platforms (in whole or part);
- reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate any Content to any third party; or
- breach any intellectual property rights connected with our Site or Online Platforms or our Content, including (without limitation) altering or modifying any of our Content, causing any of our Content to be framed or embedded in another website or platform, or creating derivative works from our Content.
Third party sites
Our Site and Online Platforms may contain links to websites operated by third parties (Third Party Sites). Unless stated on our Site or Online Platforms, we are not responsible for the content on Third Party Sites. Further, we do not control, endorse or approve any Third Party Sites.
Content you upload to our Site and Online Platforms
We encourage you to interact with our Site and Online Platforms. We may permit you to post, upload, publish, submit or send (upload) information and content to our Site or via Online Platforms (User Content).
If you upload User Content to our Site or Online Platforms, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free licence for the User Content. This means we are able to use, view, copy, adapt, modify, distribute, licence, transfer, communicate, display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast, access, or otherwise use the User Content on, through or by means of our Site or Online Platforms.
You agree that you are responsible for all User Content that you upload and warrant that:
- you are either the sole and exclusive owner of all User Content or you have all rights, licences, consents and releases that are necessary to grant to us the rights in the User Content (as contemplated by these Terms); and
- the User Content, your upload of the User Content or our use of it on, through or by means of our Site or Online Platforms will not infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.
We do not endorse or approve, and are not responsible for, any User Content. We may, at any time remove any User Content you upload at our discretion.
The opinions expressed on our Site and Online do not necessarily represent those of Kin Lawyers Pty Ltd. We cannot be held responsible for the completeness, accuracy, reliability or suitability of information posted by third parties.
Warranties and disclaimers
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we make no representations or warranties about our Site or Online Platforms or Content, including (without limitation) that:
- it is complete, accurate, reliable, up-to-date and suitable for any particular purpose;
- you will have uninterrupted access;
- it will be error-free or free from viruses; or
- our Site or Online Platforms will be secure.
You read, use and act on our Site, our Online Platforms and our Content at your own risk.
Limited Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for any loss, damage or expense, however it arises, whether direct or indirect and/or whether present, unascertained, future or contingent (Liability) suffered by you or any third party, arising from or in connection with your use of our Site and/or Online Platforms and/or our Content and/or any inaccessibility of, interruption to or outage of our Site and/or any loss or corruption of data and/or the fact that our Content is incorrect, incomplete or out-of-date.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.
It is your responsibility to have your own protection against computer viruses or any other forms of interference, or any other cause of loss or damage (including any reliance on any third parties or third-party content).
Indemnity
To the maximum extent permitted by law, you must indemnify us, and hold us harmless, against any Liability suffered or incurred by us arising from or in connection with your use of our Site or Online Platforms or any breach of these Terms or any applicable laws by you. This indemnity is a continuing obligation, independent from the other obligation under these Terms, and continues after these Terms end. It is not necessary for us to suffer or incur any Liability before enforcing a right of indemnity under these Terms.
Removing our Site and Online Platforms (or your access to it)
We may, at any time and without notice to you, discontinue our Site and/or Online Platforms, in whole or in part. We may also exclude any person (including you) from using our Site and/or Online Platforms, at any time at our discretion. We are not responsible for any loss, damage or Liability you may suffer arising from or in connection with any such discontinuance or exclusion.
Termination
These Terms are effective until terminated by us, which we may do at any time and without notice to you. In the event of termination, all restrictions imposed on you by these Terms and limitations of liability set out in these Terms will survive.
What happens if part of these Terms is not right?
If a provision of these Terms is held to be void, invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision must be read down as narrowly as necessary to allow it to be valid or enforceable. If it is not possible to read down a provision (in whole or in part), that provision (or that part of that provision) is severed from these Terms without affecting the validity or enforceability of the remainder of that provision or the other provisions in these Terms.
The law that applies to these Terms
These Terms together with our Privacy Policy form the entire agreement between you and us regarding your access to and use of our Site, Online Platforms and our Content, subject only to requirements of any law. All implied terms except those which cannot be expressly excluded pursuant to law, are hereby expressly excluded.
The laws of South Australia, Australia, govern these Terms (Jurisdiction). If you access our Site or Online Platforms throughout Australia or overseas, we make no representation that our Site or Online Platforms complies with the laws (including intellectual property laws) of any State outside the Jurisdiction. If you access our Site or Online Platforms from outside Australia, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for complying with the laws of the jurisdiction where you access our Site or Online Platforms.
For any questions and notices, please contact us at:
Kin Lawyers Pty Ltd ABN 69 636 788 595
Email: connect@kinlawyers.com.au
Last update: January 2025
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.