Australian Young Lawyer (‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’) is the publisher of this website and its social media platforms. By using or visiting Australian Young Lawyer website (the Site) you expressly agree to be bound by the following Terms that govern use of the site and associated services and to follow all applicable laws and regulations governing the Site.
Australian Young Lawyer reserves the right to change these Terms at any time, effective immediately upon posting on the Site. By using the Site in any way, you agree to comply with these Terms including any applicable posted guidelines, which may change from time to time. Should you object to any term or condition or become dissatisfied with the Service in any way, your only recourse is to immediately discontinue use of the Service.
Permitted Use
You agree that you are only authorised to visit, view and to retain a copy of pages of this Site for your own personal use, and that you shall not duplicate, download, publish, modify or otherwise distribute the material on this Site for any purpose other than to review information and academic scholarship, for perusal, research or otherwise specifically authorised by Australian Young Lawyer to do so. You also agree that the content and software on this Site is the property of Australian Young Lawyer and/or its suppliers and is protected by Australian and international copyright laws.
Content
You understand that all content, media and information ("Content") is the sole responsibility of the person who contributed and submitted the Content to Australian Young Lawyer. Australian Young Lawyer is not liable or responsible for any Content and that contributions of third parties do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Australian Young Lawyer. Australian Young Lawyer publishes academic research that is topical, comparative and on law and social justice. And therefore you understand that you may be exposed to Content that you or others may find offensive or otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, and that under no circumstances will Australian Young Lawyer be liable in any way for any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed or otherwise made available via the Site or its printed publications. Furthermore, the Service and Content available may contain links to other websites, which are completely independent of Australian Young Lawyer. Australian Young Lawyer makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or authenticity of the information contained in any such site. You acknowledge that Australian Young Lawyer pre-screens and approves Content and shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse, delete or move any Content that is submitted to Australian Young Lawyer for violating the submissions guidelines or for any other reason.
Prohibited Content
The following is prohibited on the Site:
1) Content that is unlawful or offensive, such as that promoting racism, bigotry, hatred, harrassment or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual or could be harmful to minors.
2) Content that is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous.
3) Promoting an illegal or unauthorised copy of another person's copyrighted work.
4) Supplying Content that impersonates another person or entity.
5) You must not modify, adapt or hack the Service or modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with Australian Young Lawyer.
6) You must get express authorisation from Australian Young Lawyer before you can use any portion of the Site, including any Content, for any commercial purpose.
7) Unauthorised framing of or linking to the Site unless it is for the purpose of directing third parties to Australian Young Lawyer website to promote the Site and its publications.
Access and Interference
You agree that you will not use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Site. Nor shall you use any manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained thereon or for any other unauthorised purpose without our prior expressed written permission. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Site nor shall you attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. You agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, or publicly display any content (except for your own personal, non-commercial use) from the Site without the prior expressed written permission from Australian Young Lawyer or the original authors of the publication.
Copyright Policy
No part of this website and its contents may be reproduced, modified, copied, republished, or distributed to a third party without the express permission of Australian Young Lawyer. Australian Young Lawyer is not liable to any person whatsoever for any loss or damage arising out of or in connection with:
a) Articles written and submitted by third parties to the Site
b) Any statement, opinion, representation, or omission made by a third party
c) Any resource or third-party website link, or the accuracy of any information or material contained on a third-party website.
d) Any copyright infringement or other breach of intellectual property rights by a third party or any other breach of intellectual property rights by a third party.
Australian Young Lawyer abides by the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and expects its users to do the same. We reserve the right to refuse or delete submissions that we believe infringes copyright. To report alleged copyright infringement on the Site, you must be the copyright holder or someone authorised to act on behalf of the copyright holder or someone authorised to act under any exclusive right under copyright and submit a Copyright Infringement Notice to us via email in the following manner:
1) Provide your full name, mailing address and telephone number.
2) Identify the material you allege is infringing copyright including the title, date and author.
3) A statement explaining how the content infringes copyright
4) Include all necessary screenshots, links and other identifying material.
5) Place ‘Copyright Infringement Notice’ in the subject headline, and;
6) Email the notice to copyright@australianyounglawyer.com
Mistakes and Corrections
In the event that you come across an article or information that is inaccurate, misleading, or incorrect you have the right to make us aware of this fact and request that it be corrected by contacting us directly via email to complaints@australianyounglawyer.com We will provide you with a receipt of acknowledgment as soon as practicable. We will then take all reasonable steps to ensure that the information is corrected and endeavour to notify any relevant third parties of the error where necessary and required. If after investigating we find no legitimate grounds to correct the information you claim is inaccurate or misleading, we will provide written notice explaining the reasons for the refusal. If you are not satisfied with our decision, you have the option to forward your concerns to an external dispute resolution scheme. If you would like to submit a complaint how we have handled your personal information, you may contact us via email at complaints@australianyounglawyer.com. If you are not satisfied with our decision you may submit a formal complaint to Australian Information Commissioner:
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218
Sydney NSW 2001
Phone: 1300 363 992
Website: www.oaic.gov.au
Links
The Site or Services may contain links to third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that Australian Young Lawyer is not responsible or liable for:
1) The availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or
2) The content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources.
Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by Australian Young Lawyer of such websites or resources or the content, products, or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources or the content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources. Users who submit Content to the Site must ensure that the Content they contribute does not infringe the copyrights or other rights of third parties. After proper notification by the copyright holder or it agent to us, and confirmation through court order or admission by the user that they have used this Site as an instrument of unlawful infringement, we will terminate the infringing users' rights to use and/or access to the Site. We may, also in our sole discretion, decide to terminate a user's rights to use or access to the Site prior to that time if we believe that an alleged infringement has occurred.
Disclaimers
Australian Young Lawyer does not represent or warrant that its services are free of inaccuracies, errors, bugs, or interruptions, or are reliable, accurate, complete or otherwise valid. The Site is provided "as is" with no warranty, express or implied, of any kind and Australian Young Lawyer expressly disclaims any and all warranties and conditions, including, but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, availability, security, title and or non-infringement. Australian Young Lawyer shall not, under any circumstances, be liable to users for any indirect, incidental, consequential special or exemplary damages arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, users hereby release and waive all claims against Australian Young Lawyer, and its affiliates, officers, agents, licensors, shareholders and employees from any and all liability for claims, damages (actual and/or consequential), costs and expenses (including litigation costs and solicitors fees) of every kind and nature, arising from or in any way related to use of the Site. Without limiting the foregoing, you may report the misconduct of users and/or third party advertisers, service and/or product providers referenced on or included in the Site to Australian Young Lawyer using the contact methods on our website. Australian Young Lawyer may investigate the claim and take appropriate action, in its sole discretion.
Governing Law
These terms and conditions are governed in all respects by the laws of New South Wales, Australia and any action arising under them or in any way connected with Australian Young Lawyer service may be brought only in a court in New South Wales, Australia, subject to any law which is expressly inconsistent with this.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold Australian Young Lawyer and its affiliates, and each of Australian Young Lawyer and its affiliates' respective officers, agents, employees, contractors and principals including any of our products and services (our publications, social media platforms, websites, events, conferences, digital events and conferences, surveys, and electronic media) are collectively or severally known as our harmless from any loss, liability, claim or demand, including legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of Australian Young Lawyer online and in hard copy, including also your use of the Site to provide a link to another site or to upload Content or other information to Australian Young Lawyer online and in hard copy.
Privacy
We believe that your privacy is important. The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) directs how we collect, use, hold and disclose your personal information.
Content that is submitted to be published in Australian Young Lawyer online and in hard copy shall not be subject to the Privacy Policy and may be publicly displayed and disclosed and otherwise used by Australian Young Lawyer or any third party in any way. By submitting content to Australian Young Lawyer, you authorise us to distribute and reproduce your submission for the purposes of publishing online and in hard copy.
Australian Young Lawyer will not be responsible or otherwise liable for any use or disclosure of your information, by a third party to whom Australian Young Lawyer is allowed to disclose your contact information under the Privacy Policy.
Australian Young Lawyer is not liable for any lost data resulting from the operation of the Site or the enforcement of the Terms. We urge all users to maintain their own back up versions of any Content or other information they submit for publishing to the Site.
How we collect your personal information
We collect personal information that you provide directly to us. We may do this electronically when:
1) You submit articles to us to be published on the Site.
2) You purchase any of our products or services,
3) You register and/or attend events or competitions we organise.
We may collect personal information about you from third parties including social media network sites particularly what you have made publicly available.
Your personal information is also collected in the following ways:
1) When we communicate with you
2) When we conduct surveys
3) When we conduct investigations where necessary;
4) When we are required to under the applicable law;
5) When we contact you about our products and services.
How we disclose your personal information
By visiting and/or subscribing to our Site, you unconditionally and irrevocably consent to us disclosing your personal information when required by any relevant Australian legislation, Court order and regulatory authorities or to any party as necessary in connection with any legal proceedings, investigation or official enquiry or complaint.
If you would like to submit a complaint how we have handled your personal information, you may contact us via email at complaints@australianyounglawyer.com. If you are not satisfied with our decision you may submit a formal complaint to the Australian Information Commissioner:
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218
Sydney NSW 2001
Phone: 1 300 363 992
Website: www.oaic.gov.au
