Website Terms of Use
This website is owned and operated by Aitken Partners Pty Ltd ABN 88 650 615 651, trading as Aitken Partners (we, us or our). By accessing and/or using this website and related services, you agree to these Terms of Use, which include our Privacy Policy (Terms). You should review our Privacy Policy and these Terms carefully and immediately cease using our website if you do not agree to these Terms.
1. Website information not legal advice
The information on our website is for information purposes only. It is not intended to be comprehensive and does not constitute, and is not intended to be relied upon as, legal advice. You should obtain legal or other professional advice, appropriate to your own circumstances, before acting or relying on any of that information.
Your use of our website, or the receipt of any information via our website, does not automatically create a solicitor/client relationship between you and us.
We may, from time to time and without notice, change or add to the website (including the Terms) or the information, products or services described in it. However, we do not undertake to keep the website updated. We are not liable to you or anyone else if errors occur in the information on the website or if that information is not up-to-date. There may also be historical content on the website which no longer reflects the present state of the law or industry practice.
2. Linked sites
Our website (or social media websites on which we maintain a presence) may contain links to websites operated by third parties over which we have no control. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. Unless expressly stated otherwise, we do not endorse and are not responsible for the content on those linked websites; nor do we warrant that the content on those linked websites does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other person.
3. Intellectual property rights
Unless otherwise indicated, we own or license from third parties all rights, title and interest (including copyright, designs, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights) in this website and in all of the material (including all text, graphics, logos, audio and software) made available on this website (Content).
Your use of this website and use of, and access to, any Content does not grant or transfer any rights, title or interest to you in relation to this website or the Content. However we do grant you a revocable, non-exclusive and non-transferable licence to access, print and use the Content subject to these Terms and, where applicable, as expressly authorised by us and/or our third party licensors.
Any reproduction or redistribution of this website or the Content is prohibited and may result in civil and criminal penalties. In addition, you must not copy the Content to any other server, location or support for publication, reproduction or distribution.
4.Unacceptable activity
You must not do any act that we would deem to be inappropriate, is unlawful or is prohibited by any laws applicable to our website, including but not limited to:
- any act that would constitute a breach of either the privacy (including uploading private or personal information without an individual's consent) or any other of the legal rights of individuals;
- using this website to defame or libel us, our employees or other individuals;
- uploading files that contain viruses that may cause damage to our property or the property of other individuals;
- posting or transmitting to this website any non-authorised material including, but not limited to, material that is, in our opinion, likely to cause annoyance, or which is defamatory, racist, obscene, threatening, pornographic or otherwise or which is detrimental to or in violation of our systems or a third party's systems or network security.
If we allow you to post any information to our website, we have the right to take down this information at our sole discretion and without notice.
5. Warranties and disclaimers
To the maximum extent permitted by law, including the Australian Consumer Law (as set out in Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)), we make no warranties or representations about this website or the Content, including but not limited to warranties or representations that they will be complete, accurate or up-to-date, that access will be uninterrupted or error-free or free from viruses, malware or other harmful technology, or that this website will be secure.
You should protect your own software and systems by installing and implementing your own security and system checks.
We reserve the right to restrict, suspend or terminate without notice your access to this website, any Content, or any feature of this website at any time without notice and we will not be responsible for any loss, cost, damage or liability that may arise as a result.
6. Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, including the Australian Consumer Law, pin no event shall we be liable for any direct and indirect or consequential loss, damage or expense – irrespective of the manner in which it occurs (including negligence) – which may be suffered due to your use of our website and/or the information or materials contained on it, or as a result of the inaccessibility of this website and/or the fact that certain information or materials contained on it are incorrect, incomplete or not up-to-date.
7. Jurisdiction and governing law
Your use of the website and these Terms are governed by the law of Victoria and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts exercising jurisdiction in Victoria.