Disclaimer and Terms and Conditions
Please read the following important information before using the Lawyersearch site. The Site is owned and operated by Professionalsearch.com.au Pty Ltd ("Professionalsearch").

Definitions

"Site" means this website and its contents and all external and internal links and all services offered on this Site and all emails and correspondence relating to this Site, its contents, links and services.

"Legal Service Provider" means a legal practitioner or solicitor, or firm of legal practitioners or solicitors, company, partnership or any other person which offers or purports to offer legal services to users of this Site, or holds themselves out to be a qualified legal practitioner in the relevant jurisdiction of Australia.

Use of the Site
1. By visiting this Site, you agree to accept and comply with these terms and conditions of use and the disclaimer set out below. Professionalsearch may change these terms and conditions of use at any time, so please check them at regular times. Your continued use of the Site after any changes to these terms will be considered acceptance of those changes.

2. The contents of site are subject to copyright. No part may be reproduced without the written permission of Professionalsearch.

3. The Site does not provide legal advice of any kind. It merely acts as an intermediary that refers persons to legal practitioners who register as Legal Service Providers. The information provided by the Site serves only to assist you in sourcing legal advice.

4. Any legal advice is provided by Legal Service Providers. Although Professionalsearch takes all reasonable care to ensure that Legal Service Providers are duly qualified legal practitioners in the relevant jurisdiction of Australia, it makes no warranties or guarantees as to the qualifications of any Legal Service Provider or the accuracy or quality of their advice.

5. As the Site relies on the information you provide ("Client Information"), Professionalsearch is not responsible for any damage or loss suffered as a result of you using the Site. Professionalsearch is not responsible for any answers incorrectly provided by you or any consequences arising from Client Information.

6. By using this Site, you authorise Professionalsearch to send your Client Information to Legal Service Providers who may be interested in acting as your lawyer. Professionalsearch will, however, use best endeavours to keep your Personal Details, being your name, address, phone number and email address, confidential until you select a particular Legal Service Provider to represent you.

7. You agree that you will remove any defamatory information from Client Information provided by you. You agree that Professionalsearch will not be liable for any loss or damage howsoever arising that Client Information.

8. Professionalsearch does not guarantee or warrant that your use of this Site, or your posting of information on this Site, will lead to you actually being referred to a Legal Service Provider that is acceptable to you, or at all. Technical or logistical difficulties may prevent the referral of your Client Information to Legal Service Providers and Professionalsearch makes no warranty or guarantee that your Client Information will be referred.

9. If you retain a Legal Service Provider as your lawyer, you should be aware that your relationship with the Legal Service Provider will be governed by a separate retainer agreement between you and the Legal Service Provider. You should ensure that this retainer agreement is acceptable to you.

10. You agree that you will not rely on obtaining urgent legal advice through the Site where time limits under a Statute of Limitations or otherwise are in issue. You agree that you are responsible for any loss or damage arising from reliance on the Site in those circumstances.

11. Legal Service Providers are completely independent of and have no connection or association with Professionalsearch other than as users of the Site under the Lawyersearch Services Agreement.

Services for Lawyers
12. Your use of the Site is governed by the Lawyersearch Services Agreement entered into with you.

Disclaimer
13. The materials and information in this Site are provided "as is" and without warranties of any kind to the fullest extent the law permits. Professionalsearch disclaims all warranties including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

14. Where legislation implies any condition or warranty, and that legislation avoids or prohibits provisions in a contract excluding or modifying the application of or exercise of or liability under such condition or warranty, the condition or warranty shall be deemed to apply. However, the liability of PS for any breach of the condition or warranty shall be limited, at PS's option, to 1 or more of the following:

(a) if the breach relates to goods:

  (i) the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods;

  (ii) the repair of such goods;

  (iii) the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods; or

  (iv) the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired; and

(b) if the breach relates to services:

  (i) the supplying of the services again; or

  (ii) the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.

15. Professionalsearch makes no claim as to the accuracy of the content contained in the Site. Professionalsearch does not accept liability to any person for the information provided on the Site or incorporated into it by reference. Professionalsearch does not accept any liability for loss or damage incurred by any person as a result of reliance upon the content of the Site or any other information incorporated by reference.

16. The Site provides information on the basis that all persons accessing the Site bear the responsibility for assessing the accuracy of its content. All persons accessing the Site rely on it entirely at their own risk.

17. Professionalsearch does not warrant or endorse the accuracy of any Client Information and excludes to the extent lawfully permitted all liability whatsoever for any loss or damage howsoever arising, including due to negligence in the handling or transmission of Client Information or reliance upon Client Information by any person.

18. Professionalsearch is not liable for any advice provided by or any other conduct of a Legal Service Provider. Professionalsearch does not accept any liability for any loss or damaged incurred as a result of any action or omission on the part of a Legal Service Provider.

19. From time to time this Site may include links to other websites. These links are provided in order to enhance the interest of the Site and are not intended to signify that Professionalsearch endorses or otherwise has any responsibility for the content of any linked website.

20. Professionalsearch is not liable to any person for any loss or damage resulting from a breach of these terms and conditions or negligence of Professionalsearch or its representatives.

Indemnification
21. Professionalsearch does not accept any liability for defamation or otherwise which may arise from any information posted on the Site or contained in any email or transmission in connection with services offered on or in connection with the Site. You agree to indemnify Professionalsearch against any liabilities of this kind. Any person who objects to any information posted on the Site should contact Professionalsearch immediately and all reasonable endeavours will be used to remove the offending information from the Site.

Governing Law
22. These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia.