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1. Access
to the Website and its
Content
1.1 The Academy will
endeavour to allow you
uninterrupted access to this
Website, but access to this
Website may be disrupted,
restricted, suspended or
terminated at any time at
its discretion or for
reasons beyond its control.
1.2 The Academy reserves the
right to improve, change,
modify, substitute or remove
any information on this
Website, or terminate this
Website, at any time without
notice.
1.3 Any communication or
material that you transmit
to this Website or to the
Academy by electronic mail
or otherwise, including any
comments, data, questions
and suggestions, is and will
be treated as
non-confidential and
non-proprietary unless a
prior arrangement in writing
is made between you and the
Academy. The Academy may
preserve any such content
and may disclose it to third
parties if required to do so
by law or in the good faith
belief that such
preservation or disclosure
is necessary to comply with
legal process; respond to
claims that the content
violates the rights of third
parties; enforce these Terms
and Conditions; or protect
the rights, property or
personal safety of this
Website and its users.
1.4 The Academy does not
review any third-party web
pages or websites
hyperlinked to this Website
and is not responsible for
the content of any such
off-site pages or sites. If
you visit such off-site
pages or sites through this
Website, you do so at your
own risk.
2. Intellectual Property
2.1 Unless otherwise
indicated the copyright,
database right and rights of
an allied nature in the
material contained in the
Website, together with the
website design, text and
graphics, and their
selection and arrangement,
belong to the Academy. All
rights are reserved. None of
this material may be
reproduced or redistributed
without its prior written
permission. You may,
however, download or print a
single copy for your own
non-commercial off-line
viewing.
2.2 You agree that any
logos, names, service marks,
trade marks and other
devices (collectively
referred to as “Marks”)
pertaining to the Academy
that may be displayed on
this Website, including the
circular crest and motto of
the Academy, “LawNet”,
“Singapore Academy of Law”,
“SAL”, “Singapore Law
Reports” and “SLR”, are its
registered and/or
unregistered Marks. Nothing
contained on this Website
should be construed as
granting, by implication,
estoppel, or otherwise, any
licence or right to use any
of the Marks belonging to it
or to third parties that are
displayed on this Website
without prior written
permission.
2.3 Certain product and
company names mentioned on
this Website or material
displayed on this Website
may be intellectual property
belonging to third parties.
The Academy does not warrant
or represent that if you use
such material you will not
infringe the legal rights of
these third parties.
3. Exclusions of Liability
3.1 The Academy uses
reasonable endeavours to
ensure that the information
on the Website is accurate
and to correct any errors or
omissions as soon as
practicable after being
notified of them. However,
to the extent permitted by
applicable law, it disclaims
all warranties and
representations (whether
express or implied) as to
the accuracy of any
information contained on
this Website.
3.2 Due to the nature of
electronic transmission of
data over the Internet, the
Academy does not warrant:
3.2.1 that access to this
Website will be fault-free,
secure, timely or
uninterrupted, or that the
Website will be free from
software viruses or any
other computer code, files
or programs designed to
interrupt, destroy or limit
the functionality of any
computer software or
hardware or
telecommunications
equipment; or
3.2.2 the accurate receipt
or security of any
information transmitted by
you by electronic mail or
otherwise to the Website or
the Academy.
Accordingly, your use of
this Website, and the
electronic transmission of
any document or information
by you to the Website or the
Academy is at your own risk.
3.3 The liability of the
Academy and/or of any other
party involved in creating,
producing or delivering this
Website (the ‘Web
Programmer’) for any
damages, claims or losses
arising from an inability to
access this Website, or from
any use of this Website or
reliance on the data
transmitted using this
Website, is excluded to the
fullest extent permissible
by law. In no event shall
the Academy or the Web
Programmer be liable for any
anticipated savings,
business, goodwill, loss of
profit, opportunity,
revenues or other direct,
indirect, consequential,
incidental or special loss
or damage of any kind,
whether arising from breach
of contract, tort (including
negligence, defamation and
infringement of copyright or
database right or other
intellectual property
rights) or otherwise arising
out of use of this Website,
whether or not notified of
such damage or loss arising,
except where such liability
cannot be excluded by law.
3.4 On this website, the
Academy may from time to
time provide you with
information on third-party
suppliers and the goods and
services they deal in and/or
the events that they
organise. Any goods,
services or events not
stated to be provided or
organised by it are provided
by such third parties over
whom it has no control.
Nothing on this Website
should be construed as an
endorsement by or
recommendation from the
Academy to buy any products
or services featured or to
participate in any events.
You should satisfy yourself
that you wish to purchase
the goods or services or
participate in the events in
question before contracting
with the suppliers. The
suppliers will deal with you
on their own terms and
conditions and you should
check that you agree to
those terms and conditions
before making any financial
commitment. The Academy
accepts no liability for any
goods or services provided
or events organised by such
third-party suppliers.
3.5 The Academy does not
monitor, verify or endorse
information submitted by
third parties for posting on
this Website. You should be
aware that such information
may be inaccurate,
incomplete or out of date.
3.6 The Academy endeavours
to prepare the content of
the Website in accordance
with Singapore law. It does
not warrant that the Website
will satisfy the laws of any
jurisdiction other than
Singapore.
3.7 Without limiting the
foregoing, everything on
this Website is provided to
you “as available” and “as
is”, and the Academy
disclaims to the fullest
extent permissible by law
any representation, warranty
or responsibility of any
kind, either express or
implied, in relation to any
information, goods or
services offered, accessed
or obtained through this
Website. It also makes no
representations or
warranties, express or
implied, with respect to
this Website, or any part of
it, including any warranties
of title, non-infringement
of the intellectual property
rights of third parties,
merchantability,
satisfactory quality, or
fitness for any purpose.
4. Acceptable Use
4.1 You may only use the
Website in accordance with
these Terms and Conditions
and, in any event, for
lawful and proper purposes
which includes complying
with all applicable laws,
regulations and codes of
practice within Singapore or
other jurisdictions from
which you are accessing this
Website.
4.2 In particular, you agree
that you will not:
4.2.1 upload, post, e-mail
or otherwise transmit to the
Website or to the Academy:
4.2.1.1 any content that is
abusive, defamatory,
harassing, harmful, invasive
of privacy, objectionable
(due to attitudes towards
disability; gender; race,
descent, ethnicity or
nationality; religion or
belief; sexual orientation;
or other personal
characteristics), obscene,
threatening, tortious or
unlawful, or otherwise use
this Website in a manner
which causes or may cause an
infringement of the rights
of any third party;
4.2.1.2 any content that you
do not have a right to
transmit under any law
(including content that
infringes the intellectual
property rights of any third
party), or under contractual
or fiduciary relationships
(such as confidential or
proprietary information
learned or disclosed as part
of employment relationships
or under non-disclosure
agreements); and
4.2.1.3 any unsolicited or
unauthorised advertising or
promotional materials or any
other form of solicitation,
including but not limited to
chain letters, junk mail and
spam;
4.2.2 impersonate any person
or entity, falsely state or
otherwise misrepresent your
affiliation with any person
or entity, or take any
action to disguise the
origin of any content
transmitted to the Website
or to the Academy;
4.2.3 use any software,
routine or device to
interfere or attempt to
interfere electronically or
manually with the operation
or functionality of this
Website, including but not
limited to uploading or
making available through
whatever means files
containing corrupt data,
software viruses or any
computer code, files or
programs designed to
interrupt, destroy or limit
the functionality of any
computer software or
hardware or
telecommunications
equipment;
4.2.4 deface, alter or
interfere with the front-end
“look and feel” of this
Website or the underlying
software code;
4.2.5 take any action which
imposes an unreasonable or
disproportionately large
load on this Website or its
related infrastructure;
4.2.6 obtain or attempt to
obtain unauthorised access,
through whatever means, to
any of computers, networks
or servers owned or used by
the Academy; and/or
4.2.7 collect or store
personal information about
other users of the Website.
4.3 You may only use the
Website in the capacity of
an end-user. You must not,
without the prior written
permission of the Academy:
4.3.1 sell, resell or
otherwise exploit; copy or
reproduce for the purpose of
such sale, resale or
exploitation; or carry out
an act preparatory to any of
the foregoing acts in
respect of; any portion of
the Website, or documents or
information obtained from
the Website; or
4.3.2 access or use the
Website;
for providing database,
information, service-bureau
or other commercial services
to third parties.
4.4 Without prejudice to any
of our other rights, whether
at law or otherwise, the
Academy reserves the right
to deny you access to this
Website where it believes in
its absolute discretion that
you are in breach of any of
these Terms and Conditions.
4.5 You agree to indemnify
and hold the Academy, its
subsidiaries, affiliates,
officers, employees and
agents, harmless from any
claim or demand, including
legal fees on an indemnity
basis, made by any third
party due to or arising out
of your use of this Website;
content you submit, post to
or transmit to the Website
or to the Academy; or your
violation of these Terms and
Conditions or of the rights
of any third party.
5. Miscellaneous
5.1 These Terms and
Conditions contain all the
terms of your agreement with
the Academy relating to your
use of the Website, and
supersede any prior
agreements, if any, between
you and the Academy.
5.2 The Academy may modify
these Terms and Conditions
at any time. Such
modification shall be
effective immediately upon
posting of the modified
Terms and Conditions on this
Website. Accordingly, your
continued or subsequent
access or use of this
Website shall be deemed to
be your acceptance of the
modified Terms and
Conditions.
5.3 You agree that notices
and legal process may be
sent to you or served on you
either personally, through
the post, or by e-mail.
5.4 The failure of the
Academy to exercise or
enforce any right or
provision of these Terms and
Conditions shall not
constitute a waiver of such
right or provision. If any
provision of these Terms and
Conditions is found by a
court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid,
you agree that the court
should endeavour to give
effect to the parties’
intentions as reflected in
the provision, and that the
other provisions of these
Terms and Conditions remain
in full force and effect.
5.6 The section headings in
these Terms and Conditions
are for convenience only and
have no legal or contractual
effect.
5.7 Your use of this
Website, any downloaded
material from it and the
operation of these Terms and
Conditions shall be governed
by, construed and
interpreted in accordance
with the laws of Singapore
and you agree to submit to
the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the
Singapore Courts. The
Academy reserves the right,
if it sees fit, to bring
proceedings in the courts of
the country of your
residence.
5.8 Neither your use of the
Website nor these Terms and
Conditions creates any
relationship of solicitor
and client between any of
the Academy’s officers,
employees or agents on the
one hand and you on the
other, and none of the
content of the Website
should be construed as legal
advice.
5.9 None of these Terms and
Conditions shall be
enforceable under the
Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act (Cap 53B) by a
person who is not a party to
it.
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