Luminate Legal Ltd.
Website Terms of Use
These Website Terms of Use for www.luminatelegal.co.nz outline how you may use our website and the content we make available to you through our website, social media, client portal, email or any other online channel (Content). If you access our website, or access, use, or download any Content you are taken to have accepted these Terms and our Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please let us know. If you do not agree to these Terms, please stop using our website and our Content.
Your right to use the website and Content
The Website is for your personal use only and you must not use it for any commercial purposes. You may view and print (for personal use only) the Content. We can remove this right and it is not exclusive to you. You must not copy, store or distribute the Content. You must not share your password or login information for the website or client portal with anyone else.
Don’t harm our website
You must not:
alter our website or use our website in a way that could interfere with the performance of our website or any other user’s use of our website
disable or interfere with any security-related features of our website
use any programs, scripts, bots or other automated technology to scrape or access our website or hijack user accounts or log-in sessions
use our website to redirect users to other websites or encourage users to visit other websites
introduce viruses, malicious code or similar material that could harm or interfere with our website or other users of our website, or
harm our website in any other way.
Don’t harm others
You must not use our website:
for any offensive, unlawful, discriminatory, threatening, fraudulent or harmful purposes or for any activity that violates the rights of others
for any phishing, trolling or similar activities
to defraud, scam, hack, swindle or deceive other users of our website
to collect contact information of other users or to send any unsolicited communication to other users, or
to impersonate any other person or organisation.
Our rights
We are allowed to:
§ change our website and the Content
§ cancel or remove our website
§ monitor your use of our website (subject to our privacy obligations), or
§ if you fail to comply with these Terms or breach any laws, block your use of our website or take legal action against you.
Intellectual Property rights
§ All intellectual property rights in our website and the Content, including in the text, graphics, logos, design, structure, expression, look and feel and arrangement of Content and any software used by our website (called IP), are owned by us or our suppliers or licensors. Your use of our website and access to any of our Content does not grant any ownership rights in our IP to you or anyone else.
§ You must not modify, copy or incorporate our IP into any other work, publication or website.
§ We can withdraw this right to use our IP, it is not exclusive to you, and you cannot transfer it to anyone else.
Providing us with testimonials
If you review us or provide us with a testimonial, unless you tell us otherwise you permit us to post the review or testimonial on our website and social media.
Information on the Website
Our Content is designed to provide general information only. It does not take into account your specific needs or circumstances and is not legal advice. While we use reasonable endeavours to ensure our Content is accurate and current, we don’t guarantee its accuracy, completeness or currency or its fitness for your purposes.
Using our website does not mean you become our client or that a solicitor-client relationship is created.
Any statements by other people or content included by other people on the website are the views of that person and may not represent our views.
Any reviews on the website are provided by users of our products and/or services based on their experiences. You may not experience the same results.
If you would like to link to our website from your website, please contact us for prior permission (which we may withdraw later).
Your rights
If you are in New Zealand, you have certain rights under the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (CGA), the Fair Trading Act 1986 and other New Zealand consumer law (Consumer Law). If we do not meet our obligations to you under Consumer Law, you may be entitled to remedies. You agree the CGA shall not apply to the supply of products or services for business use. Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or modifies your rights under Consumer Law.
§ We will not pay you any more than we are required to under Consumer Law for any costs or other loss you experience related to your use of (or inability to use) the website and/or the Content. This includes your reliance on, or any errors or inaccuracies in, information on the website or the Content, any malicious technologies that, through your use of the website, infect your device or systems, and any data loss or corruption.
The things we can’t guarantee
The internet is not secure, and therefore we can’t guarantee the security of your data during transmission to or from our website.
We can’t guarantee our website is totally secure or virus-free. Our website is provided “as is”.
We do not guarantee or commit to any standards regarding our website quality, performance or fitness for purpose, or that your use of our website will be faultless, timely or continuous.
Our Website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. We do not endorse or approve those websites and we have no liability for the content or security of those websites. Please be aware the privacy policies for those websites may be different from ours.
When you must cover us
You must pay us the full amount of any costs or losses we experience because of your access to, or use of, our website or your failure to comply with these Terms or any applicable law. This includes if you damage our website or if another person makes a claim against us for something you do.
Changes to the Terms
We may change these Terms at any time by posting the new Terms on our website. By continuing to use our website after the new Terms are posted, you agree to the new Terms.
The law that applies to these Terms
Use of our website and these Terms are governed by New Zealand law. Any dispute relating to these Terms or your use of our website or Content that we cannot resolve with you must be resolved in the New Zealand courts. If you access our website and are based outside of New Zealand, we cannot guarantee that our website complies with the laws in any country outside of New Zealand.