Australian Law firm providing legal documents online

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1. Who we are

  Legal Consolidated Barristers & Solicitors is an Australian law firm. In these Terms, ‘Legal Consolidated’, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ mean Legal Consolidated Barristers & Solicitors and, where the context permits, our principals, lawyers, employees, contractors and authorised representatives.   These Terms apply to the Legal Consolidated website, online document-building system, client accounts, adviser accounts, document portals, online forms, training material, hints, videos, examples, letters, PDFs and related online services.   By creating an account, using our website, building a document, paying for a document, downloading a document, asking another person to build a document for you, or accepting delivery of a document, you accept these Terms.   In these Terms, ‘Privacy Policy’ means Legal Consolidated’s privacy, confidentiality and data handling policy as published or made available by us from time to time.   We may apply our AML/CTF, sanctions, identity, beneficial ownership, risk and compliance policies, procedures and checks to any document build, account or user where we consider it necessary or appropriate. Those policies and procedures may be internal and may change as the law, guidance and our risk assessment change.  

2. Our first duty is to the court and the administration of justice

  Legal Consolidated is a law firm. We are officers of the court. Our first duty is to the court and to the administration of justice. That duty comes before any duty to you as our client, referrer or third party.   We act ethically, conservatively and in accordance with our professional obligations. If your instructions, conduct, requested document, proposed transaction, use of our website or use of a document may conflict with our duties to the court, our professional obligations, the law, or the proper administration of justice, we may refuse to act, pause work, ask questions, require further information, decline to release a document, terminate access to our website or cease acting.   We decide whether there is an actual, potential or perceived conflict. We may stop acting even if you disagree with our view.   Our professional obligations include applicable Australian legal profession laws, professional conduct rules, court obligations, confidentiality obligations, conflict obligations and other duties that apply to Australian lawyers.  

3. The limited online service we provide

  Legal Consolidated provides an online legal document-building service. Our service is 100% online. We do not provide bespoke legal work through the website. We do not provide tailored legal advice, tax advice, accounting advice, financial product advice, investment advice or commercial advice.   The online document-building process is designed to educate users and to build legal documents from answers entered into our controlled online system. The questions, hints, videos, logic and document assembly system are part of our legal document service. You are responsible for selecting the document you build, entering your data, checking your data and confirming that all answers are accurate and complete. We have no input into how you answer the questions and no independent knowledge that your answers are correct.   We are responsible for the legal document generated by our controlled online system only to the extent that:  
  • the correct document was selected for the intended purpose;
  • all questions were answered accurately and completely;
  • the document was not altered after release;
  • the document was used only for the purpose for which it was built;
  • the document was signed, witnessed, stored, registered or used as required by law; and
  • you complied with these Terms.
  We are not responsible for a wrong outcome caused by your choice of the wrong document, incomplete instructions, incorrect answers, misunderstanding a question, failing to obtain advice from your own lawyer, accountant or financial planner, failing to follow signing or implementation instructions, changing the document, using the document for a different purpose, or using the document outside Australia.   We exercise reasonable professional care and skill in designing, maintaining and updating our online document-building system. That does not make us responsible for information you enter, the document you choose to build, advice given by your advisers, or events outside the limited online service.  

4. No advice about which document you need

  Only you and your professional advisers, including your accountant, financial planner and lawyer, know your personal, family, tax, business, asset protection, succession, superannuation, financial and commercial circumstances.   We do not advise you which document, if any, is best for you or suitable for your needs. We do not know whether a document is suitable for your circumstances merely because you build it. The online questions, hints, examples and videos are general educational material. They are not a substitute for advice from your own lawyer, accountant, financial planner or other adviser.   We recommend that you obtain advice before building a document where the transaction is important, complex, unusual, high value, tax-sensitive, family-sensitive, asset-protection-sensitive, succession-sensitive or connected with a business, company, trust, SMSF, estate, property, loan or dispute. If you are unsure which document you need, whether a document is suitable, how a document affects you, how a document should be implemented, or whether a transaction should proceed, obtain advice before you build the document.  

5. Australia only

  Legal Consolidated operates in Australia only. We are an Australian law firm. Our documents and services are prepared for use under Australian law. We do not advise on foreign law. We are not responsible for the use of our documents outside Australia or in connection with foreign law, foreign assets, foreign entities, foreign tax, foreign estates, foreign succession rules, foreign financial products, foreign regulatory regimes or foreign transactions.  

6. Your instructions and answers

  You warrant that all information, answers, names, addresses, dates, relationships, entity details, trust details, company details, adviser details, tax details, residency details, signing details and other instructions you provide are true, current, complete and not misleading. You are responsible for checking all spelling, names, dates, numbers, capacities, addresses, entity details and other data before and after the document is built.   You must not use our website or documents for an unlawful purpose, to mislead another person, to hide beneficial ownership, to defeat creditors unlawfully, to evade tax, to launder money, to finance terrorism, to breach sanctions, to commit fraud, to misappropriate property, to defeat a court order, to breach fiduciary duties, or to assist any unlawful activity.   If information changes before a document is signed, lodged, used or relied on, you must update the document through our website or obtain advice before using it.   A person who is subject to sanctions, or who is acting for or on behalf of a sanctions-listed person, must not use our website or build a document unless we expressly permit it after completing any checks required by law.   If you, a client, beneficial owner, controller or relevant person is a politically exposed person, a family member or close associate of a politically exposed person, or otherwise presents a higher AML/CTF or sanctions risk, you must tell us if we ask or if the information is relevant to the document build. We may require enhanced checks before a document is released.  

7. Online retainer and client agreement

  These Terms are the retainer and client agreement for Legal Consolidated’s online document service. No separate retainer is required for an online document unless we ask for one.   The scope of our retainer is limited to providing the online document service described in these Terms. We do not undertake ongoing work, monitoring, follow-up advice, implementation advice, registration, stamping, lodgement, review of surrounding circumstances, negotiation, correspondence, dispute resolution or bespoke amendments unless we expressly agree in writing.   We may ask you to accept updated terms, provide further instructions, complete an identity check, provide authority, or sign a separate document before we release a document or continue to provide a service.   We are not your general counsel. The online retainer ends when the document is built, released, refunded or otherwise completed, unless we expressly agree otherwise in writing.   After a document is built, we do not monitor your affairs, remind you of future dates, warn you of later changes in the law, check whether the document remains suitable, or advise whether a later event affects the document.   For any designated service or other regulated service, our AML/CTF, sanctions, identity, beneficial ownership, suspicious matter reporting, record-keeping and professional obligations prevail over any user preference, instruction, confidentiality request, timing request or retainer limitation to the extent the law requires or permits.  

8. Account, checkout and document declarations

  When you create an account, build a document, pay for a document, request delivery of a document, download a document, use an adviser account, use a document portal or otherwise use or access our website, you are taken to make the declarations in this clause.   You declare that:  
  • you have read and accepted these Terms;
  • you have authority to use the website and build the document;
  • if you act for another person or entity, you have authority to bind that person or entity to these Terms;
  • all information you provide is true, current, complete and not misleading;
  • you understand that Legal Consolidated does not advise which document you should choose;
  • you understand that the online service does not provide bespoke legal, tax, accounting, financial planning, investment or commercial advice;
  • you will not alter a document outside our online system;
  • you will use the document only for the purpose for which it was built;
  • you will obtain professional advice where needed;
  • you are not using the website or document for an unlawful purpose;
  • you are not seeking to hide beneficial ownership, evade tax, defeat creditors unlawfully, launder money, finance terrorism, breach sanctions or mislead another person;
  • you will provide identity, authority, AML/CTF, sanctions, beneficial ownership and compliance information if we reasonably ask for it;
  • you consent to us communicating electronically and delivering documents electronically;
  • you consent to us handling information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and these Terms; and
  • you understand that we may refuse, pause, cancel or decline to release a document where these Terms, our professional obligations or the law require or permit it.
  These declarations apply each time you use or access the website. If any declaration is not true, you must not proceed.   By using or accessing the website, creating an account, building a document or accepting delivery of a document, you confirm that you have had an opportunity to read our Privacy Policy and that you consent to our handling of information as described in these Terms and the Privacy Policy.  

9. Who is our client

  Unless we expressly agree otherwise in writing, our client for an online document is only the first person named in the document-building process as the client, customer, instructing person or primary person.   If that first named person acts, signs, gives instructions or uses a document as trustee, director, shareholder, appointor, guardian, attorney, executor, administrator, partner, officer, employee, agent, beneficiary, member or in any other capacity, we act for that person in that person’s personal capacity only.   We do not act for any company, trust, trustee in that capacity, partnership, SMSF, estate, beneficiary, shareholder, director, member, spouse, family member, adviser, referrer or other person merely because that person or entity is named in, benefits from, signs, uses or is affected by the document.   This clause identifies our client for retainer, conflict, duty and professional responsibility purposes. It does not limit our right or obligation to ask for information about any entity, trust, beneficial owner, controller, adviser, transaction or other person for AML/CTF, sanctions, identity, authority, risk, audit or compliance purposes.   Where a legal practitioner uses a lawyer-only function to remove Legal Consolidated livery from a document, the legal practitioner remains responsible for any advice the practitioner gives to the practitioner’s own client and for the practitioner’s own professional obligations. Legal Consolidated remains responsible only for the document built by our controlled online system, subject to these Terms.   Other persons who use the website, provide information, sign declarations, receive documents, give instructions through an adviser, or ask for a document to be built may be bound by these Terms and declarations even if they are not our client for retainer, conflict, duty or professional responsibility purposes.  

10. Professional advisers using our website

  Many users of our website are lawyers, accountants, financial planners, tax advisers, SMSF advisers, bookkeepers, business advisers and other professionals.   Professional advisers may use our website only in accordance with these Terms and their own professional obligations. A professional adviser must not:  
  • alter a Legal Consolidated document outside our online system;
  • use our documents in a way that breaches the law or the adviser’s professional obligations;
  • provide legal services if not entitled to do so;
  • remove, obscure or misuse our copyright notices, warnings, cover letters or instructions except through approved website functionality;
  • use our website to avoid obtaining legal advice where legal advice is required; or
  • represent that Legal Consolidated has given bespoke advice when we have not.
  The adviser remains responsible for advice the adviser gives to the adviser client. We are not responsible for tax, accounting, financial planning, investment, structuring or commercial advice provided by an adviser.   Professional advisers must keep their own file notes, client authorities, advice records, tax records, financial planning records, accounting records, identification records and compliance records required by their own professional obligations.   If a professional adviser asks us to rely on identity, authority, AML/CTF, sanctions, beneficial ownership, client due diligence or other checks performed by the adviser, the adviser warrants that the adviser has performed those checks properly, holds appropriate records, has authority to share relevant information with us, and will provide confirmation or records promptly if we reasonably request them.   We decide whether to accept, reject or qualify any reliance on another person, adviser, reporting entity or professional firm. We may require our own checks even if an adviser has already performed checks.   If a professional adviser is subject to AML/CTF, sanctions, identity, beneficial ownership, client due diligence, tax agent, financial services, legal profession or other professional obligations, the adviser warrants that the adviser has complied, and will continue to comply, with those obligations when using our website and when asking us to rely on information or checks performed by the adviser.  

11. Legal documents must not be altered

  Legal Consolidated documents are generated through our controlled online question-and-answer system. You must not alter, amend, copy, reverse engineer, retype, recreate, unlock, convert, edit, merge, extract or modify any Legal Consolidated document, letter, clause, PDF, template, precedent, logic, question, hint, video or content except through functionality we provide.   If a document needs to change, use the website update process or contact us. If you alter a document outside our system, we are no longer responsible for the document. An altered document may fail, be invalid, create tax problems, create disputes, breach the law or cease to be insured by any professional responsibility attaching to our work.   We provide documents in PDF or another controlled format. We do this to protect clients, advisers, the public, our copyright, our professional obligations and the integrity of the legal document.  

12. Copyright and intellectual property

  All website content, questions, logic, workflows, documents, letters, examples, hints, videos, checklists, text, layouts, software, document systems, business processes, names, marks and other materials are owned by or licensed to Legal Consolidated and are protected by copyright, trade mark, confidential information and other laws.   You receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the completed document for the specific transaction or purpose for which it was built. You do not receive ownership of our templates, logic, clauses, systems or content.   You must not copy, distribute, resell, license, publish, scrape, access, ingest, process, reproduce, extract, train artificial intelligence on, use in a large language model, use in a machine learning system, use through an automated agent, incorporate into another system, create derivative works from, or use our content or documents to build competing documents, templates, software, portals, products or services.   If you provide comments, suggestions, corrections, improvements, examples, questions or recommendations, you grant Legal Consolidated an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use, adapt and incorporate them into our website, documents, systems and content without attribution or compensation.   We keep strict version control. If we find that a legal document has been changed, copied, misused or tampered with, you are on notice that we may contact the relevant authorities, including the police. We also run ongoing checks through the Internet to see whether copyright wording from our documents has been copied or misused.  

13. Accounts and login details

  You are responsible for your account, login details, password, authorised users and all activity under your account.   If an account is created using an email address connected with a professional practice, firm, company, partnership, trust, business or other organisation, control of the account is determined by control of the relevant email address or, where applicable, the relevant business domain name, unless we decide otherwise.   If there is a dispute about account ownership, access, domain control, employment, partnership, sale of practice, business succession or authority, we may suspend or restrict access until we receive evidence we consider satisfactory.   You must not share login details in a way that breaches these Terms, compromises client confidentiality, permits unauthorised access or allows another person to misuse our website.  

14. Fees, payment and refunds

 
Fees and payment
  Fees are displayed on the website or otherwise notified before you begin the building process and again at the credit card payment page. Payment is generally made online by credit card or another approved payment method.  
Credit card details
  Credit card payments are handled by our merchant facility through its secure payment gateway. Your card number, expiry date and CVV are entered into and processed by the merchant facility, not by Legal Consolidated, and cannot be viewed by us.   Your full credit card details do not pass through, and are not stored on, Legal Consolidated’s website, servers, database, email system or document-building system. This is standard merchant facility practice.   For administration, reconciliation, refunds, fraud prevention and record keeping, the merchant facility may provide us with limited payment information, such as the cardholder’s name, payment amount, payment date, transaction reference, approval status and the last four digits of the card.  
Website payments
  Payments made through the website are for online legal documents and related online services. We do not receive, hold or control client money for settlements, investments, transactions, purchases, sales or third-party dealings through the website.  
No trust account
  Legal Consolidated does not hold or operate a trust account. We never hold money in trust for our clients or a third party.  
Refunds
  We provide a 100% refund on all documents if you ask for a refund and do not wish to use the document. The only exception is the ASIC company incorporation fee, where we incorporate a company on your behalf.  
Government fees and disbursements
  We are not responsible for any government fee, ASIC fee, registration fee, search fee, filing fee or other disbursement unless we expressly agree in writing.  
Itemised accounts and costs
  Where applicable legal profession laws give you rights about legal costs, you may request an itemised bill or account and may have legal costs assessed, reviewed or checked by the independent authority, court or tribunal with jurisdiction. This information is presented on all Legal Consolidated Tax Invoices.  
Work outside the online document service
  If you request work outside the online document service and we agree to do it, we may require a separate engagement, separate fee agreement or separate written instructions.  

15. Delivery

  Documents are delivered electronically by download, email, account access or another online method. Delivery occurs when the document is made available through our system, sent to the nominated email address, or otherwise released electronically.   You are responsible for checking spam filters, email addresses, account access, download links, document details and whether all documents expected have been received.  

16. Signing, witnessing, implementation and registration

  A legal document may require signing, witnessing, dating, delivery, stamping, registration, storage, notice, lodgement, board approval, trustee approval, member approval, shareholder approval, lender consent, title office requirements or other implementation steps. You must ascertain the time frame in which to comply with any registration, lodgement, notice, stamping or implementation requirement.   You are responsible for implementing the document and obtaining any advice required for implementation. A document may not operate as intended if it is not properly signed, witnessed, dated, stored, delivered, registered, stamped, lodged or used.  

17. Conflicts, refusal and ceasing to act

  We may refuse to provide a service, pause a document, decline to release a document, ask questions, require further information, cancel a document build, refund a payment, suspend an account, terminate an account or cease acting where we consider it appropriate.   Without limiting our rights, we may do so if:  
  • we have inadequate instructions;
  • information appears incomplete, inconsistent, false or misleading;
  • identity, authority or beneficial ownership is unclear;
  • there is an actual, potential or perceived conflict;
  • the matter appears unlawful, improper, suspicious or high risk;
  • providing the service may breach our professional obligations;
  • providing the service may breach AML/CTF Laws, sanctions laws, privacy laws, tax laws, court orders or other laws;
  • the document appears unsuitable for the stated purpose;
  • you misuse our website or documents;
  • you fail to comply with these Terms; or
  • continuing would be inconsistent with our duties to the court and the administration of justice.
  Because Legal Consolidated is an online law firm used by many people, advisers and businesses, we may act for, provide documents to, or receive instructions from other users whose interests differ from yours, or may become adverse to yours, in unrelated matters. We do this only where permitted by our professional obligations and while protecting confidential information as required by law.   No online document build gives you exclusivity over Legal Consolidated, our website, our documents, our precedents, our legal knowledge, our questions, our hints, our videos, our systems or our future work for other clients.  

18. AML/CTF, sanctions and verification checks

  For certain documents that can be built on our website, Legal Consolidated may be required to comply with anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, proliferation financing, sanctions, beneficial ownership, identity verification, suspicious matter reporting, record-keeping and related laws and regulatory guidance.   Further, we may require information about a client, user, adviser, beneficial owner, controller, trustee, appointor, guardian, director, shareholder, partner, member, settlor, contributor, beneficiary, attorney, agent, transaction, source of funds, source of wealth, purpose, intended use, jurisdiction, tax residency or other matter.   We may verify information ourselves or, where permitted, rely on information or checks performed by another reporting entity or professional adviser. We decide whether reliance is appropriate.   We may refuse, pause or stop providing a designated service if we cannot complete required checks to our satisfaction. We may also refuse to explain the full reason for a refusal, pause, report or escalation where the law, confidentiality, professional obligations or tipping-off restrictions require or permit us not to disclose it.   You must provide all information reasonably requested for AML/CTF, sanctions, identity, authority, professional conduct, risk assessment, audit, compliance or record-keeping purposes. You warrant that information provided for those purposes is true, complete and not misleading.   Where Legal Consolidated is, becomes or acts as a reporting entity for a designated service, our obligations under AML/CTF Laws apply regardless of whether a user considers the document low risk, urgent, private, confidential or already checked by another person.   Suspicious matter reporting, sanctions compliance, enhanced customer due diligence and tipping-off restrictions may prevent us from giving reasons, releasing a document, continuing a document build, refunding in the ordinary way, or communicating in the way a user asks.  

19. Privacy, confidentiality and legal professional privilege

  Privacy. We handle personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy, our professional obligations and applicable privacy laws.   Privilege. Because Legal Consolidated is a law firm, some communications may attract legal professional privilege or client legal privilege. Privilege belongs to the client and may be lost or waived by conduct. Not every communication with us is privileged, and privilege may not protect information that we are required or permitted by law to collect, retain, use or disclose.   Confidentiality and permitted disclosure. We keep confidential information confidential in accordance with our professional obligations. We may use, store and disclose information as required or permitted by law, including for legal professional obligations, AML/CTF compliance, sanctions compliance, identity checks, suspicious matter reporting, court obligations, regulatory obligations, professional indemnity, complaints handling, audits, cyber security, payment processing, document delivery, account administration and enforcement of these Terms.  

20. Artificial intelligence and technology

  We may use technology, automation, document assembly systems, expert systems, artificial intelligence and other tools to build, test, improve, review, validate and deliver online legal documents and website content.   We do not use public artificial intelligence systems in a way that intentionally discloses confidential client information contrary to our professional obligations. We supervise technology use according to our professional judgment and applicable duties.   Technology assists our lawyers and systems. It does not convert the online service into bespoke legal advice and does not remove your responsibility to choose the correct document, provide accurate instructions and obtain advice where needed.   Where we use AI or automated tools, we apply confidentiality controls that we consider appropriate for the nature of the information and the work. We do not treat the use of approved internal or controlled tools as permission for public disclosure of confidential information or waiver of privilege.  

21. Website content is general

  Website articles, hints, videos, images, examples, calculators, diagrams, answers, commentary and educational material are general information only. They are not designed to give, and do not give, advice for your situation or set of facts. They may be simplified and are general in nature. They may change. They may not include every exception, qualification, risk, update or jurisdictional difference.   You must not rely on general website content as bespoke legal advice. Obtain advice for your circumstances.  

22. No misuse of the website

  You must not misuse the website, interfere with its operation, scrape content, overload systems, bypass access controls, access non-public areas, reverse engineer the service, introduce malicious code, collect user information, use automated tools without permission, resell access, frame or mirror the website, or use the website in a way that harms Legal Consolidated, clients, advisers, the public or the administration of justice.   Public search engines may index public website pages in the ordinary way unless we restrict access.  

23. Third-party services and links

  Our website may use or link to third-party services, including payment processors, identity verification providers, email providers, hosting providers, analytics providers, video platforms, government websites, registry services and professional resources.   We are not responsible for third-party websites, services, outages, errors, security, terms, privacy practices, fees, decisions or content.   Our website, documents, letters, hints, videos and communications are provided for the client identified under these Terms. No third party may rely on them unless we expressly agree in writing or the document itself is plainly intended to be given to that third party for that limited purpose.  

24. Communications

  We may communicate electronically, including by email, website messages, account notifications, online forms, telephone, SMS, video, document portals or other electronic means.   You consent to electronic communication and electronic delivery of documents, notices, invoices, receipts, updates and requests. You are responsible for keeping your contact details current.   You authorise us to communicate with any adviser, lawyer, accountant, financial planner, broker, agent, attorney, director, trustee, appointor, executor, administrator, guardian, officer, employee or representative you identify or who appears to be connected with the matter, where we consider it appropriate.   Electronic communication carries risks, including delay, interception, corruption, mistaken delivery, malware, impersonation and fraud. If you receive a suspicious message, payment request, refund request, request for identity information or request to change contact or payment details, you must check it with us by telephone before acting on it.   We do not ask you to transfer settlement money, investment money, trust money or third-party transaction money through the website. Website payments are made through our approved payment facility for online legal documents and related online services.  

25. Records

  We may create, retain, destroy, archive and manage records in accordance with our professional obligations, business needs, these Terms, our Privacy Policy and applicable laws.   You are responsible for keeping your own copies of documents, tax records, accounting records, trust records, estate planning records, company records, SMSF records, commercial records and signed originals.   We do not hold original legal documents for online users or other persons, other than limited categories we choose to accept. We may retain electronic copies and compliance records.   Where AML/CTF Laws, professional obligations, tax laws, privacy laws, limitation periods, insurance requirements, audit requirements, dispute requirements or other laws require or justify longer retention, we may retain records for that period.  

26. Consumer guarantees and liability

  Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or modifies any consumer guarantee, right, remedy or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted or modified.   To the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude all warranties, representations, guarantees and liabilities not expressly stated in these Terms or imposed by law.   To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for loss arising from:
  • your selection of the wrong document;
  • inaccurate, incomplete or misleading answers;
  • failure to obtain advice;
  • use of a document outside its intended purpose;
  • alteration of a document;
  • failure to sign, witness, date, store, lodge, register or implement a document correctly;
  • tax, accounting, financial planning, investment or commercial consequences;
  • foreign law or foreign use;
  • third-party services;
  • website interruption, cyber incident or technology failure beyond our reasonable control;
  • adviser conduct;
  • unlawful or improper use; or
  • matters outside the limited scope of our online document service.
  Where liability may lawfully be limited, our liability is limited, at our election, to resupplying the service, correcting the document, providing an update voucher or refunding the fee paid for the relevant document.   Liability is limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.   Any statement we make about what a document is designed to do, what usually happens, what the law generally provides, what a court or regulator may do, or what an outcome may be is a statement of general information or professional judgment at that time. It is not a promise, warranty or guarantee of any result.  

27. Indemnity

  To the maximum extent permitted by law, you indemnify Legal Consolidated against loss, liability, cost, expense, claim, demand, proceeding, investigation, damage and legal cost arising from or connected with:  
  • your breach of these Terms;
  • false, incomplete or misleading information;
  • your misuse of the website or a document;
  • alteration of a document;
  • use of a document outside its intended purpose;
  • your breach of law;
  • your breach of another person’s rights;
  • your professional advice or conduct;
  • your failure to obtain authority from a client or another person;
  • your failure to complete AML/CTF, sanctions, identity or authority requirements; or
  • a claim by a third party arising from your use of our website or documents.
  This indemnity survives termination, account closure and completion of the document.  

28. Termination and suspension

  We may suspend, restrict or terminate access to the website, an account, a document, a portal or a service at any time where we consider it appropriate, including for breach of these Terms, legal risk, professional risk, security risk, payment issues, compliance issues, account disputes, misuse, inactivity or operational reasons.   Termination does not affect accrued rights, payment obligations, confidentiality, intellectual property, indemnities, liability limits, record-keeping rights or any clause intended to survive.  

29. Changes to these Terms

  We update these Terms from time to time. The current version published on our website applies to use of the website and online services from the time it is published, unless we state otherwise.   If a change is material, we may take reasonable steps to notify users, including by email to the registered account email address, account notice, checkout notice, website notice or requiring acceptance before further use. Continued use of the website after publication of updated Terms is acceptance of the updated Terms.  

30. Complaints

  If you have a complaint, contact Legal Consolidated first using the contact details below and mark the communication ‘Complaint’. We may ask for details of the document, account, date, adviser and issue so that we can consider it properly.   Nothing in these Terms prevents you from making a complaint to a legal services commissioner, law society, professional regulator, consumer authority, court, tribunal or other body with jurisdiction.  

31. Severance

  If any part of these Terms is invalid, void, voidable, illegal or unenforceable, that part is severed to the extent required and the remaining parts continue.  

32. Entire agreement

  These Terms, together with any policies, notices, declarations, schedules, checkout terms, account terms, product-specific terms and written terms expressly incorporated by reference, form the agreement for the online service.   To the extent of inconsistency, a specific written term accepted for a particular product or transaction prevails over these general Terms for that product or transaction only.  

33. Governing law and legal costs

  These Terms are governed by the laws of Western Australia that apply to our online document service, our professional obligations and the document built, unless another law must apply.   Nothing in these Terms limits any consumer law, professional conduct, costs disclosure, itemised account, costs assessment, complaint, court review or statutory right that cannot be excluded.  

34. Contact

  Legal Consolidated Barristers & Solicitors ABN 94 936 003 432 Website: www.legalconsolidated.com.au Email: lawyer@legalconsolidated.com.au Email: admin@legalconsolidated.com.au Postal: Post Office Box 5169, Dalkeith, WA, 6009 Head Office: 18 Stirling Highway, Nedands, WA, 6009