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Terms &
Conditions of Use at LAW.com.sg |
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If You Do Not Agree |
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IF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
CONTAINED IN THIS SITE ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN FULL, YOU MUST
IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE YOUR USE OF THIS SITE. |
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Acceptance of Terms |
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Use of this website known as
LAW.com.sg ("LAW.com.sg") is offered
to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of
the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the "Terms
and Conditions of Use"). Your use of this website constitutes
your agreement to all of the Terms and Conditions of Use. |
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Legal
Advice |
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Information in LAW.com.sg shall NOT
be construed as legal advice or legal
opinion on any specific law, fact or circumstance, and such information is
strictly provided on an ex gratia basis. We do not owe any
duty to any person or entity under any law or jurisdiction. |
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Where there is any
statement of Law in LAW.com.sg, the purpose
is strictly to give the visitor a general understanding of the Law and NOT
to provide specific advice. Because the laws, rules, regulations,
procedures and
policies in
Singapore change constantly, and is subject to varying interpretations,
the reader is urged to consult professional legal advice regarding the
applicability of any points of law discussed at LAW.com.sg to any specific problem.
This
website should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice,
and reliance on any statement of law stated herein is strictly at your own
risk or peril. |
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Any opinion expressed in
LAW.com.sg is strictly that of its author(s) in this site
unless expressly stated otherwise, or credits being specifically stated
herein. |
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Security |
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It is
important to note that no data transmission over the Internet
can be guaranteed to be absolutely secure. Accordingly, despite
our efforts to protect your personal information, LAW.com.sg
cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you
transmit to us, or to or from our online services. You transmit
all such information at your own risk. However, once we receive
your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its
security on our systems. |
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Loh Eben Ong &
Partners shall not be held responsible and/or liable for any leakage or
interception of such information whatsoever, and you are submitting such
information strictly at your own risk. |
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It is also a
fundamental condition that in using any of our services via this
website of LAW.com.sg, you agree that we do not warrant nor represent that this
website is secure or safe, and we have duly warned you of the
inherent risks involved in submission of information via the
internet or through our website. |
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Solicitor & Client's Relationship |
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Irrespective whether
you are our existing client or not, submitting your legal query
through our Online Services
and/or our web-forms does not automatically create a solicitor and
client's relationship, until and unless accepted and notified by us in
writing. We reserve the right at our sole discretion not to reply to any
query, nor have any responsibility whatsoever to do so at any time. |
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It is a fundamental term and condition of our engagement that we reserve
our rights to discharge ourselves from acting for you at any time and for
whatever reasons without any liabilities or responsibilities to you
whatsoever, and you shall have no claims whatsoever against us. Notwithstanding
such discharge, we reserve all our rights (at law and/ or otherwise) to claim
against you for all reasonable fees and disbursements for providing
professional services to you, and a lien on all files, documents and
papers relating to such matters until full settlement of such fees and
disbursements. |
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If you
have instructed us to proceed with the legal work through our
Online Services or this website or otherwise, in the event that you
change your mind of our engagement, we reserve all our rights to
claim against you or be indemnified for all abortive costs and or
disbursements incurred. |
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Quotation |
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Any quotation provided by
us to you at your request through LAW.com.sg or emails or
otherwise is strictly:-
- subject to change
without our prior without notice
- subject to errors
(clerical, typographical or otherwise)
- subject to contract
- confidential
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Any request for quotation
by you shall be for genuine purposes. By the term "genuine
purposes", it means that you genuinely intend to engage a law
firm in Singapore to act for you in your legal matters. If any
request is not for genuine purposes, we reserve our absolute
right in revealing to the relevant authorities, bodies or organisations your Internet Protocol
(IP) address and
other available particulars. |
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In requesting for our quotation, you
warrant, undertake and confirm that all information and particulars
provided by you to us (in whatever form) are true, correct and accurate,
and you shall indemnify us for all losses and damage resulting from your
providing false and/or inaccurate information. |
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As all quotes are given
to you in consideration of your agreement to keep such
information confidential, you hereby warrant, undertake and
agree not to reveal, forward, copy or disclose our quotation
(whether oral or written) to other law firms in Singapore
(directly or indirectly) without our prior express written
consent. |
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Forums,
Discussion and/or Chat |
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LAW.com.sg
may provide discussion forums or similar mediums for net users to post
questions, comments, replies, answers and/or opinions relating to legal
issues in Singapore or elsewhere. Such forums though initiated by LeoLaw
Web are not controlled in anyway by LeoLaw Web
and/or Loh Eben Ong & Partners in terms of their contents
and/or nature of the discussion, and Loh Eben Ong & Partners
cannot be held liable for any errors, mistakes, false, wrong advise,
misstatement, misrepresentation, defamatory statements, or for whatsoever
reason. |
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As a condition of usage of such forums, users have to ensure that they do
not in any circumstances post defamatory, false, vulgar, lewd or the like
messages, and LAW.com.sg and Loh Eben Ong & Partners
reserve all their rights against such errant users. |
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Linked
Sites |
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While visiting LAW.com.sg,
you may leave this website and enter various independent websites. Loh
Eben Ong & Partners are not responsible for either the
contents or the nature of the linked sites. Nothing contained in LAW.com.sg should be construed to constitute a recommendation or
endorsement of any product, service or site. These Links are provided
strictly as a matter of convenience to the public. If you are the owner of
any linked site listed in LAW.com.sg and object to our listing of
the same, please email us
and we will remove your linked site from LAW.com.sg immediately. |
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No
Warranty and Disclaimers |
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Whilst we have made every effort to
ensure the accuracy and clarity of the information presented in LAW.com.sg, Loh Eben Ong & Partners cannot be held liable for
any errors, mistakes, misstatement, misrepresentation or inconsistencies
for whatsoever reason. Please note that the information on LAW.com.sg is subject to change without notice. Our charges, if quoted on
LAW.com.sg for any of our online or offline services are
subject to change without notice and subject to contract. This website is provided on an "As
Is", "As Available" basis and Loh Eben Ong &
Partners expressly disclaim all warranties, including the warranties
of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and
non-infringement. |
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Loh Eben Ong & Partners
disclaim all responsibility for any loss,
injury, claim, liability or damage of any kind resulting from, arising out
of or in any way related to (not exhaustive):-
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Any errors in or omissions from LAW.com.sg and its contents, including but not limited to inaccurate
or wrong legal information; technical inaccuracies and typographical
errors;
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Leakage or interception of
information submitted to us via LAW.com.sg or the Internet;
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Any third party websites or contents
therein directly or indirectly accessed through our website or Links
in LAW.com.sg, including but not limited to any errors
in or omissions therefrom;
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Usage of the services in LAW.com.sg;
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Messages posted in any discussion
forum, chat room and/or the like assessed through LAW.com.sg;
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Forms, specimens and/or
precedents provided for in LAW.com.sg are subject to
errors and inaccuracies;
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Any news, articles and/or
stories provided via third party sources.
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Loh
Eben Ong & Partners
may provide various searches, such as solvency searches on
individuals and companies, through this website. These
searches are conducted through third parties' service or information
providers, and we do not warrant nor guarantee the accuracy of such
information or search results. Such searches or information received
from us must not be communicated to the subject
company, firm or person nor to any other party, and is furnished by Loh
Eben Ong & Partners in strict confidence at your request for your
exclusive use. If you choose to rely on such information or search
results, you are doing so at your own perils or risk. Loh Eben Ong & Partners undertake no
responsibility or liability whatsoever for mistakes errors and/or
omissions in providing the information / searches received from third
parties’ service providers, whether arising through our negligence or
otherwise. We shall not be liable for any loss or injury caused by the
neglect or other act or failure to act on our part and/or our agents in
procuring, collecting or communicating any information. It is entirely
your responsibility to ensure or verify that all information or details or
particulars furnished by us to the third parties’ service or information
providers are accurate and correct, and that all information and search
results received by you from us are related to the details or particulars
furnished by you to us. It is understood that these information / searches
are based on information obtained from sources reliable, the accuracy of
which is in no manner guaranteed by Loh Eben Ong & Partners. In
accepting such information or search results, you hereby agree to be responsible for all the
damages arising from a violation of a breach of the above conditions.
Please notify Loh Eben Ong & Partners promptly of any questions
regarding the accuracy of the information or search result furnished to
you.
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SUBJECT TO "OUR
GUARANTEE POLICY", IN NO EVENT SHALL LAW.COM.SG'S
TOTAL LIABILITY (WHICH IS DENIED) TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES,
AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT
PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR USING THIS WEBSITE. |
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Intellectual Property Rights |
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All original contents, forms, web-forms, trademarks, trade names and/or graphics found in LAW.com.sg belongs to Loh Eben Ong & Partners, a Singapore Law
Firm. |
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All brand names, websites, domain names and product names (if any)
referred to in LAW.com.sg are trademarks or trade names or
copyrights or such other rights (as the case may be) of their respective
holders. |
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All links from LAW.com.sg
are included on the basis of good faiths, and shall not be construed
as Loh Eben Ong & Partners' intention to claim any interests or
rights over such links, sites, trademarks or other intellectual property
rights over the rightful owners. If for any reason you are the owner of
any such right and object to its inclusion in LAW.com.sg, please
inform us immediately. |
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Reproduction of part
or all of the contents in any form is strictly prohibited. None of
the content of this website may be copied or otherwise incorporated
into or stored in any other web site, electronic retrieval system,
publication or other work in any form (whether hard copy, electronic
or other). For the avoidance of doubt, framing of this site or any
part of it is not permitted without our express written permission. |
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Privacy
& Anti-Spam Policies |
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We will use our best
endeavours to safeguard the privacy of our users, including their
email address, personal contact numbers and particulars. We do not
intentionally reveal any information regarding our users to any
third parties, unless the users expressly consent thereto. |
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You may receive
occasionally (or regularly) e-mail messages (including e-newsletters)
from us on matters which we consider may be of interest to you or
relating to information concerning Loh Eben Ong & Partners
and/or this or related websites. These e-mail messages are not spam
or junk mails, and are sent on a bona fide basis, and if for
any reason you do not wish us to send you any further email, please
inform us immediately. We respect your privacy. |
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For our Anti-Spam
policy, please visit our Anti-Spam page at
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Definitions |
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In this
website, the terms, names or marks of LAW.com.sg, LeoLaw and Leo used or
referred to in this website are synonymous with this website and/or
the law firm of Loh Eben Ong & Partners (where
appropriate), together with
all rights attached thereto. |
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Our
Guarantee Policy - Online Services |
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If you have engaged us
for any of our services through LAW.com.sg (eg. Deed Poll, Wills and
Power of Attorney), our contract for service is subject strictly to
the following terms:- |
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Check All
Particulars Upon Receipt of Completed Document:
It is
of paramount importance that immediately upon receipt of the completed
or executed document that you check
all particulars and details stated therein are correct and
accurate, and inform us of any error contain in the document within
seven (7) days from the date of receipt. |
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Check All
Particulars Before Signing Document: When
you are attending at our office to sign the document, it
is of paramount importance that you check the accuracy
of all details, particulars and contents of the
engrossed document prior to signing the same, and notify
us immediately of any error or inaccuracy. We will amend
the document immediately whether the error or inaccuracy
is due to our error or not. For avoidance of doubt,
after you have checked the engrossed documents, and
failed to discover or notify us of any mistake, error or
inaccuracy and proceeded to sign the same, then it shall
be deemed that any error or inaccuracy subsequent
discovered in the executed document is not due to our
fault or negligence or mistake. |
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Subject to the
foregoing, if
we make a spelling mistake with the names or addresses or any
typographical error on the document, we will correct the same without
any charge provided you notify us within seven (7) days from the
date
of receipt of the completed or executed document. You
unconditionally agree to attend at our office to sign
the document in the presence of our solicitor at a
mutually agreed appointment date and time. |
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Subject to the foregoing, if the
completed or executed document cannot be used for the specific purpose due to
our error or mistake and provided you inform us of the same within
seven
(7) days from the date of receipt of the completed document, we will
give you a full refund within twenty-eight (28) days of being notified or
prepare a fresh set of document for your use without charge.
This is the limit of our liability to you, and you waive all other rights
you may have against us at law or otherwise. |
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The terms under this heading are currently applicable for Deed Poll,
Will, Power of Attorney and Trade Mark's services offered under this website. |
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If You Are Not Agreeable to
Above Terms, Please Do Not Use our Services. |
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Abortive
Costs |
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Upon
your engagement of our service (such as Deed Poll, Will and Power of
Attorney), we will proceed to prepare the document in accordance with
your instructions. If you cancel our engagement after we have prepared
the document or failed to attend at our office within fourteen
(14) days from the date of our engagement or your online submission or
the appointment date (whichever is the later), we have the right to
charge you an abortive fee of eighty percent (80%) of the quoted fee.
Our production of a copy of the document shall be deemed as
conclusive evidence that we have prepared the document. |
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Jurisdiction |
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The terms and
conditions contained in this Disclaimer, or any matters or issues
relating to this website of LAW.com.sg
shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts in the
Republic of Singapore, and shall be governed by Singapore Laws. |
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Severality |
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If any
term or condition contained herein is or may become under any written
law, or is found by any court or administrative body or competent
jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, prohibited or unenforceable,
than:- |
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such
term or condition shall be ineffective to the extent of such
illegality, voidness, invalidity, prohibition or unenforceability;
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Membership |
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In order to
access
LAW.com.sg PORTAL, you
must first apply as a member in accordance with the applicable
schemes and accept all terms contained in this website. |
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Membership at
LAW.com.sg is opened to genuine users of our services and
existing clients of Loh Eben Ong & Partners, and solicitors
practising in Singapore are not permitted to join unless
prior written permission is obtained from Loh Eben Ong &
Partners. |
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We reserve our
sole right and discretion not to accept any application to be a
member at this website without assigning any reason, and our
decision is final and conclusive. We also reserve the sole right
and discretion to delete, remove or freeze any member of this
website without assigning any reason whatsoever. No member, user
or visitor to LAW.com.sg shall have any right, claim,
demand or action against LAW.com.sg, Loh Eben Ong &
Partners, its webmasters, its owners, or related persons for
indemnity, loss, damages, expense or otherwise. |
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By becoming a Member of
LAW.com.sg, you have unconditionally consent to us
sending you via your email address regular / periodically /
occasional newsletter, news about our firm or web site, or other
related messages. These messages shall not be considered or
deemed as "spam mails" from us to you. |
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Visitor's
Indemnity and/or Obligations |
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In consideration for
your use of and access to LAW.com.sg, you agree that in
no event will LAW.com.sg, its webmasters, related
entities, its content providers or any other party involved in
creating, producing or delivering this website, be responsible
or liable to you or entity in any manner whatsoever (including,
but not limited to, persons who may use or rely on such data or
materials or to whom such data and materials are furnished) for
any loss, damage (whether actual, consequential or punitive),
injury, claim, liability, or other cause of any kind or
character whatsoever based upon or resulting from any
information provided in LAW.com.sg, or arising from any
decision made or action or non-action taken by you or any other
person in reliance upon the information provided through
LAW.com.sg, even if you advise LAW.com.sg of the
possibility of any claims or damages. |
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You, as a visitor
and/or user of LAW.com.sg, agree to defend, indemnify,
and hold harmless LAW.com.sg, Loh Eben Ong & Partners,
its webmasters, the partners, employees, and agents from and
against all claims, damages, losses, costs, and expenses
(including solicitors' fees) arising out of your use of the
LAW.com.sg, or arising out of any violation of laws or these
terms and conditions committed by you, including, without
limitation, any communication by you which is claimed to be
defamatory, obscene or otherwise unlawful, or which is claimed
to violate the copyright, trademark, proprietary or other rights
of third parties. |
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