Agreement between you and TheSimplyLegal

These general Terms and Conditions ("Terms") are an agreement ("Agreement") between you and TheSimplyLegal and cover your use of the information, software, products and services made available through https://www.thesimplylegal.com (the "Website"). By using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms, as well as our Privacy Policy.

This Agreement governs any use of the Website as a guest or a fee paying member.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms and that they comply with them.

The Website is offered to you conditional upon your acceptance of these Terms and any notices contained in these Terms and the Website itself. Please read these Terms carefully before you start using the Website. By using the Website, you agree to these Terms and notices.

Please note that the statements set forth under the headings Simplified Text: are provided as a courtesy solely for your convenience and are not legally binding or otherwise intended to modify these Terms in any way.

You must be the legal age of majority in your country of residence in order to use the Website. In no event is use of the Website permitted by those under the age of 13.

TheSimplyLegal is not a law firm

TheSimplyLegal provides a platform for legal information and self-help. The information provided by TheSimplyLegal along with the content on our Website related to legal matters ("Legal Information") is provided for your private use and does not constitute legal advice from qualified lawyers. We cannot guarantee that Legal Information is correct, current or up-to-date, nor suitable for every situation.

The online DIY legal tool available on the Website are tools reasonably fit for use by you for sending and defending legal claims by filling in relevant questionnaire. The online DIY legal tool questionnaire for different situations is carefully drafted by expert lawyers and technologists. The template documents serve as a starting point for the preparation of legal documents and require some adaptation by you to meet your individual requirements. If you have bespoke legal needs our in-house legal experts can quickly review your situation and help you prepare your documents at very low prices. However their help via messaging and chat areas, document preparation and drafting can't be construed or implied as qualified legal advice. They provide legal help not in the sense of providing legal advice and is mainly an assistance to the self-help and DIY nature of this website. Therefore, if you need qualified legal advice for your specific problem, or if your specific problem is too complex to be addressed by our in-house tools and experts, please consult a suitably qualified lawyer using our 'Find And Instruct Lawyers' service in your dashboard. For more information please see the 'Find and Instruct Lawyers' section below. Neither TheSimplyLegal, nor any Legal Information provided by TheSimplyLegal is a substitute for legal advice from a suitably qualified lawyer. As TheSimplyLegal is not a law firm, please note that any communications between you and TheSimplyLegal may not be protected as confidential information under legal professional privilege.

Your use of the Website does not create a lawyer-client relationship between you and TheSimplyLegal, or between you and any TheSimplyLegal employee or representative. You represent yourself in any legal matter you undertake through our Website.

The 'Find And Instruct Lawyers' functionality on the website which displays a table of external lawyers on the Website is provided free of charge. It displays a list of lawyers who may be suitable for your requirements. TheSimplyLegal does not endorse or recommend any lawyer, nor does it make any warranty as to the qualifications or competency of any lawyer. Those lawyers are external to TheSimplyLegal.

Find and Instruct Lawyers

Although TheSimplyLegal is not a law firm, you can instruct a Solicitor or a Lawyer external to TheSimplyLegal, to provide you their legal services bound by their own terms and conditions and fee arrangements.

For the purposes of this section, any legal advice provided by those lawyers are outside of the scope of our 'Find And Instruct Lawyers' service.

Fees and renewals

From time to time, we may offer different subscription terms. The fees for such subscriptions may vary. Except as set out below, the subscription fees are non-refundable.

Monthly plans will automatically renew on a monthly basis until cancelled by you.

If you fail to cancel your subscription before it reaches its renewal date, then your subscription will automatically renew. You authorise us (without notice) to collect the applicable subscription fees using any valid payment source we have on record for you.

TheSimplyLegal marketing monthly plan

A TheSimplyLegal marketing monthly plan will advertise you as a law practitioner in front of clients wishing to instruct their case to you using our 'Find And Instruct Lawyers' functionality. The service is charged on a monthly rolling basis.

If you are enrolled in the TheSimplyLegal marketing monthly plan, you may choose to cancel your plan at any time before the date of the next monthly renewal. If you do so, you will be charged to the end of the month, during which time you will continue to have access to the Website and services. Except as set out below, there are no refunds or credits for partial months.

Failure to provide subscription payments

If you are enrolled in a TheSimplyLegal monthly plan, and fail to provide a full subscription payment on time, we reserve the right to deem such a failure as notice of cancellation and cancel your account immediately. Further, if we are unable to charge your designated payment method for any reason, we reserve the right to automatically downgrade your paid plan to a lower-priced plan or to suspend your paid subscription until your designated payment method can be charged again.

Data protection

Any personal information you provide to us via the Website is governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms.

Intellectual property rights

For the purposes of these Terms, "Intellectual Property Rights" means any and all intellectual property rights, whether registered or unregistered, including but not limited to any patents, trademarks, domain names, URLs, design rights, copyright, software rights, database rights, rights in and to business names, product names and logos, processes, trade secrets, confidential information and and any similar right in any jurisdiction.

TheSimplyLegal shall retain and be assigned all rights, title, interest and Intellectual Property Rights in relation to the legal forms, legal documents, letters, legal guides, articles and all other content found on the Website (the "Content").

Except as otherwise provided in these Terms, you must not:

• reproduce, modify, translate or create derivative works of any Content;
• sell, license, sublicense, rent, lease, distribute, copy, publicly display, publish, adapt or edit any Content; or
• circumvent or disable any security or technical features of the Content.

TheSimplyLegal® is a registered trademark of TheSimplyLegal Limited. The names of any companies or products mentioned on the Website may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

All Content is Copyright © TheSimplyLegal and/or its suppliers, affiliates and partners. All rights reserved.

No unlawful or prohibited use

As a condition of your use of the Website, you will not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You will not use the Website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Website, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website. You will not obtain nor attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally provided for on the Website.

The Content is protected by copyright and all other applicable Intellectual Property Rights set out above. Content is for your personal use only and not for resale. Your use of the Website does not entitle you to resell any Content from the Website. For the avoidance of doubt, your use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and your promise that you will not resell or otherwise attempt to commercially benefit from the Content without our written express consent.

Our status (and those of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on the Website must always be acknowledged and you must not use the material in a derogatory manner. If you print off, copy or download any part of the Website in breach of these Terms, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

Acceptable use of communication services

The Website may contain services such as bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service.

You agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:

• defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise breach the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
• publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information;
• upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control these rights or have received all necessary consents;
• upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer;
• advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages;
• conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters;
• download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner;
• falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded;
• restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services;
• breach any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service;
• harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; or
• breach any applicable laws or regulations.

We reserve the right, in our own discretion, to review and remove materials posted to a Communication Service, in whole or in part. TheSimplyLegal reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice if we reasonably believe that you have breached these Terms or are misusing the Communication Services in any way.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. We do not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, we specifically disclaim any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not our authorised spokespersons and their views do not necessarily reflect our views.

Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for keeping within these limitations if you download the materials.

Ownership and preservation of your materials

TheSimplyLegal does not own any of the materials you provide to us (including feedback or suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any TheSimplyLegal website or its associated services (collectively, your "Submissions").

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission, you grant TheSimplyLegal, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the right to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission. No compensation will be paid in relation to the use of your Submission. We are under no obligation to post or use any Submission you provide and may remove any Submission at any time in our sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission, you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in our discretion.

Data protection

Any documents you share may include commercially sensitive or confidential information relating to you, your business or affairs or the business or affairs of a third party, or information protected by the Data Protection Act 1998. We will not be responsible for any breach of any such legislation, regulations, duties or obligations arising out of your use of sharing such information.

Links to third party websites

TheSimplyLegal's websites may contain links to third party resources and businesses on the Internet, called here "links" or "Linked Sites." Those links are provided for your convenience to help you identify and locate other Internet resources that may be of interest to you. TheSimplyLegal does not sponsor and is not legally associated with any third party Linked Sites. TheSimplyLegal is not legally authorised to use any trade name, registered trademark, logo or copyrighted material that may appear in the link.

TheSimplyLegal does not control, endorse or monitor the contents of any Linked Site. That includes, without limitation, any further link contained in a Linked Site, and any changes or updates to a Linked Site. TheSimplyLegal is not responsible for webcasting or for any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. These Terms do not cover your interaction with Linked Sites. You should carefully review the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third party sites.

If you use any service provided on a Linked Site, (a) TheSimplyLegal will not be responsible for any act or omission of the third party, including the third party's access to or use of your customer data and (b) TheSimplyLegal does not warrant or support any service provided by the third party.

Liability disclaimer

The information, software, products, and services included in or available through the Website may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information on the Website. TheSimplyLegal and/or its suppliers may make improvements and/or changes to the Website at any time. Information and opinions received via the Website should not be relied upon for personal, medical, legal or financial decisions and you should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice tailored to your situation.

Although TheSimplyLegal will use its reasonable efforts to keep the Website available and the information on the Website reasonably accurate, TheSimplyLegal and/or its suppliers make no representations about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, and accuracy of the information, software, products, services and related graphics contained on the Website for any purpose. All such information, software, products, services and related graphics are provided "as is" without warranty or condition of any kind. TheSimplyLegal and/or its suppliers disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, software, products, services and related graphics, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.

Guest users

You use the Website at your own risk. Neither TheSimplyLegal nor any company within our group, and our and their respective agents, employees and subcontractors, shall be liable to you or any other party for any losses or damages whatsoever or howsoever arising in connection with the Website (whether under these Terms or other contract or as a result of any misrepresentation, misstatement or tortious act or omission, including negligence).

Service contact

Most customer concerns can be resolved quickly and to the customer's satisfaction by contacting our customer service department at this email address.

General

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and us as a result of this Agreement or your use of the Website.

Our performance of this Agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process. Nothing contained in this Agreement is in derogation of our right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Website or information provided to or gathered by us with respect to such use.

If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable under any applicable law, including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set out above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Agreement will continue in effect.

We may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms by email, regular mail, postings on the Website, or other reasonable means now known or developed in the future.

A printed version of the Agreement, and of any notice given in electronic form, will be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish of the parties that this Agreement and all related documents have been drawn up in English.

Modifications

We aim to update the Website regularly and can change the content at any time. We will use our reasonable efforts to keep the Website available to you, but if necessary, we may suspend access to the Website, or close it indefinitely. We will not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

Entire agreement

Unless otherwise specified, this Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between you and us with respect to the Website and it supersedes all prior communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and us with respect to the Website.

Assignment

You must not assign or otherwise transfer the Terms, or any right granted under them, without our written consent. We can freely transfer our rights under the Terms.

Waiver

Any failure by us to enforce or exercise any provision of the Terms, or any related right, will not be a waiver of that provision or right. Any rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved. If a provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Terms will remain in full effect and an enforceable term will be substituted reflecting our intent as closely as possible.

Applicable law

These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the law of England and Wales.