1. VWL Proposed Terms and Conditions of Website Use

These terms and conditions apply to the use of this website, including the use of the information services provided on this website.  In using this website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

If you do not accept these terms and conditions, you must refrain from using the website.

These terms and conditions must be read in conjunction with any other applicable terms and conditions governing the use of the this website.

1.1   Terminology

In these terms and conditions, the expressions "VWL", "we" and "our" are a reference to Victorian Women Lawyers' Association Inc.

1.2   VWL website

This website has been prepared solely for the purpose of providing information to website users about VWL and our services.  All information provided by us at the website is provided as general information and is not in the nature of advice.

VWL has compiled the information contained on our website from sources which we believe to be accurate and up-to-date as at the date of publication.  VWL nevertheless reserves its rights to update this information at any time. In addition, we do not make any representations or warranties that the information we provide on the website is reliable, acurate or complete or that your access to that information will be uninterrupted, timely or secure.

VWL are not liable for any loss resulting from any action taken or reliance made by you on any information or material posted by us on the website.  You should make your own inquires and seek independent advice from relevant professionals before acting or relying on any information or material contained on our website.

You agree to use our website for lawful purposes only.

1.2.1   Links to other websites

This website contains links to other websites.  Those links are provided for convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained.

VWL is not responsible for the content or privacy practices associated with linked websites.

VWL does not necessarily sponsor, endorse or approve of any material on linked websites and makes no warranties or representations regarding the quality, accuracy, merchantablity or fitness for the prupose of any material on other websites to which material on the VWL website is linked.

1.2.2   Views experessed on the website

The views expressed by contributors to this website are those of the authors and are not necessarily representative of VWL or its members.

You acknowledge that any opinions or advice by third parties on this website remain the responsibility of those third parties and VWL does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of that content or its fitness for any particular purpose.

VWL does not purport to endorse the contents of that opinion or advice nor the accuracy or reliability of that opinion or advice.

VWL does not accept liability for loss or damage caused by your reliance on any information obtained through this service and it remains your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness and usefulness of any such information.

1.3   Disclaimer of Liability

To the extent permitted by law, VWL does not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage, however caused (including through negligence), which you may directly or indirectly suffer in connection with your use of this website or any linked website.

To the extent permitted by law, any condition or warranty which would otherwise be implied into these terms and conditions is hereby excluded.  Where legislation implied any condition or warranty, and that legislation prohibits us from excluding or modifying the application or, our liability under, any such condition or warranty, that condition or warranty will be deemed included but our liability will be limited for a breach of that condition or warranty to one or more of the following:

- If the breach relates to services:

   - the supplying of the services again; or

   - the cost of having the services supplied again.

1.4   Access to website, viruses and other interference

You must ensure that your access to the VWL website is not illegal or prohibited by laws that apply to you.

You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which you employ for accessing this webiste does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code, or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system.

VWL does not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your own computer system which arises in connection with your use of this website or any linked website.

VWL does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of any information contained on this website, nor do we undertake to keep this website updated.  We do not accept responsibility for any loss suffered as a result of reliance by you upon the accuracy or currency of information contained on this website.

1.5   VWL's intellectual property rights

To the extent permitted by law, you accept that the intellectual property rights subsiding in all materials on this website are owned or licensed by us and that you gain no interest in relation to them.

You must not do anything, or omit to do anything, which may infringe VWL's intellectual property rights except where expressly authorised by these terms and conditions.

1.5.1   Copyright

Copyright on this website (including text, graphics, logos, icons and software) is owned or licensed by VWL.  Information procured from a third party may be the subject of copyright owned by that third party.

Other than for the purposes of, and subject to the conditions prescribed pursuant to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and except as expressly authorised by these terms and conditions, you may not in any form or by any means:

  • adapt, reproduce, communicate, store, distribute, print, display, perform, publish or create derivative works from any part of this website; or
  • commercialise any information, products or services obtained from any part of this website,

without the prior written consent of VWL or, in the case of third party material, from the owner of the copyright in that material.

1.6   Your user rights

Unless VWL agrees otherwise in writing, you are provided with access to this website for your personal use only.

You are permitted to print a copy of any information contained on this website for your personal use, unless such printing is expressly prohibited.

You may not without the prior written permission of VWL on-sell information obtained from this website.

1.7   General

1.7.1   If any portion of any term in these terms and conditions is void, then the portion of the term that is void may be severed.

1.7.2   These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the State of Victoria, Australia.