Copyright and disclaimer

These terms and conditions apply to your use of this website, located at the domain name 'jws.com.au'. By using the site, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, you should not use this site. We reserve the right to alter these terms and conditions from time to time. The amendments will take effect immediately upon publication on the site. Your continued use of the site after the publication of the amendments constitutes an agreement by you to be bound by the amended terms and conditions. A reference in these terms and conditions to 'we', 'us' or 'our' is a reference to Johnson Winter Slattery and its associated entities.

Legal material

Unless specified otherwise, legal material on this website is based on the laws of South Australia, New South Wales or Victoria, as applicable (and, where appropriate, the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia). Accordingly, that information may not reflect the laws of other jurisdictions. Any legal material provided on the site is for preliminary and general use only. It is not legal advice. You should not rely on it, or make any commercial decision based on it, without first seeking specific legal advice. We will endeavour to ensure that all legal material on the site is accurate and up to date. However, we do not warrant the currency or accuracy of any legal material on the site.

Site security

You acknowledge that the security of any data transmitted via the internet cannot be guaranteed. We cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us via the site. We do not warrant or represent that your access to the site or emails received from us will be uninterrupted or error free or free of other harmful components. You must take your own precautions to ensure that your access to the site does not expose you to the risk of any viruses, malicious computer codes or other forms of interference that may damage your computer system.

Linked sites

The site may contain links to other websites. The links are provided for convenience only and we do not warrant that the links remain current or that they are maintained. We do not accept any responsibility for the security content or privacy practices of the linked websites; they are the responsibility of the owners of the linked websites and we have no control over them. Our links to the linked websites should in no way be construed as an endorsement, approval or recommendation by us of the owners or operators of the linked websites or of the content, products or services contained on or referred to by the linked websites. You may not place a link from any other website to this site without our prior written consent.

Intellectual property

Copyright in the site, including all text, graphics, logos and icons, is owned by or licensed to us. You may make a temporary copy of part or the entire site on your computer for the sole purpose of viewing it, and you may print a single hard copy of a whole page of the site for personal use. If you do so, you must ensure that any copyright notice that appears on the page is not removed. Except as permitted by these terms and conditions or any applicable law, you may not, without our prior written permission: 1. adapt, reproduce, store, distribute, print, display, reverse-engineer, perform, publish or create derivative works from any part of the site 2. cause any of the material contained on the site to be framed or embedded in another website 3. commercialise any information, products or services obtained from any part of the site. 'Johnson Winter Slattery' and 'JWS' are unregistered trade marks that are proprietary to us. We reserve all rights in relation to them. Other product and company names referred to on the site may be trade marks owned by third parties.

Third party software

Software downloads available via links from the site are third party products. Your use of the third party products may be subject to a licence agreement between the relevant third party product owner and you. To the extent permitted by law, we do not accept any liability in respect of such third party products and give no warranty or endorsement in respect of them.

Disclaimer of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude all liability to any person for any loss or damage, whether direct or indirect and however caused (including through negligence) that may be suffered as a result of use of the site or any legal material published on it, including but not limited to any interference or damage to that person's computer system which arises as a result of use of the site, a linked website or receipt of emails from us. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude any conditions or warranties that would otherwise be implied into these terms and conditions. Where a condition or warranty cannot by law be excluded, then that condition or warranty will be deemed included in these terms and conditions, but our liability in respect of any breach of that condition or warranty will be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Governing law

These terms and conditions, and your access to the site, are governed by the laws of South Australia.

Limited Liability

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.