Scope: 1.1 These terms and conditions govern your access to and use of the LawY Services and is made between LawY (LawY, We, Us, or Our) and you or the entity you represent (You, or Your) and comprises these General Terms and any documents that are expressly incorporated by reference (collectively, the Terms). 1.2 Please review these Terms carefully before using the LawY Services. By accessing or using the LawY Services You agree to be bound and abide by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the LawY Services. 1.3 These Terms will commence on the earlier of: (a) When you click an ‘I accept’ button or check box presented with these Terms; (b) When you first use the LawY Services; (c) When you create an account in the LawY Platform; or (d) When you sign an Order Form, (Effective Date), and will continue until they expire or are terminated in accordance with these Terms (Subscription Period).
Service Variations 2.1 We reserve the right to, at any time during the Subscription Period: (a) modify the method of supply and delivery of, or access to the LawY Services; (b) to change or discontinue any feature or functionality of the LawY Services for any reason at any time; (c) amend or vary these Terms from time to time. You will be provided notice of amendments by notice on our website or by email (Posting). Providing electronic acceptance such as by clicking ‘I agree’ to the amended Terms or continuing to use the LawY Services after Posting, will constitute acceptance by You of any amendment; (d) suspend or otherwise deactivate Your, and each of the relevant Users’ access to the LawY Services where we form a reasonable belief that You or one of Your Users is in breach of these Terms (including the Restrictions in clause 12), or there is an actual or suspected privacy, systems or security concern associated with the continued access by those users; (e) make temporarily unavailable or otherwise suspend access to the LawY Services where reasonably necessary for schedule or emergency maintenance, system updates, upgrades or any other changes to the LawY Services or the LawY Platform.
LawYServices 3.1 The LawY Services use artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and technologies (including generative AI) to power a platform that aims to provide legal professionals with: (a) answers to legal questions (Queries) in matters covering a range of common areas of law; and (b) generated content and documentation, streamlined and accelerated insights, recommendations, or predictions based on or about Your Queries and Input (collectively, the Output). 3.2 Where allowed and available within the LawY platform, You may also submit Output for Verification by a legal professional.
Access to the LawY services 4.1 There are two ways which You may be provided access to the LawY Services: (a) as a standalone service (in which chase clause 5 will apply); and/or (b) as an integration through LPM Partner Services (in which chase clause 6 will apply).
Right to Use (standalone service) 5.1 Where You are provided access to the LawY Services as a standalone service, subject to Your acceptance and compliance with these Terms, We grant You and Your Users a non-exclusive and non-transferrable right to use the LawY Services during Your Subscription Period to complete legal research, submit generated answers for Verification, and generate Outputs such as predictions, content or recommendations solely for your internal business purposes.
Right to Use (Integrated through LPM Partner Services) 6.1 Where You are provided access to the LawY Services through an integration with LPM Partner Services, subject to Your acceptance and compliance with these Terms, We grant You and Your Users a non-exclusive and non-transferrable right to use the LawY Services during Your LPM Partner Subscription to complete legal research, submit generated answers for Verification, and generate Outputs such as predictions, content or recommendations solely for your internal business purposes. 6.2 You acknowledge and agree that these Terms do not apply to Your use of other LPM Partner Services which remain governed by the applicable LPM Partner Terms.
Third-Party Services 7.1 You acknowledge and agree that LawY may use technology provided by third-party services providers (including cloud-storage providers and AI providers) to provide the LawY Services. You authorise LawY and such third-party service providers to store and use your Input and the Output for the purpose of providing you with the LawY Services, billing, gathering analytics, identifying usage patterns, to review Inputs and Outputs for abuse or misuse, and to develop and improve the services and products of LawY and such third-party service providers, including as part of the design, training and development process for machine learning models. 7.2 If a third-party service becomes unavailable or unsuitable for use in the LawY Services (in our sole discretion), we may suspend the delivery of the LawY Services while We investigate substitute services. If a suitable substitute service cannot be found, LawY may terminate Your access to the LawY Services effective immediately upon written notice to You.
Acknowledgement 8.1 You agree and acknowledge that: (a) LawY retains the right, in its sole discretion, to refuse to provide an Output, oran answer to a Query or request that is outside the scope of the LawY Services or is non-compliant with these Terms; (b) the LawY Services (or part thereof) may be provided by any LawY Affiliate; (c) the LawY Services and Output include elements of AI; (d) the LawY Services and Output are not provided to You with any legal or professional opinion or endorsement of any kind, LawY does not represent or warrant that any elements of the LawY Services or the Output (i) comply with or reflects relevant Laws; (ii) are suitable for Your particular use, objectives, or circumstances; or (iii) are up to date or current; (e) the LawY Services and/or Output must not be used as a substitute for the advice of a qualified and licensed solicitor in the relevant jurisdiction and You and Your Users must not use the LawY Services or Output as a substitute to a qualified solicitor in the relevant jurisdiction preparing a response to a client inquiry; (f) The LawY Services and Output do not constitute legal advice, nor should it be relied upon as such by You, any of Your Users or any third-party You share it with; and (g) You and Your Users will ensure that any Output provided or generated through the LawY Services will be reviewed and assessed by a qualified solicitor in the jurisdiction in which you practice before being used in the delivery of legal services or advice.
No solicitor-client relationship 9.1 Your use of the LawY Services, Output, or any information provided by or through LawY is not intended to create or does create a solicitor-client relationship between You and Us.
Your Input 10.1 Consent to use Your Input: Both LawY and You acknowledge and agree that: (a) documents, data and materials uploaded, imported or stored against a matter file within Your LawY account or LPM Partner Services, and/or as provided by You into the LawY Platform (including Your Queries) (collectively, Input) may be processed by AI as part of the LawY Services. The LawY Service’s data processing activities and functionality align with our products’ primary uses. The use, collection, and processing of any data is consistent with our core principles and requirements described in our Privacy Policy; and (b) You are responsible for ensuring that You have all necessary rights and consents, including third-party privacy consents and intellectual property consents (Client Consents), to enable You to provide the Input to LawY and to permit LawY to access and use the Input for the purpose of delivering the LawY Services and the Output, and otherwise in accordance with these Terms. 10.2 Client Consent Warranty and indemnity: You warrant that You own or otherwise have and will have the necessary rights and consents in and relating to the Input (including, without limitation, Client Consents) so that, as received by LawY and processed in accordance with these Terms, they do not and will not infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate any intellectual property rights or any other rights of any third party or violate any applicable law. You hereby irrevocably and unconditionally indemnify and will defend, and hold harmless LawY for any loss, damages, costs, and expenses LawY suffers or incurs as a result of Your failure to obtain and maintain such Client Consents as may be required. You acknowledge that LawY is not a legal authority, cannot, and has not, provided You with advice related to the necessity of Client Consents within Your jurisdiction.
Your Responsibilities 11.1 In addition to the obligations listed elsewhere in these Terms, as a User of LawY You have the following responsibilities: (a) You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the LawY Services; and ensuring that anyone who accesses the LawY Services and Output through your internet connection are aware of these Terms and comply with them; (b) Where applicable, You will allow Your applicable LPM Partner to install new versions of the LawY Platform in your IT environment; (c) To access the LawY Services, You may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of Your use of the LawY Services and Output that all the information you provide to LawY is correct, current, and complete; (d) You agree to provide government-issued photo identification and/or government-issued business identification as required for verification of identity if requested; (e) If You create, or are provided with, a username (email), password, or any other piece of information as part of Our security procedures, You must treat such information as confidential, and You must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge and agree not to provide any other person with access to the LawY Services using your username (email), password, or other security information; (f) You agree to notify Us immediately of any unauthorised access to or use of Your username (email) or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit/logoff from the LawY Platform at the end of each session; (g) You should use particular caution when accessing the LawY Services from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information; and (h) You agree to back-up all Output so that You can access and use it when needed. LawY does not warrant that it backs-up any of the Output, and you agree to accept as a risk the loss of any and all Output.
Restrictions 12.1 In addition to any other restrictions listed in these Terms, You represent, warrant and agree that: (a) You will not use, nor permit any other person to use on Your behalf, LawY Services in violation of these Terms; (b) Your use of the LawY Services, including any content You submit, will comply with these Terms, or any law firm policy that may apply to Your or the services You provide, and all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules and regulations; (c) You will not use, collect or harvest (or permit anyone else to collect or harvest) any Output or content generated by the LawY Services, or any non-public or personally identifiable information about any other person or entity without their express prior written consent; (d) You will not use, nor authorise anyone to use on Your behalf, the LawY Services or Output in a manner (as determined by LawY in its absolute discretion, including, without limitation creating or generating content) that is: (1) illegal, or promotes or encourages illegal activity; (2) promotes, encourages, or engages in the exploitation of children, or any activity related to the proliferation of child sexual abuse material; (3) promotes, encourages or engages in terrorism, terrorism-financing, money-laundering, violence against people, animals, or property; (4) promotes, encourages or engages in any spam or other unsolicited bulk email, or computer or network hacking or cracking; (5) promotes or facilitates prostitution and/or sex trafficking; (6) infringes on the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity; (7) violates the privacy or publicity rights of any other person or entity, or breaches any duty of confidentiality that You owe to any other person or entity; (8) interferes with the operation of any other services provided by LawY; (9) contains or installs any viruses, worms, bugs, trojan horses or other code, files or programs designed to, or capable of, disrupting, damaging or limiting the functionality of any software or hardware; (10) contains false or deceptive language, or unsubstantiated or comparative claims, regarding LawY services or the services You provide; (e) You will not perform any false, abusive or fraudulent activity using the LawY Services or Output; (f) You will not perform any action that imposes, or may impose, in our discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Our infrastructure; (g) You will not modify or alter any part of the LawY Services or copy or distribute in any medium (except where expressly authorised by Us); (h) You will not access the LawY Services through any technology or means other than as LawY may designate; (i) You will not re-sell or provide the LawY Services or Output for a commercial purpose outside your internal business purposes, including any of LawY’s related technologies (without Our express prior written consent); and (j) You will not circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with the security-related features of the LawY Services (including without limitation any features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any LawY content, Output, or enforce limitations on the use of the LawY Services or Output).
Fees and Charges 13.1 Where You have a Paid Subscription, You must pay to LawY all Fees as applicable and in accordance with these Terms and as further detailed in Your Order Form. 13.2 LawY retains the right to charge additional reasonable costs incurred for providing Output or an answer to a Query or request (Charges). Where applicable, You will be informed and required to agree to such Charges before it is charged. 13.3 All Fees and charges are non-refundable
Disclaimer of warranties 14.1 Except to the extent that any of the following warranties cannot be excluded by law,You acknowledge and agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law that the LawY Services and Output are provided to you on an “as is” and “as available” basis and all terms, warranties, representations, and conditions are expressly excluded, and LawY expressly disclaims all express or implied terms, warranties, representations, and conditions in respect to the LawY Services, LawY Platform, and/or Outputs: will be merchantable, will be non-infringing, will meet Your requirements; are fit or suitable for Your intended purpose or use will be compatible with, or suitable for use with Your own software or applications; will be error-free, correct, accurate, complete, reliable, secure, current, up-to-date or otherwise (including any third-party provided services). Verification of an answer or an Output indicates it has been assessed for errors by a qualified lawyer but does not constitute a warranty as to the accuracy or fitness for purpose of an answer. 14.2 In the event of a breach by LawY of any warranties that cannot be excluded by law, then LawY’s liability will at LawY’s sole discretion be limited to LawY: (a) Using commercially reasonable efforts to modify, correct or provide access to the relevant LawY Services or Output; (b) Re-supplying the LawY Services or Output to You; (c) Reimbursing to You the relevant Fees paid by You (where applicable) for the provision of the LawY Services; and/or (d) Waiving payment of any Fees or Charges for the re-supply of the LawY Services to You.
Termination 15.1 Where You are provided access to the LawY Services through an integration with LPM Partner Services in accordance with clause 6 above, these Terms will terminate automatically on the expiry or termination of Your LPM Partner Subscription or in accordance with this clause 15. 15.2 Where You are provided access to the LawY Services as a standalone service in accordance with clause 5 above, unless terminated earlier in accordance with this clause 15, these Terms will automatically terminate at the end of the Subscription Period on Your Order Form (unless renewed), or if You have not entered into an Order Form upon the expiry of the applicable notice period required under clause 15.3 or 15.4. 15.3 Convenience: Either party may terminate these Terms at any time by providing the other 30 days’ written notice. You acknowledge and agree that should you exercise this termination right, You must pay the Fees for the remainder of the Subscription Period. 15.4 Cause: In addition to any other termination rights under these Terms, either party may terminate these Terms immediately by giving written notice to the other party if that party: (a) Commits a material breach of these Terms and fails to remedy that breach within thirty (30) days written notice of that breach; (b) Commits a material breach of these Terms incapable of remedy; or (c) Becomes the subject of an insolvency event. 15.5 Termination of these Terms will not have any effect on your existing agreements with your applicable LPM Partner. 15.6 After the effective date of termination or expiry of these Terms, You will no longer have any right to use or access the LawY Services or Output.
Survival 16.1 Clauses 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21 and any provision of these Terms which by their nature and context are intended to survive the termination or expiry of these Terms will survive termination or expiry of these Terms.
Intellectual Property 17.1 You acknowledge and agree that: (a) to the extent applicable, all Rights, title and interests (including Intellectual Property Rights) in the LawY Services (including any modifications) are owned by and will immediately and absolutely vest in LawY or its Affiliates on and from creation; (b) the LawY Services are made available to You on a limited access basis, and except to the extent of any right expressly granted under these Terms, You do not acquire any Right, title, interest or any Intellectual Property Rights to the LawY Services through these Terms. 17.2 We acknowledge and agree that, to the extent applicable: (a) You are and remain the sole and exclusive owner of all Rights, title and interest(including all Intellectual Property Rights) in the Input; and (b) All Rights, title and interests (including Intellectual Property Rights) in theOutput (if any) will vest in You on and from creation. 17.3 To the extent applicable, You grant to LawY, its Affiliates and third-party service providers a non-exclusive, non-revocable, world-wide licence to use the Input and Output for the purpose of providing the LawY Services and further Outputs in accordance with these Terms including as set out in clause 7 (Third-Party Services). To the extent we require You to execute any formal documents required to give effect to such grant, You agree to promptly do so.
Links to Third-Party Websites 18.1 LawY may contain links to third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by LawY. LawY assumes no responsibility for the content, terms and conditions, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. 18.2 LawY does not censor or edit the content of any third-party websites. by using the LawY Services, You expressly release LawY from any and all liability arising from Your use of any third-party website. You acknowledge and agree that when You will review and be subject to the terms and conditions, privacy policies, and other governing documents of each other website that You may visit.
Privacy 19.1 Each party to these Terms, agrees that it and its Users (as relevant) will comply with all Privacy Laws in connection with any Personal Information collected, used, disclosed, stored or received in connection with these Terms. 19.2 In addition to these Terms, our Privacy Policy sets out in detail how we processYour Personal Information that You or Your Users disclose to LawY. 19.3 LawY recommends that You carefully consider what Personal Information or client information You include within a Query if You intend to send the AI-generated response for Verification. You agree and acknowledge that Your inclusion of anyPersonal Information within such Queries is entered at Your own discretion and risk.
Liability 20.1 To the maximum extent permitted by Law, LawY will not be liable to You in relation to these Terms, or the LawY Services or Output during and after the Subscription Period, whether in contract, negligence, strict liability, tort or other legal or equitable theory, for any lost profits, personal injury, property damage, loss of data, business interruption, indirect, incidental, consequential, exemplary, special, reliance, or punitive damages, including any that may result or arise from or in connection with the use of the LawY Services or any Output. 20.2 To the maximum extent permitted by Law, Law Y will not be liable to You or any other person in relation to these Terms, the LawY Services or Output during and after the Term, whether in contract, negligence, strict liability, tort or other legal or equitable theory, for losses, damages, or costs exceeding the total amount of Fees you paid to LawY during the 6-month period immediately preceding the event giving rise to the liability.
Indemnity 21.1 You hereby indemnify and agree to protect, defend and hold harmless LawY and its officers, directors, employees, agents, and third-party service providers from and against any and all claims, demands, costs, expenses, losses, liabilities and damages of every kind and nature including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees imposed upon or incurred by LawY directly or indirectly arising from: (i) Your use of the LawY Services and Output; (ii) Your violation of any provision of these Terms or the policies or agreements which are incorporated herein; and/or (iii) Your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any intellectual property or other proprietary right.
No Agency. Nothing in these Terms will create or imply an agency, employment, partnership or joint venture relationship between You and Us.
No Waiver. The waiver by either party of a breach or default in any terms in these Terms will not be a waiver of any other breach of the same or other provisions; nor will any delay or omission on the part of either party to exercise any right that it has or may have, operate as a waiver of any breach or default by the other party.
Applicable Law. These Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia and the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.
Notices. Unless otherwise stipulated in these Terms, LawY will provide notices to You by sending an email to the address notified to Us as the primary account contact. You will provide notices under these Terms to Us by sending an email to hello@lawy.ai. Where notice is sent in accordance with this clause, it will be treated as received when the email is sent. You are responsible for keeping Your notification email current through out the Term.
Entire Agreement. These Terms sets out the entire agreement relating to Your use of LawY and supersede all prior agreements, discussions, and understandings, whether oral or written, relating to LawY.
Definitions 27.1 The following definitions apply in these Terms, unless context otherwise requires: Affiliates means entities or individuals that directly or indirectly control, are controlled by, or are under direct or indirect common control with LawY. Charges any costs charged by LawY to You as set out in clause 13.2. Fees any fees charged by LawY to You for Your access to and use of the LawY Services and Output where You have a Paid Subscription. Input has the meaning given under clause 10.1. Intellectual Property Rights means all industrial and intellectual property rights throughout the world protected or recognised under statute or at common law or equity, including but not limited to (a) patents, copyrights, registered designs or trade marks; and (b) any application or right to apply for any rights referred to in (a). LawY means LawY Pty Ltd (ACN 615 245 479). LawY Services means the LawY Platform, and any accompanying verification, administration, or consultation services that are licensed or supplied to You by or on behalf of LawY under these Terms. LawY Platform means the AI powered platform owned and hosted by LawY through which You and Your Users can submit Input for the purpose of generating Output, and through which Users may submit Output for Verification from time to time. LPM Partner means the separate company which provides You access to LPM Partner Services. LPM Partner Services means any application or services (including Legal Practice Management software) offered by an LPM Partner or its subsidiaries or affiliates, excluding LawY, for which you will enter into LPM Partner Terms. LPM Partner Subscription means the relevant subscription period within Your relevant LPM Partner Terms. LPM Partner Terms means the agreement terms You enter into with an LPM Partner for the supply of the LPM Partner Services. Order Form means a separate commercial agreement made between You and LawY which includes Your contact details, the number of Users, the Subscription Period of Your licence, the Fees payable for your access to and use of the LawY Services, and payment terms. Output means all information, answers, data, material, or documentation generated by the LawY Platform in response to Input from You or Your User. Paid Subscription means where You are paying a Fees to access and use the LawY Services including where You and LawY have entered into an Order Form. Personal Information means any ‘personal information’ or ‘personal data’ as that term is defined in applicable Privacy Laws. Privacy Laws means the applicable privacy or data protection laws relating to the collection, use, processing, disclosure, storage or granting of access to Personal Information under these Terms. Privacy Policy means LawY’s Privacy Policy located on the LawY website. Rights includes a legal, equitable, contractual, statutory or other right, power, authority, benefit, privilege, remedy, discretion or cause of action. User(s) means a person that uses or otherwise accesses LawY under Your LawY account. Verification means an error assessment of Output completed by a legal professional.