We encourage you to read these Terms and Conditions carefully, and to contact us if you have any questions. By using our services, you agree to be bound by, and to abide by, these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions or are not able to enter into a binding agreement, then unfortunately we may not service to you.
This Agreement ("Terms and Conditions") sets out the Terms and Conditions and conditions that govern your use of Advocate Lionel G Marx's products and services (such as website services and content), as well as your booking for any consultation. These Terms and Conditions can also be seen as your comprehensive information source. We trust that you find this information helpful.
1. Each of our services are delivered in person, digitally or virtually and Advocate Lionel G Marx Website Terms and Conditions of Use wording and phrases used in service delivery is on a case by case basis. Accordingly, the following words and phrases may be used interchangeably in these Terms and Conditions, as well as in the Online Portals through which services are delivered:
"client", "user" and "mandator"; and
"legal representative", "lawyer" and "advocate"; and
2. Although all these Terms and Conditions are important, please pay particular attention to any Terms and Conditions that are emphasised in "bold" text.
3. By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, you also consent to the following policies applicable to, and accessible on, our websites (including the website at www.advocatelgmarx.com, all our Online Portals, and such other URLs that we may indicate from time to time ("Website/s")), which are incorporated by reference into the Privacy Policy, Website Terms and Conditions of Use, Website Disclaimer, and any other policy as is made available on our Websites from time to time ("Policies").
4. If your participation in a consultation is being paid for by a third party (such as your employer), then you will be bound by all provisions in these Terms and Conditions (including payment provisions), however we may enter into a separate agreement with your employer to govern payment for the consultation and services on your behalf, as well as to govern the receipt of certain information in relation to the use of our services. Although we accept payment from a third party for payment for being of service to you, you remain liable for the settlement of any outstanding monies due to Advocate Lionel G Marx.
5. Tax rebates and employer compensation: Please note that the courses offered by Legally Law and the legal practice training courses are presented in collaboration with the Legal Practice Council accreditation guidelines. Furthermore, the administration of these courses are managed by Legally Law, which may not be an "educational institution" for tax purposes. If your employer offers compensation for educational courses, it is your responsibility to check with them if this course meets their requirements for compensation. Similarly, it is your responsibility to establish if these courses will qualify for a tax rebate. Legally Law will not issue or complete any tax forms.
6. Accessing Advocate Lionel G Marx's website
6.1 Acceptance: By clicking on the "Agree" button (or any other button for this purpose) when signing up for a consultation or service, you agree to be bound by these "Terms and Conditions", which include, by reference, the Policies.
6.2 Accurate information: All information (including personal information) provided to us on booking a consultation while accessing Advocate Lionel G Marx services, must be true, accurate and complete. You are also responsible for informing us in the event of a change to your information (for example, your name or address). All personal information will be responsibly processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
7. Consultation booking requirements
7.1 Booking online: Prospective clients can book for first time matter consultations online through the links available on our website.
7.2 Basic requirements: In order to complete a booking, you will need a current email account. You are responsible for your your own data to book a first time consultation.
7.3 Documentation: It is your responsibility to upload documents in the correct format. Documents not uploaded in the correct format will possibly delay the booking of a consultation.
8. Pricing, payment and delivery
8.1 Consultation fees: When you book online for a first consultation in a matter for a course, you agree to pay the applicable consultation fee, based on your selection/s and such other amounts as may be due by you for booking a consultation for our service.
8.2 Tax Invoices in electronic format: You hereby consent to the receipt of an invoice from Advocate Lionel G Marx, which shall be sent to you in electronic format, to the email address that you provided upon booking for a consultation. All invoices shall reflect the amounts received from you.
8.3 Bank charges: In the event that bank charges and/or fees are levied on or added to a payment made by you to us from any country or jurisdiction, you shall be liable for all such bank charges and additional costs.
8.4 Payment of VAT and other Taxes: Any VAT or other applicable taxes payable in addition to the course fees will be identified in your invoice and such amounts are your sole responsibility unless the contrary is stated.
8.5 Booking cancellation for non-payment: If you fail to make payment for a booking during the online booking process, then such booking will not be confirmed and cancelled at such instance. Paid bookings will be confirmed by email indicating the selected available date and time of the booking.
8.6 Reminders: You hereby acknowledge and confirm that it is your sole responsibility to make yourself available for your booking at our offices as indicated on this website under the "Contact Us" tab.
8.8 Dispute: If there is a dispute between us relating to the payment of any consultation fee, or the way in which you use the Online Portal or the Website, we may at our sole discretion cancel your booking and refund your booking fee less any administration costs associated with such cancellation.
9. Cancellations
9.1 Outstanding consultation fees: If you do not pay your consultation fees during the online booking process then your proposed booking is consider as cancelled and non-existent. All online bookings must be fully settled during booking process. If for some reason the booking is not fully settled, then such booking will be cancelled with the necessary administrative fees.
9.2 Cancellation of bookings: If you wish to cancel your booking, then such cancellation must be done prior to the consultation and will be subject to administrative fees as indicated on the online booking page.
10. Limitation of liability and Indemnity
10.1 No liability for course outcomes: We will not, under any circumstances, be liable for any costs, claims or damages that you may sustain or suffer as a result of registering for and/or participating in any course or other service offered by us which is not relevant, suitable or does not meet yours and/or any relevant industry or commercial body's requirements.
10.1.1 Under no circumstances do we guarantee your suitability for a particular course based on the levels of difficulty.
10.1.2 We cannot, under any circumstances, be held liable to you for any costs, claims or damages, if after the completion of a course you are not able to obtain employment or a promotion within your chosen field of study, or any other outcome you may believe completing a course will assist you to attain.
10.2 Limitation of liability: To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree that we will not be liable for any cost, claims, damages (including, without limitation, indirect, extrinsic, special, penal, punitive, exemplary or consequential loss (such as loss of profits, business, goodwill, revenue or anticipated savings) or other damages of any kind, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, expenses, disbursements, fines or other amounts that you or any third party might suffer that relates to or arises from these Terms and Conditions, your participation in a course, or termination of a course for any reason, whether or not anyone anticipated or should have anticipated that damages would occur. In no event shall Legally Law's aggregate liability to you for any and all claims exceed the total amount of fees received from you in the six months preceding any cause of action.
10.3 Acknowledgment: You acknowledge and agree that the disclaimers and limitations of liability set forth in these Terms and Conditions reflect a reasonable and fair allocation of risk between you and Legally Law, and that these limitations are an essential basis to our ability to make services available to you on an economically feasible basis.
10.4 Time constraint: You agree that, to the extent permissible by applicable law, any cause of action related to these Terms and Conditions or Legally Law's services or courses must commence within 12 months after the cause of action comes into being. If not, such cause of action shall be permanently barred.
10.5 Indemnity: Subject to any applicable laws, you agree to indemnify and hold Advocate Lionel G Marx harmless in respect of any claim that a third party might bring against us that relates to or arises from these Terms and Conditions arising from your registration for a course. This indemnity includes claims arising from your use of the Online Portal in a way that does not comply with these Terms and Conditions, or if we transfer your profile to another person, or if another person accesses your profile without your consent. This indemnity also includes all liability or loss that we might suffer as a result of a claim, including legal costs on the highest permissible scale and any additional legal and collection costs.
11. Interruption of Advocate Lionel G Marx Website or Online Portal
11.1 Interruption of service: You acknowledge and agree that from time to time, the Advocate Lionel G Marx website and/or Online Portal may be inaccessible or inoperable, by reason of one or more of the following:
11.1.1 Equipment malfunctions or faults.
11.1.2 Periodic maintenance procedures, downtime, or repairs that we may undertake from time to time.
11.1.3 Causes beyond our control, including, without limitation, interruption or failure of telecommunication or digital transmission links, attacks on the network and network congestion or other failures.
11.2 No breach: Such interruption to the accessibility of the Advocate Lionel G Marx website or Online Portal will not be deemed a breach of this Agreement under any circumstances whatsoever and we will not, under any circumstances, be liable to you for any costs, claims or damages that you may sustain or suffer as a result of any interruption, inoperability or inaccessibility of the Legally Law website and/or Online Portal.
11.3 Security: We will use reasonable commercial measures to secure our system and your profile in the Online Portal, and related information, however, we cannot guarantee that unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security measures. You undertake to notify us immediately of any compromise or unauthorised use of your account.
12. Intellectual property
12.1 Reservation of rights: Except where expressly stated to the contrary, copyright in the HTML, text, graphics, audio clips, video clips, source and/or object code and all other works (including trading marks and names) contained on the website or Online Portal or otherwise provided to students by Legally Law, is owned by us or licensed to us, and we assert and reserve all of our rights in this regard. Access to or use of our services and courses will not in any way result in an assignment or license of any intellectual property owned by us or any other party.
13. Warranties and disclaimers
13.1 Disclaimers: To the extent permissible under applicable laws, all services and their content are provided "as is" without representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, in respect thereof, and in particular, we make no representations or warranties regarding the quality of the course content or the fitness of the course content for the purpose for which you acquired it.
13.2 Client warranties: You warrant that all and any information that you provide to Advocate Lionel G Marx, in accordance with this Agreement, in order to book a consultation or otherwise, is true and accurate.
14. Termination of participation in a Consultation
14.1 Modifying and terminating services: We are constantly changing and improving our services. We may add or remove functions, features, or requirements, and we may suspend or stop our service altogether, giving clients reasonable prior notice of any material changes. You may also discontinue your use of our services at any time.
14.2 Breach: If you commit any other breach of these Terms and Conditions and fail to remedy the breach within 5 days after receiving a written notice to do so, we may terminate your participation in the consultation for which you are booked, and you will not be entitled to a refund of any portion of the consultation fee. We shall furthermore be entitled to immediately cancel your booking/s access to the Online Portal in the event of a material breach of these Terms and Conditions, as determined in our sole discretion, pending an investigation into the relevant conduct.
15. Complaints and dispute resolution
15.1 General complaints policy: Whether it is positive or negative, Advocate Lionel G Marx encourages feedback from clients. Where this feedback is a complaint about our products or service offering, or our conduct, we are committed to addressing the complaint in a timely and appropriate manner. All complaints are taken seriously, and every effort has been made to ensure that Advocate Lionel G Marx can cater for complaints received on all levels, regardless of severity. Advocate Lionel G Marx will seek to address a complaint in a mutually beneficial and satisfactory manner, whenever reasonably possible.
15.2 Speak up: Should you wish to lodge a complaint, you are required to submit the complaint to the Advocate Lionel G Marx. We will strive to ensure that anyone giving feedback is treated with the utmost courtesy and respect, and in return, we expect that anyone giving feedback or making a complaint will do so in a fair and appropriate manner. Where we determine that a complaint is abusive, unreasonable, or a client is unreasonably pursuing a complaint that has previously been investigated, we reserve our rights in relation to our response, and in particular, may elect not to pursue the procedure set out below.
15.3 Review and investigation: Once a complaint has been lodged, we will investigate and attempt to address the matter in question. At this stage, you may be required to provide supporting documentation or other evidence that may be relevant. We will endeavour to address complaints within 5 working days (although this may not always be possible). In all cases, we will maintain open channels of communication and provide feedback or updates on the progress of the investigation.
15.4 Feedback: Once a complaint has been fully investigated and due process followed, a course of action will be determined by Advocate Lionel G Marx. The result will either be that the complaint is upheld (in part or in full), and an appropriate form of action is taken, or, that no action is taken, in which case comprehensive feedback and reasons will be provided. This includes, but is not limited to, instances where you have not requested an outcome other than having a platform to voice your concerns.
15.5 Disputes: If a mutually-satisfactory outcome, course of action, or conclusion cannot be reached following from the complaints procedure, or any other kind of dispute arises between Advocate Lionel G Marx and you, then you agree that it will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and, to the extent compliant with applicable law, exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in South Africa. As a consumer you may benefit from the right to bring an action in the courts of the jurisdiction in which you are resident. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions and conditions affects your rights to bring a claim in the courts within the jurisdiction in which you are resident. To the extent permitted by applicable law, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Terms and Conditions, your rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of Legally Law, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of South Africa. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions and conditions, including this 'Disputes' clause, affects your rights as a consumer to rely on such mandatory provisions of law.
15.6 Nothing in this section will restrict our right to apply to a competent court for relief should our intellectual property rights be violated or threatened, or where otherwise appropriate to obtain urgent, injunctive or equitable relief.
16. General
16.1 Advocate Lionel G Marx's details: These Terms and Conditions are a contract between you and Legally Law (Pty) Ltd and certain of its affiliates depending on which course you have purchased. Legally Law (Pty) Ltd is a private company with its address at 1028 Saxby Avenue, Eldoraigne, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa.
16.2 Entire agreement: These Terms and Conditions, together with the Code of Conduct and Policies, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Legally Law concerning your registration for a Course.
16.3 Revision of Terms and Conditions: We reserve the right to revise these Terms and Conditions (including Policies) at our sole discretion from time to time. These revisions will become effective immediately on being posted to the website and Online Portal, however, for all material changes to the Terms and Conditions, we will take reasonable steps to notify you of such changes if you are registered for a course at the time when such changes come into effect.
16.4 Conflict: If any aspect of these Terms and Conditions conflicts with any information provided on our website or other course materials, these Terms and Conditions will prevail unless expressly stated otherwise.
16.5 Severability: In the event that any part of these Terms and Conditions is found to be partially or fully unenforceable because it does not comply with any law, or for any other reason, this will not affect the application or enforceability of the remainder of these Terms and Conditions.
16.6 Assignment: These Terms and Conditions, and any rights and licenses granted in Terms and Conditions of these Terms and Conditions, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Legally Law without restriction.
16.7 No indulgence/waiver: If Legally Law chooses not to enforce any part of these Terms and Conditions, this does not mean that it cannot do so at a later time. No waiver of any term of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other Term.
17. Contact Us
You can contact us by email.
Please do not hesitate to contact me for a consultation. I am an advocate with a trust account and are able to take briefs or accept mandates directly from the public. You could save on unnecessary litigation costs. Consultations will be charged at normal rates.
Should you elect to book a first time consultation, please use the online booking system below.
Please book online for a discounted consultation at R500.00 (incl VAT) per 30 minute block. Such consultations are only available on Fridays and dependant on availability. Such online bookings must be paid during the online booking process.
PLEASE NOTE ! - If the booking is not paid then the booking will not be reserved and NO payment is accepted post the online booking and will also NOT be accepted at our offices. This term is not negotiable.
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