Lawyer 365 - Terms of Use for Lawyers

Terms of Business 

Last Update: 19 April 2022

Lawtech 365 Limited, company number 13107185 (“Lawtech 365”, “Lawyer 365”, “we”, “us”, “our”) provides a service to professionals (“you”, “your”) who wish to subscribe to and access marketing and customer management tools, and new business enquiries from our portal and app users (“Users”) looking to connect with legal professionals in a particular field (“Enquiry”). In these Terms of Use, "Lawyer 365 Service", "Service", “Services” or "the Service" means any or all of the services provided by the Lawyer 365 Portal, including the provision of Subscriptions, Bolt-On Services, Enquiry Services (as each term is defined in section 2 below). 

The type of Services provided varies according to the Subscription Plan you Subscribe to from time to time which enables the use of Lawyer 365 Portal, Apps and Services, in order to promote your business and facilitate connections between professionals and users. 

The Lawyer 365 Service is provided to you via the Lawyer 365 portal www.lawyer365.app and Apple and Android applications (“the Website and Apps”). These Terms of Use govern your use of our Services as a professional. 

You can sign up to our Services online, or via one of our telephone agents. Where you sign up to our Services online, you will have the opportunity to review these Terms of Use prior to finalising your sign-up details. Where you sign up via one of our telephone agents, we use our commercially reasonable endeavours to notify you on the call that the Services are subject to these Terms of Use, and to send you an email containing a link to these Terms of Use for your review. 

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before subscribing to the Service or when you receive the email from one of our telephone agents if you sign up via one of our telephone agents, before using our Service, as they set out the basis on which we provide our Services. By signing up to use our Services (“Subscription” and the terms “Subscribe and Subscribed” shall be construed accordingly) or using any part of our Services, you confirm you have the authority to enter into and confirm that you accept these Terms of Use. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, you must not Subscribe to or use any or all of our Services.

Your attention is specifically drawn to sections 4, 5 and 7 of these Terms of Use.

From time to time, we may amend these Terms of Use and we will notify you of any changes by email. These changes will apply from the date shown in the notification. If any of the changes are material in nature and adversely affect our Services to you, you will have a period of 7 days from the notification date of such changes to cancel your Subscription to our Services. In such circumstances you will be entitled to a prorated refund of any Subscription Fees you have already paid to us from the date of termination until your next Subscription Renewal Date.

1.     Subscription

1.1.         As part of our Subscription process, you will have the option to choose from a range of subscription types (“Subscription Plan”). When your Subscription is activated, you will be listed on the portal and apps, and will be able to use the tools, features and consultation technology services relevant to the Subscription Plan you have Subscribed to. Your Subscription will continue until terminated in accordance with these Terms of Use. 

1.2.         Prior to the commencement of your Subscription and on any change to your Subscription Plan, you will be notified of your Subscription Plan: Access, Premium or Enterprise (or any future Subscription Plan introduced by us). You will receive an email on or before the date your Subscription commences, and on any change to your Subscription Plan, and you can view this information in your account on the Website at any time during your Subscription.

1.3.         Subject to the terms set out in these Terms of Use, we grant to you a non-exclusive non-transferable licence for your Authorised Users (as defined below) to access and use the Lawyer 365 Services. 

1.4.         Subject to your compliance with Sections 1.5(i), 1.5(j) and 1.5(k), you will have the functionality within your account on the Portal to grant administrator level access permission (“Administrator Access”) to your account to internal users (your officers, employees, or agents who require access to your account to enable you to comply with your obligations under these Terms of Use) (“Internal Authorised Users”) and/or other external third parties employed by you to enable you to comply with your obligations under these Terms of Use (“External Authorised Users”) (together the “Authorised Users”).

1.5.         In order to commence and maintain your Subscription you must:

a.     have internet access;

b.     complete the onboarding form and account/listing pages on the portal/apps containing your details and the information that you wish us to include in the advertisement of you and your services on the portal/apps. This form together with any subsequent amendments or updates accepted or implemented by us shall form your Lawyer 365 profile and listing(s) which you can access via your account;

c.     provide us with a current, valid, accepted method of payment, which you may update from time to time ("Payment Method"). You can change your Payment Method by visiting the portal and logging in to your account;

d.     pay any applicable charges for our Services (“Charges”);

e.     ensure that all content of your portal profile and listings complies with all applicable laws and regulations including our current guidelines and policies published on the portal, SRA regulations, FCA regulations, ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) regulations and other relevant legislation, rules and regulations that apply to you (“Applicable Regulations”);

f.      ensure that any professional service you provide to Users or any Enquiries we send to you are in accordance with Applicable Regulations;

g.     regularly monitor and assess the detail and content of your portal profile, and keep the content up to date in your account; 

h.     ensure that you provide a valid and serviceable email address at all times for account management purposes and that you keep this up to date;

i.      ensure that you do not grant of Administrator Access to Internal Authorised Users or share of passwords or account details with Internal Users, unless or until you make such Internal Authorised Users aware of and they agree to comply with these Terms of Use and you agree you are responsible for any breach by Internal Authorised Users of these Terms of Use;

j.      ensure that you do not grant of Administrator Access to External Authorised Users, unless or until you make such External Authorised Users aware of and they agree to comply with these Terms of Use and you agree you will put in place sub-processor terms with any such External Authorised Users that are at least as onerous as the data protection provisions within these Terms of Use. You agree that you are responsible for any breach by such External Authorised Users of these Terms of Use;

k.     regularly monitor and assess any Internal Authorised Users and/or External Authorised Users to whom you grant Administrator Access to in order to manage your account on your behalf. Any changes made by or requested by Internal Authorised Users and/or External Authorised with Administration Access will be deemed as changes requested by and approved by you;

l.      notify us as soon as you become aware of any actual or potential change or alteration to your professional status or accreditation and/or Applicable Regulations that may or will have the potential to render any element of your portal profile and listing(s) inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or otherwise not in accordance with the objectives of our portal to provide Users with truthful, accurate and complete information and details;

m.   immediately inform us of any changes to your company information including the regulatory status of your firm and/or any related individuals and the areas of advice provided by your firm or any of the named individuals provided by you, particularly in relation to each and any of the areas of advice provided by you and recorded on our portal/apps;

n.     not use all or any of the Services or the portal in an unlawful manner;

o.     not post, access, store, distribute, transmit, upload or allow to be uploaded to your profile/listimg, the portal, apps or to/via the Services any materials that: 

i.               are corrupt, contain viruses (including any device, software, code, file or programme which may prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect the operation of any computer software, hardware or network or the operation of the Service, the portal, apps or any other electronic device;

ii.              may impersonate another person or entity;

iii.             may cause the Services or any part of the Services to be interrupted, damaged, rendered less efficient or restrict any other professional or User from enjoying the Services; and/or

iv.             are unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, infringing, harassing or racially or ethnically offensive or which is otherwise illegal or which may cause harm to any person or property.

p.     respond to all Enquiries promptly and professionally, and in any case within the specified timeframe as notified to you by us from time to time. Should you decide not to contact the User after accepting the Enquiry you must notify us as quickly as possible to enable us to find an alternative legal professional match for that Enquiry; and 

q.     ensure in respect of any data that you externally source and input into the Lawyer 365 Service (“Uploaded Client Data”) that you have obtained the individual’s consent to the collection and use of such personal data for you to contact them and manage their relationship with you, and their consent to receive marketing emails.

2.     Services

2.1.         Services

a.     We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the Services are generally available without interruption, but you acknowledge and agree that internet systems and services are not interruption, error or fault free, and we make no representation or warranty in relation to the same. You further acknowledge and agree that occasional periods of downtime for repair, maintenance and upgrade may be required and therefore uninterrupted provision of the Lawyer 365 Service cannot be guaranteed. We are not responsible to you for any delays, delivery failures, or any other loss or damage resulting from the unavailability of our Services;

b.     To avoid Service interruption unless we or you cancel or terminate these Terms of Use in accordance with these Terms of Use, the Services and your selected Subscription will continue to be provided on a rolling basis from the renewal date of your current Subscription (“Subscription Renewal Date”). Details of your Subscription Renewal Date are available to view in your account on our Website. Each new such Subscription period will start on a Subscription Renewal Date; 

c.     If your selected Subscription Plan is Access, Premium or Enterprise, no contact details are permitted to be displayed on the Lawyer 365 profile or listing(s), prohibited details include telephone numbers, email addresses and website URLs;

d.     Monthly subscriptions are subject to a minimum 3 month term.

2.2.         Bolt-on Services

a.     We also offer and provide additional products which boost the visibility of your profile (“Bolt-on Services”). Bolt-on Services are only available as part of certain Subscription Plans and are subject to a usage cap. Details of the additional Charges for any Bolt-on Services will be set out and available to view in your account on our Website.

b.     The addition of service and location listings to your profile are subject to additional Charges over and above any inclusive allowance for your specific Subscription Plan features, these are detailed in your account.

c.     By adding additional service and location listings to your profile over and above any inclusive allowance for your specific Subscription Plan features that you are able to provide a full advisory service remotely in these locations and that you accept the additional Charges which will apply automatically in respect of the additional service and location listings.

2.3.         Enquiry Services

a.     If your Subscription Plan is “Premium” or “Enterprise”, Lawyer 365 portal will provide to you suitable Enquiries received from Users. This does not apply to “Access” Subscription Plan. 

b.     Additional specific terms in relation to Enquires applicable to your Subscription Plan or alternative schemes or promotions provided by us shall be notified to you from time to time as relevant.

c.     Users have two options for finding a professional near them. They can choose to search locally and send a direct Enquiry through the “Consult Now” to their chosen professional, or use our automated appointment booking service and consult with the most suitable professionals that matches their criteria.

d.     If a User chooses to search locally for a professional using our integrated Google Maps location-based search, they will be shown a list of local professionals to choose from.

e.     If the User chooses you, they will contact you using an enquiry form that will be sent directly to you (“Consult Now”). Lawyer 365 will notify you by notifications in the app. 

f.      Should you fail to respond or reject a Direct Enquiry (Consult Now) within the agreed “Consult Now” 30-mins response timeframe, then the Direct Enquiry will be forwarded to other professionals in the local area who are currently available online and most suited to the User’s needs (“Forward Enquiries”). 

g.     Users choosing to Book Appointment with the selected legal professional are required to fill in an enquiry form specifying their needs and chose an appointment time using the platform’s appointment booking feature. Our booking tool then sends the Enquiry (appointment booking) direct to the inbox of that professional (“Booked Appointment”). 

h.     We encourage Users to provide details of the advice area(s) they are seeking, if appropriate, and endeavour to collect the highest quality information. However, we can only pass on the information volunteered by each User, and we offer no guarantee of an Enquiry’s completeness or accuracy.

2.4.         We do not warrant and/or offer any guarantee that any business will be created or developed by you from any Enquiry provided by us.

2.5.         You must ensure that any activity you conduct as a result of an Enquiry provided by us complies with all Applicable Regulations.

2.6.         From time to time we may modify the portal, apps and any of the Services without prior notice, but in doing so we will endeavour not to diminish the value and utility of the Services to any material degree. If in our reasonable opinion we consider that such modification is likely to materially affect the nature or scope of the Services or have a serious detrimental effect on your financial position, we will notify you of such modification and you shall have the option to either:

a.     agree to the modification and continue to receive the Services; or

b.     cancel your Subscription in which case you will be entitled to a refund of Charges you have already paid to us from the date of termination until your next Subscription Renewal Date.

3.     Service Standards

3.1.         From the date you Subscribe, we shall:

a.     provide the Services you have Subscribed to as part of your Subscription Plan in accordance with these Terms of Use;

b.     provide the Services you have Subscribed to as part of your Subscription Plan with reasonable care and skill; and

c.     reasonably co-operate with you in relation to your use of the Services. 

3.2.         From the date you Subscribe, you shall:

a.     provide your professional services to any of our Users or Enquiries we provide to you to a high standard, in a timely and professional manner and in accordance with good industry practice; 

b.     not share your username, password or account logon details with anyone who you are not authorised to do so in accordance with Section 1.6;

c.     not do or omit to do anything which could damage our goodwill or bring our reputation into disrepute; 

d.     ensure that all Authorised Users comply with the terms of these Terms of Use; and

e.     ensure that you comply with all of our current policies made available on the portal/apps from time to time, including but not limited to any acceptable use terms, service levels, any other standards or policies which we may publish. 

4.     Billing and Payment

 5.     Suspension, Cancellation and Termination

5.1.         We may, at our sole discretion, suspend your account, your Subscription or our Services at any time and without prior notice and continue to suspend the Services until the circumstances giving rise to the suspension cease to subsist, or until these Terms of Use are terminated in accordance with the relevant provisions if:

a.     you are found not to hold any required authorisations, permissions, licences or consents under Applicable Regulations required to provide all or any part of the advice or professional services contained or referenced in your portal/apps profile and listing(s);

b.     you have not logged into your account to check and update your details and information in what we, in our sole discretion, consider to be a reasonable period of time;

c.     a payment for our Charges (or any fees due to us) is not successfully settled, due to expiration of your Payment Method, insufficient funds, or otherwise, and you do not change your Payment Method or cancel your account, we may suspend your access to the Services until we have obtained a valid Payment Method and payment for any unpaid invoices;

d.     at any time we, in our sole discretion, reasonably conclude your profile or listing(s) are or may become unlawful, misleading, offensive, prejudicial or inflammatory, or are likely to expose us to claims or liability, damage our reputation or cause us embarrassment, infringes our rights or the rights of third parties or does not comply with our then current advertising guidelines and policies; or

e.     we have reasonable grounds to believe that the right to use any of the intellectual property rights arising in the materials contained or uploaded within your profile has been withheld or withdrawn or the owner of such rights failed to give permission for your use of the same.

5.2.         We may terminate your Subscription, the provision of our Services and these Terms of Use at any time:

a.     if any of the grounds for suspension set out in section 5.1 have arisen and we consider it appropriate to do so;

b.     on at least 7 days’ notice, such notice to expire on your Subscription Renewal Date;

c.     if you commit a material breach of any provision of these Terms of Use;

d.     if you commit persistent breaches of these Terms of Use which we in our reasonable opinion consider to be inconsistent with an intention to comply with the same;

e.     if you cease, or threaten to cease, to carry on business, compound or make any arrangement with your creditors or become insolvent or unable to pay your debts or if any order is made or resolution passed for your liquidation, winding-up or dissolution or if a receiver or manager or administrative receiver or administrator or supervisor is appointed over any of your assets or if anything analogous to or having a substantially similar effect to any such events shall occur; or

f.      you (or any member or partner in your firm) die, are convicted of a criminal offence, have a bankruptcy petition presented against you, are adjudged bankrupt or have a receiving order or an administration order made against you or make any composition or arrangement with your creditors. 

5.3.         Subject to section 2.1.e, you can cancel your Subscription at any time, and you will continue to have access to the Services until your next Subscription Renewal Date when your access to the Services will automatically cease. 

5.4.         To the extent permitted by the applicable law, payments are non-refundable and we do not provide refunds or credits for any unused Subscription period. 

5.5.         To cancel your Subscription Plan call or email our Customer Success Team. You will need to provide written confirmation of your wish to cancel your Subscription. 

5.6.         If you pay for your Subscription via an annual payment you may cancel in the first 14 days of your Subscription (“Cooling off Period”). If you cancel during the Cooling off Period we will refund the full 12 months of your paid Subscription Fee minus a £75 admin fee.

5.7.         Termination of these Terms of Use for any reason shall be without prejudice to any pre-existing rights and/or claims that either party may have against the other and shall not relieve either party from fulfilling its obligations accrued prior to such termination.

5.8.         You acknowledge that, immediately upon termination or cancellation:

a.     the licence granted to you under section 1.2 to use our Services shall automatically cease; and 

b.     the licence granted to you to use the Lawyer 365 Logo (“the Logo”) under section 6 shall automatically cease and you undertake that you will:

i)               cease to use any printed or electronic business materials bearing the Lawyer 365 Logo;

ii)              remove the Logo from your website and emails; and

iii)             remove and destroy all such advertising materials bearing the Logo as have been, or are being used and which are still in your possession.

5.9.         You acknowledge that you are responsible for migrating any data including Uploaded Client Data from your account upon termination or cancellation of your Subscription, and that upon the expiry of 30 calendar days from the date of cancellation or termination of your Subscription, any data including Uploaded Client Data will be permanently deleted by us.

6.     Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing

6.1.         You acknowledge and agree that we and/or our licensors own all intellectual property rights in the Lawyer 365 Service. Save for as expressly stated, these Terms of Use do not grant to you any rights to, under or in, any patents, copyright, database right, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks (whether registered or unregistered), rights in software (including source code and object code) or any other rights or licences (or any type) in respect of the Lawyer 365 Service.

6.2.         The rights granted to the legal professional by this section 6 are personal to that lawyer and may not be transferred, assigned or otherwise dealt with by in any manner whatsoever.

6.3.         The lawyer will abide by regulations and practices in force or use in the relevant jurisdiction in order to safeguard the rights of Lawyer 365 in the Logo and will not do or omit to do anything to diminish the rights of Lawyer 365 in the Logo or impair any registration of the Logo.

6.4.         You will be responsible for any use which you make of (or licence which you may give to) any intellectual property rights pursuant to any arrangement entered into with any third party and indemnify us against any and all claims, losses, costs, damages or expenses arising as a result.

7.     Limitation of Liability and Indemnity

7.1.         You acknowledge and agree that we make no warranty and give no representation of any kind in relation to any third-party data (including Uploaded Client Data and any data contained in an Enquiry) available of our portal and we accept no responsibility or liability for inaccuracy in or arising out such third party data.

7.2.         We do not warrant that any business will develop for you as a result of your use of the Services.

7.3.         We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

a.     use of, or inability to use, our portal/apps; or

b.     use of or reliance on any content displayed on our portal/apps.

7.4.         All implied warranties, conditions, representations or other terms that may be applied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from these Terms of Use.

7.5.         To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept any liability for: 

a.     loss of revenue; 

b.     loss of actual or anticipated profits; 

c.     loss of business; 

d.     loss of reputation; 

e.     injury (not caused by our negligence);

f.      distress; 

g.     loss of contracts; or 

h.     any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

7.6.         Nothing in these Terms of Use shall limit or exclude our liability in respect of death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

7.7.         Except as expressly stated to the contrary above, our entire liability to you under or in connection with these Terms of Use shall be limited to the amount of the Charges paid by you in the previous 12 months.

7.8.         You shall indemnify us against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses (including but not limited to any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit, loss of reputation and all interest, penalties and legal costs (calculated on a full indemnity basis) and all other reasonable professional costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by us arising out of or in connection with:

a.     your use of the Lawyer 365 Service;

b.     any breach by you and/or your Authorised Users of these Terms of Use; and/or

c.     the Uploaded Client Data (save where such claim, action, proceeding, loss, damage, expense or cost arises as a result of our failure to comply with our own obligations in respect of the Uploaded Client Data).

7.9.         Neither party to these Terms of Use shall be liable for any breach of its obligations hereunder resulting from causes beyond its reasonable control including but not limited to fires, strikes, insurrection or riots, embargoes, container shortages, inability to obtain supplies, equipment or materials, requirements or regulations of any civil or military authority (an “Event of Force Majeure”). If an Event of Force Majeure continues for more than 45 days, either party shall be entitled to terminate the Services on written notice to the other without either party having any further liability save for any accrued rights or claims which existed prior to the Event of Force Majeure.

7.10.      You accept that we have no responsibility for any information posted on our portal/apps by any third party or for any action taken by them as a result of arrangements entered into by you.

7.11.      You accept that you alone are responsible for performing any due diligence or inquiry into any services offered through any third party.

7.12.      You are responsible for your own professional and regulatory compliance with Applicable Regulations in relation to any services you provide a User.

7.13.      You acknowledge that while information provided by us relating to the Services has been provided in good faith, you are entering into these Terms of Use on the basis of your own enquiries and you acknowledge that you have not relied on, and shall have no right or remedy in respect of, any representation, statement, assurance or warranty as to the development of your business via the Services or otherwise

8.     Data Protection

8.1.         In these Terms of Use, the terms “controller”, “processor”, “data subject”, “personal data”, “processing” and “appropriate technical and organisational measures” have the meanings given to them in the Data Protection Act 2018 and (for as long as and to the extent that the law of the European Union has legal effect in the UK) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) as amended and implemented by national laws, regulations and secondary legislation from time to time in the UK (“Data Protection Legislation”).

8.2.         To the extent that we collect any personal data relating to you in the course of providing the Services, you agree to us holding and processing in any manner and transferring such data for the purposes of carrying out the Services or any of our obligations under these Terms of Use, and for the administration and management of our business, for compliance with applicable procedures, laws and regulations and for any other purpose for which you have given your consent. These Terms of Use are subject to our Privacy Policy as updated from time to time.

8.3.         Both parties must ensure their own compliance with Data Protection Legislation. This section 8 is in addition to, and does not relieve, remove or replace, a party’s obligations or rights under the Data Protection Legislation.

8.4.         In providing the Lawyer 365 Service, we shall share Enquiry data with you and in this instance, you shall be a Controller in your own right of such Enquiry data, for the purposes of the Data Protection Legislation.

8.5.         Where you are a controller pursuant to sections 8.4 of these Terms of Use, you:

i)               acknowledge and agree that the personal data may not be transferred or stored outside the EEA unless any such transfer is in strict accordance with the Data Protection Legislation;

ii)              shall ensure that you have all necessary appropriate consents and notices in place to enable lawful transfer of the personal data to us for the duration and purposes of these Terms of Use (where we are acting as a processor on your behalf) so that we may lawfully use, process and transfer the personal data;

iii)             shall ensure that the relevant third parties have been informed of, and have given their consent to, such use, processing, and transfer as required by all applicable data protection legislation; 

iv)            shall ensure that you have in place appropriate technical and organisational measures, to protect against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data, appropriate to the harm that might result from the unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss, destruction or damage and the nature of the personal data to be protected, having regard to the state of technological development and the cost of implementing any measures (those measures may include, where appropriate, pseudonymising and encrypting personal data, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of its systems and services, ensuring that availability of and access to personal data can be restored in a timely manner after an incident, and regularly assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of the technical and organisational measures adopted by you);

v)              undertake that if you intend to use the personal data for any other purpose than as set out in these Terms of Use you shall notify the individual of the same immediately and ensure you have all the necessary and appropriate consents, and lawful basis for processing the personal data for such new purpose.

8.6.         The Lawyer 365 Service provides you with the ability to monitor your client leads and input Uploaded Client Data and in doing so allows you to access, manage and utilise personal data. In providing our Services in these instances, Lawyer 365 is required to process personal data on your behalf and Lawyer 365 will be the Processor for the purposes of the Data Protection Legislation, and you the Controller. 

8.7.         Without prejudice to the generality of section 8.5, the processor shall, in relation to any personal data processed in connection with the performance of its obligations under this agreement:

i)               process that personal data only on the controller’s documented written instructions unless we are required by the laws of any member of the European Union or by the laws of the European Union applicable to Lawyer 365 and/or Domestic UK Law (where Domestic UK Law means the UK Data Protection Legislation and any other law that applies in the UK) to process personal data (Applicable Laws). Where the processor is relying on Applicable Laws as the basis for processing personal data, the processor shall promptly notify the controller of this before performing the processing required by the Applicable Laws unless those Applicable Laws prohibit the processor from so notifying the controller;

ii)              not transfer any personal data outside of the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom unless the following conditions are fulfilled:

(a)   either party has provided appropriate safeguards in relation to the transfer;

(b)   the data subject has enforceable rights and effective legal remedies;

(c)   the processor has complied with its obligations under the Data Protection Legislation by providing an adequate level of protection to any personal data that is transferred; and

(d)   the processor has complied with reasonable instructions notified to it in advance by the controller with respect to the processing of the personal data;

iii)             assist the controller, at its sole cost, in responding to any request from a data subject and in ensuring compliance with its obligations under the Data Protection Legislation with respect to security, breach notifications, impact assessments and consultations with supervisory authorities or regulators;

iv)            notify the controller without undue delay on becoming aware of a personal data breach;

v)              at the controller’s written direction delete or return personal data and copies thereof to the processor on termination of the agreement unless required by Applicable Law to store the personal data (and for these purposes the term "delete" shall mean to put such data beyond use); and

vi)            maintain complete and accurate records and information to demonstrate its compliance with this section 8 and immediately inform the controller if in the processor’s opinion an instruction infringes the Data Protection Legislation.

8.8.         A general description of the scope, nature and purpose of processing by us, the duration of the processing and the types of personal data is set out in the Appendix to these Terms of Use.

9.     Additional Provisions in relation to Uploaded Client Data

9.1.         We shall follow our own internal archiving procedures for any Uploaded Client Data which we may have in place, amend and update in our sole discretion from time to time. In the event of any loss or damage to the Uploaded Client Data, your sole and exclusive remedy against us shall be for us to use reasonable commercial endeavours to restore the lost or damaged Uploaded Client Data from the latest back-up of such Uploaded Client Data any loss, destruction, alteration or disclosure of the Uploaded Client Data caused by any third party (except those third parties sub-contracted by us to perform services related to the maintenance and back-up of the third party data for which it shall remain fully liable).

10.  Confidentiality

10.1.      During your use of the Lawyer 365 Service we may provide, or make available to you, some of our Confidential Information (as defined below). Subject to section 10.3, you agree that you shall hold such Confidential Information strictly in confidence and not make our Confidential Information available to any third party, or use our Confidential Information for any purpose other than as permitted within these Terms of Use.

10.2.      You will take all necessary steps to ensure that our Confidential Information is not disclosed or distributed by your Authorised Users in violation of these Terms of Use.

10.3.      You may disclose our Confidential Information to the extent such Confidential Information is required to be disclosed by law, by any governmental or other regulatory authority or by a court or other authority of competent jurisdiction, provided that, to the extent it is legally permitted to do so, you give us as much notice of such disclosure as possible and, where notice of disclosure is not prohibited and is given in accordance with this section 9.3, you take into account and implement all of our reasonable requests in relation to the content of such disclosure.

10.4.      A reference to Confidential Information within these Terms of Use includes any and all information of whatever nature disclosed directly or indirectly by us to you, including any information relating to our business affairs, customers, suppliers, products and services, technical information and data, financial information, marketing information, analyses, documents, data, formulae, processes, designs, know-how, source code, object code, trade secrets and Intellectual Property Rights which information is designated in writing to be confidential or proprietary, or which information would, under the circumstances, appear to a reasonable person to be confidential or proprietary.

10.5.      The obligations contained within this section 10 shall survive any termination of your Subscription.

11.  Miscellaneous

11.1.      Customer Support. To find more information about our Service and its features or if you need assistance with your account or Subscription, please contact our Customer Success Team on hello@lawyer365.co.ukor call +44 (0)121 212 6580 (UK). 

11.2.      In the event of any conflict between these Terms of Use and information provided by Customer Success Team or our Portal, these Terms of Use will prevail.

11.3.      We will send you information relating to your account (e.g. payment authorisations, invoices, changes in password or Payment Method, confirmation messages, notices) in electronic form only, for example via emails to your email address provided during registration.

11.4.      If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be found to be unenforceable or invalid in whole or part, then such whole or part provision shall be deemed deleted from these Terms of Use and the remainder shall continue in full force and effect.

11.5.      Nothing in these Terms of Use shall be deemed to create between you and us any of the relationships of partnership, agency, employment or joint venture.

11.6.      Headings within these Terms of Use are for convenience only and shall have no effect on the interpretation of the terms within.

11.7.      An obligation on you to do something, shall also be interpreted as an obligation to procure that something is to be done. 

11.8.      References to include, includes and in particular or anything similar are illustrative only and none of them shall limit the sense of the words preceding or following them and each of them shall be deemed to incorporate the expression without limitation.

11.9.      A person who is not a party to these Terms of Use shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of its terms.

11.10.   These Terms of Use, their interpretation and their subject matter shall be subject to the laws of England and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

APPENDIX 1 – Details of processing undertaken by us 

APPENDIX 2 – Details of our Subscription Plans 

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