Terms of Use

conveyancing.com is operated by www.conveyancing.com Pty Ltd (ABN 49 131 578 437), an Australian legal practice. These terms apply to your access to and use of this website and any private client workspace we make available to you. By using the site or the workspace you agree to these terms.

1. Use of this website

The material published on this website, including Information Centre articles, guides and explanatory content, is general in nature and provided for information only. It is not legal advice and is not a substitute for advice from a qualified Australian legal practitioner who has considered the facts of your matter.

You should obtain professional advice tailored to your own circumstances before acting, or refraining from acting, on any information found on this website.

2. Engagement of legal services

Accessing this website, submitting an enquiry, requesting a quote, or using the client workspace does not, of itself, create a solicitor–client relationship between you and conveyancing.com.

A retainer is established only when we have provided, and you have accepted in writing, a costs disclosure and engagement letter for a specific matter, and we have confirmed that we are able to act.

3. Electronic communications and workspace access

We communicate with clients principally by email and through a private digital workspace. By engaging us you consent to receiving correspondence, documents and notices electronically.

Where we provide you with access to the workspace, you agree to keep your login credentials confidential, to use the workspace only for purposes connected with your matter, and to notify us promptly if you suspect your access has been compromised. You are responsible for activity performed using your credentials.

We maintain reasonable technical and organisational security measures, including encryption in transit and at rest, access controls and audit logging. No electronic system is, however, completely secure.

4. Cyber-security and payment instructions

Property settlements involve the movement of significant sums and have been a recurring target of payment redirection fraud. Despite reasonable security measures on our part, email and other electronic communications can be intercepted or impersonated.

Before remitting any funds, you should independently verify payment and account details. Bank account details should not be relied on solely from an email or document received electronically. Where banking details appear to have changed, please contact us by telephone using a previously known number to confirm the change before transferring funds.

5. Intellectual property

All content on this website — including text, design, Information Centre articles, the conveyancing.com word mark, associated logos and the registered phrase “The Home of Conveyancing”^® — is owned by or licensed to www.conveyancing.com Pty Ltd. No licence to copy, republish, adapt or commercially exploit that content is granted by your use of the site, except for ordinary personal reference.

6. Links to external websites

This website may link to third-party sites for convenience. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content, accuracy or availability.

7. Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by law, our liability in connection with the website and the workspace (as distinct from the legal services we are separately engaged to provide) is limited to re-supplying access to them. Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies any right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Our professional liability in respect of legal services is governed by our engagement letter for the relevant matter and by the professional standards scheme applicable to Australian legal practitioners.

8. Privacy

Personal information collected through this website and the workspace is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which describes how we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information consistently with the Australian Privacy Principles and our obligations as a legal practice.

9. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia. The courts of Victoria have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from or in connection with them.

10. Changes

We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top of the page indicates when they were last revised. Continued use of the website or workspace after a revision constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.