Terms And Conditions

The Law Reporters (“Portal”) solely provides services including, but not limited to, purposes of promoting user’s (“you” or “your”) legal services, managing the contact information of clients, case notes, publishing of news content, appointment scheduling and history, client communications, and billing (“Services”).

These Terms and Conditions govern your use of this Portal. Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before proceeding with the use of our Services on our Portal as they may affect your rights and liabilities under the law.

By visiting our Portal, you engage with us and agree and accept our Terms and Conditions, including those additional terms and conditions and policies referenced herein and/ or available by hyperlink. These Terms and Conditions apply to all users of the Portal, including without limitation users who are browsers, vendors, customers, merchants, and/ or contributors of content.

This Portal is owned and operated by The Law Reporters registered with the Department of Economic Development (DED), Dubai, UAE. This Portal holds a valid Media License issued by the Ministry of Culture & Youth, UAE as well as a valid Trade License issued by the Department of Economy and Tourism, Dubai, UAE, authorising it to publish news content including but not limited to newspapers, magazines & periodicals. Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before accessing or using our

Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before accessing or using our Portal. By accessing or using any part of the Portal, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Portal or use any services. If these Terms and Conditions are considered an offer, acceptance is expressly only limited to these Terms and Conditions.

Any new features or tools which are added to the current (website/portal) shall also be subject to the Terms and Conditions. You can review the most current version of the Terms and Conditions at any time on this page. We reserve the right to update, change or replace any part of these Terms and Conditions by posting updates and/ or changes to our Portal without prior notification to you. You agree to be bound by subsequent revisions and agree to review the Terms and Conditions periodically. Your continued use of the Portal following any such change constitutes your agreement to these Terms and Conditions as so modified.

1.1 You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature. A breach or violation of any of the Terms or Conditions will result in an immediate termination of our Services and also amount to legal action.

1.2 By accepting these Terms and Conditions through your use or access of the Portal, you represent that you are-

(a) a person with full legal capacity and ability to form a legally binding contract;

(b) fully able and competent to understand the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms and Conditions, and to abide by and comply with these Terms and Conditions, and;

(c) eligible and authorized without any special restrictions to contract under applicable laws to avail our Services.

2.1 By registering with the Portal, you can access our Services. You are responsible for using the Portal in a private and secure manner. We will not be liable for any damage or loss caused from-

(i) any unauthorized account access resulting from your actions while using the Portal;

(ii) failure to log out from the Portal;

(iii) accessing the portal through a bugged system or incompetent browser or;

(iv) sharing your Login credentials with the third party.

2.2 We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account if you are found to be in violation of any of the below-mentioned Terms and Conditions.

3.1 When accessing and using the Portal, you shall abide by the following:

a) You will provide true, complete and accurate information about yourself and your use of the Portal as required by us;

b) You are responsible for the content, article, and information published by you in your respective User Login;

c) You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of, and restricting access to and use of your information, and accept responsibility for all the activities that occur in your name, unless stated otherwise via email at info@thelawreporters.com ;

d) You will not collect other users’ personal data for any commercial or unlawful purposes;

e) You will cooperate and provide us with any additional information as requested by us with respect to the use of the Portal;

f) You shall be responsible for sharing any of your personal data with other users on the platform and also take full accountability of the manner in which such person/entity processes your data;

g) Our portal will not be liable for any consensual correspondence and/or transaction between other users and you apart from the Portal in mutual agreement and;

h) You will not conduct any activity that is deemed inappropriate or is prohibited or which may not be in compliance with the applicable laws.

i) You agree to use this website only for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of the website. Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within the Site.

All Intellectual Property Rights including, without limitation, all logos, trademarks, service marks, domain names, database rights, rights in design, rights in know-how, patents and rights in inventions and all other intellectual or industrial property rights in any jurisdiction or any information, content, materials, data or processes contained in or underlying this Portal and/or the service we provide belong to the respective owner and are permitted to use and/or publish only by this Portal by way of consenting to the Terms and Conditions . All rights of such intellectual property rights are hereby reserved and retained by us worldwide. Unauthorized use or replication of such intellectual property anywhere in the world without prior written consent shall amount to infringement.

In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using the Portal or its content:

(a) for any unlawful purpose;

(b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts;

(c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances;

(d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others;

(e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability;

(f) to submit false or misleading information;

(g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Service or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet;

(h) to collect or track the personal information of others;

(i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape;

(j) for any obscene or immoral purpose.

(k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet. We reserve the right to terminate your use temporarily or permanently of the Service or any related website for violating any of the prohibited uses

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless The Law Reporter and our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers, interns and employees, harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including attorney's fees, caused by or arising out of claims based upon your actions or inactions, which may result in any loss or liability to our Portal or any third party including but not limited to breach of any warranties, representations or undertakings or in relation to the non-fulfilment of any of your obligations under this Terms and Conditions or arising out of your violation of any applicable laws, regulations including but not only limited to Intellectual Property Rights.

All the contents of this website are only for general information or use. They do not constitute advice and should not be relied upon in making (or refraining from making) any decision. Any specific advice or replies to queries in any part of this website is/are the personal opinion of such experts/consultants/persons and are not subscribed to by the Portal. The information from or through this website is provided on an "as is" basis, and all warranties, expressed or implied of any kind, regarding any matter pertaining to any goods, service or channel, including without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement are disclaimed and excluded.

Unless otherwise stated, you may download, store and/or use the website material for your own personal use and/or research purposes only. You may not, however, republish, retransmit, redistribute or otherwise make the material available to any other party or make the same available on any website, on-line service or bulletin board of your own or of any other party or make the same available in hard copy or on any other media or commercially exploit such material in any manner without the Portal’s express prior written consent. No right, title or interest in any material is transferred to you, whether as a result of downloading, storing or use of such material or otherwise by you. Nothing on this Site constitutes, or is intended to, constitute advice of any kind.

The Portal shall not be liable, at any time for damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business projects, or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use the Portal, or any of its contents, or from any act or omissions a result of using the Portal or any such contents or for any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to, alteration of, or use of information contained on the Portal. No representations, warranties or guarantees whatsoever are made as to the accuracy, adequacy, reliability, completeness, suitability or applicability of the information to a particular situation.

7.1 Certain links on this website lead to resources located on servers maintained by third parties over whom the Portal has no control or connection, business or otherwise as these websites are external to the Portal. You agree and understand that by visiting such websites, you are beyond the control of the Portal. The Portal neither endorses nor offers any judgement or warranty and accepts no responsibility or liability for the authenticity/availability of any of the goods/services/or for any damage, loss or harm, direct or consequential or any violation of local or international laws that may be incurred by your visit and/or transaction/s on these websites.

You will see advertising material submitted by third parties on the website. Advertisers are solely responsible for the content of advertising material, which they submit to us, including ensuring that it complies with the relevant law. We accept no responsibility for the content of advertising material, including, without limitation, any error, omission or inaccuracy therein.

You acknowledge and agree that our Portal reserves the right at any time to modify, limit or discontinue the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice at any time. We shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

You acknowledge and agree that the Portal in its sole and absolute discretion, has the right to delete or deactivate your account, block your e-mail or IP address, or otherwise terminate your access to or use of the Service (or any part thereof), immediately and without notice, and remove and discard any content within the Service, for any reason or no reason at all, including, without limitation if we come across that you have violated the Terms and Conditions, breached this agreement, have engaged or engaging in any manner fraudulent activity, or for similar reasons.

11.1 : The Law Reporters does not promise that the Portal or any content, service or feature of the Portal will be error- free or uninterrupted, that any defects will be corrected, or that your use of the Portal will provide specific results. The Portal and its content are delivered on an "as-is" and "as available" basis. All information provided on the Portal is subject to change without notice. The Law Reporters cannot ensure that any files or other data you download from the Portal will be free of viruses or contamination or destructive features. The Law Reporters disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. You agree, understand and confirm that your personal data transmitted over the internet may be susceptible to misuse, hacking, theft and/ or fraud and that we have no control over such matters.

11.2 The above disclaimer applies to any damages, liability or injuries caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use, whether for breach of contract, tort, negligence or any other cause of action.

11.3 The opinions and views expressed on or through this website are the opinions of the designated authors and do not reflect the opinions or views of any other individual or Portal

11.4 We do not guarantee, represent or warrant that your use of our service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free. You agree that from time to time we may remove the Portal for indefinite periods of time or cancel the service at any time, without notice to you.

11.5 We are not a Lawfirm or an associate office of any lawfirm and we do not provide any legal services. Under these terms and conditions it is implied that you are aware of the same.

11.6 We give no warranties of any kind and without any representations for material-information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons-found on this website

11.7 The Portal is not liable for any of the following losses or damages (whether such losses where foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise):

1. a) loss of data;
2. b) loss of revenue or anticipated profits;
3. c) loss of business;
4. d) loss of opportunity;
5. e) loss of goodwill or injury to reputation;
6. f) losses suffered by third parties; or
7. g) any indirect, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the use of barandbench.com regardless of the form of action.

Your submission of personal information through the Portal is governed by our Privacy Policy. To view our Privacy Policy.

You can review the most current version of the Terms and Conditions at any time on this page. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of these Terms and Conditions by posting updates and changes to our Portal. It is your responsibility to check our Portal periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Portal or the Service following the posting of any changes to these Terms and Conditions constitutes acceptance of those changes.

14.1 It is hereby understood and stated that these Terms and Conditions set forth the entire understanding between you and us, represent the entire agreement and supersede any other agreement or understanding written, oral or implied that you have had with our Portal prior to consenting to these Terms and Conditions. Any other statement, inducement, promise, covenant or condition not expressly found herein shall be deemed null and void.

14.2 The failure of us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

14.3 These Terms and Conditions and any policies or operating rules posted by us on this Portal or in respect to the Service constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and us (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms and Conditions). Any ambiguities in the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions shall not be construed against the drafting party.

14.4 If any provision of this Terms and Conditions shall be held or deemed to be, or shall in fact be, illegal, inoperative, or unenforceable, the same shall not affect any other provision contained herein, or render the same invalid, inoperative, or unenforceable to any extent whatsoever, which provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

14.5 Neither this Terms and Conditions nor any of the rights or obligations under this Terms and Conditions, may be assigned, transferred or delegated, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent. Any such assignment, transfer or delegation without such prior written consent shall be null and void.

14.6 These Terms and Conditions shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Any dispute arising out of the formation, performance, interpretation, nullification, termination or invalidation of this policy or arising therefrom or related thereto in any manner whatsoever, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the provisions set forth under the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) Rules (the “Rules”), by one arbitrator appointed in compliance with the Rules. The seat of arbitration shall be Dubai, and the language shall be English. The DIAC shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions. Each party irrevocably waives any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non-conveniensconvenience, which it may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any action or proceeding in such jurisdiction in respect of this Terms and Conditions.

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at info@thelawreporters.com by mail or using the details provided below:
B, Latifa Tower - 1106 - Sheikh Zayed Rd
Trade Centre 1 - Dubai, UAE