Terms of Use
BR Law Corporation is a full-service law firm that assists clients with personal and business matters. BR Law Corporation and its related companies provide comprehensive legal, corporate, commercial, and family support to clients.The websites of the following companies, (collectively, “BR”), are governed by these Terms of Use (the “Terms”) and accompanying Privacy Statement, which is incorporated into and made part of these Terms:
- BR Law Corporation
- BR Family Assets Pte Ltd
- BRIEFCASE Pte Ltd
Websites of any related companies which are not listed above shall be governed by their own terms of use and privacy statements.These documents govern your access to and use of BR websites (the “Sites”). These Terms constitute a binding legal agreement between you and each BR entity. You acknowledge and agree that by accessing or using the Sites, you have read these Terms and you understand and agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree to these Terms, or if you are below 18 years old, please exit and cease accessing the Sites immediately.
Definitions
“Content” means any text, graphics, documents, photographs, images, music, software, audio, video, information, digital or electronic files or other materials that BR makes available through the Sites, including any Content licensed by BR from third parties.
Privacy
We encourage you to be aware of how websites collect, use and disclose your personal data. You understand that by using or accessing the Sites, you have read, understood and consented to BR’s Privacy Statement (as may be revised from time to time), which is incorporated by reference into these Terms as if fully set forth herein. The internet is never 100% safe. While we take reasonable measures to protect your personal data, you acknowledge that you provide personal data to us through the internet at your own risk.
Ownership
The Sites are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the Republic of Singapore and foreign countries. Unless explicitly permitted in these Terms, BR exclusively owns or licenses all rights, title and interest in and to the Sites and Content, including all associated intellectual property rights. You will not use the Sites or Content in a way that is inconsistent with these Terms, nor remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices on the Sites or Content.
License to you
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access, view, download and print Content solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes only. You agree not to use, copy, adapt, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast or otherwise exploit the Sites or Content. No licenses or rights are granted to you by implication or otherwise under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by BR, except for the licenses and rights expressly granted in these Terms.
General Prohibitions
By using the Sites, you agree not to:
(a) Post, upload, publish, submit, provide access to or transmit any Content that:
- infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy;
- violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability;
- is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive;
is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; - promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group;
is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any other person; or - promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances.
(b) Use, display, mirror or frame the Sites or any individual element within the Sites, any BR entity name, any BR trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page, without our express written consent;
(c) Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Sites, our computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of our providers;
(d) Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any BR system or network or breach any security or authentication measures;
(e) Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by BR or any of our providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Sites or its Content (the “Site Content”);
(f) Attempt to access or search the Sites, Site Content or download Site Content from the Sites through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or the like) other than the software and/or search agents provided by BR or other generally available third-party web browsers;
(g) Send any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other form of solicitation;
(h) Use any meta tags, hidden text or metadata utilizing a BR trademark, logo, URL or product name without the relevant BR entity’s express written consent;
(i) Use the Sites or Site Content for any commercial purpose or the benefit of any third party or in any manner not permitted by these Terms;
(j) Forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use the Sites or Site Content to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information;
(k) Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Sites or Site Content;
(l) Interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing the Sites or Content;
(m) Collect or store any personally identifiable information from the Sites or from other users of the Sites without their express permission;
(n) Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
(o) Violate any applicable law or regulation; or
(p) Encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the foregoing.
BR reserves the right to investigate and prosecute any violations of the above to the fullest extent of the law. At any time, BR may involve and cooperate with enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who violate these Terms. BR has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Sites or Content or to review or edit any Content. However, BR has the right to review, edit or remove any Content for the purpose of operating the Sites, to ensure your compliance with these Terms, or to comply with the law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body. BR reserves the right to remove or disable access your access to any Content, at its sole discretion, should BR deem that a violation of these Terms has occurred or harm has or will be done to the Sites or Services.
Copyright Policy
BR respects copyright law and, in the appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, we will take action against any user who repeatedly infringes or is believed to be repeatedly infringing the rights of copyright holders, or causes us to infringe the rights of copyright holders.
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Links to Other Sites
The Sites may contain links to third party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that BR is not responsible or liable for:
- The availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or
- The content, products, or services from such websites or resources.
Links to such websites or resources do not imply that BR has endorsed them. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources.
Termination of Services
BR reserves the right to revoke your access to and use of the Sites and Content at any time for breach of these Terms or with or without cause. BR may stop offering and/or supporting the Sites and/or Content at any time.
Disclaimers
The Sites and Content are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. BR makes no warranty that the Sites or Content will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. BR makes no warranty regarding the quality of any products, services or Content obtained through the Sites, or the accuracy, timeliness, truthfulness, completeness or reliability of any Content obtained through the Sites. You are solely responsible for all of your communications and interactions with other users of the Sites and with other persons with whom you communicate or interact as a result of your use of the Sites. You understand that BR does not screen or inquire into the background of any users of the Sites, nor does BR make any attempt to verify the statements of users of the Sites. BR makes no representations or warranties as to the conduct of users of the Sites or their compatibility with any current or future users of the Sites. You agree to take reasonable precautions in all communications and interactions with other users of the Sites and with other persons with whom you communicate or interact as a result of your use of the Sites, particularly if you decide to meet offline or in person.
Exclusion of Liability
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold each BR entity, its owners, employees and agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with:
- your access to or use of the Sites or Content; or
- your violation of these Terms.
Indemnity
You acknowledge and agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the entire risk arising out of your access to and use of the Sites and Content remains with you. Neither BR nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the Sites or Content will be liable for any incidental, special, exemplary or consequential damages, including lost profits, a loss of data or loss of goodwill, service interruption, computer damage or system failure or the cost of substitute products or services, or for any damages for personal or bodily injury or emotional distress arising out of or in connection with these Terms or from the use of or inability to use the Sites or Content, or from any communications, interactions or meetings with other users of the Sites or other persons with whom you communicate or interact as a result of your use of the Sites whether based on a warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), product liability or any other legal theory, and whether or not BR has been informed of the possibility of such damage, even if a limited remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.
Proprietary Rights Notices
All trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations of BR entities used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective BR entities. Any other trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective parties.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and any action related thereto shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms, including without limitation any questions regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall first be submitted to the Singapore Mediation Centre for resolution by mediation in accordance with the Mediation Procedure for the time being in force. The parties agree to participate in the mediation in good faith and undertake to abide by the terms of any settlement reached.
Entire Agreement
These Terms, together with any amendments and any supplemental agreements you may enter into with BR for the use of the Sites, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between BR and you regarding the Sites and Content.
Assignment
You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without prior written consent from BR. Any attempt by you to assign or transfer these Terms, without such consent, will be void and of no effect. BR may assign or transfer these Terms, at its sole discretion, without restriction and without requiring your consent. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.
Notices
Any notices or other communications permitted or required hereunder, including those regarding modifications to these Terms, will be in writing and given by BR by posting the notices or updated Terms to the Sites.
General
The failure of BR to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of BR. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.
Third Party Rights
A person who is not a party to these Terms has no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act Cap 53B to enforce any of these Terms.
Changes to Terms of Use
BR reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, discontinue or terminate the Sites, or to modify these Terms, at any time and without prior notice. The modified terms will be posted on the relevant Sites along with the date when the modifications are effective. By continuing to access or use the Sites after the modifications, you agree to be bound by the Terms which have been modified from time to time. If the modified Terms are not acceptable to you, please cease using the Sites.
