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Website Terms of Use

The terms on which you may use this website.

Last updated: June 2026

These terms of use (Terms) govern your access to and use of this website and any related subdomains and pages (the Site). The Site is operated by Berardone Adamson Legal Pty Ltd (ACN 682 407 656), trading as BA Legal (we, us or our).

Please read these Terms carefully. They should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms.

Acceptance of these Terms

By accessing or using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by all applicable laws. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you should not use the Site.

These Terms apply each time you access the Site. We may update them from time to time (see Changes to these Terms below), and your continued use of the Site after any change takes effect means you accept the updated Terms.

General information only — not legal advice

The content on the Site — including any articles, insights, publications, practice-area descriptions and frequently asked questions — is general information only. It is provided for general interest and does not constitute legal advice, and it must not be relied upon as a substitute for advice tailored to your particular circumstances.

The law changes, and how it applies depends on the facts of each situation. You should obtain professional legal advice that takes account of your own circumstances before acting, or deciding not to act, on anything you read on the Site. BA Legal is not responsible for any action you take, or do not take, in reliance on the content of the Site.

No solicitor–client relationship

Accessing the Site, reading its content, or contacting us through it — including by completing and submitting the contact form or sending us an email — does not create a solicitor–client relationship between you and BA Legal, and does not make us your lawyers.

A solicitor–client relationship arises only when we have agreed in writing to act for you, after we have completed our conflict-of-interest checks and any other engagement steps and a formal engagement (retainer) is in place. Until then, we are under no obligation to you and owe you no duties in relation to any matter.

Confidential information — do not send it through this site

Because no solicitor–client relationship exists until we have formally agreed to act for you, please do not send us confidential, sensitive or time-critical information through the contact form or by email until we have confirmed in writing that we are able to act for you.

Information you send us before we are engaged may not be treated as confidential or privileged, and sending it to us does not prevent us from acting for another person in the same or a related matter. If your matter is urgent or subject to a limitation period or other deadline, please tell us, but do not rely on the Site or an unanswered enquiry to protect your position.

Intellectual property and copyright

Unless otherwise indicated, all content on the Site — including text, graphics, logos, the BA Legal name and brand, images, layout, design and the selection and arrangement of content — is owned by or licensed to Berardone Adamson Legal Pty Ltd and is protected by the *Copyright Act 1968* (Cth) and other intellectual property laws. All rights reserved.

You may view, download and print content from the Site for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not remove or alter any copyright or other proprietary notices. Except as permitted by law or with our prior written consent, you must not reproduce, adapt, distribute, publish, frame, commercialise or otherwise use any content from the Site, and you must not use our name, logo or trade marks without our written permission.

Accuracy and availability — content provided "as is"

We take care to ensure the content on the Site is accurate and current at the time of publication. However, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Site and its content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, and we make no representation or warranty — express or implied — that the content is accurate, complete, current, reliable or free from error, or that the Site will be available, uninterrupted or free from viruses or other harmful components.

We may change, suspend or withdraw any part of the Site, or any content on it, at any time and without notice.

Representative matters, results and outcomes

Any references on the Site to matters we have acted in, results we have achieved, or client experiences are illustrative and de-identified, and are published with consent where required. They are provided to give a general indication of the type of work we do.

Every matter turns on its own facts, and past results are not a guarantee of future outcomes. Nothing on the Site should be taken as a promise or prediction about the outcome of any matter.

Your obligations — acceptable use

When you use the Site, you must not:

  • use the Site for any unlawful purpose, or in any way that breaches these Terms or any applicable law;
  • interfere with or disrupt the Site, the servers or networks that host it, or any security or access controls;
  • attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Site or any connected system or data;
  • introduce any virus, malware or other harmful code;
  • use any automated means to scrape, harvest, copy or collect content or data from the Site without our written consent; or
  • submit information through the Site that is false, misleading, defamatory, infringing, or that you are not entitled to provide.

Third-party links

The Site may contain links to websites operated by third parties. Those links are provided for your convenience only. We do not control, endorse or accept responsibility for the content, products, services, accuracy or privacy practices of any third-party website, and your use of any linked site is at your own risk and subject to that site's own terms.

Limitation of liability

**Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or modifies any consumer guarantee, right or remedy conferred on you by the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 to the *Competition and Consumer Act 2010* (Cth)) or any other law, to the extent that it cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted or modified (a *non-excludable guarantee*).** This includes, where it applies, the guarantee that services will be rendered with due care and skill.

Subject to, and without limiting, the non-excludable guarantees:

  • to the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude all liability (whether in contract, tort including negligence, statute or otherwise) for any loss or damage — including any indirect, special or consequential loss, loss of profit, loss of data or loss of opportunity — arising out of or in connection with your access to or use of, or inability to use, the Site or its content, or your reliance on it; and
  • where we are liable for a failure to comply with a non-excludable guarantee in respect of services, and the services are not of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household use or consumption, our liability is limited (where it is fair and reasonable to do so, and to the extent the Australian Consumer Law permits) to supplying the services again or paying the cost of having the services supplied again.

To the extent permitted by law, you agree that your use of the Site is at your own risk.

This clause governs your use of the Site only. It does not limit any liability we may have to a client under a separate, signed engagement, which is governed by that engagement and by the scheme referred to at the end of these Terms.

Privacy

We handle personal information in accordance with the *Privacy Act 1988* (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles. The only personal information we collect through the Site is the information you choose to provide through our contact form — your name, email address, telephone number, business name, matter type and the message you send us — which is sent to info@balegal.com.au and stored so we can respond to your enquiry. The Site uses only essential cookies and does not use third-party analytics, advertising or tracking cookies. For full details, please read our Privacy Policy.

Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms, and your use of the Site, are governed by the laws of the State of Queensland and the Commonwealth of Australia. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Queensland and the courts competent to hear appeals from them.

The Site is intended for users in Australia. We make no representation that the content of the Site is appropriate for, or available for use in, other jurisdictions, and we do not hold ourselves out as authorised to provide legal advice in every jurisdiction from which the Site may be accessed.

Changes to these Terms

We may amend these Terms at any time by publishing the updated version on this page at /terms. Any change takes effect when it is published. By continuing to use the Site after a change is published, you accept the amended Terms. We recommend you review this page from time to time.

Contact us

If you have any questions about these Terms or the Site, please contact us at info@balegal.com.au or by writing to Berardone Adamson Legal Pty Ltd, Unit 32, 4 Harmony Street, Pimpama QLD 4209.

Berardone Adamson Legal Pty Ltd · ACN 682 407 656

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