Thank you for visiting the Platform. Please read these Terms of Use (“Terms”) carefully. These Terms have important information about your legal rights, remedies, and obligations.
By accessing or using the Platform, you agree to follow and be bound by these Terms, our Terms of Service and all Applicable Laws and regulations.
If you have questions about these Terms, please email us at help@goodlawyer.ca.
These Terms are a legally binding agreement between you and Goodlawyer Inc. (“Goodlawyer”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) governing your access to, and use of the Platform. Your use of the Platform includes your use of the Website, any applicable web, mobile, tablet or other smart-device applications, and application program interfaces (collectively, the “Application”) and Platform Services.
Our collection and use of personal information in connection with your access to, and use of, the Platform is described in our Privacy Policy.
These Terms include and incorporate by reference these important documents, as they may be in effect and changed occasionally: our Privacy Policy, and the Retainer Agreement. Collectively, these Terms, our Privacy Policy, and Retainer Agreement, are known as the “Terms of Service”.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE, YOU MUST NOT ACCESS OR USE THE PLATFORM.
We reserve the right in our sole discretion to revise and update the Terms of Service occasionally. Any such changes are effective upon posting and apply to all access, and continued use of, the Platform. You agree to periodically review the Terms of Service to be aware of any such changes. Your continued use of the Platform will be your acceptance of the then-current Terms of Service.
The Goodlawyer Content and the Platform may be changed, withdrawn, or terminated in our sole discretion without notice to you or any other User. We will not be liable if all or any part of the Platform is restricted to you or any other User or is unavailable at any time or for any period. Any revisions to the Terms of Service will take effect on the last noted Effective Date.
You are responsible for obtaining your own access to the Platform. You must ensure that all people who access the Platform through your internet connection are aware of, and follow, the Terms of Service. You are responsible for any security breaches or performance issues relating to your use of the Platform.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY USING THE PLATFORM AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF SERVICE, INCLUDING THE ARBITRATION PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS (SUBJECT TO YOUR RIGHT TO OPT-OUT OF THE ARBITRATION PROVISION AS PROVIDED BELOW).
IF YOU USE THE PLATFORM ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION OR LAW FIRM YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE ON BEHALF OF SUCH ORGANIZATION OR LAW FIRM AND IN DOING SO YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND THAT ORGANIZATION OR LAW FIRM TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE BINDING BOTH YOURSELF AND THAT ORGANIZATION OR LAW FIRM TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE.
You may access the Platform using your mobile device and the Platform may let you receive messages on your mobile device. Your mobile device carrier may prohibit or restrict certain Mobile Features and certain Mobile Features may be incompatible with your mobile device carrier or mobile device. In addition, your mobile device carrier may charge its standard messaging, data, and other fees to enable you to use the Mobile Features. We have no responsibility or liability for any fees or charges you incur when using the Mobile Features. You should check with your mobile device carrier to find out whether any fees or charges will apply. Also contact your mobile device carrier with other questions about the Mobile Features.
You acknowledge that your use of the Mobile Features is subject to any terms in the terms of service of the third-party providing the mobile device on which the Platform operates. We shall not be liable to you if you do not have a compatible mobile device. Goodlawyer reserves the right to terminate your use of the Platform should you use the Platform with an incompatible or unauthorized device.
GOODLAWYER IS NOT A LAW FIRM, DOES NOT EMPLOY LAWYERS AND DOES NOT ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW OR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS. GOODLAWYER DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR REVIEW THE QUALITY, SUITABILITY, SUFFICIENCY OR OUTCOME OF ANY LEGAL SERVICES BOOKED, CREATED OR DELIVERED USING THE PLATFORM SERVICES.
LEGAL SERVICES ARE SUBJECT TO INHERENT RISKS AND OTHER FACTORS BEYOND GOODLAWYER’S CONTROL. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GOODLAWYER DOES NOT DRAW LEGAL CONCLUSIONS, PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE, OPINIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES, DEFENCES, OPTIONS, OR STRATEGIES APPLICABLE TO CLIENTS, OR APPLY THE LAW TO THE FACTS OF ANY CLIENTS’ PARTICULAR SITUATION.
GOODLAWYER IS NOT AUTHORIZED UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS TO ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW OR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES.
Goodlawyer’s purpose is to enable Clients to identify and engage Lawyers for the affordable, transparent, and convenient delivery of Legal Services.
We provide the Platform Services, including hosting and maintaining the Website and the Application, which help with the booking, creation, and delivery of Legal Services. At the request of a Client the Platform Services enable Goodlawyer to provide such Client with some Lawyers available for booking regarding the delivery of Legal Services; however, Clients are ultimately responsible for selecting and engaging a Lawyer for the delivery of Legal Services.
Whenever a Client contracts for Legal Services with a Lawyer by booking Legal Services on the Platform (“Legal Service Contract”) such Legal Service Contract, and the rights and obligations of the Client and the Lawyer are subject to these Terms and the Retainer Agreement.
GOODLAWYER IS NOT A PARTY TO ANY LEGAL SERVICE CONTRACT FACILITATED BY THE PLATFORM SERVICES.
Without limitation, Clients have full discretion and autonomy to use the Platform Services and are solely responsible for their use of the Platform Services, including regarding: (i) any Legal Service Contract or booking of Legal Services with any Lawyer; (ii) determining, negotiating and finalizing the nature and scope of Legal Services to be delivered by a Lawyer under a Legal Service Contract; and (iii) liability for any Aggregate Fee payable under a Legal Service Contract.
Goodlawyer makes no representations about and does not guarantee, and you agree not to hold Goodlawyer responsible for: (i) the quality, safety, or legality of any Legal Services booked, created or delivered using the Platform Services; (ii) the qualifications, disciplinary background or practice status of any Lawyer; (iii) the competence or ability of any Lawyer to deliver Legal Services; or (iv) the willingness of any Lawyer to deliver Legal Services.
Without limitation, Lawyers have full discretion and autonomy to use the Platform Services and are solely responsible for their use of the Platform Services, including regarding: (i) the acceptance of any Legal Service Contract or booking for Legal Services; (ii) determining, negotiating and creating the final scope of Legal Services to be delivered for a Client under a Legal Service Contract; (iii) delivering Legal Services for a Client under a Legal Service Contract; and (iv) invoicing and billing a Client the Aggregate Fee payable under a Legal Service Contract.
Goodlawyer makes no representations about and does not guarantee, and you agree not to hold Goodlawyer responsible for: (i) the identity of any Client; (ii) the legal capacity of any Client to enter a Legal Service Contract; (iii) the ability or willingness of any Client to pay any Aggregate Fee; or (iv) any Ratings, Reviews, statements, or posts made by any Client.
AS GOODLAWYER DOES NOT ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW OR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES, GOODLAWYER DOES NOT, AT ANY TIME, CREATE OR ESTABLISH A LAWYER-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY CLIENT NOR DOES GOODLAWYER OWE ANY CLIENT A SPECIAL DUTY OF CARE AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY SUCH A LAWYER-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP.
At this time, the Platform is not intended for use by residents of the Province of Québec. The Platform should not be accessed outside of Canada and cannot be used for the provision of Legal Services in any country other than Canada.
Goodlawyer Content is provided for general information purposes only and should not be relied on as legal advice. You should obtain specific or professional advice before taking, or refraining from taking, any action, legal or otherwise, based on Goodlawyer Content. Many factors unknown to us may affect the applicability of any Goodlawyer Content to your particular circumstances and any use of such Goodlawyer Content is at your own risk. The Goodlawyer Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice. Always seek professional advice with specific questions you may have. You should not disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something in the Goodlawyer Content.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update and maintain the Goodlawyer Content, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the Goodlawyer Content is correct, complete, reliable, or up to date. Your use of the Platform and the Goodlawyer Content is at your own risk and Goodlawyer has no responsibility or liability for this use.
The Website may include content provided by third-parties, including from other Users and third-party licensors. All statements or opinions expressed in any third-party content like this, other than the Goodlawyer Content, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the individual or entity providing such content. Such content does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Goodlawyer. Goodlawyer is not responsible, or liable to you or any other party, for the content or accuracy of any third-party content.
You acknowledge, agree, and understand that Goodlawyer has no responsibility to verify the truth or accuracy of any information about any Lawyers as contained in the Goodlawyer Content. Goodlawyer provides no representations or warranties regarding the truth, quality, efficacy or accuracy of any information or Goodlawyer Content about any Lawyer.
You expressly consent and agree to accept and receive communications from us, including by email and via text (SMS) message, calls, and push notifications to the cellular telephone number you provided to us. By consenting to being contacted by us, you understand and agree that you may receive communications, including marketing communications generated by automatic telephone dialling systems which may deliver pre-recorded messages, sent by or on behalf of Goodlawyer, its affiliated companies or other Users of the Platform, including, but not limited to, operational communications about your Account or use of the Platform, updates about new and existing features on the Platform, communications about promotions run by us and news about Goodlawyer and industry developments (collectively, “Notices”). You acknowledge that you do not have to consent to receive promotional messages as a condition of using the Platform.
You agree that we generally can send you Notices by email, text (SMS) message, calls, and push notifications to the cellular telephone number you provided to us or by posting Notices to the Platform. You agree that any Notice like this will satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. The delivery of any Notice from us is effective when sent by us, whether or not you read the Notice, when you receive it or whether you receive the Notice. Your only method of withdrawing consent to receive Notices is to terminate any registrations, subscriptions or services provided through the Platform.
You must register and activate an Account to access and use certain features of the Platform. You acknowledge that Goodlawyer reserves the right to refuse service to anyone and to cancel User access at any time, subject to any restrictions under Applicable Laws.
You understand that by using the Platform, including by creating a Client Account or Lawyer Account, you agree to be bound by and abide by the Terms of Service. If you use the Platform on behalf of an Organization or law firm, including by creating a Client Account or Lawyer Account as an agent on behalf of an Organization or law firm, you agree to the Terms of Service on behalf of such Organization or law firm and in doing so you represent and warrant you have the authority to bind that Organization or law firm to the Terms of Service and agree that you are binding both yourself and that Organization or law firm to the Terms of Service.
To register and activate an Account for the Platform, you must complete the Account profile and provide all requisite information. You must provide Goodlawyer with this proof of identity as we may reasonably request occasionally and agree to supply true, correct, and complete information on your Account profile and all registration and other forms you access on the Platform or provide to us and to update your information to maintain its truthfulness, accuracy, and completeness.
You agree not to supply any false or misleading information about your identity, qualifications or location, your business, or your skills and to correct any information like this that is or becomes false or misleading. If you provide any false or misleading information, we reserve the right to remove or disable your Account without notice.
Your provision of registration information including in connection with the creation and activation of your Account and any submissions you make to the Platform through any functionality such as applications, orders, personal profiles, chat rooms, email, message boards, personal or interest group web pages, forums, online forms, blogs, bulletin boards, reflections, online journals, forms filled out during one of our workshops or events, and other such functions constitute your consent to all actions we take regarding the management, storage and use of this information under the Terms of Service.
You have an important part to play in data protection and data security. Any Account username, password or any other piece of information chosen by you or provided to you by the Platform as part of our security procedures must be treated as confidential, and you must not disclose such information to any other individual or entity.
You must implement and actively maintain appropriate security arrangements, including physical security, password, and encryption tools, sharing usage guidelines with anyone in your Organization, use of reputable anti-virus software and use of other reasonable security measures specified by us from time to time.
You agree to notify us immediately upon suspicion of any unauthorized access to, or use of, your Account, username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you logout from your Account at the end of your use of the Platform. You are responsible for any password misuse or any unauthorized access to your Account.
We may introduce security features to make your account more secure, such as multi-factor authentication. We may require you to adopt some of these features. Where we make the use optional, you are responsible (and we are not liable) for any consequences of not using those features, although their use is strongly encouraged.
Goodlawyer reserves the right at any time and sometimes, to disable or terminate your Account, any username, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including, but not limited to, your violation of any provision of the Terms of Service.
Upon termination or disablement of your Account, we will not provide you with any refunds or credits of any kind. If we disable or terminate your Account you are prohibited from registering and creating a new Account under your name or email address, a fake or borrowed name or the name of any third-party, even if you may act on behalf of the third-party.
You are prohibited from trying to get around and from violating the security of the Platform including without limitation: (i) accessing content and data that is not intended for you; (ii) trying to breach or breaching the security or authentication measures without authorization; (iii) restricting, disrupting or disabling Platform Services; (iv) illicitly reproducing TCP/IP packet header; (v) disrupting network services and otherwise disrupting Goodlawyer’s ability to monitor the Platform; (vi) using any robot, data mining, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Platform for any purpose, including tracking or copying any of Platform content or confidential information; (vii) introducing any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful; (viii) attacking the Platform via a denial-of-service attack, distributed denial-of-service attack, flooding, mailbombing or crashing; (ix) trying to decompile or reverse engineer any software on the Platform; and (x) otherwise trying to interfere with the proper working of the Platform. You may not use network monitoring or discovery software to determine the site architecture or extract information about usage or Users.
The Platform allows two different Account types: (i) a Client Account; or (ii) a Lawyer Account.
An individual, on their own behalf or on behalf of and as an authorized representative of an Organization, may create and register an Account for the Platform as a Client (a “Client Account”). Only that authorized individual may use, access, and manage a Client Account.
By registering a Client Account on your own behalf, you represent, warrant and covenant that:
By registering a Client Account on behalf of an Organization you represent that you:
An individual, on their own behalf or on behalf of and as an authorized representative of a law firm, may create and register an Account for the Platform as a Lawyer (a “Lawyer Account”). Only the individual registered to the Lawyer Account has a right to use, access and manage a Lawyer Account.
By registering a Lawyer Account, you represent, warrant, and covenant you:
Goodlawyer reserves the right to remove or disable your Lawyer Account sometimes or permanently from the Platform for any reason considered necessary or appropriate by Goodlawyer, including (but not limited to) if you: use the Platform without a valid license to practice law; breach or fail to maintain and follow the foregoing representations and warranties; breach the Terms of Service; or if, in Goodlawyer’s sole discretion, your performance falls below a minimum acceptable standard.
If you are a Client, by using the Platform you acknowledge, agree, and understand that:
If you are a Lawyer, by using the Platform you acknowledge, agree, and understand that:
The Platform is owned and operated by Goodlawyer. All right, title, and interest in the Platform, including, but not limited to, Goodlawyer Content and the information, documents, logos, graphics, sounds and images accessible or visible on the Platform (“Proprietary Materials”) are owned either by Goodlawyer or by our respective third-party authors, developers, or vendors.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by Goodlawyer, none of the Proprietary Materials may be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, uploaded, posted, displayed, transmitted or distributed in any way and nothing on the Platform will be construed to confer any license under any of our intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise.
Any rights not expressly granted here are reserved by Goodlawyer.
Goodlawyer grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to access and use the Platform. This license is subject to your compliance with the Terms of Service.
We strive to keep our Platform safe, secure, and functioning properly, but we cannot guarantee the continuous operation of, or access to, our Platform. We might even stop providing certain features without notice.
You may link to our homepage only, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or exploit it. You must not establish a link to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists. The Platform must not be framed on any other website, nor may you create a link to any part of the Platform other than the homepage. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission from you or any other User without notice. You will make sure the website in which you are linking complies with the Terms of Service. You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking to immediately stop.
Goodlawyer may terminate any license granted to any Platform visitor or User to access the Platform without notice.
GOODLAWYER IS NOT AUTHORIZED UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS TO ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW OR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES.
Goodlawyer’s purpose is to enable Clients to identify and engage Lawyers for the accessible, transparent, and convenient delivery of Legal Services.
We provide the Platform Services, including hosting and maintaining the Website and the Application, which help with the booking, creation, and delivery of Legal Services. At the request of a Client the Platform Services enable Goodlawyer to provide such Client with some Lawyers available for booking regarding the delivery of Legal Services; however, Clients are ultimately responsible for selecting and engaging a Lawyer for the delivery of Legal Services.
AS GOODLAWYER DOES NOT ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW OR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES, GOODLAWYER DOES NOT, AT ANY TIME, CREATE OR ESTABLISH A LAWYER-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY CLIENT NOR DOES GOODLAWYER OWE ANY CLIENT A SPECIAL DUTY OF CARE AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY SUCH A LAWYER-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP.
In addition, the Platform Services may be used to access the Goodlawyer Content.
Goodlawyer Content is provided for general information purposes only and should not be relied on as legal advice. You should obtain specific or professional advice before taking, or refraining from taking, any action, legal or otherwise, based on Goodlawyer Content. Many factors unknown to us may affect the applicability of any Goodlawyer Content to your particular circumstances and any use of such Goodlawyer Content is at your own risk. The Goodlawyer Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice. Always seek professional advice with specific questions you may have. You should not disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something in the Goodlawyer Content.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update and maintain the Goodlawyer Content, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the Goodlawyer Content is correct, complete, reliable, or up to date. Your use of the Platform and the Goodlawyer Content is at your own risk and Goodlawyer has no responsibility or liability for this use.
Users are not allowed to use, or encourage, promote, facilitate, instruct or induce others to use, the Platform for any activities that violate any Applicable Laws; for any other illegal or fraudulent purpose or any purpose that harms others; or to transmit, store, display, distribute or otherwise make available content that is illegal.
Without limitation to the foregoing, the uses below of the Platform are prohibited:
If you find out about any violation of the Terms of Service, you must at once report it at help@goodlawyer.ca. You also agree to aid us with any investigation we undertake and to take any remedial steps we require to correct a violation of the Terms of Service.
We use your data to provide Services to you. We respect your privacy and take data protection seriously. Our Privacy Policy is an important part of these terms and describes in more detail how we deal with personal data, like your name and email address. The Privacy Policy may change from time to time, provided that such changes will not violate our obligations under applicable privacy laws. You and we agree to comply with our respective obligations under privacy laws applicable to the collection, storage, use, and processing of Personal Information.
We will maintain commercially reasonable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards designed for the protection, confidentiality, and integrity of Your Data. We, along with any third-party vendors and hosting partners we use to provide the Platform Services, will:
(a) use information security practices for transmitting and storing your Content, adhering to industry standards; (b) employ information security practices with respect to network security techniques, including, but not limited to, firewalls, intrusion detection, and authentication protocols, vulnerability, and patch management; and
(c) ensure its data hosting facilities maintain industry standards for security and privacy.
As between Goodlawyer and you, if you are a Client, you own all your Client Data. Except as allowed by the Terms of Service, Goodlawyer will have no right or license to use your Client Data. All other rights in your Client Data are reserved by you.
If you are a Client, you grant Goodlawyer and its applicable contractors a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide right to copy, transmit, display, store, analyze, back-up and otherwise use your Client Data for: (i) providing the Platform and Platform Services to you; (ii) collecting and creating Aggregate Data under Section 5 (Aggregate Data); and (iii) otherwise to perform our obligations under the Terms of Service under those terms, including providing your Client Data to Lawyer(s) to enable them to provide you with Legal Services.
You must obtain all necessary consents from relevant individuals to enable us to collect, use, hold and process your Client Data under this Agreement.
As between Goodlawyer and you, if you are a Lawyer, you own all your Lawyer Data. Except as allowed by the Terms of Service, Goodlawyer will have no right or license to use your Lawyer Data. All other rights in your Lawyer Data are reserved by you.
Lawyers must keep all Lawyer-Client Data confidential as required under Applicable Laws and their ethical or professional obligations.
If you are a Lawyer, you grant Goodlawyer and its applicable contractors a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide right to copy, transmit, display, store, analyze, back-up and otherwise use your Lawyer Data for: (i) providing the Platform and Platform Services to you; (ii) collecting and creating Aggregate Data under Section 5 (Aggregate Data); and (iii) otherwise to perform our obligations under the Terms of Service under those terms.
Given how Goodlawyer provides the Platform Services, Goodlawyer and a Lawyer share a business relationship for each of the Lawyer’s Clients. Because of this shared relationship, a Client may provide Goodlawyer with identical data, content, files, communications, or materials as those given to their Lawyer (“Shared Client Data”). Goodlawyer may also receive or collect Shared Client Data from the Client through the Platform. So Shared Client Data is not considered exclusively to be Lawyer-Client Data. None of the actions by or on behalf of the Client described in this section will be a waiver of any privilege in a Lawyer-Client relationship.
As between Goodlawyer, Lawyers, and Users, neither Goodlawyer nor Lawyers own any Client Data.
Goodlawyer may collect or create Aggregate Data and use it to operate, improve and support the Platform, develop new services or product offerings, and for other lawful business purposes, so long as such Aggregate Data: (i) includes no Personal Information or User Content, Reviews, or Ratings; (ii) does not otherwise identify any User or any natural person or Organization; and (iii) aggregated among Users. We will be the owners of all rights in Aggregate Data. Nothing in this section will be a waiver of any privilege in a Lawyer-Client relationship.
If you, as a Client, provide us with Reviews or Ratings, we may use them in any way and without compensation. You grant to Goodlawyer a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to copy, modify, display, distribute, disclose, and otherwise use your Reviews and Ratings.
License by Users to Feedback and Suggestions
If you provide us with feedback or suggestions about the Platform or our marketing, promotion, or provision of our services, we may use all feedback or suggestions any way and without compensation. You grant to Goodlawyer a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use, copy, display, distribute, reveal, and make and incorporate into its services any suggestion, enhancement request, recommendation, correction, or other feedback made by you or through your Account relating to the Platform or our marketing, promotion, or provision of our services.
You are solely responsible for the creation, storage, and backup of your User Data and any records of your use of the Platform, including maintaining a record of any Legal Service Contract executed through the Platform and records of any Legal Services delivered or received through the Platform.
We take standard industry measures to backup all User Data. Goodlawyer’s backup services are designed to facilitate restoration of your User Data to the server or device from which your User Data originated if the primary data is lost or corrupted.
Goodlawyer will retain your User Data following any cancellation or termination of your access to the Platform Services. Following any cancellation or termination of your access to the Platform Services, you will have ninety days to retrieve any of your User Data.
Goodlawyer may retain your User Data for as long as is necessary to meet its obligations under Applicable Laws. Goodlawyer may also retain your User Data when your User Data has been archived in Goodlawyer’s backup systems, in which case will protect such User Data using its standard data security practices and will eventually delete your User Data in compliance with our retention and deletion policies.
If you are a Lawyer, you can download or export your Lawyer Data files in our standard file format from your Lawyer Account at any time and at no charge. You may ask to export all of your Lawyer Data at any time up to ninety days after termination of access to your Lawyer Account or your relationship with Goodlawyer. We will provide you with an export of all your Lawyer Data in a file format of our choosing at no charge. Any different or customized file format or additional reasonable Lawyer Data export requests or requirements will be on terms mutually agreed to by Goodlawyer and you.
You agree that both Clients and Lawyers publish and ask for Goodlawyer to publish User Content, Reviews, or Ratings on their behalf. However, this information depends only on unverified data that Clients or Lawyers voluntarily give to Goodlawyer and is not and will not be construed as an introduction, endorsement, or recommendation by Goodlawyer.
Goodlawyer does not investigate User Content, Reviews, or Ratings for accuracy or reliability and does not guarantee that User Content, Reviews, or Ratings are correct. The Website may include content provided by third-parties, including from other Users and third-party licensors. All statements or opinions expressed in any User Content, Reviews, or Ratings like this or third-party content, other than the Goodlawyer Content, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the individual or entity providing such content. Such content does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Goodlawyer.
Goodlawyer is not legally responsible for any User Content, Reviews, or Ratings or third-party content posted or made available on the Website, even if that information is defamatory or otherwise legally actionable. To protect the integrity of the feedback system and to protect Users from abuse, we reserve the right (but are under no obligation) to remove posted feedback, User Content, Reviews, or Ratings or third-party content or information that, in our sole judgment, violates the Terms of Service, harms our Platform, diminishes the integrity of the feedback system, or otherwise contradicts our business interests and the purposes of this Platform.
You agree that you will tell us about any error or inaccurate statement in any of your User Content, Reviews, or Ratings and that if you do not do so, we may rely on the accuracy of this information. You also agree that your Ratings and Reviews shall, in all cases, be truthful, correct, not have any offensive or defamatory language, based on your experience working with a Lawyer and not based on the particular outcome of a particular legal situation.
Without limiting the foregoing, you warrant and agree that your use of the Platform and your User Content, Reviews, or Ratings shall not:
The list of prohibitions above provides examples and is not complete, exhaustive, or exclusive. The prohibitions listed above do not require Goodlawyer to track, police or remove any User Content, Reviews, or Ratings or other information submitted by you or any other User. You will make sure your use of the Platform and any User Content, Reviews, or Ratings do not violate the prohibitions above.
You agree to follow all Applicable Laws, including applicable privacy and data protection regulations. Further, you agree to not use the Platform to send us sensitive information where unauthorized disclosure could cause any harm or impact to us or any other individual or entity.
You understand and agree that you, not Goodlawyer, are responsible for any User Content, Reviews, or Ratings you submit or contribute, and you are responsible and legally liable, including to any third-party, for such content and its correctness, truthfulness, currency, accuracy, and completeness. We are not responsible or legally liable to you or any third-party for the User Content, Reviews, or Ratings or the correctness, truthfulness, currency, accuracy and completeness of any User Content, Reviews, or Ratings submitted by you or any other User of the Platform.
You represent and warrant that:
We respect copyright law and expect our Users to do the same. If you believe that any content on the Platform infringes copyrights you own, please contact us at help@goodlawyer.ca.
Goodlawyer, as a service, facilitates a payment infrastructure which enables Clients to pay any Aggregate Fees payable under a Legal Service Contract and for Lawyers to collect payment of any Legal Fees and disbursements, plus applicable taxes, owing to them under a Legal Service Contract (“Payment Services”).
We use the services of Stripe, Inc., and its affiliates, including Stripe Payments Canada, Ltd. (“Payments Data Controller") to process, route and deliver funds under Applicable Laws for supplying the Payment Services.
You agree that we may use the Payments Data Controller and certain third-party vendors and service providers to process payments and manage your Payment Method information.
All prices, discounts, and promotions posted on the Platform are subject to change without notice. Goodlawyer strives to display correct price information, but we may make inadvertent typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions related to pricing and availability. Goodlawyer reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions at any time and to cancel any Legal Service Contracts arising from such occurrences.
All Users agree that the Payment Services, including the charging, processing and delivery of any Aggregate Fees are ultimately subject to the policies of our Payments Data Controller. The Payments Data Controller’s Privacy Policy and other legal information Is located here: https://stripe.com/privacy-center/legal
The Payment Services enable Clients to pay Legal Fees to Lawyers and disbursements and taxes. The Legal Fees payable for Legal Services are the amount agreed to by the Lawyer and the Client on the Platform when the Legal Service Contract is entered into, subject to any promotions, discounts or change orders that may apply. Posted Legal Fees do not include taxes or disbursement charges. All such taxes and disbursement charges will be added to the Aggregate Fee and will be itemized in the applicable final invoice for Legal Services.
On top of Legal Fees, Goodlawyer charges Clients a transaction-based service fee in consideration of their use of the Platform to enter into a Legal Service Contract (“Service Fee”). Service Fees are variable and are disclosed as part of the Aggregate Fee payable by a Client regarding a particular Legal Service Contract.
Lawyers may invoice and bill Clients for all or a part of the Aggregate Fees payable regarding a Legal Service Contract and the Client will honour such invoices.
You allow Goodlawyer to: (i) complete a credit card pre-authorization whenever you enter into a Legal Service Contract (a “Pre-Authorization”); (ii) store credit card and banking or other financial details as your method of payment (“Payment Method”), and to debit or charge your Payment Method any other amounts payable under the Terms of Service. The Pre-Authorization is to ensure that you have adequate funds to pay the Aggregate Fee associated with a particular Legal Service Contract.
Goodlawyer accepts Payment Methods from Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, China UnionPay and Japan Credit Bureau. By linking a Payment Method to your Account, you represent, warrant, and covenant that:
Goodlawyer is not liable to any User if a financial institution rejects a debit or charge to a Payment Method. We reserve the right to seek reimbursement from a User to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, and a User must reimburse us, where we receive any chargeback or other financial penalty or loss in processing the Payment Method associated with a Client Account. If you are a Client, you agree that we may seek this reimbursement and authorize Goodlawyer to charge your Client Account or Payment Method to recover any losses like these.
You agree that:
Despite any other provision of the Terms of Service and unless prohibited by Applicable Law, if we believe, in our sole discretion, that you have violated the conditions and restrictions of the Terms of Service, including by committing or trying to commit fraud or other illicit acts on or through the Platform, we may refuse to process or may withhold or redirect delivery/payment of Aggregate Fees and take such other actions regarding your Account as we consider appropriate in our sole discretion and under Applicable Law.
Without limiting the foregoing, Goodlawyer, in its sole discretion and to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, may also refuse to process the payment of any Aggregate Fees, withhold, or redirect delivery of Aggregate Fees or any other amounts, or offset all or any part of Aggregate Fees against amounts owing to us by a User where:
Despite any other provision of the Terms of Service and unless prohibited by Applicable Law, Goodlawyer may enforce the disgorgement of Legal Fees (including disbursements and taxes, ) from a Lawyer, and take such other actions regarding a Lawyer’s Account as we consider appropriate where Goodlawyer determines, in our sole discretion, that: (i) a Lawyer has violated the Terms of Service; or (ii) a Client is inappropriately or mistakenly charged for Legal Services or duplicate transactions regarding a Legal Service Contract.
Whenever a User is in “Default”, Goodlawyer will have the right to the remedies described in the Terms of Service in addition to any other remedies that may be available under Applicable Law.
A User is deemed in Default on the earliest occurrence of the following:
If a User is in Default, Goodlawyer may, without notice, temporarily or permanently close the User’s Account and revoke the User’s access to the Platform. Despite the foregoing, the User will remain responsible for any Aggregate Fees and any other amounts outstanding at the time of Default.
Without limiting other remedies, a User in Default will pay Goodlawyer upon demand for any Legal Fees, Service Fees and any other amounts outstanding at the time of Default, plus interest on such outstanding amounts, calculated at the lesser of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month or the maximum interest allowed by Applicable Law, and legal fees and other costs of enforcement and collection.
At Goodlawyer’s discretion and to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, when dealing with a User in Default, Goodlawyer may: (i) set off amounts due from the User against other amounts to be received by the User or held by Goodlawyer for the User; (ii) make appropriate reports and disclosures to credit reporting agencies and law enforcement authorities; and (iii) cooperate with credit reporting agencies and law enforcement authorities in any investigation or prosecution of such User in Default.
You agree that: (i) Goodlawyer used substantial labour and effort to develop the Platform Services to enable Clients to hire Lawyers online conveniently and transparently; and (ii) most of the compensation Goodlawyer receives for providing the Platform to Users is collected through the Service Fees described in these Terms.
Goodlawyer only receives Service Fees when a Client and a Lawyer use the Payment Services to satisfy the Aggregate Fees payable under a Legal Service Contract. Therefore, subject to the express written consent of Goodlawyer, (i) if you are a Lawyer you agree to use the Platform and the Payment Services as your exclusive method to invoice, request, process and receive payment for Legal Services (including Legal Fees, disbursements and taxes) in relation to any Lawyer-Client relationship or Legal Service Contract arising out of or facilitated by your use of the Platform; and (ii) if you are a Client you agree to use the Platform as your sole method to ask for Legal Services and to enter into a Legal Service Contract, and the Payment Services as your sole method to process and deliver payment for Legal Services (including Legal Fees, Service Fees, disbursements, and taxes) in relation to any Lawyer-Client relationship or Legal Service Contract arising out of or facilitated by your use of the Platform.
As recipient, each party will (a) use Confidential Information only to fulfill its obligations and exercise its rights under the Terms of Service, (b) not disclose Confidential Information to third-parties without the discloser’s prior approval, except as permitted in the Terms of Service and (c) protect Confidential Information using at least the same precautions recipient uses for its own similar information and no less than a reasonable standard of care.
The recipient may disclose Confidential Information to its employees, agents, contractors, and other representatives having a legitimate need to know (including, for Goodlawyers, its subcontractors referenced below (Subcontractors), provided it remains responsible for their compliance with this Section (Confidentiality) and they are bound to confidentiality obligations no less protective than this Section.
These confidentiality obligations do not apply to information that the recipient can document (a) is or becomes public knowledge through no fault of the recipient, (b) it rightfully known or possessed, without confidentiality restrictions, prior to receipt from the disclosure, (c) it rightfully received from a third-party without confidentiality restrictions or (d) it independently developed without using or referencing Confidential Information.
The recipient may disclose Confidential Information (including User Data) to the extent required by Applicable Laws. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the recipient may furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information that it is legally compelled or otherwise legally required to disclose. If permitted by Applicable Law, the recipient will give the disclosure reasonable advance notice of the required disclosure and reasonably cooperate, at the discloser’s expense, to obtain confidential treatment for the Confidential Information.
Goodlawyer maintains that its primary duty is to protect Confidential Information and Lawyer Data to the extent allowed by Applicable Laws. We reserve the right to provide Confidential Information and Lawyer Data to third-parties as required and permitted by Applicable Law (such as in response to a subpoena or court or tribunal order), and also to cooperate with legal services or lawyer regulators in the investigation of any criminal, civil, or administrative matter. Subject to the foregoing sentence, we may furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information that it is legally compelled or otherwise legally required to disclose.
Breach of this Section (Confidentiality) may cause substantial harm for which monetary damages are an insufficient remedy. Upon a breach of this Section, the disclosure is entitled to seek appropriate equitable relief, including an injunction, in addition to other remedies.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS FOUND OR ATTAINED THROUGH THE PLATFORM IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE PLATFORM, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS FOUND OR ATTAINED THROUGH THE PLATFORM ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
NEITHER GOODLAWYER NOR ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SUPPLIERS, OR SUCCESSORS MAKE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, OR ENDORSEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, SUITABILITY, ACCURACY, CURRENCY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE PLATFORM OR ITS CONTENTS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER GOODLAWYER NOR ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SUPPLIERS, OR SUCCESSORS REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS FOUND OR ATTAINED THROUGH THE PLATFORM WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT THE PLATFORM OR THE SERVER(S) THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
WE CANNOT AND DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT FILES OR DATA AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING FROM THE INTERNET OR THE PLATFORM WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE CODE. YOU ARE SOLELY AND ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM AND YOUR COMPUTER, INTERNET, AND DATA SECURITY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, OVERLOADING, FLOODING, MAILBOMBING, OR CRASHING, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, WORMS, LOGIC BOMBS, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS FOUND OR ATTAINED THROUGH THE PLATFORM OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
EXCEPT WHERE SUCH EXCLUSIONS ARE PROHIBITED BY LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL GOODLAWYER NOR ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SUPPLIERS, OR SUCCESSORS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “GOODLAWYER REPRESENTATIVES”) BE LIABLE FOR NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION, FUNDAMENTAL BREACH, DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF PRIVACY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE GOODLAWYER REPRESENTATIVE WAS ALLEGEDLY ADVISED OR HAD REASON TO KNOW, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, OR RELIANCE ON, THE PLATFORM, ANY LINKED WEBSITES OR SUCH OTHER THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES, NOR ANY GOODLAWYER CONTENT, WEBSITE MATERIALS, POSTING, OR INFORMATION EVEN IF THE PARTY WERE ALLEGEDLY ADVISED OR HAD REASON TO KNOW.
Without limitation, the above limitation of liability includes and absolves the Goodlawyer Representatives from liability for any damages or losses caused by or relating to:
THE GOODLAWYER REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE, OF ANY USER OF THE PLATFORM, AND THE GOODLAWYER REPRESENTATIVES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION, FUNDAMENTAL BREACH, DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF PRIVACY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF A GOODLAWYER REPRESENTATIVE WERE ALLEGEDLY ADVISED OR HAD REASON TO KNOW, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY LEGAL SERVICE CONTRACT OR LEGAL SERVICES DELIVERED THROUGH THE PLATFORM.
This Section discusses your agreement not to hold the Goodlawyer Representatives responsible for any dispute you may have with another User, as detailed below.
On top of the recognition that Goodlawyer is not a party to any Legal Service Contract between a Client and a Lawyer, you release the Goodlawyer Representatives from claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or connected with any dispute you have with another User, whether it be at law or in equity.
This release includes, without limitation, any disputes over the performance, function, and quality of the Legal Services provided to a Client by a Lawyer and requests for refunds based on disputes in connection with it.
This Section discusses your agreement to pay for any costs or losses we may suffer due to a claim brought against us related to your use of the Platform or your illegal or harmful conduct, as detailed below.
You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Goodlawyer, our affiliates, and our respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, partners, and agents (each an “Indemnified Party”) from all third-party claims, losses and liabilities of any kind relating to or arising out of:
For this Section, your agents will include any person with apparent authority to access or use your Account, as shown by using your username and password.
Subject to Applicable Laws, without limiting our other rights or remedies, Goodlawyer may, in our sole determination, temporarily or indefinitely: (i) deny any Account registration; (ii) refuse to provide any Platform Services to you; or (iii) deactivate or suspend your Account.
If your Account is temporarily or permanently deactivated or suspended, you may not use the Platform under a different Account or re-register under a new Account without Goodlawyer’s prior written consent.
Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, if your Account is deactivated or suspended you may lose access to any data, messages, files, or other material or documentation stored in your Account and any deactivation or suspension of your Account may involve the deletion of any data, messages, files, or other material or documentation stored in your Account for which Goodlawyer will have no liability. Goodlawyer, in its sole discretion and as permitted or required by Applicable Law, may keep some or all of your Account information.
You agree that the value, reputation, and goodwill of the Platform depend on transparency of User’s Account status to all Users, including both yourself and other Users who have entered into Legal Service Contracts with you. You agree as follows:
IF GOODLAWYER DECIDES TO DEACTIVATE OR SUSPEND YOUR ACCOUNT TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY, GOODLAWYER HAS THE RIGHT, SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW: (i) NOTIFY OTHER USERS THAT HAVE ENTERED INTO LEGAL SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH YOU TO INFORM THEM OF YOUR ACCOUNT STATUS; AND (II) PROVIDE THOSE USERS WITH A SUMMARY OF THE REASONS FOR YOUR ACCOUNT DEACTIVATION OR SUSPENSION. YOU AGREE THAT GOODLAWYER WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO ANY NOTICE THAT IT MAY PROVIDE TO ANY USER REGARDING A DEACTIVATED OR SUSPENDED ACCOUNT STATUS OR THE REASON(S) FOR SUCH DEACTIVATION OR SUSPENSION.
We may use subcontractors and permit them to exercise our rights and fulfill our obligations, but we remain responsible for their compliance with the Terms of Service and for our overall performance under the Terms of Service.
If a dispute arises between you and Goodlawyer, our goal is to resolve the dispute quickly, cost-effectively, and in a friendly way.
You agree to resolve any claim, dispute, or controversy arising out of or relating to your use of the Platform or otherwise arising out of or relating to your relationship with Goodlawyer or the Platform or the termination of any relationship like this (each, a “Claim”) under the following dispute resolution provisions (“Arbitration Provisions”).
The Arbitration Provisions apply to all Users and Claims are governed by and will be construed following the laws of the Province of Alberta, Canada. The Terms of Service and the Arbitration Provisions continue to survive and apply after your relationship with Goodlawyer ends.
Before serving a demand for arbitration of a Claim, you agree to first tell Goodlawyer about the Claim by email to help@goodlawyer.ca (a “Claim Notice”). You shall then seek informal voluntary resolution of the Claim. A valid Claim Notice must include all pertinent Account information and an adequate description of the Claim so that Goodlawyer may evaluate the merit of the Claim and try to resolve the Claim.
In the unlikely event the parties cannot resolve a Claim within 60 days following Goodlawyer’s receipt of a Claim Notice, you agree to only seek other resolution of the Claim by final and binding arbitration before a neutral arbitrator selected by Goodlawyer instead of a court or jury.
Except as otherwise permitted by Goodlawyer, arbitration will be conducted in Calgary, Alberta.
Any party may appear at the arbitration by telephone or video rather than in person.
The arbitrator must follow and apply laws of the Province of Alberta and may award only remedies that would have applied had the matter been heard in court. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s decision in any court having jurisdiction.
Despite any other provision of these Terms, no amendment to the Arbitration Provisions will apply to any matter pending in an arbitration proceeding brought under the Arbitration Provisions unless all parties to that arbitration consent in writing to that amendment.
These Arbitration Provisions are the complete agreement relating to formally resolving Claims and all Claims will be decided by an arbitrator and not by a court. The parties expressly agree that the arbitrator and not a court will decide any question of whether the User agreed to arbitrate its Claim, including, but not limited to, any Claim that all or part of these Arbitration Provisions or any other part of the Terms of Service is void or voidable.
If any portion of these Arbitration Provisions are treated as unenforceable, the rest of these Arbitration Provisions will be enforceable. If any part of the Class Action Waiver is deemed unenforceable, you agree these Arbitration Provisions will be enforced as much as the law allows.
You agree to bring any Claim in arbitration individually only, and not on a class or collective basis on behalf of others. There will be no right or authority for any Claim to be brought, heard, or arbitrated as a class or collective action, or as a member in any such class or collective proceeding (“Class Action Waiver”).
Despite any other provision of these Terms, disputes about the enforceability, revocability, scope, or validity or breach of the Class Action Waiver may be resolved only by a civil court of competent jurisdiction and not by an arbitrator.
Goodlawyer may lawfully seek enforcement of these Arbitration Provisions and the Class Action Waiver under the Arbitration Act (Alberta) and seek dismissal of class or collective actions or claims.
You may opt out of the preceding Arbitration Provisions by telling Goodlawyer in writing within 30 days of the date you first registered for the Platform. To opt out, you must send a written notification to Goodlawyer at help@goodlawyer.ca. that includes:
The Terms of Service will be interpreted following the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable in it, without regard to conflict-of-law provisions.
Any legal proceedings not captured and governed by the Arbitration Provisions must be brought in the courts of Calgary, Alberta, Canada unless Goodlawyer agrees to some other location in its sole discretion.
You submit and consent to venue and personal jurisdiction in Calgary, Alberta.
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be struck and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
You may not assign, transfer, or delegate your obligations under the Terms of Service and your rights and obligations without our prior written consent. Goodlawyer may without restriction assign, transfer, or delegate any of its rights and obligations under this agreement, at its sole discretion, without notice to you.
Our failure to enforce any right or provision in these Terms will not be a waiver of such right or provision unless agreed to by us in writing. Except as expressly stated 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 permitted under Applicable Laws.
Except as they may be supplemented by other terms, policies, guidelines or standards, the Terms of Service are the entire agreement between Goodlawyer and the User about the topic of it and supersede any prior oral or written understandings or agreements between Goodlawyer and you in relation to your access to, and use of, the Platform.
Any capitalized terms used in these Terms that are not defined here will have the meanings given to them in our Privacy Policy.
