Terms of Use & Privacy

The business of ‘Allion Partners’ is conducted by Allion Partners Pty Ltd ABN 43 109 326 463 (Allion Partners). Allion Partners is an incorporated entity and should not be interpreted or construed as a partnership at law. The title ‘Partner’ within Allion Partners conveys the person is a senior practitioner within the company and is among the group of practitioners who have day-to-day and strategic responsibility for services provided to clients. However, they are not an owner or part owner of the Allion Partners business via a partnership structure and are not personally liable for the provision of services. The business of providing legal services offered is owned and conducted by Allion Partners Pty Ltd ABN 43 109 326 463.

Please read these terms and conditions carefully. By using our website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

Amendments to Terms and Conditions

We reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions from time to time. Amendments will be effective immediately upon notification on this website. Your continued use of the website following such notification will represent an agreement by you to be bound by the terms and conditions as amended.

If you do not agree with any of these terms and conditions please exit this website and contact us directly with any queries you may have.

This Website Does Not Contain Legal Advice

This website is designed only to be a source of general information about us and it does not contain legal advice. You must not rely on any of the contents of this website (including our regular client updates and newsletters) as legal advice.

This website does not create a solicitor-client relationship between you and Allion Partners. If you want legal advice on which you may rely, you must instruct a lawyer to give you specific advice.

Disclaimer and Liability

Our website material consists of general content only. We give no warranty as to accuracy, currency, reliability, fitness and suitability of anything on this website. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all liability whether direct or indirect, which may arise as a result of the use of this website. We will not be liable for any special damages; indirect damages; incidental damages; consequential damages or lost profits under any circumstances.

By using our website you agree to indemnify us for any loss or liability arising out of your use of our website.

Intellectual Property

We own or are authorised to use the intellectual property, including copyright, in all content of this website. You may not copy or reproduce it without our consent except as permitted by law.

This website may contain the names and trademarks of other entities. We do not authorise you to use these names and trademarks in any way whatsoever, and the inclusion of those names and trademarks does not indicate that the named entities endorse our services or the content of this website in any way.

Linked Websites

This website may contain links to other websites (“linked websites”). Those links are provided for your convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained.

We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices associated with linked websites, and the linked websites should not be construed as an endorsement, approval or recommendation by us of the owners or operators of those linked websites, or of any information, graphics, materials, products or services referred to or contained on those linked websites, unless we expressly state otherwise.

Specific Warnings

You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which you employ for accessing this website does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference that may damage your own computer system. For the removal of doubt, we do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your own computer system that arises in connection with your use of this website or any linked website.

Applicable Law

This website and its use are governed by the laws of Western Australia.

Privacy Policy

We are committed to complying with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act).

What is personal information?

Personal information is defined under the Privacy Act and includes any information or opinion, regardless of its source, which identifies an individual, or from which an individual’s identity can be ascertained, whether the information is:

• true or not; and
• recorded in material form or not.

Personal information includes, but is not limited to:

• personal details (including name, address, telephone number or email address);
• employment details; and
• bank account details.

Collection of personal information

Our website does not collect personal information about people who use it. Our internet server may collect data about computers used to access the website. This information is used for internal statistical purposes. If you disclose personal information to us when using our website or at any other time, we will handle that information under our privacy policy.

For us to use your information, we require your express or implied consent in accordance with the APPs. Your consent must be current and specific, voluntarily given and you must have the capacity to understand the information in this privacy policy and communicate your consent.

We only collect personal information necessary to perform our business functions and activities. We will need to collect personal information from you when you instruct us to act for you and in most cases where we have other business dealings with you. The nature of personal information we collect will depend on your dealings with us.

For example, the type of personal information we may collect in connection with the services we provide includes:

• name and contact details;
• job title; and
• communications between you and us.

We may also collect and hold personal information about contractors, service providers and job applicants, such as name and contact details, references and information required to make payments.

In general, we collect personal information directly from the individual to whom the information relates, or the organisation of which that person is an employee, director or principal.

Use and disclosure of personal information

We do not sell, rent or trade personal information to or with third parties. We will use and disclose personal information for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing legal services, contracting out our functions to external service providers and complying with our legal and regulatory obligations. Otherwise, we will not disclose personal information unless required by law or permitted under the Privacy Act.

We may disclose personal information to external service providers located overseas who supply services to us or on our behalf in connection with our provision of services to clients. Additionally, in the course of acting for clients, it may be necessary to disclose personal information to overseas recipients. As the countries in which these overseas recipients are located will depend on the specific circumstances of the client’s matter, it is not practicable to specify each possible country in this policy.

We may use your personal details, including your email address, to provide you with information about legal developments and marketing our services. If at any time you do not wish to receive further marketing information, please let us know by email at info@allionpartners.com.

Security of personal information

We take all reasonable steps to prevent unauthorised access to, and disclosure of, personal information, and take all reasonable care to protect personal information from misuse and loss.

If there is a serious data breach involving personal information likely to result in serious risk of harm to our clients, we will promptly contain the breach and undertake an assessment of the suspected data breach. Where an eligible data breach has been identified we will notify all clients and provide details of the data breach, before reporting a statement of the breach to the Australian Information Commissioner.

Access to personal information

Under the Privacy Act, you are entitled to access your personal information, subject to some exceptions. You also have the right to ask us to update or correct your personal information when it is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date.

Please send a written request to the Privacy Officer at the contact details below, if you wish to:

• access your personal information that we hold;
• request the information be corrected or amended; or
• have any questions or concerns regarding this policy or your rights under this policy.

Contact details: info@allionpartners.com.

Email Disclosure

Important Notice Regarding Emails from Allion Partners

All e-mails and any attachments (‘e-mail’) from Allion Partners are confidential and may be the subject of legal professional privilege and/or copyright.

If you are not the authorised recipient of an e-mail, please contact Allion Partners immediately by return e-mail or telephone on
+61 8 9216 7100.

If this is the case, you must not read, re-transmit, copy, store or act in reliance on that e-mail and you must delete all copies of the e-mail.

Allion Partners is not responsible for any changes made to an original e-mail other than those changes made by Allion Partners. Allion Partners cannot guarantee that any e-mail received from Allion Partners is free from a virus or any other defect and it is the responsibility of the recipient to scan and otherwise test e-mails received from Allion Partners.