In using this site and requesting us to arrange your consultation with a barrister, you accept the Terms and Conditions below.

Terms and Conditions

  1. Introduction
    • These terms and conditions (Terms) apply to your use of the Barristers Direct service and website (Service) which we own and maintain. These Terms should be read with, and are in addition to, our privacy policy (Privacy Policy), which tells you how we use your personal information and which is accessible from the homepage of this website at barristersdirect.ie.
    • Please read these Terms carefully. By using the Service you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must stop using the Service immediately.
    • We may update or amend these Terms from time to time to comply with law or to meet our changing business or regulatory requirements without notice to you. By using the Service you agree to be bound by these updates and amendments.
  1. About Us
    • We are Barristers Direct Ltd, a company registered in Ireland with registered address of Suite 122, Capel Building, Mary’s Abbey, Dublin 7, (“Barristers Direct”, “we”, “us”, “our”).
    • If you have any questions, complaints or comments about the Service or these Terms then please contact us on contact@barristersdirect.ie.
  1. The Service
    • The Service is designed to help you find a barrister to assist with your legal needs.
    • On payment of the advertised fee, a consultation will be arranged for you with a barrister who has experience in the area of law that your query relates to.
    • Any contact or relationship that you have with, including any advice you receive from, any barrister introduced to you via the Service is strictly between you and the relevant barrister only, and is subject to any separate terms you may agree with that barrister. We accept no responsibility or liability for, and have no involvement with, any such contract, relationship or advice.
    • We neither offer legal advice nor any type of legal service, nor do we make any statement (express or implied) that your use of the Service will produce any particular outcome.
  1. Your Use of the Service
    • You confirm that:
      (a)            any information and details provided by you to us are true, accurate and up to date in all respects and at all times; and
      (b)            you will at all times comply with these Terms.
    • You agree that in using the Service you will not:
      (a)            use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in a way which infringes the rights of anyone else or restricts or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the Service;
      (b)            use the Service in any way that interrupts, damages, impairs or renders the Service less efficient;
      (c)            impersonate any other person (living or dead), misrepresent your connection with a person or entity, or provide false or otherwise misleading information;
      (d)            transfer files that contain viruses, trojans or other harmful programs;
      (e)            authorise, encourage or assist any other person to, copy, modify, reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, alter or otherwise tamper with any software (including source code), databases and other technology that forms part of the Service;
      (f)              penetrate or attempt to penetrate the Service security measures; or
      (g)            email, publish or otherwise disseminate any content which is defamatory, obscene, or may have the effect of being harassing, threatening or abusive to an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age or disability or that is otherwise inappropriate.
    • You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Service, such as ensuring you have the capability to participate in an online consultation (via Zoom or Microsoft Teams) or a telephone consultation.
    • We reserve the right to suspend, restrict or terminate your access to the Service at any time without notice if we have reasonable grounds to believe you have breached any of the above restrictions or any other provision of these Terms. This shall not limit our right to take any other action against you that we consider appropriate to defend our rights or those of any other person.
    • You agree and acknowledge that all intellectual property including but not limited to, copyright, moral rights, patents, trademarks, trade name, service marks, designs (software or otherwise), data base rights, whether registered or unregistered generally present and future in and relating to this website belong exclusively to Barristers Direct. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, sell, display, exploit or otherwise use any of the intellectual property. The design of this website, text, graphics, content and software thereof are copyright of Barristers Direct Ltd.
  1. Availability and Content
    • We provide the Service on an ‘as-is’ basis and do not guarantee that the Service will be available or fault free and do not accept any liability for any errors or omissions. We may suspend or terminate the Service without notice at any time if we feel this is necessary (for example to perform upgrades or maintenance).
    • This website has been prepared to the best of our knowledge and is subject to change at our discretion. This website is intended as a general guide to Barristers Direct and the services offered by us, by our network of barristers, and our practice areas; and does not give any legal advice.
    • We accept no responsibility or liability for your reliance on the Service and any reliance is entirely at your own risk. While we take reasonable precautions to prevent the existence of computer viruses and/or other malicious programs in the Service, we accept no liability for them.
  1. Links
    • We may provide links to other websites as part of Service. You acknowledge that:
      (a)  we do not control such third party websites and are not responsible for their contents;
  • we will not be party to any transaction or contract with a third party that you may enter into via such websites;
  • we shall not be liable to you in respect of any loss or damage which you may suffer by using those websites; and
  • you agree that you will not involve us in any dispute between you and the third party.
  1. Limits on Our Liability
    • We exclude all liability for any indirect or consequential loss, or for any direct or indirect loss of profit, data, opportunity or reputation, or any other incidental, punitive, special, exemplary loss or damage howsoever arising from the use of or reliance on the Service or this website.
  1. Personal Data
    • We will collect and use the personal data you provide to us in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
  1. General
    • Any controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms and/or the use of the Service shall be settled by arbitration. The place of arbitration shall be Dublin, Ireland. The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English. The Arbitration Tribunal shall consist of a single arbitrator appointed by agreement between the parties or, failing agreement between the parties within 30 days after a request for arbitration is made by any party, appointed on the application of any party by the Chairperson for the time being of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Ireland Branch.

 

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