TERMS OF USE

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These terms and conditions, as well as any other additional terms, conditions, notices, and disclaimers displayed elsewhere on this website [www.akiadvocate.com] (Terms), apply to your use of this website. Please read these terms carefully before accessing or using the information and services available through this website. These Terms may be modified from time to time without notice to you, and you should therefore regularly review these Terms for any such modifications.

 

Your access and/or use of this Website constitutes your continued acceptance of all terms, conditions, and notices that are effective as of the date and time you use or access the Website. These Terms will constitute a legal agreement between “you” (the user of this Website) and “us” (ALK).

 

akiadvocate.com (the “website”) is owned by ALK Advocates & Legal Consultants, and the terms “we,” “our,” or “us” (irrespective of the case in which these words may be typed) include the website or its affiliates, while not being limited to the same. This document sets out the terms of use of: 

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• The website
   

• Any of our social media pages; and
   

• Any of our other technological platforms in whatever form. (Together referred to as “our Platforms”).

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We recommend reading these terms before using any of the above-mentioned, since the same would apply to your use of, including but not limited to, accessing, browsing, or referring to our posts, or any such use of the website that may be incidental thereto. By accessing, browsing, and using the website, you accept, without limitation or qualification, these Terms of Use.

 

CONTENT POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE AND ACCESS

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The content posted on this website would include, but not be limited to, information relating to our organization, areas of expertise (services and sectors), descriptions of our team members, information on locations we operate in, career posts, blog posts, etc. We provide the same for the purpose of general information on us and our work, and the communications via this website do not constitute a lawyer-client relationship. The information posted is true to the best of our knowledge; however, there shall be no claims concerning the content posted therein. However, the users are solely responsible for verifying the information provided therein. Furthermore, we do not guarantee that our website, our platforms, or our social media pages will always be available or be uninterrupted. We are at liberty to suspend, withdraw, discontinue, or change all or any part of the above-mentioned without notice. We may provide third-party links on this website. The same has to be understood as links included for your convenience, and the same, by no means, are to be understood as our endorsement of the same. We have no responsibility for the contents on the linked websites, if any.

 

We do not represent that it is authorized to provide legal advice in all the jurisdictions from which this website can be viewed.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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The content, design, and other features on this website cannot be used without our express authorization. We retain every right, title, and interest (including all copyright, trademark, patent, trade secrets, and any other applicable intellectual property rights) in the website. The website is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secrets, unfair competition, and other laws as applicable, through the application of local laws or international treaties. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or modification of this website may violate such laws.

 

GOVERNING LAW AND FORUM SELECTION

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This website is registered, controlled, and operated by us. These Terms will be governed by the applicable laws of the United Arab Emirates and the laws of the Emirate of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. By accessing this website, you agree to comply with the exclusive jurisdiction of the Dubai and Abu Dhabi Courts.

 

INDEMNITY, DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

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You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the owner or any of its subsidiaries from and against any and all suits, losses, claims, demands, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal costs) arising from or relating to (i) (i) your use of the website; (ii) any breach of these Terms; or (iii) your violation of any applicable law, obligation, or breach of any of our rights. This obligation continues to apply in perpetuity, starting from the time of access.

 

Except for the legal obligations we are inevitably required to abide by, we expressly disclaim, so far as applicable laws permit, any and all express, implied, and statutory warranties, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, freedom from computer virus, title, and non-infringement of proprietary rights.

 

The content posted on this website is for the purposes of information, and we would not be liable for any indirect, direct, incidental, special, or consequential damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data, business, or profits) resulting from the use of this website or arising out of these Terms or the inability to use the website or any products, services, or information obtained or stored in or from the website, whether in tort or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Furthermore, we will not be liable to you if for any reason our content is unavailable at any time or for any period.

 

PRIVACY

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We may collect personal information from you when you use, including but not limited to, the contact options and e-mail links via the website to communicate with us, access password-protected areas, or otherwise provide us with personally identifiable information.

 

In addition to the personal information we may collect, access to this website results in the collection of other non-personal information. For each visitor to this website, the website’s server will automatically recognize and store your Internet Protocol address; however, the same does not include any of your personal information. In addition, this website may use cookies. Most web browsers are set by default to accept cookies; however, you may set your browser to either prompt or refuse cookies. Rejecting cookies might restrict the functionality of this website as a whole. We use the non-personal information collected for tracking the statistics of this website, which allows us to better understand our users and improve the site. We will not share your personal information with any third party without your prior consent; however, once you consent to sharing data with any third party, the liability entailing any prohibited use of your data by such third parties shall solely lie on them, and we do not take any responsibility for the same.

 

MODIFICATION CLAUSE

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We reserve the rights to revise these Terms anytime, with such revisions, if any, made effective immediately and binding on users accessing the website thereafter.