Terms of Use
By accessing and using our websites, you are agreeing to be bound by the following Terms of Use. We further reserve the right to modify or alter these Terms of Use without notice or penalty and by using our websites you are agreeing to be bound by any such modifications, alterations or amendments. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, do not use our websites.
All rights reserved. Our websites contain information, software, communications, text, graphics, advertising, images, photos, artwork and other material and services (collectively, the “Information”) that are protected by various Canadian and international intellectual property laws, including but not limited to copyright and trademark law, and other proprietary rights, which rights exist in the Information currently on our websites and which rights will continue to exist in all Information developed or posted on our websites in future.
Permission is granted to use (display or print) short extracts of the Information on our websites for personal, non-commercial, transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a limited licence, not a transfer of title, and under this limited licence you may not:
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modify, copy, reproduce, republish, or re-disseminate the Information;
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use the Information for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
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attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on our websites;
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scrape or conduct any other activity designed to collect, reorganize or manipulate the Information;
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remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the Information;
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transfer the Information to another person or “mirror” the Information on any other server; and
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perform any other activity that is not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use.
This licence shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by us at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of the Information or upon the termination of this licence, you must destroy any downloaded Information in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.
Our websites contain links to other Internet websites. These links are provided to you as convenient references to help you locate other Internet resources that may be of interest to you. We have not conducted a detailed review of all of the sites linked to our websites and are not responsible for the contents of any such linked site as such links are developed and operated independently from ourselves. The inclusion of any link on our websites does not imply endorsement of the site by us unless specifically stated otherwise. A link to another site should not be construed to imply that our websites are affiliated with or associated with, or is legally authorized to use any trade-mark, trade name, logo or copyrighted symbol that may be reflected in the link or the description of the link to such other sites unless an affiliation is specifically identified within our websites. Use of any such linked website is at the user’s own risk.
You agree to use our websites at your sole risk and that we are not responsible for any damages whatsoever and howsoever caused, arising out of or in connection with the use of our websites or in reliance on the Information available on our websites, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, pecuniary and exemplary damages, loss of use, lost data, lost business profits, business interruption, personal injury, fines, penalties or any other pecuniary loss, whether in an action for contract, negligence or other tortious action, even if we have been informed of the possibility thereof. We disclaim all representations, warranties and conditions regarding our websites and the Information to the fullest extent permitted by law including, without limitation, implied warranties and conditions of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to our websites and the Information thereon.
The Information posted on our websites, including but not limited to, articles, case commentaries, newsletters, opinions and viewpoints, is provided for informational and educational purposes only. The Information posted on our websites is not intended to provide, and does not constitute, any legal, accounting or tax advice and should never be relied upon in this respect. Accessing material posted on our websites and/or communicating with a lawyer or other firm employees by way of email or through our websites does not create a lawyer/client, other professional/client or fiduciary relationship. We urge all users of our websites to seek the advice of a professional and not to rely on the Information posted on our websites.
The Information appearing on our websites and our YouTube videos could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. We do not warrant or guarantee the quality, accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the Information provided. Furthermore, Information on our websites and YouTube videos may no longer be accurate due to the passage of time, changes to the law or court decisions. We may make changes to the Information contained on our websites or YouTube videos at any time without notice. However, we do not make any commitment to update the Information nor are we obligated to update the Information. You should not act upon, or fail to act upon, Information on our websites.
We may revise these Terms of Use for our websites at any time without notice or penalty. By using our websites you are agreeing to be bound by the most current version of these Terms of Use.
We cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any communication made by email or otherwise through our websites and cannot guarantee such communication is protected by solicitor/client or any other professional privilege. Internet email is especially vulnerable to interception and therefore, you agree use of our websites at your sole risk and that we will not be responsible for any damages you may suffer as a result of transmitting confidential information to us via email or our websites or implicitly or explicitly authorizing us to send confidential information to you via the Internet.
You acknowledge that you have accessed our websites voluntarily and that you alone are responsible for ensuring compliance with any applicable local, national or international laws, including but not limited to any regulations having the force of law. You are hereby advised that some jurisdictions may restrict Internet usage by their residents.
We control our websites from within the Province of Alberta in Canada. Our websites, however, can be accessed by all Canadian provinces and territories, as well as from other places around the world. By accessing our websites, you agree that the laws of the Province of Alberta and the laws of Canada applicable therein shall govern as to the interpretation, validity and effect of these Terms of Use or any other agreement posted on our websites notwithstanding any conflict of laws provisions or your domicile, residence or physical location. You and us hereby consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Alberta Court of King's Bench in any action or proceeding instituted or related to our websites.