Terms of Use/Disclaimer

Costs Partners Pty Ltd (“Costs Partners”) welcomes you to this web site. By accessing or using this web site, you agree to the Terms of Use of our website, which Terms of Use include our legal disclaimer as set out below, our privacy policy and any other terms or conditions on this website (as such items may change from time to time).
Our Terms of Use may change at any time without notice and at our discretion. A version of the current Terms of Use will be displayed on our website. By continuing to use our website you accept the Terms of Use as the apply and as may be varied from time to time. The legal disclaimer set out below (and as may be varied from time to time) is in no way (either expressly or implicitly) limited or altered by any other terms or conditions on this website

Legal Status

Costs Partners Pty Limited (ACN107 790 456) is a registered Australian Proprietary Company, Limited By Shares.

Website Information Not Legal Advice

Costs Partners does not hold itself, its directors, employees, agents or consultants out as legal practitioners and does not provide legal advice. The information (including publications and content) on this website (“Information”) is intended only to provide a summary and general overview on matters of interest, without an assumption of duty of care or liability by Costs Partners or any of its officers or employees. It is not intended to be comprehensive or complete and whilst we attempt to ensure it is current, Costs Partners does not provide (either expressly or implicitly) any warranty or assurance as to its currency.
The Information provided does not constitute legal advice and Costs Partners does not represent that it holds the authorisations and approvals required to provide legal advice in any jurisdiction where the content of this website may be viewed. You should seek legal or other professional advice before acting or relying on any of the Information.

No Liability

In compiling the Information, whilst Costs Partners endeavors to ensure that the Information is correct and current at the time of publication (or when changes are made, at the time such changes are made) however the information on this website could include errors, defects or inaccuracies. Costs Partners does not guarantee or make any warranty or representation regarding the currency, quality, accuracy, completeness, merchantability or fitness for purpose of any of the Information which may be viewed or downloaded and takes no responsibility for any errors or defects in the Information.
Costs Partners does not warrant or represent that viewing or downloading the Information will not cause damage, is free from any computer virus or is free from any other defect or error. Costs Partners is not liable to users of the Information for any loss or damage however caused suffered in connection with the use of this website or resulting from the viewing, use or downloading of the Information.
To the extent permitted by law, Costs Partners excludes all liability for any loss or damage arising from using or relying on the Information, whether or not caused by any negligent act or omission. If any law prohibits the exclusion of such liability, Costs Partners limits its liability to the maximum extent permitted by the law and including (without limitation) to the extent provided for by the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010). Costs Partners will, to the maximum extent permitted by law, never be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss arising out of the use of this website, including (without limitation) loss of business profits.

No Client Relationship

Your use of this website or the receipt of any Information from this website is not intended to create nor does it create a client relationship between you and Costs Partners.

Links

Our website provides links to other websites which we do not control. Costs Partners is not liable for and makes no warranty or representation about the quality or accuracy of information on those websites nor does it assume any liability in respect of or arising out of the content those websites.

Costs Partners Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise indicated, Costs Partners owns the copyright in the content on this website. Some of the copyright in the content may be owned by someone else and is included on our website under a licence or agreement.
You may only access and use the content for non-commercial or personal use unless you have prior written approval from Costs Partners. You may print out any content on this website for your personal use. All other use, copying or reproduction of this website or any part of it is prohibited (except to the extent permitted by law). None of the content or any part of our website may be reproduced on any other website or publication.
If you seek to use or reproduce the content in any way it is your responsibility to obtain approval for such use where necessary.

Jurisdiction

This website is created and controlled by Costs Partners and the Terms and Conditions are governed by and intended to be interpreted in accordance with the laws of Australia.
You must ensure that access to and use of this website is in accordance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

Spam

Costs Partners publishes electronic addresses on this website to facilitate communication relating to our business functions. This is not to be inferred as consent by Costs Partners or the relevant addressees to receiving unsolicited commercial electronic messages or SPAM.

Privacy

Collecting your information

We collect personal information when we provide our services to you, or when client requires us to collect information on their behalf. Generally, if appropriate, we will tell you why we are collecting personal information and how we plan to use it, or these things will be obvious when we collect the information.
If you are a client, or employed by a client, we usually collect personal information such as your business contact details, job title or position and your expertise and interests. Where relevant, we may ask you for other information – for example your membership of professional associations or boards or, in rare cases, financial information. We may collect other personal information in the course of providing services to you or your employer, or to someone else.
If you apply for a job with us we may collect certain information from you such as your name and contact details, information about your working history and relevant records checks, from any recruitment consultant and from your previous employers, universities and others who may be able to provide information to us to assist us in our decision on whether or not to make you an offer of employment.

Collecting your information using this website

We generally only collect personal information from this website when it is provided voluntarily by you – for example, when you fill in a form to subscribe to our publications or to register to attend a seminar.
When you visit this website or download information from it, our Internet Service Provider (ISP) makes a record of your visit and records the following information:
your Internet address;
your domain name, if applicable; and
the date and time of your visit to the website.
Our ISP may also collect and hold information such as the pages our users access, the documents they download, links from other sites they follow to reach our site, and the type of browser they use. However, this information is anonymous and is only used for statistical and website development purposes.

How we use and disclose your information

We use your information to provide and market our services to you, to enhance and develop our relationship with you and to comply with certain laws and regulations. We may share your information with service providers, agents and contractors from time to time to help us to provide and market our services to you or as otherwise required or authorized by law.
We handle personal information relying on the employee and related bodies corporate exemptions in the Privacy Act where those exemptions are relevant.

Use of cookies

A cookie is a small message given to your web browser by our web server. The browser stores the message in a text file, and the message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
We may make use of cookies on this website.
Most Internet browsers are set up to accept cookies. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may be able to change the settings of your browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to your computer, giving you the choice whether to accept it or not.
The internet is not a secure environment. If you use the Internet to send us any information, including your email address, it is sent at your own risk. Our websites may contain links to other websites. Costs Partners is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites.
You have a right to access most personal information we hold about you and to seek its correction. Please contact us to ask for access to your information, or if you have a complaint concerning your information privacy. We may deny your request in some circumstances. If we do this, we will tell you why. Any complaint will be investigated by us and the outcome of that investigation communicated to you (please allow at least 30 days for us to do so). If you are not satisfied with the outcome, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at enquiries@oaic.gov.au or on 1300 363 992.

Accuracy

If you think that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, please contact us at:
info@costspartners.com.au on +61 2 9006 1033 and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.