Subscriber terms & conditions

The following terms and conditions apply to you (the Subscriber) when you purchase a subscription to the Arts Law Centre of Australia (Arts Law):

The Subscriber acknowledges that Arts Law does not:
1. represent clients in litigation, arbitration or mediation proceedings;
2. negotiate contracts or other deals on behalf of clients; or
3. draft contracts or other documents except in exceptional circumstances.
Subject to paragraph 3, Arts Law agrees that legal advice will be given only by lawyers who are qualified solicitors or barristers.
The Subscriber understands that work may be done on a file by law students but only under the supervision of a qualified Arts Law lawyer.
Arts Law agrees not to charge fees (including professional costs and office expenses) for any legal advice which it provides apart from the annual subscription fee, and any fee payable by the Subscriber for the purchase of Arts Law publications.
The Subscriber understands that:
1. if the Subscriber is in a dispute in which the other party to that dispute has made prior contact with Arts Law for legal advice, Arts Law must avoid a conflict of interest. In order to do so, Arts Law must decline to advise the Subscriber. Instead, at its discretion Arts Law will, insofar as possible, organise a document review for the Subscriber for independent advice, or refer the Subscriber to an Arts Law referral lawyer for an initial free consultation;
2. where a commercial or government organisation seeks advice from Arts Law about a contract with an artist when it can be anticipated that the artist may also seek advice from Arts Law, the organisation acknowledges that Arts Law has discretion to advise the artist and to give the organisation best practice advice in lieu of advice unless Arts Law decides, at its discretion, to decline to advise the organisation altogether.
Arts Law agrees not to disclose to any other Subscriber or third party any confidential information or knowledge which it obtains as a result of advising the Subscriber, unless the advice was provided to the Subscriber as best practice advice. In that case, the best practice guidelines apply.
If Arts Law provides a referral to a lawyer on Arts Law's panel of referral lawyers, the Subscriber understands that Arts Law will not contribute to the costs of the referral lawyer who is completely independent of Arts Law. Any arrangement or advice or representation that the Subscriber makes with a referral lawyer will be in the nature of a commercial relationship between that referral lawyer and the Subscriber in a solicitor/client relationship.
Upon completing its advice or review in a matter raised by a Subscriber, Arts Law will return to the Subscriber, on request, any original document provided to Arts Law by the Subscriber. Arts Law will be entitled to dispose of such documents without notice to the Subscriber and will not be responsible for loss, theft or damage to such document if a request for its return has not been made within six months of Arts Law completing its advice or review.
Arts Law will archive and keep closed files for seven years. It is entitled to destroy a file after that period without notice to the Subscriber.
Subscribers are entitled to a review of up to six documents per year. After the Subscriber has submitted six documents for review (either as one single review of six documents or as many reviews of one or several documents), the Subscriber will need to resubscribe in order to access further document review services that year. The Subscriber will, however, remain entitled to all other subscription entitlements for the remainder of that subscription year.