1. The Intellectual Property Rights in and to the Websites and all information and materials on the Websites are owned, licensed to or controlled by Equal Justice, our licensors or our service providers. We reserve the right to enforce our Intellectual Property Rights to the fullest extent of the law.

2. You may be permitted to download, print or use the Websites, and any of their information, content or materials, provided that:

a. It is for your general information only (and not considered legal advice);

b. It is in its complete form and is for your personal use or non-commercial purposes within your not-for-profit organisation, with Equal Justice (and relevant licensors) clearly acknowledged as copyright owner and links and disclaimers retained;

c. You do not modify any part of the content on the Websites and that Equal Justice and/or the relevant copyright owners retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Websites and its information, content or materials; and

d. You do not publish or re-produce (such as replicate the Equal Justice materials, information, content or any part of the Websites on another website or newsletter) without our prior written approval or that of the relevant copyright owners.

3. All other rights are reserved. You note that specific materials on the Websites (such as publications) may have their own specific copyright notices.

4. You may provide links to these Websites provided that the links are clearly acknowledged and are not framed by advertising or any images or materials which may mislead or deceive a person as to the source or the author of Equal Justice’s materials.

5. The Trademarks are registered and unregistered trademarks of Equal Justice or third parties. Nothing on the Websites and in these Terms shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any licence or right to use (including as a meta tag or as a “hot” link to any other website) any Trademarks displayed on the Websites, without the written permission of Equal Justice or any other applicable trademark owner.

6. For the purposes of this section:

a. “Intellectual Property Rights” means trademarks, service marks, rights in trade names, business names, logos or get-up, patents, rights in inventions, registered and unregistered design rights, copyrights, database rights, rights in domain names and URLs, rights protecting goodwill and reputation, and all other similar rights in any part of the world including where such rights are or may be obtained or enhanced by registration, any registrations, applications for registration and rights to apply for registration.

b. “Trademarks” means the trademarks, service marks, trade names and logos used and displayed on the Websites.

1. We may at any time, without giving any reason or prior notice, upgrade, maintain, modify, alter, suspend, discontinue the provision of or remove, whether in whole or in part, the Websites and shall not be liable for any loss caused to you by such upgrade, modification, suspension or alteration.

2. We reserve the right, but shall not be obliged to:

(i) monitor, screen or otherwise control any activity or content;

(ii) investigate any violation of these Terms and take any action deemed appropriate;

(iii) prevent or restrict your access to the Websites and/or Services; and/or

(iv) report any activity suspected to be in violation of any applicable law, statute or regulation to the appropriate authorities and co-operate with such authorities.

3. Termination of the Websites for any reason shall not bring an end to your obligations under any provisions of these Terms which are meant to survive the termination.

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Equal Justice, our related corporations, our third party providers and each of their officers, directors, employees, agents, independent contractors, successors and assigns, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, debts, and expenses (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) arising from or relating to:

(i) your use of and access to the Websites and/or Services;

(ii) your violation of any provision of these Terms; or

(iii) your violation of any third party right, including any copyright, property, or privacy right in connection with your use of the Websites and Services and all information and materials on the Websites.

1. These Terms contain the whole agreement between you and Equal Justice relating to the matters dealt within it.

2. If any provision (or part of any provision) of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable, the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions (or parts thereof) shall not be affected and the other provisions (or parts thereof) shall remain in full force and effect as if the invalid or unenforceable parts had been deleted.

3. No failure or delay in exercising our rights under these Terms shall operate as a waiver nor shall such failure or delay affect our right to enforce our rights under these Terms.

4. You may not assign your rights under these Terms to anyone without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights under these Terms to any third party.

5. These Terms will bind you and us, and Equal Justice’s respective successors in title and assigns. These Terms will continue to bind you notwithstanding any change in Equal Justice’s name or constitution or Equal Justice’s merger with any other entity (in which case these Terms will bind you to our successor entity).

We may, at any time without notice to you, make amendments to these Terms as we may at our discretion deem fit from time to time. If you do not agree to be bound by the amendments, do not use the Websites and/or Services. You further agree that if you continue to use and/or access the Websites and/or Services, such use and/or access shall indicate:

(i) acknowledgement by you of these Terms and its amendments; and

(ii) agreement by you to abide and be bound by these Terms and its amendments.

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong SAR. You and Equal Justice hereby agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms must be determined by the courts of Hong Kong SAR, which will have exclusive jurisdiction.

If you have any enquiries about EQJ’s Terms of Use, please contact:

By Post:

Data Protection Officer

Equal Justice Limited

301 King Centre

23 Dundas Street

Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon

Hong Kong S.A.R.

By E-mail:

hello@equaljustice.org