General Terms and Conditions
Welcome to Ober-Legal.com!

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Ober Legal’s Website, located at https://ober-legal.com/.

We assume that by accessing the website you accept the Terms and Conditions in full. Please do not continue to use Ober-Legal.com if you do not agree to all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

Cookies:

The website uses cookies to personalise your online experience. By continuing to access Ober-Legal.com, you consent to the use of cookies.

A cookie is a text file that is stored on your hard drive by a web server. Cookies cannot run programmes or transmit viruses to your computer. They contain a unique identifier and can only be read by the web server of the domain that stored the cookie on your computer.

We use cookies for various purposes, including analysis and personalised marketing communications, with the aim of improving the user-friendliness of our website. You have the option to reject optional cookies. However, some cookies are absolutely necessary for the correct and proper functioning of our website. Such technically necessary cookies must always be activated and therefore do not require consent. Please note that by accepting the necessary cookies, you also accept cookies from third-party providers if you use services provided by third-party providers on our website, such as an integrated video display window.

Licence:

Unless otherwise stated, Ober Legal and/or it’s licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on Ober-Legal.com. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may view and/or print pages from Ober-Legal.com for your own personal use subject to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

The following is prohibited:

  • republication of Ober-Legal.com material
  • selling, renting or sub-licensing Ober-Legal.com material
  • Reproduce, duplicate or copy Ober-Legal.com material.
  • Redistribution of Ober-Legal.com Content
  • This agreement is effective as of today’s date.

In certain areas of this website, users have the opportunity to leave comments for the purpose of exchanging opinions and information. Such user comments will not be reviewed, filtered, edited or distributed by Ober Legal prior to their publication on the website. User comments reflect solely the personal opinion of the respective author and do not represent the views and beliefs of Ober Legal, its legal representatives and/or distribution partners. Unless otherwise provided by law, Ober Legal accepts no liability whatsoever for User Comments or any claims for damages and/or costs arising from the appearance of such User Comments on the Website.

Ober Legal reserves the right to review and possibly remove any comments that may be deemed inappropriate, offensive or in breach of the Terms and Conditions.

You hereby warrant and agree that:

  • You have the necessary authorisation, any required licences and consents to post comments on our website;
  • Your comments do not infringe any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights such as copyright, patent or trade mark rights of any third party;
  • Your comments do not contain libelous, defamatory, offensive, inappropriate or otherwise unlawful material that is an invasion of privacy;
  • Your comments are not intended to advertise or promote business, customer-oriented, commercial activities or unlawful acts;

you hereby grant Ober Legal a non-exclusive licence to use, reproduce, edit and authorise others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats or media.

Linking to our content:

The following institutions may link to our website without prior written consent:

  • Government agencies;
  • search engines;
  • News agencies;
  • Online directories may include in their listings a link to our website corresponding to the other companies listed there.
  • Accredited Businesses. This does not include advertising charities, charity shops and fundraising organisations that raise money for charity. These organisations may not link to our website.

These organisations may link to our home page, our publications or other information on the site provided that the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party or its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the site being linked to.

Link requests from the following types of organisations may be considered and approved:

  • Generally known consumer and/or business information sources;
  • dot.com community websites;
  • Associations or other bodies representing charitable organisations;
  • Online directories;
  • Internet portals;
  • accounting, legal and consulting firms; and
  • educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from such organisations provided that: (a) the link would not reflect unfavourably on us or our accredited businesses; (b) there is no history of disagreement with the organisation; (c) the benefits of visibility of the link outweigh the disadvantages of not mentioning Ober Legal; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

Such organisations may link to our home page provided that the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party or its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking website.

If you are among the organisations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, please send us an e-mail at Ober Legal stating your name, the name of your organisation, your contact information, your website URL, the list of URLs from which you would like to link to our website, and the list of URLs on our website to which you would like to link. We will endeavour to respond to you within 2 to 3 weeks.

Organisations that receive permission may link to our website as follows:

  • Using our company name; or
  • Using the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) being linked to; or
  • Using other descriptions of our site or the materials being linked to in a manner consistent with the context and content of the linked site.
  • No use of Ober Legal’s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark licence agreement.

Liability for content:

We assume no liability for content that appears on your website. You hereby agree to indemnify us for all claims made on your website. No links may appear on any website whose content may be considered defamatory, obscene or criminal or which violate, infringe or otherwise advocate violations or infringements of third party rights.

Reservation of rights:

We reserve the right, at any time and in our sole discretion, to request that you remove all links or any specific link to our website. You agree to comply promptly with any such request and to remove all links to our Website immediately. We also reserve the right to change the terms and conditions and linking policy at any time. By continuing to link to our website, you agree to the linking policy in these terms and conditions. By continuing to link to our website, you agree to be bound by and comply with these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website:

Please contact us at any time if you consider any link on our website or any linked website to be inappropriate for any reason. We will consider requests for link removal, but we are under no obligation to honour or respond directly to requests.

We do not warrant the completeness or accuracy of the information on this website, nor do we warrant that the website will remain available or that the material on the website will be kept up to date.

Disclaimer:

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website). Nothing in this disclaimer shall:

  • limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;
  • limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
  • limit our or your liability in any way that is not permitted by applicable law; or
  • exclude any of our or your liabilities that cannot be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) apply to all liabilities arising under the disclaimer or in relation to the subject matter of this disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, tort and for breach of statutory duty.

Whilst the website and the information and services on this website are provided free of charge, we accept no liability for any loss or damage of any kind.