Legal Disclaimer

LITE Lab@HKU Legal Disclaimer

Last Updated: December 2020

This website is operated by the LITE Lab@HKU of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong.

The provisions detailed below are applicable to the information and services provided by LITE Lab@HKU website (“Website”) to all users of this Website and are supplementary to this Website Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy (collectively the “Terms”).

1. No legal advice provided by LITE Lab@HKU

This Website only provides general legal information and does not provide any legal advice. We are not a law firm. Our employees, students, people assisting and maintaining the content of this Website or any other person associated with LITE Lab@HKU are not acting as lawyers of any user. All information, materials, tools and services contained in this Website should not be construed as professional legal advice to be applied to any specific factual situation. Unless expressly provided, this Website and the information and services available is delivered “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not warrant or represent that the information, materials, tools or services supplied will be delivered free of any inaccuracies, interruptions, delays, omissions or errors. All users of this Website should consult their own lawyers for professional legal advice. If any of the users is in doubt as to whether any particular personal situation requires that a document be modified, the user should consult a law firm and seek professional legal advice. For official versions of legal reference materials, all users should refer to the relevant official publications.

2. Users’ sole responsibility for any use of LITE Lab@HKU Website

Any use of this Website does not create, establish, constitute or form any solicitor-client relationship between LITE Lab@HKU or any employees, students, people assisting and maintaining the content of this Website or any other person associated with LITE Lab@HKU and a user of this Website. Neither LITE Lab@HKU, nor its host Faculty or host University, nor its employees, students, nor individuals assisting or maintaining the content of this Website, invite reliance upon, or accept responsibility or liability for any information, materials, tools and services provided in this Website (“Services”).

All users assume sole responsibility and entire risk as to the suitability and results obtained from use of the Services, and any decisions made or actions taken based on the information contained in or generated by this website.

As the law differs in each legal jurisdiction and may be interpreted or applied differently depending on your location or situation, the information or use of documents on this Website is not a substitute for the advice of a qualified lawyer.

3. Features and links of this Website

Despite our efforts in making this Website and all the features on this Website compatible with the most commonly used browsers, no representation or guarantee is made as to the workability of all features of this Website in your browser.

LITE Lab@HKU does not endorse any content provided by Third Party Sites, nor does it assume any responsibility for the interpretation or application of any information originating from such content. In addition, LITE Lab@HKU does not endorse any content contained in any advertising on this Website, nor does it assume any responsibility for the quality or integrity of such work.

4. Subject to Terms and Conditions

Any representation and guarantee on this Website is subject to our Terms and Conditions. Our Terms and Conditions specify that there is no guarantee or warranty and that we are not responsible for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage (altogether “Losses”) related to your use of this Website, whether from errors or omissions in the content of this Website or any other linked sites. We are not responsible for any Losses from this Website being inaccessible to the user and use of this Website is at your own risk. Please refer to our Terms and Conditions for details.

Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of this Website is done at the discretion and risk of users and users will be solely responsible for any damage to their computer system or loss of data that results from the use of this Website or the downloading of any material on this Website.