Terms & Conditions of Website
and Acceptable Usage Policy
RSS Law | Reg No 24/219732/07
Last updated: 2025
1. Terms and Conditions for Website
1.1. Introduction
1.1.1.Access to and use of the website, www.rsslaw.co.za (the "Website") are subject to the following terms and conditions, including our Data Privacy Policy and our Acceptable Use Policy (the "Terms and Conditions").
1.1.2.The Terms and Conditions set out the terms on which you may make use of the Website, whether as a guest or a registered user. Use of the Website includes accessing, browsing, or registering as a user. Please read the Terms and Conditions carefully before you start to use the Website.
1.1.3.Should you disagree with the Terms and Conditions, you are to cease use of the Website without delay, as further use will automatically bind you to the Terms and Conditions.
1.1.4.By using the Website, you acknowledge and accept the Terms and Conditions and declare that your use of and/or reliance on the Website including any content, materials, data or information posted, submitted, downloaded or otherwise obtained through the Website, is at your own risk.
1.1.5.The Terms and Conditions also include our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using the Website, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
1.1.6.Nothing in the Website, nor does the transmission, downloading or sending of any information create a contractual relationship, of any kind.
1.1.7.The Terms and Conditions contain the entire terms governing the relationship between us.
1.1.8.Failure to exercise, or any delay in exercising, any right or remedy provided under the Terms and Conditions or by law shall not constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, nor shall it preclude or restrict any further exercise of that (or any other) right or remedy.
1.2. Information About Us
1.2.1.The Website is operated by RSS Law registered in South Africa with registration number 2024/219732/07.
1.3. Changes to the Terms and Conditions
1.3.1.We may revise the Terms and Conditions from time to time by amending this page, without prior notice or announcement. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes made, as they are binding on you.
1.4. Changes to the Website
1.4.1.We reserve the right to modify the Website and/or discontinue its operation, including:
1.4.2.changing the availability of, restricting access to, or imposing limits on any or all features or services on, or links to, the Website;
1.4.3.adding, removing or changing any fees or charges for use of the Website or any features of the Website;
1.4.4.removing, adding, modifying or otherwise changing any content or information on the Website, at any time without prior notice or announcement, either wholly or in part, in its sole and absolute discretion and without accepting any liability therefor.
1.4.5.We shall be under no obligation to update the content of the Website but reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the Website at any time without prior notice or announcement.
1.5. Accessing the Website
1.5.1.The Website is made available free of charge.
1.5.2.We do not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to the Website is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of the Website without notice. We shall not be liable to you if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
1.5.3.We only provide the Website for domestic and private use only. You agree not to use the Website for any commercial or business purposes, and we shall have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.
1.6. Your Account and Password
1.6.1.If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose such information to any third party.
1.6.2.We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of the Terms and Conditions.
1.6.3.If you know or suspect that anyone other than you know your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at connect@rsslaw.co.za.
1.7. Intellectual Property Rights
1.7.1.The trademarks and other intellectual property featured on the Website are protected by inter alia all relevant international and local copyright and trademark laws (including, but not limited to, those of the Republic of South Africa).
1.7.2.No one may use these trademarks or other intellectual property without prior written consent of the owner of such trademarks or other intellectual property rights. Please contact us at connect@rsslaw.co.za should you require details of such owners.
1.7.3.You must not use any part of the content on the Website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
1.7.4.If you breach any provision of this paragraph 1.7 of the Terms and Conditions, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the Website or part thereof (electronic or printed).
1.8. No Reliance on Information
1.8.1.The content on the Website is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on the Website.
1.8.2.We give no warranty, either expressly or tacitly, for the completeness, accuracy or correctness of the details provided on the Website. Please be aware, in particular, that the details we provide may no longer be up-to-date and, accordingly, we make no representation as to the accuracy or correctness of such details.
1.9. Limitation of our Liability
1.9.1.Access to and use of the Website and of any associated sites or sites connected via links take place at the user's own risk. We, and our affiliates, agents, service providers, employees, officers, directors and representatives ("Our Representatives") accept no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage or compensation claims due to, inter alia:
1.9.1.1.missing or incorrect details of any kind;
1.9.1.2.use of, or inability to use, the Website;
1.9.1.3.use of or reliance on any content displayed on the Website; and/or
1.9.1.4.use of the services or goods of any advertiser on the Website.
1.9.2.You hereby indemnify, hold harmless and agree to defend us and Our Representatives from and against any and all claims and/or liabilities, direct damages, penalties, judgments, assessments, losses, costs and expenses (including legal costs) of whatever nature which any one or more of them may suffer or incur as a result of, arising out of or relating to your access to (or lack thereof) and/or use of the Website, content and/or information.
1.9.3.Nothing in the Terms and Conditions excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law.
1.9.4.We shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.
1.9.5.We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on the Website. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
1.10. Uploading Content to the Website
1.10.1.Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to the Website, or to make contact with other users of the Website, you must comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
1.10.2.You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty.
1.10.3.Any content you upload to the Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such content for any purpose.
1.10.4.We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who claims that any content posted or uploaded by you to the Website constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
1.10.5.We will not be responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any content posted by you or any other user of the Website.
1.10.6.We have the right to remove any posting you make on the Website if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
1.10.7.The views expressed by other users on the Website do not represent our views or values.
1.11. Viruses
1.11.1.We do not guarantee that the Website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
1.11.2.You must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website.
1.12. Linking to the Website
1.12.1.You must not link our home page, without our prior consent.
1.12.2.You must not establish a link to the Website in any website that is not owned by you.
1.12.3.The Website must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of the Website.
1.12.4.If you wish to link to the Website or make any use of content on the Website, please contact connect@rsslaw.co.za.
1.13. Governing Law
1.13.1.The laws of the Republic of South Africa shall govern the Website, your use of the Website and the Terms and Conditions.
1.13.2.You consent and agree to the jurisdiction of the courts of Republic of South Africa to decide any dispute involving the Terms and Conditions.
1.13.3.If you have any queries regarding the above terms and conditions, please contact us by email at connect@rsslaw.co.za.
2. Acceptable Use Policy
2.1. Introduction
2.1.1.This acceptable use policy (AUP) sets out the terms between you and us under which you may access the Website. This AUP applies to all users of, and visitors to, the Website.
2.1.2.Your use of the Website means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the policies in this AUP, which supplement (and in no way limits) the Terms and Conditions.
2.2. Prohibited Uses
2.2.1.You may use the Website only for lawful purposes. You may not use the Website:
2.2.1.2.in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
2.2.1.3.in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;
2.2.1.4.for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors or any other person in any way;
2.2.1.5.to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards;
2.2.1.6.to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); and/or
2.2.1.7.to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
2.2.2.You also agree:
2.2.2.1.not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of the Website in contravention of the provisions of the Terms and Conditions; and
2.2.2.2.not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
2.2.2.2.1.any part of the Website;
2.2.2.2.2.any equipment or network on which the Website is stored;
2.2.2.2.3.any software used in the provision of the Website; and/or
2.2.2.2.4.any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
2.3. Content Standards
2.3.1.These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to the Website ("Contributions"), and to any interactive services associated with it.
2.3.2.Contributions must:
2.3.2.1.be accurate (where they state facts);
2.3.2.2.be genuinely held (where they state opinions); and
2.3.2.3.comply with the applicable laws of the Republic of South Africa and of any other country which is relevant to your posting and the country you are based.
2.3.3.Contributions must not:
2.3.3.1.contain any material which is defamatory of any person;
2.3.3.2.contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory;
2.3.3.3.promote sexually explicit material;
2.3.3.4.promote violence and/or any discrimination of whatsoever nature;
2.3.3.5.infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person;
2.3.3.6.be likely to deceive any person;
2.3.3.7.be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence;
2.3.3.8.promote any illegal activity;
2.3.3.9.be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;
2.3.3.10.be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;
2.3.3.11.be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person;
2.3.3.12.give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case; and/or
2.3.3.13.advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
2.4. Suspension and Termination
2.4.1.We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this AUP through your use of the Website. When a breach of this AUP has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.
2.4.2.Failure to comply with this AUP constitutes a material breach of Terms and Conditions, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
2.4.2.1.immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use the Website;
2.4.2.2.immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to the Website;
2.4.2.3.issue of a warning to you;
2.4.2.4.legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach;
2.4.2.5.further legal action against you; and/or
2.4.2.6.disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.