1. Acceptance of These Terms

These Terms of Use govern access to and use of sglawyerreviews.com, including its content, directory features, profiles, reviews, enquiry forms, newsletters, and related services.

The website is operated by:

Operator: SG Lawyer Reviews
Registration or UEN: [registration number]
Business address: [business address]

By accessing or using SG Lawyer Reviews, you agree to these Terms of Use.

Do not use the website if you do not agree to these terms.

2. About SG Lawyer Reviews

SG Lawyer Reviews is an independent lawyer and law firm review, ranking, directory, comparison, and information platform focused on Singapore.

SG Lawyer Reviews is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice, legal representation, or personalised professional services.

3. Other Policies

These Terms of Use should be read together with our:

Privacy Policy
Legal Disclaimer
User Review Policy
Profile Verification Policy
Advertising and Sponsorship Policy
Conflicts of Interest Policy
Editorial Policy
Corrections Policy
Right-of-Reply Policy
Review Methodology
Ranking Methodology

Where a specific service is subject to additional terms, those terms will also apply.

4. Eligibility and Authority

You must have legal capacity to agree to these terms.

Where you use the website on behalf of a law firm, company, or other organisation, you confirm that you have authority to act for and bind that organisation in relation to the relevant use.

5. Permitted Use

You may use SG Lawyer Reviews for lawful purposes, including:

Researching lawyers and law firms
Reading legal guides and news
Comparing legal service providers
Submitting a genuine user review
Claiming an authorised profile
Requesting a profile correction
Exercising a right of reply
Contacting a lawyer or law firm
Submitting an editorial enquiry
Submitting an advertising enquiry
Sharing links to publicly available content

Your use must comply with these terms and applicable law.

6. Prohibited Use

You must not:

Use the website unlawfully
Impersonate another person
Misrepresent your authority
Submit fabricated reviews
Manipulate ratings
Create deceptive accounts
Harass or threaten another person
Publish confidential information without authority
Publish legally privileged information
Introduce malware or harmful code
Attempt unauthorised access
Circumvent website security
Disrupt website operation
Collect personal data unlawfully
Infringe intellectual property rights
Submit spam
Use forms for unrelated promotion
Misrepresent an affiliation with SG Lawyer Reviews
Use the website to extort, threaten, or improperly pressure a lawyer or law firm
Use automated systems contrary to these terms
Copy substantial parts of the directory without permission

7. Accounts and Profile Access

Where account or profile-management functionality is provided, you are responsible for:

Supplying accurate information
Protecting login credentials
Preventing unauthorised access
Keeping contact information current
Notifying us of suspected compromise
Ensuring that persons using the account are authorised

We may require identity or authority verification.

We may suspend or remove access where:

Authority cannot be established
Information is materially inaccurate
Security is threatened
These terms are breached
A profile manager is no longer authorised

8. User Submissions

User submissions may include:

Reviews
Ratings
Comments
Profile information
Photographs
Documents
Replies
Correction requests
Complaints
Articles
Enquiries
Advertising materials

You retain ownership of content you submit, subject to the licence granted below.

9. Licence to Use Submissions

By submitting content for publication, administration, or moderation, you grant SG Lawyer Reviews a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to:

Host
Store
Reproduce
Edit
Format
Publish
Display
Distribute
Translate
Archive
Promote
Make technically necessary adaptations

This licence applies only to the extent reasonably necessary to operate, administer, moderate, publish, and promote SG Lawyer Reviews and its services.

You confirm that:

You own the content or have authority to submit it.
Publication will not infringe third-party rights.
The content complies with applicable law.
Any factual statement is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
Necessary permissions have been obtained.

10. Submission Standards

Content submitted to SG Lawyer Reviews must:

Be relevant
Be reasonably clear
Be accurate where it states facts
Reflect a genuine experience where required
Respect confidentiality
Respect privacy
Avoid unlawful allegations
Avoid intellectual property infringement
Comply with our policies

We may edit, reject, restrict, investigate, or remove submissions.

We are not required to publish every submission received.

11. User Reviews

User reviews are subject to our User Review Policy.

Submitting a review does not guarantee publication.

We may request:

Identity verification
Evidence of an interaction
Clarification
Removal of confidential information
Disclosure of conflicts or incentives

A lawyer or law firm may challenge a review, but disagreement alone does not require removal.

12. Lawyer and Law Firm Profiles

Profiles may be created using public information, submitted information, or both.

A lawyer or authorised law firm representative may request to claim or update a profile under our Profile Verification Policy.

Claiming a profile does not provide control over:

Independent editorial reviews
Organic rankings
User reviews
Comparisons
Editorial conclusions
Correction decisions

A claimed, verified, featured, or sponsored profile is not an endorsement or guarantee.

13. Editorial Control

SG Lawyer Reviews retains final editorial control over:

Reviews
Rankings
Comparisons
Profiles
Scores
Headlines
User submissions
Corrections
Responses
Publication dates
Updates
Removal decisions

A subject’s participation in a factual verification process does not provide the right to rewrite editorial opinions.

14. Advertising and Commercial Services

Advertising, sponsorships, paid profiles, and referral arrangements are governed by our Advertising and Sponsorship Policy and any applicable commercial agreement.

Payment does not automatically provide:

A favourable review
A higher organic ranking
Removal of criticism
Editorial approval rights
Endorsement
Profile verification

We may suspend commercial services where payment, compliance, security, or legal concerns arise.

15. Legal Service Enquiries

SG Lawyer Reviews may facilitate contact between users and lawyers or law firms.

SG Lawyer Reviews is not a party to the professional engagement between a user and a lawyer.

Any engagement, including:

Scope
Fees
Conflicts
Confidentiality
Advice
Representation
Outcomes

is governed by the terms agreed directly between the user and the lawyer or law firm.

Submitting an enquiry does not guarantee that a lawyer will respond or accept the matter.

16. Third-Party Services

The website may contain links, profiles, advertisements, forms, or integrations operated by third parties.

SG Lawyer Reviews does not control and is not responsible for:

Third-party advice
Professional conduct
Services
Fees
Availability
Security
Privacy practices
Transactions
Outcomes

Users should perform their own due diligence.

17. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the original content and structure of SG Lawyer Reviews, including its:

Branding
Articles
Reviews
Rankings
Graphics
Databases
Page layouts
Selection and arrangement of information

are owned by or licensed to the operator of SG Lawyer Reviews.

You may:

View content for personal or internal business research
Share links
Quote limited extracts with appropriate attribution

You may not, without written permission:

Republish substantial content
Sell the content
Copy the directory systematically
Reproduce rankings commercially
Create a competing database
Remove copyright notices
Present our content as your own
Use our trademarks in a misleading manner

18. Automated Access, Scraping, and Artificial Intelligence

You must not use bots, crawlers, scripts, scraping tools, or other automated systems to:

Extract substantial website content
Build a competing directory
Harvest personal data
Circumvent technical restrictions
Overload the website
Monitor content commercially
Train or develop an artificial intelligence model using substantial SG Lawyer Reviews content

This restriction does not apply to ordinary search engine indexing that complies with our robots instructions or to activity expressly authorised in writing.

19. Intellectual Property Complaints

A person alleging infringement should provide:

Their name and contact details
Identification of the protected work
Identification of the disputed material
The relevant page URL
Evidence of ownership or authority
A good-faith explanation
The requested action

Send complaints to:

Email: [legal email address]
Email subject: Intellectual Property Complaint

We may remove or restrict material while investigating a complaint.

20. Website Changes

We may change, suspend, or discontinue:

Content
Directory features
User review functions
Account functions
Commercial services
Search filters
Website availability

We do not guarantee that a particular feature or page will remain available.

21. Suspension and Termination

We may restrict, suspend, or terminate access where:

These terms are breached
Fraud is suspected
Security is threatened
Authority cannot be verified
A person abuses another user
Unlawful content is submitted
Payment obligations remain unpaid
Continued access creates unreasonable legal or operational risk

Termination does not affect rights or obligations that arose before termination.

22. No Legal Advice

The website does not provide legal advice.

Nothing on SG Lawyer Reviews should be relied upon as a substitute for obtaining advice from a qualified lawyer who has considered your specific circumstances.

The Legal Disclaimer forms part of these Terms of Use.

23. No Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, SG Lawyer Reviews is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

We do not warrant that:

Content is always accurate
Profiles are always current
Reviews are representative
The website will be uninterrupted
The website will be free from errors
A lawyer will respond
A match will be suitable
A particular outcome will occur

Nothing in these terms excludes a right or warranty that cannot lawfully be excluded.

24. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, SG Lawyer Reviews and its owners, directors, employees, contractors, writers, and partners will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or economic losses arising from:

Website use
Reliance on content
Selection of a lawyer
Legal outcomes
User submissions
Profile information
External websites
Third-party services
Website interruption
Loss of data
Security incidents
Advertising
Referral arrangements

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

25. Indemnity

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify SG Lawyer Reviews against claims, losses, liabilities, and reasonable costs arising from:

Your unlawful use of the website
Your breach of these terms
Content you submit
Your infringement of third-party rights
Fraudulent or misleading conduct
Your unauthorised disclosure of confidential information

26. Privacy

Personal data is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

By submitting information, you acknowledge that it may be processed for the purposes explained at the point of collection and in the Privacy Policy.

27. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms of Use to reflect changes in:

The website
Our services
Applicable law
Commercial arrangements
Security requirements
Editorial practices

The revised terms will take effect when published unless otherwise stated.

Continued use after publication constitutes acceptance of the revised terms to the extent permitted by law.

28. Severability

If any provision is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply.

An invalid provision will be interpreted or modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid where legally possible.

29. No Waiver

A failure or delay in enforcing a provision does not waive the right to enforce that provision later.

30. Assignment

You may not transfer your rights or obligations under these terms without our written consent.

We may transfer our rights and obligations as part of a restructuring, sale, merger, or transfer of the website or business, subject to applicable law.

31. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of Singapore.

Subject to any mandatory rights or dispute-resolution requirements, disputes arising from these terms or use of the website will be submitted to the courts of Singapore.

32. Contact

Operator: SG Lawyer Reviews
Registration or UEN: [registration number]
Email: [legal email address]
Business address: [business address]