These terms and conditions of use (the “Terms of use”) explain the conditions under which you, as a Professional, may use the legal Request platform hosted at www.jurigo.ca (the “Platform”).
By registering on our Platform as a Professional (paralegal, lawyer or notary), you agree to be bound by our Terms of Use. If you do not accept the content of these Terms of Use, in whole or in part, please immediately cease all use of the Platform and notify us by email: info@jurigo.ca.
If you have any questions or technical problems, please contact us by email: info@jurigo.ca.
Unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and expressions are defined as follows:
“Candidates“: means a person (student, trainee or graduate in the legal field) accessing the Platform or one of its satellites to be referred to one or more Professionals for hiring purposes;
”Terms of Use": means this document, to which the Privacy Policy and all modifications thereto are added;
“JuriCoins“: means the tokens purchased by the Professional to benefit from the Platform's Requests;
”Litigant“: means a person accessing the Platform or one of its satellites for the purpose of being referred to one or more Professionals;
”We": means JuriGo inc., doing business under the name JuriGo.ca;
“Platform“: the legal Request platform located at www.jurigo.ca;
”Privacy Policy": means the document accessible here and forming an integral part of the Terms of Use, as well as any modifications that may be made to it; and
“Professional” or ‘You’: means a legal professional, duly authorized to practice as a lawyer, notary and/or paralegal (according to the declared title) within the meaning of the applicable legislation and regulations in the territory or territories that he or she serves or wishes to serve, registered or in the process of registering on the Platform for the purpose of being referred to Litigants;
“Request”, ‘To Connect’ or ‘Connection’: means putting a Litigant in touch with a Professional through the exchange of contact information.
We believe that new technologies now offer the tools to better meet the challenges of access to justice for Litigants and business development for Professionals. We also believe that these same new technologies can play a facilitating role in the legal job market.
The main aim of our Platform is to connect the right Litigants with the right Professionals in a simple, fast and intelligent way. For Professionals, it is a well-thought-out and innovative business development tool.
Incidentally, our Platform allows for the simple, fast and intelligent connection of the right Litigants/Candidates with the right Professionals for hiring and recruitment purposes.
The fees paid for blocks of connections (JuriCoins) are not subject to or conditional on the opening of a case file for a Litigant or the hiring of a Candidate. The fees charged by JuriGo.ca are solely for the consultation of Litigant’s requests or a Candidate’s profile and for putting them in touch with each other.
However, we do not provide any legal services. We are not a law firm or a notary office. Our role is limited to acting as an intermediary between Litigants and Professionals for the purpose of putting them in touch with each other. We are therefore in no way responsible for the services provided as a result of any contact made via our Platform and we do not make or give any specific representation or guarantee in this respect. This paragraph applies mutatis mutandis to the connection with Candidates, for whom we do not offer any guarantee, particularly in terms of competence.
We use cookies to facilitate navigation on the Platform and to ensure its proper functioning. For more information on this subject, please consult our Privacy Policy.
The Platform is for your personal use only and only members in good standing of the various Canadian Bars or the Chambre des notaires du Québec may register as Professionals.
By registering and maintaining your registration on the Platform as a Professional, you represent, warrant and guarantee that, at all times, until you have notified us in writing of your unsubscription at info@jurigo.ca:
you are a member in good standing of the relevant Bar for the territory or territories that you serve or wish to serve, and are legally qualified to perform the acts reserved for them, according to the title you have declared to us (paralegal, lawyer or notary);
you are indeed the Professional that you claim to be;
the Litigants and/or Candidates will be referred to you based on the information that you have displayed or communicated to us, in particular by completing your profile on the Platform, and, consequently, that this information is true and that you have not made any false, misleading or exaggerated statements;
upon receiving a request for an appointment from a Litigant, you will ensure that you are not in a conflict of interest situation before having access to the details of the case;
you will treat the details of the References (both for Litigants and Candidates) to which you will have access with the highest degree of confidentiality, including but not limited to personal information and descriptions of legal needs;
being put in touch with a Litigant or a Candidate by JuriGo.ca does not constitute an offer of legal services and does not bind you to an obligation to open a file or to hire;
a referred Litigant has no obligation to retain your services;
a referred Candidate has no obligation to accept your job offer;
during the first contact with a Litigant, you will quickly clarify the issue of professional fees in order to avoid any misunderstanding;
you will treat and serve the Litigants that we refer to you with the utmost professionalism and always in accordance with the rules of ethics to which you are subject in your profession; and
you will ensure the protection of your account and preserve the confidentiality of the associated password and will not disclose it to anyone, all in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 “Account and Password” below.
In the event of non-compliance with any of these declarations, representations and guarantees, we reserve the right to suspend or delete your registration indefinitely, without prior notice, and you undertake to take up our cause in the event of any claim by a third party arising, directly or indirectly, from such non-compliance.
To enable us to ensure the professionalism with which you serve the Litigants that we refer to you, you unreservedly agree that we may collect feedback on the professional services provided from them, at our sole discretion.
Finally, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for all professional services rendered to Litigants as well as for all costs you may incur in the course of your services, and this, to our full exoneration.
When registering and creating your Platform access account, you must provide your real information. You are responsible at all times for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and protecting your password, and you must never disclose it to anyone. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other security breach and to disconnect your account at the end of each session.
You can close your account at any time by sending us an email request to this effect: info@jurigo.ca.
You acknowledge and agree that we hold all right, title and interest in the Platform, including any intellectual property rights subsisting in the Platform, whether or not such rights are registered and wherever they may exist. However, we do not hold any rights in relation to the professional services that you will provide to Litigants who are referred to you via the Platform.
Nothing in the Terms of Use gives you any rights in the Platform other than what is necessary to enable you to access it.
The use of a trademark or any other content on the Platform is prohibited. Nothing on the Platform should be construed as granting a license or right to use a trademark without our written permission.
Once you have registered as a Professional on the Platform and purchased and paid for your JuriCoins, we will start sending you requests for appointments from Litigants, according to the preferences you have given us. You will also have access to our bank of Candidates.
Unless otherwise stated in writing by one of our representatives, our obligations to you will be only to provide resources. Thus, our only obligation will be to take the necessary steps to put you in contact with Litigants or Candidates who we believe meet your criteria, based on what they have stated to us, but we cannot be held responsible if:
the Litigants or Candidates do not keep their appointment;
the statements provided to us by the Litigants or Candidates are false, misleading or exaggerated;
the Litigants are insolvent or do not have current and real legal needs;
the introductions do not result in the opening of cases or hiring;
the Litigants do not promptly pay your professional fees;
the purchase of JuriCoins is not profitable; and
you do not sell your JuriCoins within a minimum period of time.
You acknowledge that by retaining our services, any of the situations below may occur and that, if so, you release us from any liability.
For the sake of clarity, we are not liable for any direct or indirect damage and/or inconvenience arising from the connection or lack of connection between the Litigants, the Candidates and you through our intermediary.
The Platform operates on the basis of values corresponding to a number of JuriCoins. You acknowledge and accept that:
the value of JuriCoins per Request may fluctuate over time or according to the specific nature of each case, without notice and at our sole discretion;
when you refuse a Request, JuriCoins may be debited from your block as a penalty;
the same Request may have a different JuriCoins value from one Partner to another, particularly in the case of options for privileged treatment, such as access to high-potential Requests (super-lead), activation of a boost, purchase of exclusive receipt or reservation of targeted Requests;
in the event that we transfer to you in value of Requests more than three times the value of the JuriCoins that you have acquired, but without your having completely sold them, we may consider our obligation to you to have been fully discharged and reduce your number of JuriCoins to zero, all without reimbursement or extinction of the amounts that you owe us, which will remain fully payable. By way of example, we may apply this paragraph if you have purchased 1,000 JuriCoins in value and we have sent you Requests totaling 3,000 JuriCoins in value since the purchase, without you making a full redemption.
Any JuriCoins acquired by a Partner, regardless of the method of acquisition (through one of our representatives or online, by credit card or cash), whether or not they have been used, are non-refundable. In other words, once invoiced, no JuriCoins order can be refunded, either in full or in part.
In the event of non-payment of an invoice in full or in part when due, any outstanding balance will bear interest at an annual rate of 24% (2% on a monthly basis).
We may suspend or terminate the Platform's activities at any time and at our sole discretion. We do not guarantee continuous and uninterrupted access to the Platform or uninterrupted use in any way.
You agree that the Platform is provided “as is” and “as available”. We make no representations or warranties regarding the Platform, its functionality and its content, including, without limitation, the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of the content and any warranty of satisfaction or fitness for a particular purpose, that the Platform will meet your needs and expectations, etc. We cannot be held responsible for service interruptions, server failures, technical problems, or loss or theft of data.
To the extent permitted by law, we assume no responsibility for any error or inaccuracy in any Content, for the unavailability of the Site for any reason, and for any representation or statement made on the Site.
You agree and undertake to indemnify us and hold us harmless from and against any damages, costs, claims, suits, liabilities or actions arising from any property damage and personal injury, including death, resulting in any way from the use of our services or our Platform, unless such property damage or personal injury is attributable to our gross negligence or willful misconduct, or that of a person under our control and direction.
You release us from all liability with respect to any claims, demands and damages arising from disputes with any Litigant, Professional or other third party.
You agree that the Terms of Use shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Province of Quebec, that any dispute or cause of dispute arising therefrom shall have arisen in the judicial district of Quebec City and that only the courts of the judicial district of Quebec City shall have jurisdiction to hear any dispute arising directly or indirectly from the Terms of Use.
We may make changes to the Terms of Use from time to time. The new version will be published on the Platform. The changes will automatically come into effect 60 days after their publication. Your use of the Platform after this 60-day period will be equivalent to an acceptance of the new Terms of Use. It is your responsibility to consult the Terms of Use from time to time to check whether such changes have been made.
No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by the Terms of Use.
Each provision of the Terms of Use forms a separate whole, such that any court decision to render any provision hereof invalid and unenforceable shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right recognized by the Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
The Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy and the service contract relating to the Services that has been entered into between you and us constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to the use of the Platform and supersede any prior representations, statements or other communications that are not contained herein.
You may not assign or otherwise transfer any of your rights under the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy.
We use your information only as described in our Privacy Policy, which is included in and forms an integral part of the Terms of Use. If you do not want your personal information to be transmitted or used in the manner described in our Privacy Policy, please do not use the Platform.
In the event of discrepancies in meaning or interpretation between the original French version of the Terms of Use and a translation, the original French version shall prevail.