Terms of Use

Effective Date: 1 January 2025

Welcome to the ELP Lawyers Website

1. Introduction

1.1. These Website Terms of Use (this “Agreement”) are a binding agreement between you and Edwin Lee & Partners (hereinafter referred to as “ELP Lawyers”, “we”, “us” or “our”, as the case may be). This Platform is owned and operated by Edwin Lee & Partners, a Malaysian law firm registered with the Malaysian Bar and regulated under the Legal Profession Act 1976.

1.2. This Agreement governs and regulates your access to and use of the services, online facilities, tools, functions, features or any Content (as hereinafter defined in Clause 4.2) made available by us through our website https://www.lpplaw.my (“Platform”).

1.3. Please read and understand this Agreement carefully before continuing to use the Platform as it contains important information regarding your legal rights and remedies. This Agreement should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy (https://www.lpplaw.my/privacy-policy/).

1.4. In addition to this Agreement and our Privacy Policy, any other policies, terms, or legal notices published on our Platform from time to time shall be deemed incorporated into this Agreement and shall apply to your use of the Platform, where applicable.

2. Consent

2.1. By connecting to and accessing or using the Platform, you:

2.2. We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to modify, vary, amend, change, update, or revise this Agreement, and any related policies or agreements which are incorporated herein at any time as we deem fit. Reasonable notice will be provided to you, for example, by posting an updated version on the Platform, or sending an email to the email address that you have submitted to us. Such modifications, variations, amendments, changes, or updates to this Agreement shall be effective upon the posting of an updated version on the Platform, unless otherwise stated. You agree that it shall be your sole responsibility to regularly review this Agreement to stay informed of any changes and to ensure you understand the terms and conditions that apply to your continued connection and access to, and use of, the Platform.

2.3. Your continued access to the Platform after the effective date of any modifications, variations, amendments, changes or updates constitutes your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, the revised Agreement.

2.4. If you do not agree to this Agreement or with any subsequent modifications, variations, amendments, changes or updates, you must not connect to or access the Platform. If you are uncertain about any part of this Agreement, we recommend that you seek independent legal advice.

3. Representations, Identification and Authorisation

3.1. By accessing and using the Platform, you expressly represent, warrant and undertake that:

3.2. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Platform is not available to persons under the age of eighteen (18) or to persons who are forbidden for any reason whatsoever to enter into a contractual relationship. You confirm that all the personal data and contact details in relation to your identity are accurate, up to date, not misleading, and complete at all times; and that you will keep your submitted information accurate, up to date, not misleading and complete at all times. If we have reason to believe that your information is untrue, inaccurate, out of date, misleading or incomplete, we reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to suspend or terminate your access to the Platform without prior notice.

3.3. You agree to provide us with all required documentation or information upon request through the Platform for us to comply with our internal policies, any applicable laws or guidelines or for any other reason as we may consider necessary or desirable from time to time.

3.4. By using the Platform, you agree that:

3.5. By using the Platform, you further represent and warrant that you have the right, authority and capacity to use the Platform. You agree that, in the event you are the authorised representative of an individual, partnership, agent, sole proprietor, company or entity, you:

You agree not to impersonate or misrepresent intentionally or unintentionally, in any way whatsoever, any third-party, individual, partnership, agent, sole proprietor, company or entity without lawful authority; or otherwise provide, submit or present any false and/or misleading information to ELP Lawyers.

3.6. If, after your electronic acceptance of this Agreement, we find that you lack the legal authority to bind such individual, partnership, agent, sole proprietor, company or entity, you will be personally responsible for the obligations contained in this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the payment obligations or other liabilities. We shall not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from our reliance on any instruction, notice, document or communication that we reasonably believed to be genuine. If there is reasonable doubt about the authenticity of any such instruction, notice, document or communication, we reserve the right to (but undertake no duty to) require additional verification or authentication from you.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

4.1. For the purposes of this Clause 4:

4.2. Other than the User Data (as hereinafter defined in Clause 5.1.2), or unless otherwise indicated, we and/or our licensors own or hold valid, unrestricted and exclusive rights, titles and interests in all Intellectual Property Rights on the Platform and the texts, graphics, logos, icons, images, documentations, audios, videos, software, page layout, underlying code, data structures, data compilations, materials and any other form of information capable of being stored in a computer that contained in or published on the Platform (collectively, the “Content”). By allowing you to access and use the Platform, ELP Lawyers does not grant you any licence, permission or other authorisation to use, reproduce, or exploit the Platform’s Intellectual Property Rights except as expressly set out in this Agreement.

4.3. Subject to your complete and ongoing compliance with all the terms and conditions of this Agreement and payment of any applicable fees, ELP Lawyers hereby grants to you a limited, personal, restricted, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and revocable license, subject to this Agreement, to access and use the Platform and the Content in accordance with this Agreement. All other use, reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, publication, or creation of derivative works from any Content is prohibited without our prior written consent.

4.4. Your use of and access to the Platform and the Content does not confer on you any rights, title or interest in the Platform or the Content. You must not:

4.5. You may view and temporarily store material from the Platform in your browser’s cache for personal, non-commercial use only.

4.6. You undertake not to use any robot, spider, crawler, data mining tool, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor, copy or collect materials available through our Platform.

4.7. If you violate any provision of this Agreement, your permission to access and use the Platform may be terminated immediately. Additionally, we reserve the right to avail ourselves of all remedies available at law and in equity for any such violation.

5. User Data

5.1. For purposes of this Clause 5:

5.2. You hereby grant to ELP Lawyers a royalty-free, fully paid-up, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, create derivative works of, display, perform, publish and distribute the User Data, in any form, medium or manner, where we deem fit and necessary for provision of services to you, subject to our commitments and obligations stated in our Privacy Policy.

5.3. You have sole responsibility for the accuracy, appropriateness and completeness of all User Data. ELP Lawyers will treat the User Data that you have provided through the Platform as true for all purposes and shall not be responsible for reviewing, validating or otherwise confirming the accuracy, appropriateness or completeness of the User Data.

5.4. At your request and/or consent and subject to your payment of any applicable fees, ELP Lawyers will use reasonable efforts to make certain User Data available to Representative(s) who have registered with and/or are using the Platform. You hereby authorise ELP Lawyers to disclose such User Data to any Representative to whom you authorise and/or instruct.

5.5. ELP Lawyers does not control how any Representative uses the User Data and has no responsibility over the User Data that is provided to a Representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ELP Lawyers reserves the right to decline to transmit the User Data to a specific Representative if ELP Lawyers believes that such transmission would violate this Agreement or any applicable laws (in which case ELP Lawyers will use reasonable efforts to promptly notify you of such decision). The Representatives acknowledge that ELP Lawyers is merely acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and takes no responsibility for any User Data. ELP Lawyers makes no warranty, representation, endorsement, or guarantee regarding, and accepts no responsibility or liability for, the quality, content, nature or reliability of any User Data.

5.6. You represent and warrant that:

We may remove any User Data from the Platform for any reason at our sole and absolute discretion.

6. Specific Restrictions

6.1. You agree that you shall only use the Platform for legitimate, reasonable and lawful purposes.

6.2. You must not engage in or attempt to engage in any activity that is unlawful, prohibited by any laws applicable to the Platform, which we deem inappropriate, or which might bring us or the Platform into disrepute, including (without limitation):

6.3. Certain areas of the Platform are restricted from being accessed by you and we may, at our absolute discretion, further restrict or revoke your access to any part of the Platform at any time, with or without notice.

6.4. You are prohibited from using the Platform, including the Content, in any way that competes with our business, whether directly or indirectly.

7. Collection and Use of Your Information

7.1. You acknowledge that when you access and use the Platform, we may use automatic means (including, for example, cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels and other similar tools) to collect information about your use of the Platform. You may also be required to provide certain information about yourself as a condition to accessing and using the Platform or certain of its features or functionality. All information we collect through or in connection with the Platform are subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy.

7.2. We will process and may disclose personal data including sensitive personal data (as defined in the Personal Data Protection Act 2010) relating to you and your affiliates, and you consent to the processing, storage and disclosure of such data. You agree to keep us informed of any changes to your personal data at all material times. In any event, should any such necessity arise to obtaining the consent, authorisation or permission of any of your affiliates in relation to the processing and disclosure of their personal data, including sensitive personal data (as defined in the Personal Data Protection Act 2010), then such consent, authorisation or permission is deemed to have been obtained by you unless communicated otherwise to us in writing.

7.3. Certain services or functionalities made available via the Platform are and may be delivered, supported, or hosted by third party sites and organisations. By using any service or functionality originating from https://www.lpplaw.my, you hereby acknowledge and consent that ELP Lawyers may share such information and data with any third party with whom ELP Lawyers has a contractual relationship with to provide the requested service or functionality on behalf of users of the Platform.

8. Updates and User Data Backup

8.1. You acknowledge and agree that, from time to time, the Platform may be inaccessible or inoperable for any reason including, but not limited to, equipment malfunctions, schedule downtime for maintenance, security patches, system upgrades, software updates, bug fixes, repairs or replacements that we may undertake from time to time at our sole discretion.

8.2. ELP Lawyers is not responsible for performing, and is not liable for any failure to perform, any back-up of any data (including User Data) provided, transmitted, processed, or stored by you in or through the Platform. It is your sole responsibility to regularly and securely back up onto your own local system all User Data, including all data and records that you submit to us.

9. Additional Reservation of Rights

9.1. We expressly reserve the right, at any time and without prior notice, to deny, refuse, cancel, terminate, restrict, suspend, disable, lock, or modify your access to or control over the Platform and/or any of the services offered through it, for any reason (as determined by us, in our sole and absolute discretion), including, but not limited to, the following:

10. Third-Party Materials

10.1. The Platform may use, incorporate, display, include or make available third-party content (including data, information, applications and other services and/or materials) or provide links to third-party websites or services, including through third-party advertising (the “Third-Party Materials”).

10.2. You acknowledge and agree that we do not own, manage, control, or assume any responsibility for the Third-Party Materials, including but not limited to, their accuracy, completeness, timeliness, validity, copyright compliance, legality, decency, quality, security or any other aspect thereof. The inclusion of Third-Party Materials on the Platform does not imply any endorsement by ELP Lawyers of the Third-Party Materials or those in control of them.

10.3. We do not assume and will not have any liability or responsibility to you or any other person or entity in respect of any Third-Party Materials.

10.4. Third-Party Materials and links thereto are provided solely as a convenience to you. You access and use them entirely at your own risk and subject to such third parties’ terms and conditions.

10.5. Information on the many web pages that are linked to the Platform comes from a variety of sources. Some of this information comes from our licensors, but much of it comes from unofficial or unaffiliated organisations and individuals, both internal and external to ELP Lawyers. ELP Lawyers does not author, edit or monitor these unofficial pages or links. You acknowledge and agree that ELP Lawyers shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, services, advertising or other materials available on such external sites or resources.

10.6. We may use third party software and APIs when providing services on the Platform. We do not guarantee the reliability of such third-party software or APIs. You agree that we are not liable for any loss or damage whatsoever incurred or suffered by you arising out of our use of such third-party software or APIs.

11. No Lawyer-Client Relationship Created by Use of the Platform

Neither your receipt of information from the Platform, nor your use of the Platform to contact ELP Lawyers or one of our lawyers create a lawyer-client relationship between you and ELP Lawyers. You will become a client of ELP Lawyers only if and when we have expressly agreed to act as your legal counsel. As a matter of policy, we do not accept a new client without first investigating for possible conflicts of interests. We may also carry out credit check and customer due diligence check as part of our reporting obligation under the anti-money laundering law. We may, for example, already represent another party involved in your matter. We reserve the right to decline any representation if it would create a conflict of interest with any of our current or former clients or for any other reason.

12. No Confidentiality

You may not use the Platform to provide confidential information about a legal matter of yours to ELP Lawyers. Your use of the Platform does not make you a client of ELP Lawyers or even a prospective client of ELP Lawyers. If you have confidential information that you would like to give to any lawyer at ELP Lawyers, please communicate with one of our lawyers in person or by telephone or email – not by filling in any form on the Platform or by sending an unsolicited email to us or any of our lawyers.

However, if you do provide confidential information directly to our lawyers (and through the Platform), we will preserve client’s confidentiality and legal professional privilege. Our lawyers may exchange your information with each other strictly for the purpose of providing legal advice or solution to you. We may also disclose or transfer the information you shared to our third party service providers including legal process outsourcers and hosting service providers, whether such providers are located in Malaysia or abroad.

13. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless and keep indemnified, defended and held harmless ELP Lawyers and our licensors, officers, partners, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, successors and assigns from and against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, claims, actions, judgments, settlements, interest, awards, penalties, fines, costs, or expenses of whatever kind, including reasonable advocates and solicitors’ fees, arising from or relating to your use or misuse of the Platform or the placement or transmission of any message, information, software or other materials through the Platform by you.

14. Disclaimer of Warranties

14.1. The Platform is provided to you on an “as is” and “as available” basis, with all faults, defects, and shortcoming, and without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, ELP Lawyers, on our behalf and on behalf of our affiliates, licensors and our service providers, expressly disclaims all:

14.2. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from the Platform or any materials or content available through the Platform shall create any warranty unless expressly stated in this Agreement. You assume all risk for any damage that may result from your use of or access to the Platform, and any material or content available through the Platform.

14.3. ELP Lawyers does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, reliability, timeliness or adequacy of any information or material contained on the Platform. Nothing on the Platform is intended to be, nor should be construed as professional advice. You are advised to seek your own independent professional advice for your specific circumstances.

14.4. Without limitation to the foregoing, we make no warranty, undertaking, or representation that the Platform will meet your expectations, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, applications, systems, or services, operate without any interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards, or be error free, nor do we guarantee that any identified defects can or will be corrected.

14.5. Whilst we use reasonable efforts to ensure that our Platform is free from viruses and other malicious or other harmful content, we do not guarantee or warrant that your use of the Platform (including any content on it or any website accessible from it) will not cause damage to your computer or any other device. Except where required by applicable law, ELP Lawyers shall not be liable to you for any loss or damage arising from viruses, malware, or other harmful content encountered through your use of the Platform.

15. Limitation of Liability

15.1. In no event will ELP Lawyers, our affiliates and our respective licensors, shareholders, members, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, representatives, suppliers or contractors be liable for any incidental, direct, indirect, special, punitive, exemplary, consequential or any similar damages or liabilities whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data, unauthorised access to or disclosure of data, information, revenue, profits or other business or financial benefit) arising out of or in connection with the Platform, any performance or non-performance of the Platform, or any other service or other item provided by or on behalf of ELP Lawyers.

15.2. You agree that ELP Lawyers has no liability or responsibility for the deliberate or accidental deletion, failure to store, theft, misappropriation or loss, by any means, of any data due to your actions in using the Platform, failure to implement adequate security measures, including failure to apply strong passwords.

15.3. Access to, and use of, the Platform are entirely at your own discretion and risk. You understand and agree that you will use the Platform, and use, access, download, or otherwise obtain materials or content through the Platform, at your own discretion and risk, and that you are solely responsible for any damage to your property (including your computer system or mobile device used in connection with the Platform), or the loss of data that results from the use of the Platform or the download or use of any Content.

15.4. The Content is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to constitute, nor should it be relied upon as professional, regulatory, legal or other advice. Any decision made or action taken by you based on the Content is at your sole responsibility and liability.

15.5. Any opinion, analysis or other information included in the Content provided does not constitute any advice. You agree that you are solely responsible for all actions (or the lack thereof), and decisions as related to the Content and your use of the Platform. ELP Lawyers and each party providing the Content disclaim all liability to all persons or organisations in relation to any action(s) taken on the basis of currency, completeness, reliability or accuracy of the Content or any loss or damage suffered as a result of reliance on such information or material. You agree that ELP Lawyers has no liability or responsibility for any actions you may take or fail to take in relation to the Content provided.

15.6. ELP Lawyers has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to you or any other third party. You agree and acknowledge that you are solely responsible for conducting a full and diligent review of any and all legal, accounting, regulatory or tax related implications that may result from your use of Platform. Prior to accessing the Platform, we recommend that you consult with a qualified professional who is fully aware of your circumstances.

15.7. In the event that any limitation or exclusion of liability in this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, our total liability for any claim arising out of or relating in any manner to the access and/or use (or inability to access and/or use) of the Platform is limited to RM 100 only. We do not exclude liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability which may not be excluded by law.

16. Right to Investigate

16.1. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to investigate complaints, actual, potential or alleged violations of this Agreement or other agreements applicable to us and any actual, potential or alleged violations of applicable law, but we undertake no obligation to do so.

16.2. In connection with any such investigation, we may take any action we deem appropriate, without prior notice to you, including, without limitation, reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators or other third parties, and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such persons relating to your profile, account details, e-mail address, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses and traffic information.

16.3. Periodically, we are obliged to undertake due diligence checks on the clients to which we provide ongoing services. Should any of our checks result in the discovery of illegal or unethical conduct, we reserve the right to terminate the provision of our service to you, your access to, or use of, the Platform, at our sole discretion, without notice and without a refund.

17. Force Majeure

17.1. You acknowledge and agree that we have no control over the availability of the Platform on a continuous or uninterrupted basis, and that we assume no liability to you or any other party with regard thereto. We are not responsible or liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by an act of war, hostility, or sabotage; act of God; electrical, internet or telecommunication disruptions, including shortage or outage; interruptions or failures in telecommunication or digital transmission links; hostile network attacks; network congestion; national, state, or local government restrictions or intervention; pandemics, epidemics, cyberattacks, or any other event that is beyond our reasonable control, whether foreseeable or not (“Force Majeure Event”).

17.2. Where access to the Platform is interrupted or we are unable to perform the services offered on the Platform for a continuous period of more than 21 calendar days by reason of a Force Majeure Event, either party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement.

18. Invalidity and Severability

18.1. If any provision of this Agreement is or may become under any written law, or is found by any court or administrative body or competent jurisdiction to be, illegal, void, invalid, prohibited or unenforceable then:

19. Assignment

19.1. You may not assign, transfer or sub-contract any of your rights and obligations under this Agreement to any other person without our prior written consent.

19.2. We reserve the right to assign, transfer or sub-contract all or any part of our rights and obligations under this Agreement at any time without your consent, including to:

20. Waiver

Any waiver of rights under this Agreement must be expressly provided in writing. No failure, omission, or delay by either party in exercising any right, power, or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right, power, or remedy. A waiver of a breach of a term in this Agreement does not operate as a waiver of another breach of the same term or any other term.

21. Equitable Remedies

You acknowledge that the rights granted, and obligations made under this Agreement to us are of a unique and irreplaceable nature, the loss of which shall irreparably harm us, and which cannot be replaced by monetary damages alone. As such, we shall be entitled to injunctive or other equitable relief (including, but not limited to, specific performance and restraining orders, without the obligations of posting any bond or surety or proof of damages) in the event of any breach or anticipatory breach by you.

22. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Agreement is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Malaysia. The courts of Malaysia are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement.

23. Entire Agreement

This Agreement and our Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and ELP Lawyers with respect to the Platform and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understanding and agreements, whether written or oral, with respect to the Platform. This Agreement creates no third-party beneficiary rights.

24. Electronic Communication

24.1. For contractual purposes, you consent:

24.2. A notice shall be deemed to have been given to you twenty-four (24) hours after:

24.3. Please note that electronic communications whether through e-mail, social media platforms, messaging apps, or other online channels, are not guaranteed to be completely secure, virus-free or successfully delivered. By choosing to communicate with us using a non-secure or non-encrypted platform, you assume all associated risks, including that such communications might be intercepted, delayed, altered, corrupted or accessed by unauthorised persons.

25. Associations, Alliances and Industry Partnerships

From time to time, we may establish associations, alliances and industry partnerships with selected entities or organisations to enhance the services we provide. We assume no responsibility for the acts, omissions, representations or conduct of any of these associated or partner entities. Their services, products, and content are provided independently of ELP Lawyers, and your interactions with them are at your sole risk and discretion.

26. Copyright and Trademark Information

Copyright © 2025 ELP Lawyers. All trademarks, logos and service marks (“Marks”) displayed on the Platform are our property or the property of other third parties. You are not permitted to use these Marks without our prior written consent or the consent of such third-party which may own the Marks.

27. How To Contact Us With Questions?

27.1. We welcome your feedback, suggestions and questions (“Feedback”). If you wish to contact us, or if this Agreement requires you to give notice to us in writing, please send an email to [email protected].

27.2. If you provide us with any Feedback, you hereby assign to us all rights in such Feedback and agree that we shall have the right to use, reproduce, modify and fully exploit such Feedback and related information in any manner we deem appropriate. We will treat any Feedback you provide to us as non-confidential and non-proprietary. You agree that you will not submit to us any information or ideas that you consider to be confidential or proprietary.