Welcome to our Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms”). These terms affect your legal rights, endeavor to read them and treat them with utmost importance.

SHQ LEGAL (the “Firm”, “SHQ”, “we”, “our”, “us”) is a company duly registered under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By using our website [www.shqlegal.com] and all related sites and/or services, you agree to these Terms. The website’s Privacy Policy (where applicable) is incorporated by reference into these Terms.

This Terms of Use is an agreement between you and the Firm. It details our obligations to you. It also highlights certain risks in using the services, and you must consider such risks carefully as you will be bound by the provisions of this Agreement through your use of this website or any of our Services.


ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE

By accessing, visiting, or using the website, you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms. Please read carefully. Further, you shall be subject to any additional terms of use that apply when you use certain products or posted guidelines or rules applicable to our services, which may be posted and modified from time to time. All such guidelines are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms.

ANY ACCESS, USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SERVICES WILL CONSTITUTE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SERVICES OR OUR SITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION OR ACCESS OUR SERVICES.


WHO MAY USE OUR SERVICES?

You may use the Services only if you agree to form a binding contract with the Firm and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction. If you are accepting these Terms and using the Services on behalf of a company, business, or organization, you hereby represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so.


ELIGIBILITY

By using the Services, you represent that:
a) You have attained the age of 18 years;
b) You are of sound mind and have the capacity to enter into a legally binding contract;
c) All personal information that you provide about yourself is accurate and true to the best of your knowledge, and you have the responsibility to maintain the accuracy of the information at all times;
d) You have carefully considered the risks involved with using the Services; and
e) Your use of the Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation.


ACCESS AND USE OF OUR SERVICES

a. Service Description: Structure HQ is a company duly registered under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria carrying on the business of providing bespoke corporate governance solutions and consultancy services (“Services”).


INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, the Firm grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sub-licensable, revocable, non-transferable license to access and view any content made available on or through the Services and accessible to you, solely for the uses authorized by these Terms and any other Agreement incorporated into these Terms.

The Services, entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) on all our platforms and channels, are owned by the Firm, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. The content/material may not be copied, modified, reproduced, downloaded, or distributed in any way, in whole or in part, without the express prior written permission of the Firm, unless and except as is expressly provided in these Terms. Any unauthorized use of the material is prohibited.

You may use the website solely for the purposes authorized and/or to learn about our products and services, and solely in compliance with these Terms; provided that you do not remove any proprietary notice language in our content or part thereof, do not copy or post such content or part of content to any networked computer or broadcast it in any media, make no modifications to any such content or part of content, and not make any additional representations or warranties relating to the Services or/and the Firm’s products or/and services.


PROHIBITED USE OF THE WEBSITE

By using the website, you agree that you will not:
- use any of the Services in violation of these Terms;
- copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer or reverse assemble the website, the App function, or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, or allow any third party to do so;
- use, display, mirror or frame the Content, or any individual element within the Firm’s website, the Firm’s name, any trademark, logo or other proprietary information belonging to the Firm, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page in the website, without the Firm’s express written consent;
- dilute, tarnish or otherwise harm the Firm’s brand in any way, including through unauthorized use of our Content, registering and/or using the “SHQL” name or derivative terms in domain names, trade names, trademarks or other source identifiers, or registering and/or using domains names, trade names, trademarks or other source identifiers that closely imitate or are confusingly similar to the Firm’s domains, trademarks, taglines, promotional campaigns or content;
- sell, assign, sublicense, distribute, commercially exploit, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in, or make available to a third party, the Services or any part thereof;
- use any page-scrapes, "robots," "spiders," or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to access, copy or monitor any portion of the site or the application;
- use the Services in any manner that damages, disables, overburdens, or impairs the Services or interferes with any other party's use and enjoyment of any of the Services;- utilize the Services for any illegal purpose;
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of the Services;
- probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the website or any network connected to the website, or breach the security or authentication measures on the website or any network connected to the website;
- take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the website or any systems or networks connected to the website;
- use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of any of the Services.


THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

We may display, include or make available third-party content (including data, information, applications and other products services) or provide links to third-party websites or services ("Third-Party Services"). Third-Party Services and links thereto are provided solely as a convenience to you and you access and use them entirely at your own risk and subject to such third parties' terms and conditions. You acknowledge and agree that the Firm shall not be responsible for any third-party services, including their accuracy, completeness, timeliness, validity, copyright compliance, legality, decency, quality, or any other aspect thereof. The Firm does not assume and shall not have any liability or responsibility to you or any other person or entity for any third-party services.


DISCLAIMER & LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Company disclaims any and all representations, warranties, and conditions relating to the Services and the use of the Services (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law in respect of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill).

THE Firm MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, SECURITY, OR ACCURACY OF THE PLATFORM AND THEIR CONTENT FOR ANY PURPOSE. THE SITE, APP, AND THEIR CONTENT ARE DELIVERED ON AN "AS-IS" AND "AS-AVAILABLE" BASIS. THE CONTENT MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS OR OTHER ERRORS OR INACCURACIES AND MAY NOT BE COMPLETE OR CURRENT.

YOUR SOLE REMEDY AGAINST THE Firm FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SERVICES IS TO STOP USING ANY OR ALL OF THE AFFECTED SERVICES.

Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, your use of our site and Services is at your own risk.

You agree that the Firm will in no way be liable to you for (a) any direct, indirect, special, incidental punitive, consequential, punitive, special, or exemplary damages or (b) any damages whatsoever in excess of the amount of the transaction or (including, without limitation, those damages resulting from revenue loss of revenues, lost profits, profit loss of, use, data, goodwill, loss of use, business interruption, or any other intangible losses), (whether the Firm has been advised of the possibility of such damages or not) arising out of or in connection with the Firm’s website or services (including, without limitation, use, inability to use, or arising from the results of use of the Firm’s website or services) whether such damages are based on warranty, tort, contract, tort, statute, or any other legal theory.

The above disclaimer applies to any damages, liability, or injuries caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use, whether for breach of contract, tort, negligence or any other cause of action. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of or limitations on implied warranties or the limitations on the applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so some or all of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to you.


UPDATES, MODIFICATIONS & AMENDMENTS

We may need to update, modify, or amend our Terms as our technology evolves. We reserve the right to make changes to these Terms at any time by giving notice to users on this page. We advise that you check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification on the page. If a user objects to any of the changes to the Terms, the user is advised to cease using our website and/or Services immediately.


INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Firm, its affiliated companies, employees, agents, and any third-party information providers from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages, and costs (including, but not limited to, direct, incidental, consequential, exemplary, and indirect damages), and reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from or arising out of your use, misuse, or inability to use the Services, or any violation by you of these Terms.


APPLICABLE LAW

These Terms of Use shall be interpreted and governed by the laws currently in force in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.


DISPUTE RESOLUTION

The validity, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 

Parties shall use their best endeavours to amicably settle any dispute or difference of opinion arising from or in connection with this Agreement through mutual discussions in line with our Dispute Resolution and Complaint Management Control Framework.

All disputes should be logged formally by sending an email to info@shqlegal.com within 90 (ninety) days of the transaction date.

Where Parties are unable to resolve the dispute through mutual discussions, the dispute or difference of opinion shall be referred to mediation. Unless the Parties agree otherwise, the dispute shall be resolved by a sole mediator who shall be jointly appointed by the Parties. The mediation shall be conducted under the auspices and the rules of the Lagos Multi-Door Courthouse (LMDC). Where the Parties are unable to agree on the choice of the mediator, the choice of mediator shall be referred to the Chief Judge of Lagos State.

In the event that the dispute cannot be resolved within 30 (thirty) days of the appointment of the mediator, the dispute shall, be referred to a court of competent jurisdiction for resolution. A dispute shall be deemed to have arisen when a Party notifies the other Party in writing to that effect.


SEVERABILITY

If any portion of these Terms is held by any court or tribunal to be invalid or unenforceable, either in whole or in part, then that part shall be severed from these Terms and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other part of these Terms.


ASSIGNMENT

This agreement is a personal agreement between the Firm and you. As a result, you are not allowed to assign your rights under this agreement to a third party. On the other hand, we can and will only transfer any of your and our rights or obligations under the agreement if we reasonably think that this won't have a significant negative effect on your rights under these Terms or if we need to do so to keep in line with any legal or regulatory requirement.

WAIVER

Our failure or delay in enforcing any of our rights under these Terms, if you have breached these Terms, does not amount to a waiver and will not prevent us from enforcing those or any other rights at a later date within the period stipulated by applicable law.


PRIVACY POLICY

You agree to the Firm’s Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and protect the personal information you provide to us.


CONTACT US

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at info@shqlegal.com.