Terms of Use

  1. Terms of Use
    1. The website at www.queenslandreports.com.au (website), is owned and operated by The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for the State of Queensland ACN 009 656 982 (ICLRQ).
    2. By clicking 'Accept' and/or by accessing, downloading, installing, displaying or using the website (whichever is first), you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out below (Terms of Use).
    3. In these Terms of Use, a reference to "we", "us" and "our" is a reference to ICLRQ.
    4. A reference to "you" or "your" in these Terms of Use is a reference to any person accessing, viewing or using the website, including a Registered User.
    5. These Terms of Use also incorporate and include our Privacy Policy available at https://www.queenslandreports.com.au/privacy-policy/.
  2. Registration and Use
    1. In order to use certain functionality of the website, you will need to register as a user with a valid email address (Registered User) and create an account (Account).
    2. You may access the website at any time, unless we have restricted access to perform necessary maintenance, updates or upgrades. Your ability to access the website will otherwise depend on factors outside our control and we do not guarantee that the website will be available at all times or accept any responsibility for factors outside of our control such as the quality of your internet connection, the type of computer or mobile device used to access the website and your software.
    3. The website is available as a secure website and on devices running compatible internet browsers. We may change the operating platforms and/or system requirements to use the website from time to time. You may need to download or perform updates if you would like to continue your use of the website. We do not accept any responsibility if your use of the website is affected due to changed requirements and platforms.
    4. You acknowledge that you have no rights in, or to, the website or the technology used to support the website, other than the right to use the website in accordance with these Terms of Use.
  3. Account
    1. At the time of becoming a Registered User you will be asked to create an Account. It is your responsibility to maintain the confidentiality and security of your Account and to ensure there is no unauthorised access. You are liable for any unauthorised use of your Account.
    2. You agree to provide accurate and complete information when you become a Registered User and create your Account.
  4. Limitations on Use
    1. By accessing and using the website you warrant and agree that you will:
      1. not use the website for any purpose not permitted under the Terms of Use;
      2. not copy, transmit, distribute, reproduce, licence, alter, reverse engineer, adapt or modify the whole or any part of the website in any way whatsoever;
      3. not hide, deface, alter or delete any copyright symbol, trade mark or other proprietary rights notice;
      4. not use the website for any activity which is obscene, indecent, offensive or defamatory;
      5. not hack into, change or otherwise knowingly transmit a virus or otherwise damage the website or any information contained within it;
      6. refrain from tampering with, hindering the operation of or making unauthorised modifications to the website;
      7. not use the website with an incompatible or unauthorised device;
      8. refrain from uploading onto the website any material, or use the website in any way which:
        1. infringes the intellectual property rights of any person; or
        2. is unlawful or violates any law; and
      9. not breach any other terms of the Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy.
  5. Queensland Law Reporter
    1. The Queensland Law Reporter (QLR) is a publication approved under r 599(2) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 and Supreme Court Practice Direction 14 of 2017 for the publication of notices of intention to apply for a grant of probate or letters of administration, as well as notices of missing wills, and occasionally, notices of intention to distribute the assets of an estate.
    2. It is also a publication approved under Supreme Court Practice Direction 7 of 2004 for the publication of notices of intention to apply for admission to the legal profession in satisfying the requirements under r 12 of the Supreme Court (Admission) Rules 2004.
    3. Notices published in the QLR from 1 January 2012 onwards are accessible through the Public Notice Database on the website, which is updated on Fridays after 5:00 pm.
    4. By requesting email delivery of the QLR or by searching a database on the website, you agree that any use whatsoever of any QLR is subject to these Terms of Use.
    5. The material presented in the QLR is provided by the ICLRQ as an information source only.
    6. The ICLRQ, and its team of Councillors, Editors, Sub-Editors, Reporters and staff do not warrant or represent that the QLR (or any edition of it) will be published or otherwise available at any particular times (or at all).
    7. The ICLRQ, its team of Councillors, Editors, Sub-Editors, Reporters and staff, and its suppliers of content published on the website or any linked site, do not assume any responsibility to any person for the accuracy or completeness of any information, material, products or services on the website or any linked site or in any edition of the QLR.
    8. The ICLRQ, its team of Councillors, Editors, Sub-Editors, Reporters and staff, and its suppliers of content published on the website or any linked site or any QLR, do not assume any responsibility to any person for and do not provide advice by publishing or supplying for publication any of the content including information, decisions, summaries, tables and citations. When you use any such content you assume sole responsibility for evaluating the accuracy and completeness of that content and its relevance to your circumstances and should obtain appropriate professional advice.
    9. The ICLRQ, its team of Councillors, Editors, Sub-Editors, Reporters and staff, and its suppliers of content published on the website or any linked site or any QLR, do not warrant or represent that the information on the website or any linked site or in any QLR or email delivering a QLR is free from infection by computer viruses or other contamination.
  6. Submitting content including advertising notices
    1. The website may enable you to advertise notices or share other text, graphics, videos, information, designs, data and other content (together content). You are a submitter of content and you are responsible for all content that you share (or that is published through use of your Account). You must not share any content that:
      1. is inflammatory (commonly referred to as ‘trolling’);
      2. is xenophobic, racist, abusive, harassing or hateful;
      3. is false, defamatory, inaccurate, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy, or constitutes personal abuse directed at other users;
      4. is obscene, sexually explicit or pornographic, or contains links to other sites that contain or promote obscene, sexually explicit or pornographic material;
      5. constitutes commercial advertising, the promotion of gambling or the promotion of your own site (commonly referred to as ‘spamming’);
      6. infringes someone else’s copyright or other intellectual property rights, or
      7. violates any applicable law.
    2. The weekly deadlines related to publication of notices for advertising in the QLR are set out generally below:
      1. the closing deadline is at 3:30pm on the Monday before the Friday of the publication of the QLR. This is the deadline by which all notices must be submitted and paid for in full. Any notices that are not submitted and paid for in full by the closing deadline will not be published in the next edition of the QLR;
      2. the changes deadline is at 3:30pm on the Wednesday before the Friday of the publication of the QLR, and:
        1. any changes to notices that are to be published in the next edition of the QLR must be submitted by this deadline. No further changes can be applied to notices after the changes deadline;
        2. notices submitted and paid for in full by the changes deadline will be published in the form submitted at this deadline;
        3. submitted notices can only be withdrawn (cancelled) until the changes deadline. If you would like to request a refund for cancellation of a notice, you must do so prior to the changes deadline. No refunds will be issued for cancellation of notices after the changes deadline has passed; and
      3. the publication date of the QLR is around midday every Friday. The QLR is not published on certain Fridays.
      4. Further information on the deadlines can be found here.
    3. Any content posted by you may be moderated by the ICLRQ prior to publication. We may make changes to the punctuation or capitalisation in notices to meet the style guide of the QLR. If you use free form notices, it is your responsibility to ensure that you have filled these out in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Queensland Law Society (for admission notices) and the Courts (for probate and other notices).
    4. If your notice fails moderation, the ICLRQ will contact you by email to inform you and set the status of your notice as a draft. For your notice to be published you will need to edit your notice and resubmit it for re moderation. Your notice will not be published until it has passed moderation. If you do not update and submit your revised content by the applicable changes deadline, your notice will not be published and set as a draft which may be removed as if not published in a timely manner.
    5. The information you are required to include in your notice for advertising may vary from case to case. The forms provided through the ICLRQ website should be used as a guide only, and they do not cover all the various situations that can arise when applying for a grant of probate or letters of administration, when applying for admission to the legal profession, or when advertising a missing will or an intended distribution of an estate. For example, Form 103 for probate notices does not seek to deal with cases where there are codicils to the will or where there is more than one executor or applicant.
    6. The ICLRQ does not offer legal advice or assistance in the drafting of notices to be advertised in the QLR. If you require assistance, you should seek independent legal advice from a legal practitioner (including if your particular circumstances present concerns with the process of applying for a grant to administer an estate) and refer to the Queensland Courts website for information about probate and grants, or contact the Legal Practitioners Admissions Board with regards to any questions and concerns related to applying for admission to the legal profession in Queensland. Regarding admission notices, you should also read the 'Notice of Admission Matters' from the Legal Practitioners Admissions Board.
    7. The ICLRQ does not provide proof of an advertisement prior to publication, or a copy of your notice or the relevant edition of the QLR. Any notice drafts or proofs printed from the portal are not official and not for court use. Subject to sections 6.3 and 6.4 of these Terms of Use, the content of your notice will be published in the QLR as submitted by you through the website. You can view and download your notice on our website from the day of publication by accessing the relevant edition of the QLR.
  7. Subscribing to the Queensland Reports
    1. Digital subscription (free)
      1. To receive email notifications of new installments of the Queensland Reports (on the last Friday of every month), you must sign up on the website by clicking here. This free subscription also includes a free copy of the QLR to your email inbox every Friday.
    2. Print subscription (paid)
      1. The Queensland Reports are issued in printed format of three annual bound volumes. The current subscription rate is $198 AUD (including GST and postage within Australia; additional charges apply for tracked delivery within Australia and international postage).
      2. Subscription to the printed bound volumes of the Queensland Reports can be requested through the website, by emailing [email protected] or by phoning the ICLRQ office at (07) 3236 1855.
      3. Previous and current sets (by year) of the Queensland Reports, as well as individual volumes to fill gaps in existing sets, can also be purchased (without an annual subscription) through the ICLRQ website (see below).
  8. Purchasing the Queensland Reports
    1. Previous and current editions of the Queensland Reports, as well as individual volumes to fill gaps in existing sets, can also be purchased (without an annual subscription) through the website.
    2. By set (year) or annual edition
      1. The following are available for purchase (subject to availability):
        1. any set from the 1983 to 2017 Reports (consisting of two volumes) for $132 AUD per set; or
        2. any set from the 2018 to 2019 Reports (consisting of three bound volumes) for $198 AUD per set; or
        3. any set of volumes from the new series (consisting of three bound volumes; currently up to Volume 3) for $198 AUD per set of volumes.
    3. The prices listed above include GST and postage within Australia; additional charges apply for tracked delivery within Australia and international postage.
    4. By individual volume
      1. Subject to availability, any individual volume from the 1860 to 2020 Reports and Volumes 1 to 3 of the new series is available as a one-off purchase for $66 AUD per individual volume (including GST and postage within Australia).
      2. Additional charges apply for tracked delivery within Australia and international postage.
    5. Entire backset (1860-2019)
      1. A limited number of the full backset of the Queensland Reports is available for purchase, without an annual subscription, at a discounted price of $3,300 AUD (including GST and postage within Australia). Additional charges apply for tracked delivery within Australia and international postage.
      2. As a bonus, the first three volumes of the new series of the Reports (which commenced 2020), will also be included if you purchase a full set. This full set consists of 140 printed bound volumes:
        1. Queensland Supreme Court Reports (1860-1881): five volumes bound into two books;
        2. Beor’s Queensland Law Reports (1876-1878): three volumes bound into one book;
        3. Queensland Law Journal Reports (1881-1901): 11 volumes bound into five books;
        4. Queensland Reports (1902-1953): produced biennially, 26 bound volumes;
        5. Queensland Reports (1954-1982): produced annually, 29 bound volumes;
        6. Queensland Reports (1983-2017): produced biannually, 68 volumes;
        7. Queensland Reports (2018-2019): produced triannually, 6 volumes; and
        8. Queensland Reports Volumes 1 to 3 (2020): produced triannually, 3 volumes.
  9. Payment
    1. In order for your notice to be advertised in the QLR on your preferred publication date, payment of the advertising fee of $176 AUD per advertisement (including GST) must have been received in full by the ICLRQ by the closing deadline (Monday at 3:30pm) for that particular QLR edition.
    2. The following methods of payment are acceptable:
      1. credit card or debit card (VISA or MasterCard only);
      2. direct deposit or electronic funds transfer; and
      3. cheque or money order.
    3. Our preferred method of payment is by credit card because payment can be reconciled instantly. You may however make payment by cheque or direct deposit as specified below.
    4. We require your cheque to have been cleared or the advertising fee to have been received in our account (as applicable) by the closing deadline (3:30pm on the Monday prior to publication). You should consider postage or bank processing times when making payment by cheque or direct deposit (as applicable), which may be 2-3 business days or more. The ICLRQ is not responsible for any such delays. We do not accept emailed screenshots or photos of any direct deposit or cheque.
    5. If we receive your direct deposit, or your cheque is cleared, after the closing deadline for the relevant publication date, your notice will be published in the next available edition of the QLR.
    6. You can make payment by direct debit using the following details (please quote your invoice number as the reference):

      Bank: ANZ Bank
      Account Name: The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting For the State of Queensland
      BSB: 014 010
      Account Number: 1019 39383

    7. You can make payment by cheque made payable to “The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for the State of Queensland” (cheques made payable to the “Queensland Law Reporter” will NOT be accepted) and sent to PO Box 13307 George Street Post Shop, Brisbane QLD 4003, including the remittance advice slip containing your invoice number, or quoting your invoice number.
  10. Technical information and security
    1. The transmission of data over the internet and/or cellular network is not always secure. Although we endeavour to secure the website, your access to the website is at your own risk and we accept no responsibility for any interference, loss, damage, or disruption to your computer or mobile device or otherwise, which arises in connection with your use of the website.
    2. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to:
      1. implement sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements for the accuracy of data input and output; and
      2. ensure that whatever you select for your use in the website is free of viruses or anything else that may interfere with or damage the operations of your computer or mobile device.
    3. We do not warrant that functions available on the website will be uninterrupted or error free, free of viruses or programming bugs or interferences due to factors outside our control.
  11. Intellectual Property
    1. Copyright and all other intellectual property rights in material and content contained on the website is owned by ICLRQ or its licensors unless otherwise indicated and, unless permitted by law, you must not:
      1. adapt, reproduce, store, distribute, transmit, print, display, perform, publish or create derivative works from any part of the website; or
      2. commercialise any information, products or services obtained from any part of website,
      without our prior written consent.
    2. All product and company names referred to in this website are the property of their respective owners.
    3. We do not claim ownership of any content you provide to us through or in connection with the website (User Content). However, by providing User Content to us, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, sub-licensable licence to use, reproduce, modify, communicate to the public and adapt that content, on this website and through any other means.
  12. Privacy
    1. You acknowledge that information about you, including information provided upon becoming a Registered User and creating an Account will be collected, handled and used by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy which can be found here.
    2. Any payments made on this website by credit card or debit card are secured by Stripe’s online payment gateway. To make such payments we share with stripe any data related to you such as your name, transaction reference information, credit card and security code. Stripe is a payment platform recognised for its exceptional level of security and data encryption. You can read Stripe’s privacy policy here.
    3. The Address auto complete function on the website used to verify your registration and delivery address utilises the Google Maps and Google Places API’s. No personally identifiable information is provided to Google for the use of this service, except address data. You are able to read Google’s privacy policy here.
    4. This website uses an Australian hosted email delivery api service to ensure the secure and reliable delivery of email notifications and attachments, This service is provided by smtp2go.com. When delivering an email the service stores - for a limited time - some information relating to email delivery such as the sender and recipient details, time submitted, delivery status and ip information. The service doesn’t store the body of emails or any attachments. You are able to read smtp2go’s privacy policy here.
    5. Any email newsletters sent by the ICLR are delivered by Mail Chimp. Mailchimp collects usage data including information for subscription management (name, email address, the deliverability of emails, whether email messages are opened or forwarded, and whether subscribers click on links in the email messages). We use this usage data in aggregated form so that it cannot be used to identify any particular individual user. This aggregated information is used to monitor and improve ICLR’s services and newsletters. The Mailchimp Privacy Policy is available here.
  13. Third Party Websites and applications
    1. The website may contain links to websites and applications owned and operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the operation, security levels, content or any other aspect of any third party websites and mobile applications.
    2. Links to third party websites and mobile applications are provided solely for your convenience and do not indicate our endorsement of, or affiliation with, them or their products and services.
    3. The ICLRQ, its team of Councillors, Editors, Sub-Editors, Reporters and staff, and its suppliers of content published on the website or any linked site, make no representations or warranties, and are not liable for (whether in contract, tort or otherwise howsoever):
      1. the content or accuracy of any information contained in linked websites and applications and third party websites and applications; and
      2. any loss or damage suffered as a result of access to, or use of, these third party websites and mobile applications, or the reliance on the information contained within.
    4. You must make your own enquiries as to the suitability of the content of third party websites and applications and the goods and services available for sale on them.
    5. Third party websites and applications may be governed by their own terms and conditions (including their privacy policy), which will apply to your use and acquisition of their products or services. Accordingly, we strongly recommend that you read their terms and conditions.
  14. Email Notifications
    1. When you create an Account you will be asked whether you agree to us sending you communications (including communications promoting our products and services) via email (Email Notifications). If you have agreed to receive Email Notifications, you may choose to stop receiving them at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of our Email Notifications.
    2. If you agree to receive Email Notifications, the website will send emails to your nominated email address and you acknowledge and consent to receipt of those Email Notifications.
  15. Warranties
    1. By creating an Account, you warrant and agree that:
      1. you are a Registered User;
      2. you are responsible for any error, omission or cost arising from a failure or delay to provide all information necessary to create an Account or, your use of the website;
      3. you will keep your Account details including your username and password confidential and secure;
      4. you will be solely responsible for all use of your Account.
    2. The website, all content and products and services provided or made available through the website, are made available to you on an 'as is' and 'as available' basis. While we endeavour to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information contained on the website, that information may contain errors and omissions and is subject to change.
    3. To the maximum extent permitted at law, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, in relation to the content, accuracy, completeness, suitability, accessibility, security or reliability of:
      1. any material and/or information on the website;
      2. the performance, availability, continuity, reliability or security of the website (or any services provided in connection with the website); and
      3. the loss, damage or corruption of any data or other material as a result of the use of the website.
  16. Limitation of Liability
    1. We acknowledge that under applicable State, Territory and Commonwealth law(s) (including, without limitation, the Australian Consumer Law contained in Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)), certain statutory expressed and implied guarantees and warranties (Non-Excluded Guarantees) may apply. Nothing in these Terms of Use purports to modify or exclude the Non-Excluded Guarantees.
    2. To the maximum extent permitted at law, the liability of ICLRQ and our officers, employees, agents, contractors, service providers, successors or assigns, for a failure to comply with a Non-Excluded Guarantee, is limited to:
      1. in the case of services, the cost of supplying the services again or payment of the cost of having the services supplied again; and
      2. in the case of software or other goods, the cost of replacing the goods, supplying equivalent goods or having the goods repaired, or payment of the cost of replacing the goods, supplying equivalent goods or having the goods repaired,
      and except in the case of a major failure (as that term is defined in the Australian Consumer Law), we can elect as between the remedies set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.
    3. In circumstances where the Non-Excluded Guarantees do not apply, ICLRQ, our team of Councillors, Editors, Sub-Editors, Reporters and our officers, employees, agents, contractors, service providers, suppliers of content published on this or any linked website or in any QLR, and our successors or assigns exclude all liability whether in contract, tort or otherwise howsoever, for any loss or damage whatsoever (including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages) you may suffer arising out of, or in any way related to the services or products we provide (including in any way related to your use of the website, any error or omission (whether negligent or otherwise), or inaccurate or incomplete information contained on this website or any linked site or any QLR).
    4. The ICLRQ and our officers, employees, agents, contractors, service providers, successors or assigns will not be liable if the website (or any services provided in connection with the website) are unavailable for any reason, including directly or indirectly as a result of:
      1. telecommunications unavailability, interruption, delay, bottleneck, failure or fault;
      2. negligent, malicious or wilful acts or omissions of third parties (including our third party service providers);
      3. maintenance or repairs carried out by us or any third party service provider in respect of any of the systems used in connection with the provision of the website;
      4. services provided by third parties (including ISP services) ceasing or becoming unavailable; or
      5. any circumstance or event beyond our reasonable control.
  17. Suspension or Termination
    1. You may stop using the website at any time.
    2. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your Account or access to all or part of the website if you materially or repeatedly breach these Terms of Use.
    3. If we suspend or terminate your Account or access to all or part of the website pursuant to section 17.2, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you of the breach and ways in which you can remedy it.
  18. General
    1. We reserve the right to amend, modify, add, delete and make corrections to the Terms of Use at any time. Your continued use of the website after such change will mean that you agree to that amendment of the Terms of Use. You must stop using the website if you do not agree to an amendment of the Terms of Use.
    2. If any part of the Terms of Use is determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable or void, that part will be severed to the extent necessary and the remainder of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.
    3. Clauses and rights in these Terms of Use can only be waived in writing signed by the waiving party. Failure or delay of a party in exercising a right under these Terms of Use does not waive the party’s rights. A waiver will only waive the particular rights in the particular circumstances and will not waive any other rights, or the same rights in other circumstances.
    4. The Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Queensland, Australia. For any claim made by either party against the other which in any way arises out of the Terms of Use, you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Queensland (and any court of appeal from them).
    5. The website may be accessed throughout Australia and overseas. We make no representation that the website complies with the laws of any country outside Australia. If you access the website from outside Australia, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for complying with the laws in the place where you access the website. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all liability for any failure of the website to comply with the laws of any jurisdiction outside of Australia.
    6. For further information on using the website, please contact
      ICLRQ at Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law
      415 George St
      Brisbane 4000
      Email: [email protected]