Terms & Conditions

1. Who we are and what these terms cover

1.1 This portal and the toolkit available through it are operated by Martine Doce, trading as Law by Equivalent Means ("we", "us").

1.2 These terms govern your access to the Law by Equivalent Means toolkit (the "Toolkit") through this portal. By requesting access you agree to these terms.

1.3 These terms do not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

2. What you are accessing, a licence, not ownership

2.1 Your access grant gives you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to view the Toolkit through the portal for the Access Period (clause 3). You do not acquire ownership of the Toolkit or any intellectual property in it.

2.2 All intellectual property in the Toolkit and the portal belongs to us. You must not copy, download, screenshot for distribution, share, publish, resell, sub-license or otherwise redistribute any part of the Toolkit, or remove or obscure any watermark.

2.3 Your account is for you alone. You must keep your login credentials confidential and must not share them. Each page you view is watermarked with your account email.

3. Access period, committed period and our right to end access

3.1 Your access grant gives you access to the Toolkit for as long as the portal remains live (the "Access Period"). There is no fixed end date, access continues until we withdraw or retire the portal, subject to the notice provisions below.

3.2 The first 90 days from the date access is granted is the "Committed Period". During this time, we will not withdraw your access except where you have materially breached these terms (see clause 3.4).

3.3 After the Committed Period, your access continues on the same terms. We may withdraw or retire the portal at any time after the Committed Period, but we will give you at least 30 days' written notice to your account email before doing so.

3.4 We may suspend or terminate your access immediately if you materially breach these terms, in particular clause 2 (sharing credentials, or copying or redistributing the Toolkit).

3.5 We may make reasonable changes to the Toolkit's content (for example, to reflect changes in SRA requirements) without notice, provided the changes do not materially reduce what you have been granted.

4. What the Toolkit is, and is not

4.1 The Toolkit is general educational guidance based on the author's own experience of the SRA Equivalent Means route. It is not legal advice, is not provided in a solicitor-client relationship, and is not tailored to your circumstances.

4.2 We do not guarantee any outcome. Admission decisions rest solely with the Solicitors Regulation Authority. SRA requirements, fees and deadlines may change, always check sra.org.uk for current information.

4.3 We are not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the SRA.

5. Our responsibility to you

5.1 If we fail to comply with these terms, we are responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breach or our failure to use reasonable care and skill.

5.2 We are not liable for business losses, or for loss arising from your application's outcome. Our total liability under these terms is limited to the access granted to you. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be excluded.

6. Changes to these terms

6.1 We may update these terms from time to time. The version in force when you request access governs your access; material changes affecting ongoing access will be notified to your account email with reasonable notice.

7. General

7.1 These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction (if you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you may also bring proceedings there).

7.2 If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in force. A failure to enforce a term is not a waiver of it.