CPD for Me Terms and Conditions

CPD for Me are a multi award winning provider of CPD and publish leading barristers, accredited specialists and industry experts exclusive 1 hour webinar recordings, edited into engaging online learning.

Under the CPD Rules, if this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim one “unit” for each hour of attendance, refreshment breaks not included.

In Australia the minimum annual requirement for a lawyer is ten (10) units each year from 1 April to 31 March and Accountants must complete 120 hours CPD over 3 years.

1. Terms and Conditions for Subscribers
   In these terms “you” means the individual persons named on the order form. “Order Form” means the form for ordering the 12 month subscription which accompanies this brochure. “Package” means the CPD for Me subscriptions and products as described in this website, a “credit card” means a valid Visa or MasterCard with transaction made through secure payment with Stripe, PayPal or via Direct Debit.
2. We reserve the right at any time to charge or amend any fees payable by you to access or use any part of the Website and/or the Service and to vary or amend the terms and conditions which cover such fees for your access or use of any part of the Website and/or the Service.

2. Service and Fees

The Website provides a resource designed to assist professionals, including lawyers, accountants, advisors and Barristers to select Continuing Professional Development (CPD) / Compulsory Legal Education (CLE) events (including electronic or audio CPD/CLE events) and LogCPD Units.

License is for single fee earner subscriber to access CPD session for 12 months.  

Your subscription entitles you to the right to access your specified seminar/s for the time specified or unit allocation and not for distribution to any other party.  Corporate solutions are available for firms.

3. Subscription

When you register with CPD for Me:

• You must provide us with accurate, complete and updated registration information.
• You must safeguard any user name and and we do not store your passwords.
• You authorise us to assume that any person using the Website or Service with your user name and/or password is Where your user name and/or password is specific to you, you must not allow anyone else to use your username and/or password.
• You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of your user name and/or password or any breach of security of which you become aware.
• You may cancel your registration at any time at any time by notifying us.
• We reserve the right to discontinue or cancel your registration in our sole discretion without notice if you breach any of these terms and conditions or any applicable law or if we form the view that your conduct adversely impacts on our name or reputation or violates our rights or those of any other party.

4. Your Licence to access our online programs

By subscribing to our products and subscriptions we agree to sell to you and supply you with an online account with access until the subscription expires and you and we are bound by these terms.

• We grant you a limited, non-transferable licence to access of our online programs, On Demand Seminars, Live Webinars and Legal Updates which allow you (and your staff if you have purchased a firm subscription) to access our content and use the Website and the Service solely for your personal, educational purposes and not for any commercial purpose.
• You acknowledge that the Website, the Service and all related content are subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights= (Intellectual Property Rights).
• You agree and acknowledge that the copyright in the content of the online program remains with the authors and copyright of the recording in the online library is owned by CPD for Me.
• We (or our licensors) retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Website, the Service and all related content, and nothing you do on or in relation to the Website, the Service or any of the related content will transfer any Intellectual Property Rights to you or, except for the licence contained within paragraph (c) above, licence you to exercise any Intellectual Property Rights unless this is expressly stated.
• Except as provided in these terms and conditions, permission to reprint or electronically reproduce the Website, the Service or any related content in whole or in part for any purpose is expressly prohibited, unless it is for your personal educational use or prior written consent is obtained from CPD for Me. You may contact us as specified below if you wish to obtain such consent.

5. Pricing and Access limits

All prices are quoted in Australian dollars and are inclusive of GST.

Access to the site is available on a ‘on off’ basis or subscription. Subscribers are limited to 12 month access to products purchased the number of courses purchased.

• Individual 12 month subscribers are able to watch any on-demand in our library or attend relevant CPD-LIVE webinars any given CPD period. 
• Our 30-day money back guarantee and will provide a refund within 7 days of notification. Please note that during this period subscribers are only able to obtain 1 MCLE / CPD point.

6. Our relationship with other speakers, other providers and advertisers

As well as our own events, we may act as re-sellers for other product suppliers and may receive a payment from them in order to provide the Service. We may also, from time to time, receive payment from advertisers on the Website.   Where we are introducing referral partner program to our experts with third party products or services, we will clearly advertise those arrangements.

7. General Disclaimers

CPD for Me and our CPD-LIVE presenters make every effort to ensure the information comprised in our content is accurate at the time of original publications however we and our presenters are not responsible for any errors or omissions.

• We are not responsible for any financial losses incurred by you of for injury or damage to persons or property in any way connected to our packages.
• CPD is of a general nature and does not take into account your individual firm needs. Reliance on the completeness, accuracy, suitability or currency of the website or its content (including third party material and advertisements on the email or the website), irrespective of any verifying measures taken by us.
• The website is designed for the purpose of providing professional development training for lawyers and advisors and does not purport to provide legal advice.

Use of the CPD for Me website is at your risk. None of CPD for Me affiliates or directors, officers, employees, agents, contributors, third party content providers or licensors makes any express or implied representation or warranty about, or shall be liable, in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, for any direct, indirect, special or consequential loss, damages or reliance in connection with the email or the website, its use, its content or any products or services referred to on the website.

This includes (but is not restricted to) loss or damage you might suffer as a result of any of the following:

• Failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, failure to correct defects, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus or other harmful component, loss of data, communication line failure, unlawful third party conduct, or theft, destruction, alteration or unauthorised access to records.
• The provision of credit card or other financial information, the failure to complete (or delay in completing) any transaction, or other loss or damage arising from any e-commerce transacted or attempted to be transacted on the website.
• Accessing any sites or servers maintained by other organisations through links on the email or the website. Any links are provided for the convenience of users of the website only and without responsibility for the content or operation of those sites. Unless otherwise stated, linked sites and their products and services are not endorsed by CPD for Me and by linking to any such site is at your own risk.
• Defamatory, threatening, offensive or unlawful conduct of third parties or publication of any materials relating to or constituting such conduct.
• A breach by CPD for Me of their Privacy policy (other than a willful breach).

8. Continued Site Availability and Access

The right is reserved to alter the website at any time, even if it changes the equipment needed to access or use the website or any part of it.

9. Limitation Of Liability (if any)

CPD for Me total liability to you (if any) for loss, damage or reliance shall be limited to the re-supply of the information or services or payment of the amount paid by you (if any) for accessing the website.

10. Indemnity

You indemnify CPD for Me, their affiliates, employees, agents, contributors, third party content providers and licensors from and against all actions, suits, claims, demands, liabilities, costs, expenses, loss and damage (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) incurred or suffered by you or by us as a direct or indirect consequence of your accessing, using or transacting on this site or your attempts to do so and any breach by you or your agents of these terms.

11. Logo

No CPD for Me, CPD-LIVE or MidCoastDigital logo may be used without the prior, specific, written permission.

12. General Provisions

These terms of use are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. If any part of these terms of use is found to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed without affecting the remainder.

13. Collected Browser Information

CPD for Me, CPD-LIVE and MidCoast Digital analyses website logs to constantly improve its service.  We review subscribers, the pages visited and the time spent browsing them. We use the log information to measure the number of subscribers to different sections of our sites and this helps us make our sites more useful to participants. We do not store this information and are a necessary part of monitoring our sites to improve service and security. Our site contains links to sites owned by others, so please note that we may have no control over their privacy practices.

14. Cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer’s hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can make the web more useful by storing information about your preferences on a particular site. The use of cookies is an industry standard and many major websites use them to provide useful features for their customers. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user’s computer. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you would prefer you can set yours to refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of subscriber benefits.

15. Subscriber Communication

Please direct communication for CPD for Me, CPD-LIVE and Midcoast Digital to support@cpdforme.com.au.

Any questions in relation to our Terms and Conditions please schedule a 15 minute call with Paula Gilmour.

What they say about us

As a lawyer in a busy practice, finding the time to undertake continuing legal development was a challenge.
This all changed about five years ago, when I found CPDforMe Online.
Initially, I was attracted by its convenience. Over the years, I have come to take advantage of so much more.
From our first contact, Paula’s main concern, as founder of CPDforMe, was to ensure I gained the most from the online seminars.
This year, I had the honour of being invited to be a presenter for CPDforMe Online.
Knowing Paula’s professionalism and the quality of other CPDforMe presenters, I had no hesitation accepting her offer.
Over the years, cannot tell you how many key insights and take-homes I’ve received from CPDforMe, which has helped grow my practice, even in trying times.
Highly recommend CPDforMe, for any lawyer, accountant or professional advisor looking to stay up-to-date with the law, meet their professional obligations and gain practical insights to grow their professional business.
William Attoh, Principal Director, Legal Made Easy

William Attoh
Principal Director – Legal Made Easy
CPD for Me gives you the opportunity to understand how the best performers do it and what actions you need to take to emulate their success.

Sam Coupland
Director -FMRC
Paula was great to deal with and the site was easy to use with relevant and interesting content at great value.

Sarah Wainwright
Senior Associate and Accredited Family Law Specialist at Lander & Rogers
After I retired as full time Judge, I now provide pro bono legal advice to charities and other not for profit organisations and need to get CPD points. This year I went with CPD For Me. I have learnt a lot from these excellent presentations and found it to be a convenient and efficient way of satisfying my CPD requirements.

Frank Marks
Mediator and Arbitrator
I have been using Paula for years for my CPD points. I am impressed with the speakers and contents of the lectures. Paula will always contact you if you need any help. Even out of office hours. I cannot recommend her enough.

Kathleen Berck
Principal at Berck Solicitors Brisbane
We recently engaged Paula to help with our firm CPD, SEO and staff training. Energetic, professional and offering a perspective that is otherwise not available in the legal space. Great product, great service. We will be continuing the chat. Thanks Paula

Dennis Danaher
Director at Danaher Moulton