We intend to devote an hour of our time everyday to answering legal queries through email without charge.

This will purely be on a trial basis as we are unsure of the volume of queries that may be raised. We will try to answer queries within 24 hours. However the answers will have to be limited to a half page response. The answers are intended to be a preliminary advice only and may not fully answer all the issues raised. The answers are intended more as a guide to matters that need to be considered in solving a particular legal issue.

Portfolio Settlements is not a legal publisher. We are a settlement agency trying to assist members of the public to access advice on settlement matters without the fear of expensive legal fees.

IMPORTANT
Please let us know if you consent to the email question being publicised on our website for general reading by the public.

We will of course remove all names prior to printing of the information on our web site.

We hope to make our free email settlement advice service as comprehensive as possible for our visitors and readers.

We are based in Perth, Western Australia and our  settlement advice is tailored towards Western Australian Jurisdiction. Please therefore indicate in your email as to where you are residing and which jurisdiction you are referring to.

EVEN MORE IMPORTANT

We always advise our clients to ensure that they have up to date virus scanning programs. It is imperative that any newsletters that are sent from Portfolio Settlements  to your email address be scanned for viruses before you open the newsletter. At no time are Portfolio Settlements to be held responsible for the failure to scan for viruses prior to the opening of email attachments.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER
We also have to advise that due to the nature of the medium used, there is no intention to create a settlement agent client relationship in respect of the advice and or information given through this website or through the Portfolio Settlements Free Email Settlement  Advice service. A settlement agent and client relationship will only arise if the firm of Portfolio Settlements accepts proper instructions from the email recipient and our office is appointed as settlement agents.

Settlement advice from a properly instructed settlement agent  is something which you can rely upon to make decisions and the settlement agent giving this advice accepts the risks that this entails. No settlement agent will give  advice to an individual they have never met or questioned about the circumstances surrounding the question. So any reply you receive via our website is for guidance only and should not be used to make decisions. If you decide to make decisions based on the answer then neither Portfolio Settlements nor the lawyer giving the guidance can be held responsible.

By using Portfolio Settlements Free Email Settlement Advice and information in this web site, you are agreeing that under no circumstances will Portfolio Settlements, its affiliates, or any party listed on this site and its links be responsible for

1.   any information contained on or omitted from the site(s),

2.    any person's reliance on any such information, whether or not the information is correct, current or complete,

3.    the consequences of any action you or any other person takes or fails to take, whether or not based on information provided by or as a result of the use of the sites. Portfolio Settlements and their affiliates also have no responsibility for

4.    any person's satisfaction or dissatisfaction with settlement agent, whether relating to the settlement agent's competence, diligence, or otherwise any

5.    the results of any advice given by or representation from any settlement agent, or

6.   the failure or refusal of our office to respond or consult to you.