Acceptable Use Policy

1. Purpose

In short: These are the conduct rules for everyone using CASE IT. They form part of the Terms of Service and the SaaS Licence Agreement. Breaches can lead to a warning, suspension, termination, or referral to a professional regulator or the authorities.

This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) describes the standards of conduct that apply to all users of the CASE IT platform (“Platform”). It supplements and is incorporated into our Terms of Service and SaaS Licence Agreement. By accessing the Platform, you agree to comply with this AUP. Violations may result in warnings, suspension, or permanent termination of your account.

2. Intended Use

In short: Use it for legal research and preparation, venue and appeal analysis, reviewing counsel appearance histories, settlement preparation, academic research with attribution, and training.

The Platform is designed to help legal professionals make better-informed decisions through data-driven analytics. Permitted uses include:

• Legal Research and Case Preparation: Researching judicial profiles, grant rates, decision patterns, and case-type tendencies to inform litigation strategy; preparing for oral arguments based on a judge’s known approach.
• Venue and Forum Analysis: Evaluating alternative venues or forums for case filing; assessing appeal prospects based on court-level outcome data.
• Opposing Counsel Intelligence: Reviewing a legal practitioner’s appearance history (courts, sides, judges appeared before, recent judgments) to prepare for negotiation or hearing. The Platform publishes no win rates, scores or rankings for practitioners.
• Settlement and Negotiation Support: Using judicial tendency data to inform settlement ranges and negotiation strategy.
• Academic and Educational Research: Conducting research on judicial behaviour or court outcomes, provided attribution is given to the Platform and its underlying data sources.
• Training and Professional Development: Using Platform data to train associates or educate legal professionals on judicial research methods.

3. Prohibited Uses

In short: Do not harass, threaten or improperly influence anyone in the justice system, or publish or build ratings or rankings of judges or practitioners. Do not breach your professional conduct rules. Do not redistribute, resell, scrape or re-identify data, or present figures as facts, predictions or legal opinions. Do not attack or probe the Platform, share credentials, or use it unlawfully or to discriminate.

The following uses are strictly prohibited and constitute a material breach of this AUP and the Terms of Service.

3.1 Conduct Affecting Judicial Integrity

• Harassing, intimidating, or threatening any judge, legal practitioner, court officer, or court personnel based on Platform data.
• Attempting to improperly influence judicial decision-making through use of Platform data beyond legitimate litigation preparation.
• Publishing or distributing Platform data in a format that presents judges or legal practitioners as rated, ranked, or scored in a manner designed to undermine public confidence in the judiciary or the legal profession.
• Creating, operating, or contributing to any website or database that ranks or rates judges or legal practitioners using Platform data (for example, a “best judges” or “worst judges” list).

3.2 Professional Ethics Violations

You must not use the Platform in a manner that violates your applicable professional conduct rules, legal ethics obligations, or bar association regulations. You are solely responsible for ensuring your use complies with your professional duties.

3.3 Data Misuse and Redistribution

• Redistributing, reselling, or commercially exploiting Platform data, insights, or reports without express written authorisation from CASE IT Legal.
• Creating derivative databases from Platform data that replicate or substantially reproduce the Platform’s analytics for use outside your subscription.
• Scraping, crawling, or automating access to the Platform using scripts, bots, or automated tools, except through approved partner API access (Solo tier or higher).
• Combining Platform data with non-public information to re-identify individuals or to build profiles beyond what is available through public records.
• Representing Platform metrics, analytics, or data-generated insights as definitive facts, guaranteed predictions, or legal opinions.

3.4 Security and System Integrity

• Attempting to gain unauthorised access to the Platform, its databases, APIs, or administrative interfaces.
• Probing, scanning, or testing the vulnerability of the Platform without prior written authorisation.
• Introducing malicious code, viruses, or harmful software into the Platform.
• Circumventing, disabling, or interfering with any security feature, access control, usage quota, or authentication mechanism.
• Sharing or disclosing your login credentials to individuals who are not Authorised Users under your account.

3.5 Unlawful Use

You must not use the Platform in connection with any activity that violates applicable law, constitutes defamation or fraud, infringes intellectual property rights, or facilitates discrimination based on any protected characteristic.

4. Responsible Use Guidance

In short: Analytics are history, not predictions. Verify against primary sources, use your professional judgement, attribute your sources and respect judicial independence.

• Analytics Are Historical, Not Predictive. All metrics and insights reflect patterns in historical court records. No outcome is guaranteed, and no prediction of future judicial conduct is implied.
• Verify Against Primary Sources. Before relying on Platform data for a material decision, verify relevant information against original court records or official court websites.
• Exercise Professional Judgment. Platform data is an input to your professional analysis, not a substitute for it.
• Attribute Appropriately. If you cite Platform data in court filings, published articles, or academic work, provide attribution to the data sources as indicated on the Platform (e.g., “Data sourced from NSW Caselaw and the Open Australian Legal Corpus via the CASE IT platform”).
• Respect Judicial Independence. Use of Platform data must remain consistent with respect for the integrity and independence of the judiciary in all jurisdictions.

5. Usage Limits

In short: Some features have monthly quotas that reset on the first of each month. Going over a quota is not a breach, but access pauses until the reset or an upgrade. API rate limits apply, and bulk extraction patterns may be restricted and reviewed.

• Tier-Based Quotas. Usage of certain features is subject to monthly quotas based on your Subscription Tier. Quotas reset on the first day of each calendar month. Exceeding a quota restricts access to that feature until the next reset or upon upgrade — it does not constitute a policy violation.
• API Rate Limits. Partner API access is subject to rate limits specified in your subscription agreement. Systematic use that exceeds approved rate limits or degrades Platform performance for other users is prohibited.
• Fair Use. Usage patterns suggesting automated bulk downloading or systematic data extraction — rather than genuine analytical use — may result in temporary restriction and review.

6. Enforcement

In short: We may monitor usage metrics, but not the content of your searches without cause. Responses scale from a warning, to suspension of 7 to 30 days, to termination and referral to the authorities. You can appeal to hello@caseit.legal within 14 days and we respond within 5 business days.

CASE IT Legal reserves the right to monitor usage patterns to detect violations. Enforcement actions depend on the severity and frequency of the violation:

If you believe your account has been suspended in error, contact hello@caseit.legal within 14 days. We will review and respond within 5 business days.

7. Reporting Violations

In short: Report misuse to hello@caseit.legal with the subject line AUP Violation Report. Reports are treated in confidence.

If you become aware of misuse of the Platform by another user or third party, please report it to hello@caseit.legal with the subject line “AUP Violation Report.” We treat all reports in confidence and will investigate promptly.

8. Changes to This Policy

In short: We give at least 30 days' notice of material changes.

We may update this AUP from time to time. Material changes will be notified at least thirty (30) days in advance via email or through the Platform interface. Continued use of the Platform after the effective date of any change constitutes acceptance of the updated AUP.

9. Contact

For questions about this Policy:

CASE IT Legal
Email: hello@caseit.legal
Support: hello@caseit.legal