1 First Things First
1.1 Commencing Work
These Terms of Business (Terms), the Engagement Cover Page(s) and the Warrant to Act (where applicable) (together, this Agreement) constitute the agreement between you and Alcove Law LLC (Alcove Law, we or us) on the terms of your engagement of Alcove Law as your solicitors/counsel.
If you have asked us to start work, for example in cases which involve giving you initial advice or acting in an emergency, then unless otherwise agreed these Terms apply to those instructions.
In all cases, your continuing instructions will amount to your acceptance of these Terms. However, we reserve the right not to start work on your behalf until you have signed and returned a copy of the Engagement Cover Page(s) and/or Warrant to Act to us, and made payment of any requested Deposit (see Clause 2.11).
1.2 Client’s Responsibilities
Only the client who is identified in the Engagement Cover Page(s) may benefit from our advice and solely for the purpose for which we are instructed.
Our duty of care is to the client named in the Engagement Cover Page(s). Apart from this, we do not owe any duty of care or liability to any other person or entity.
In cases where we act for joint clients, the rights and obligations of each joint client will be several, except in regard to payment of our fees which will be joint and several, i.e. each will be fully responsible. For joint clients it is important to understand that we are permitted to disclose to any other joint client(s) relevant information which we would otherwise be prevented from sharing (due to issues of confidentiality) and to undertake work for any such joint client(s) or share any advice given.
In the case of partnerships, companies and/or organisations, we will be entitled to act on the instructions of authorised employees or representatives and rely on any information provided by such people.
1.3 Our advice and its Application to You
Any advice provided to our client(s) may not be used or relied upon by any other person(s) or for any other purpose(s), without our express written permission. Our advice may not be disclosed to any other person(s) without our prior written permission.
We are qualified to advise on the laws of the Republic of Singapore. If you require advice in respect of the laws of another jurisdiction, we will, with your agreement, instruct such lawyers, usually those involving our partner firms who are qualified in their own jurisdictions, to give such advice on the same basis that we engage other Third Parties on your behalf.
Please note that the advice we provide is based solely upon the information that you supply to us and upon current law at the time you instruct us. It is your responsibility to inform us of any changes in the relevant circumstances, upon which we may have advised you. We do not accept responsibility for notifying you of any changes in the law or legal decisions which affect the advice given to you, unless we have expressly agreed to do so as part of an ongoing relationship.
Please note that we retain all intellectual property rights, including copyright, in all materials created by us during the course of our work for you.
1.4 Our Business and its Regulation
Alcove Law LLC is a Singapore law practice. We are a limited liability company registered in Singapore (UEN 202216297M) and are regulated by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority of the Ministry of Law.
1.5 Limitation of Liability
Any limitation of liability in regard to Alcove Law’s work is set out in these Terms. Alcove Law and any individual in Alcove Law will not be liable to you in respect of the provision of services to you except for losses, claims, damages or expenses directly suffered by you by reason of Alcove Law’s professional malpractice, gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
If we are acting for more than one person, the limit of our liability will be apportioned amongst you.
Nothing in these Terms affects our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or for any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under any applicable law or regulation.
1.6 No Personal Liability of Directors
Alcove Law is a law corporation incorporated with limited liability. Consequently, with the possibility of certain limited exceptions (none of which may be applicable), none of the directors of Alcove Law are liable or accountable, directly or indirectly (including by way of indemnification, contribution, assessment or otherwise) for debts, obligations, or liabilities of or chargeable to Alcove Law or another director of Alcove Law (the other director) (whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise) that are incurred, created, or assumed by Alcove Law, by reason of the other director being an advocate and solicitor in, or acting in the conduct of the business or activities of, Alcove Law.
1.7 Indemnity
You will indemnify Alcove Law and each current, former and future director, associate and employee of Alcove Law, to the full extent permitted by law, from and against all claims, actions, liabilities or damages related to or arising out of Alcove Law’s representing you, and you will reimburse Alcove Law for all expenses, as they are incurred by Alcove Law, in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending against those claims or actions (including legal fees, experts’ fees, disbursements and compensation for the time spent by Alcove Law in connection with any such action or claim, calculated at the hourly rate for the particular individuals involved), whether or not in connection with pending or threatened litigation in which we are a party or potential party; provided, however, that you will not be responsible for any claims, actions, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses which are finally judicially determined to have resulted from Alcove Law’s professional malpractice, gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
1.8 Remedies not Exclusive
The provisions of Clauses 1.6 and 1.7 are in addition to any other rights that we may have at common law or otherwise, including but not limited to any right of contribution.
1.9 No Liability of Related Parties
Except where expressly set out in these Terms, no person other than Alcove Law will have liability for any services, and for any act or omission in the cause of the actual or attempted provision of any services, and you therefore agree that any claim of any kind arising out of or in connection with any services will be brought against only Alcove Law and not personally against any of our directors, lawyers, employees, consultants or any other members of our staff (whether employees or not) or against any service company owned or controlled by or on behalf of Alcove Law. If we have to engage other professionals on your behalf (such as accountants, tax advisors, counsel, surveyors, expert witnesses, consultants, or overseas lawyers) (Third Parties), whether in Singapore or abroad, we will do so as your agent. Prior to instructing any Third Parties, we will seek your consent. You will be solely liable for the fees of such Third Parties. Whilst we will use reasonable care in selecting them, we are not liable for any act or omission of such professional unless otherwise agreed in writing.
We will not be liable in any way in respect of any of your money, money in which you have an interest or money held by you for others which is lost as a result of the failure of a bank or other financial institution where we have deposited the money.
2 Financial Matters
2.1 Estimating Fees
We try to be flexible in our charging structure to ensure that our fees are appropriate to the work you ask us to do.
Our fees and the basis of their calculation will be assessed at the outset of the work. The amount of fees will be determined by considering a number of factors including the nature of the work and its complexity, the seniority of the lawyers or professional involved, the expertise or specialist knowledge that may be required, the speed at which action must be taken, the level of risk involved, the time spent on it (including any work done out of office hours) and in certain cases, the value of the transaction.
2.2 Our Estimate(s)
Any estimate of our fees is given as a guide to assist you in budgeting and should not be regarded as a firm quotation unless agreed as such in writing.
Providing an accurate estimate is difficult because unpredictable and unforeseeable circumstances may impact time spent and expenses incurred. Costs may increase through no fault of ours or our clients (for example by the position taken by other parties and advisers) which makes things more protracted.
In all cases, however, we will inform you if any unforeseen additional work becomes necessary or if your requirements or the circumstances change significantly during the course of the work and review our fee estimate with you.
2.3 Use of Hourly Rates
Unless we both agree otherwise, our fees will be calculated by reference to the applicable standard hourly charge-out rates of the individuals doing work for you, and the time they spend doing it.
Legal services will be provided by professional and non-professional members of the firm depending on the type of work required.
Our hourly rates are set out in the Engagement Cover Page(s) and/or Warrant to Act.
Our hourly rates and/or quoted fees do not include (i) disbursements, (ii) taxes (including GST and withholding tax) (if applicable) and (iii) fees to Third Parties.
Time spent on work is logged using a computerised time recording system against each file, using a unit of six minutes of time (rounded up to the nearest unit for a lesser period).,
2.4 Review of our Hourly Rates
The hourly rates are reviewed annually. If a review is carried out and our rates are revised, we will inform you of any revision in the rate before it takes effect. In relation to lengthy matters, this may impact our costs estimates (which may need to be revised accordingly).
2.5 Alternatives to the Hourly Rate
Certainty of fees is important, so as part of our flexible approach, we are prepared to offer alternative pricing methods, for example blended rates, retainers, fixed fees, capped fees. If any of this would be of interest to you, please let the director responsible for your matter know.
Under Singapore law, we are prohibited from charging fees on a contingency basis.
2.6 Fixed Fees
If we agree to carry out work for a fixed fee, we will agree with you what work is covered by that fixed fee and any other relevant assumptions relating to that fixed fee. Any additional work not identified when the work was agreed will be charged separately based on hourly rates set out in the Engagement Cover Page(s) and/or Warrant to Act, unless we both agree otherwise.
2.7 Client Monies
We may, from time to time, hold money on your behalf. Such money will be held in our client account(s), segregated from the firm’s funds, and dealt with in accordance with the prevailing regulatory requirements.
We will not accept funds on your behalf from any other source that has not been identified to our satisfaction.
2.8 Invoices
Alcove Law will issue you with an invoice monthly (or less frequently). Each invoice will have a brief description of the services provided and expenses incurred. Invoices are payable on issuance unless both of us agree otherwise. Please make payment to the bank account specified in Alcove Law’s invoice.
All bank or remittance charges incurred in relation to payment of Alcove Law’s invoice will be borne by you and Alcove Law’s invoice should be paid net of all bank or remittance charges.
If you fail to pay us in full within thirty days after the day on which we send you the invoice, then we may charge interest on the outstanding amount at the rate of 6% per annum from (a) the date of the invoice till date of judgment and from (b) date of judgement till date of payment. If an invoice remains unpaid for more than thirty days, we reserve the right to stop work until payment is received or a further payment on account (acceptable to us) is made or terminate our representation of you.
2.9 Currency
Alcove Law will usually issue invoices in Singapore Dollars or United States Dollars, and you must pay Alcove Law in the billed currency. If we issue an invoice in United States Dollars, we may impose an uplift to the invoice to take into account exchange rate movements. You are responsible for any bank charges incurred in making payment to Alcove Law so that the net amount we receive must be the full amount billed.
If you pay any invoice in a currency other than the billed currency, we may convert your payment to Singapore Dollars at our bank’s prevailing exchange rate. If this results in Alcove Law receiving less than the amount billed, you must pay Alcove Law the shortfall.
Payments made by us to you or Third Parties may incur bank charges. Such bank charges will be reflected as a disbursement in your invoice.
2.10 Taxes
Alcove Law is not a business registered under Singapore's Goods and Services Tax Act, but if in the event it becomes one, we will inform you and thereafter, Alcove Law’s legal fees and certain disbursements will be subject to Goods and Services Tax at the prevailing rate, which you must pay (if applicable).
Alcove Law’s invoices must be paid in full without any deduction for withholding tax. If withholding tax is applicable, that amount must not be deducted from Alcove Law’s invoice and you agree to be liable for paying the withholding tax to the relevant authorities.
2.11 Deposit
It is customary for law firms to require clients to make a payment to account (Deposit) for anticipated professional fees and disbursements. We may ask you to increase the amount of the Deposit in accordance with the anticipated professional fees and disbursements at the stage where your matter is at. We may stop acting for you if you do not pay that amount.
Any Deposit is a deposit only, and the total amount of professional fees and disbursements payable to Alcove Law may exceed or fall below the total amount of the Deposit. We will provide you our bank account details at the appropriate time.
We will hold all amounts remitted to Alcove Law as a Deposit in Alcove Law’s client account for your benefit. Unless you give Alcove Law specific instructions, we have the discretion whether or not to place the Deposit in an interest-bearing account. We may set off the monies standing to your credit in Alcove Law’s client account and any interest accrued on it against professional fees and disbursements due to Alcove Law, whether for the matter mentioned in the Engagement Cover Page(s) or any other matter in which Alcove Law is acting for you.
We will not, however, effect any set-off against Alcove Law’s professional fees and disbursements unless and until we have given you an invoice or other written note of costs and notified you in writing at your last known address or email address that we intend to effect the set-off. We will carry out the set-off not less than 2 working days of Alcove Law’s invoice or note and written notification to you. For the purpose of exercising any set-off, we may uplift any of your monies placed on interest-bearing deposit by Alcove Law, whether at or before the maturity of that deposit and regardless of any penalty which may be imposed for early withdrawal.
2.12 Disbursements
From time to time, we will incur out of pocket expenses made on your behalf at cost (disbursements), including but not limited to postage, telecommunication charges, photocopying and printing charges, search fees, travel costs, investigation costs, court fees, consultant, expert witness or foreign lawyer’s fees. We will charge for photocopying, delivery, and other similar expenses at reasonable rates or at the fees incurred by us. These will be shown separately on our invoices. In some circumstances, we may ask you to accept direct billing from vendors we engage on your behalf.
2.13 Party and Party and Solicitor and Client Costs
For litigation matters, you will be personally responsible for the payment to Alcove Law of Alcove Law’s legal fees, disbursements and applicable taxes in full, whether or not (i) you succeed in the litigation and/or (ii) the court makes an order for your opponent to pay your legal fees. If you are unsuccessful in the litigation, you will likely be ordered to pay your opponent’s legal fees, and you must pay these legal fees in addition to the legal fees due to Alcove Law from you. Even if you succeed in the litigation, the court may not order your opponent to pay the full amount of the legal fees actually payable by you to Alcove Law or your opponent may not in fact be able to pay what has been ordered against him.
2.14 Undertakings
In cases where we are required to give an undertaking (that is a binding professional commitment) which involves the payment of a sum of money on your behalf, we will not do so without your prior approval; but once given, it cannot be withdrawn. In these cases, we will normally require the amount to be paid to us before we give the undertaking.
2.15 Property transactions
If you are borrowing from a lender for a property transaction, we will request that we receive the funds the day before completion. You should be aware that your lender might charge you interest from the date the payment is sent to us.
2.16 Queries over our charges
Should you wish to query or require a detailed breakdown of the invoice, please speak with the director responsible for your matter.
3 Legal and Regulatory Matters
3.1 Money Laundering
In accordance Legal Profession (Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism) Rules 2015, we are required to ensure that we obtain and keep satisfactory evidence of the identity of our clients and related parties. We may ask you to provide such evidence or undertake electronic checks and searches.
By instructing us, you agree to us carrying out such checks. We reserve the right to pass on to you the cost of doing so. Depending on the results of these checks and searches, it may not be possible for us to act for you and we may be required to cease acting without notice. You will be liable to pay our fees up to the point at which we stop work.
In some circumstances, we may be required to report the matter and your information to the relevant authorities without notifying you or anyone else that we are reporting. Also, until we are given consent by the relevant authorities that we are permitted to act for you, we will have to stop work.
3.2 Anti-bribery and Corruption
We have a zero-tolerance approach to bribery and corruption in any form, as acting fairly and ethically is crucial to our reputation as a business.
3.3 Confidentiality
We treat client confidentiality with the utmost importance and in most cases the information and documentation you provide to us is confidential and subject to legal professional privilege. However, there are occasions where we may be obliged to disclose it, for example: where we are required to disclose it by law; the information becomes public without any breach of confidentiality by us; or where we are required to disclose it by any regulatory or legal authorities, in which case, we will endeavour to give you as much advance notice as possible of any such required disclosure.
Also, in property transactions, if you are obtaining a mortgage and we are acting for the lender, looking after its interests, we may consider information in our possession or which comes to our knowledge should be made available to the lender.
In certain circumstances, it may be necessary to erect an information barrier to protect the confidentiality of information. You will be advised of the arrangements we are putting in place and have an opportunity to discuss relevant issues.
We will keep you advised of the progress of your matter on a regular basis, either by telephone, e-mail, or letter enclosing, where necessary, copies of relevant correspondence. You can, of course, contact us for a progress report at any time.
3.4 Privacy
We may request for your personal data for the purposes of carrying out our Know-Your-Client and anti-money laundering checks (as required by law) and to provide you our legal services.
We may also request for the personal data of individuals related to you (e.g. employees, shareholders, relatives, directors, etc) as may be necessary for the provision of our legal services.
You acknowledge and agree that we may not be able to render our legal services to you if you do not consent to the provision of such personal data for the purposes above.
We may use, collect and/or disclose such personal data for the purpose of providing legal services and/or in the ordinary course of our work.
Your privacy is important to us and you should know what we are doing with the personal data we hold about you. Please let us know if you would like a copy of Alcove Law’s privacy policy or if you would like to speak to our data protection officer.
3.4.1 File Documents
For the time we represent you, we will send you documents, data, correspondence, and other information by email or other means of electronic communication. These are your file copies. Please retain them. We may also retain the data in electronic form. These electronic copies and any hard copies we have will constitute Alcove Law’s office file.
3.5 Third Party Services Whilst we will not share your personal information with others, we may need to pass your personal information to Third Parties, for example, others who are assisting us in the performance of the services we are providing to you. In particular, we use third party providers, who may not be resident in Singapore, to: Host Alcove Law’s email and other communication systems, practice management systems or content management systems and to provide support for these systems,
Host, store, process, distribute, and back up Alcove Law’s data, which includes documents and materials provided by you to Alcove Law to enable us to represent you, Provide video and teleconference facilities, and Assist in digitizing documents and other content for use in court and other proceedings. Although we engage well-known providers to provide electronic communications and data hosting, storage, processing and back up services, those services are subject to the providers’ terms of use, privacy policies as well as any national laws that may apply to those providers. We do not make any representation or warranty in respect of the services provided by Alcove Law’s third party providers and, in particular, the privacy, security and confidentiality of those services. We accordingly disclaim any and all liability in respect of any services provided by the third party providers referred to in this Clause 3.5. On request, we will inform you of who Alcove Law’s third party providers are so that you can make your own determination of any potential concern.
3.6 Use and Disclosure of Documents and Materials
In the course of representing you, we are likely to come into possession of copies or originals of documents or other materials belonging to you or others. Once the particular matter to which those materials relate has been concluded, we will make arrangements to either return the documents to you or retain them in Alcove Law’s storage facilities or dispose of them.
Alcove Law may keep and archive, in electronic or other form, any and all documents and materials relating to your matter. After a period of 6 years from the time a matter has been closed, we may destroy all documents and materials relating to your matter, including all documents and materials kept in electronic form. We will not destroy deeds or other original legal documents without your consent.
On closure of a file, we will direct all correspondence from third parties on the file to you. After that, we may inform any third parties to correspond directly with you. For bankruptcy or winding-up matters, after closure of the file, we may inform the Official Assignee or Official Receiver or Liquidator (as the case may be) to communicate directly with you and, if they forward any funds to Alcove Law, we may return those funds to them so that they may deal with you directly.
We may also be required to disclose your personal information to governmental or regulatory authorities from time to time. Apart from these cases, we will not pass your personal information to third parties (other than entities related to Alcove Law) unless you have asked us to or we have notified you in advance.
3.7 Rights over files where our Fees are Unpaid
A lien is our right to keep all papers, documents, money or other property held on your behalf until all money due to us is paid. We are entitled to exercise a lien in accordance with these Terms. A lien may be applied after work has concluded. In the event that you decide to appoint new solicitors, we will release all documents to them only upon receipt of an undertaking from your new solicitors to protect our lien as to costs over the documents handed over to them.
3.8 No Destruction of Evidence in Litigious Matters
If the matter on which you are instructing Alcove Law is litigious or potentially litigious, you must not deliberately destroy documents (including electronic documents and data) which are in your possession, custody or power and are relevant to the issues in the matter. Documents that are “relevant” to the issues in the matter include documents that do not support or adversely affect your case or that are confidential or informal.
A party “deliberately” destroys relevant documents if it intends to put these documents out of reach of the other party in pending or anticipated litigation. If a party is found to have deliberately destroyed relevant documents, the court may strike out that party’s claim (if it is the Plaintiff) or defence (if it is the Defendant), even if a fair trial is still possible. It may therefore be necessary for you to suspend any corporate document destruction program immediately. From the time you engage us on such a matter, you should not destroy any document which could conceivably be relevant, however unimportant it may appear to you.
If you have already destroyed relevant documents before instructing Alcove Law, please inform Alcove Law immediately as you are still required by the Rules of Court to disclose to your opponent that these documents were once in your possession, custody or power. As stated above, the court has the power to impose severe sanctions if the destruction was deliberate. Your obligation to preserve evidence continues until the matter is finally resolved. The same obligation applies to your opponent. After action is commenced, you will be required to list, and then produce for your opponent’s inspection, relevant documents that are not privileged (including new documents that you create through internal discussion or otherwise) and which are in your possession, custody or power. We want to be involved in the formulation of anything relevant to a matter which you may wish to commit to writing. You should ensure that every individual in your organisation who may be affected by your discovery obligations in a matter is made aware of the need to preserve relevant documents, whether or not those documents are privileged.
3.9 Conflicts of interest
Legal and professional rules apply to dealing with conflicts of interest which sometimes arise where we act for different clients. We have procedures in place aimed to prevent this, but if you become aware of any possible conflict, please let us know immediately. If this situation arises, we will discuss the position with you and determine the appropriate course of action. In such cases, in order to protect your interests, we may have to stop acting for one or both parties.
3.10 Termination
You may terminate your instructions to us at any time (unless we are acting under retainer basis where we have agreed a longer period for notice of termination) by giving us seven (7) days’ notice in writing. You are entitled to have all or any part of your file returned to you upon request (although we are entitled to retain a copy), but we will be entitled to keep all your papers and documents while there is money owing to us for our fees, disbursements and expenses (see Clause 3.7).
We may decide to stop acting for you in certain circumstances, but only in compliance with the Legal Profession Act (Cap. 161) and all subsidiary legislation.
We will give you seven (7) days’ notice that we intend to stop acting for you. If we stop acting for you for any reason, you will be liable to pay all fees, disbursements and expenses incurred up to that point. We will not be responsible for any costs that you incur should you choose to instruct another law firm to continue with the provision of legal advice.
3.11 Dispute Resolution
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Republic of Singapore. If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of the relationship between both of us, including the quality or adequacy of Alcove Law’s representation or Alcove Law’s professional fees charged, you must bring that to Alcove Law’s attention, and each of us will negotiate in good faith to resolve the matter.
3.11.1 Disagreement in relation to our professional fees for work done to be submitted to mediation before taxation
You agree as a mandatory pre-condition to the commencement of proceedings to assess or tax our fees or Alcove Law’s invoice to first submit any disputes or disagreements in relation to those fees or invoice (“Fee Dispute”) to the Singapore Mediation Centre (“SMC”) for resolution by mediation in accordance with the Mediation Procedure in force at the time of submission of the Fee Dispute to mediation. You further agree to participate in the mediation in good faith and undertake to abide by the terms of any settlement agreement reached.
Only in the event that the Fee Dispute cannot be resolved or settled through mediation within sixty (60) days after the mediation has commenced before the appointed mediator(s) may you apply to the Court for a formal assessment or taxation of Alcove Law’s invoice or both of us may submit the Fee Dispute to the Law Society of Singapore’s Cost Dispute Resolve scheme.
3.11.2 Recovery of our professional fees and/or monies due to us to be determined in Court
You agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Singapore Courts for the purposes of any action or court proceedings brought by us for or in relation to the recovery of our professional fees incurred or to be incurred by us on your behalf.
We may bring legal proceedings in any other jurisdiction, including where you are domiciled or based, to recover fees or other sums payable to us.
3.11.3 All other disputes to be submitted for mediation before arbitration
You agree as a mandatory pre-condition to arbitration referred to below to first submit all other disputes and differences arising under, out of, or in connection with this Agreement, or services provided by us to you, including any question regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement, to the SMC for resolution by mediation in accordance with the Mediation Procedure for the time being in force. You further agree to participate in the mediation in good faith and undertake to abide by the terms of any settlement agreement reached.
In the event the dispute and differences (other than a Fee Dispute) cannot be resolved or settled through mediation within sixty (60) days after the mediation has commenced before the appointed mediator(s), such dispute and differences shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC Rules”) for the time being in force, which rules are deemed incorporated by reference to this clause. In relation to such arbitration: the place and seat of arbitration shall be Singapore; the dispute shall be determined by a single arbitrator, such arbitrator to be appointed by mutual agreement between us, or in the event that no mutual agreement is reached, then in accordance with the SIAC Rules; and the language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English.
3.12 Revision of Terms
We may revise the terms of this Agreement from time to time. If the terms are revised, we will provide you with the revised Terms and the revised Terms will come into effect and apply upon your receipt of them. If you do not accept the revisions made, you should terminate this Agreement.
3.13 Entire Agreement
This Agreement sets out the entire understanding between both of us regarding the working relationship between both of us, and replaces any prior understanding or agreement relating to it. This Agreement covers all services we perform on your behalf. If any court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
3.14 Severability
Each provision of these Terms and the Summary is severable and distinct from every other provision.
3.15 No Third-Party Rights
A person not party to this Agreement will have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act (Chapter 53B) or any other legislation for the enforcement of contractual terms by a third party (whether in force now or to be enacted in the future and as it may be modified, adapted or supplemented from time to time) to enforce any term of this Agreement.
3.16 Changes to Alcove Law LLC
If at any time the whole or any part of Alcove Law is transferred to a successor firm or corporate partner (including a company or another limited liability partnership), all work on which we have been instructed by you may be carried out by the successor firm and reference to “we” and “us: in these Terms will from the date of transfer be interpreted as reference to the successor firm.