Legal notice and privacy

1. Identification

Responsible for this site

M^e Lawrence Al Kabain, lawyer

Professional order

Barreau du Québec, member number 362666-1

Establishment

138 rue Lamarche, Laval, Quebec H7X 4E6, Canada

Telephone

438 544-2525

Email

alkabainlegal@gmail.com

2. Nature of the information published

The information on this site is general in nature and provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice or a legal opinion and cannot replace a consultation tailored to your particular circumstances. The law changes, and the application of any rule always depends on the facts specific to each file.

No decision should be taken, or omitted, in reliance on the content of this site alone without first obtaining professional advice addressing your situation.

3. No lawyer-client relationship

Browsing this site, submitting the contact form, sending an email or booking an appointment does not create a lawyer-client relationship. Such a relationship arises only once a written mandate has been accepted and signed by both parties.

Until a mandate is in place, the information you send does not necessarily attract professional secrecy. You are therefore advised not to communicate confidential or sensitive information at first contact. It also remains possible that obligations toward other clients prevent the acceptance of your file.

4. No guarantee of results

Every file is distinct and its outcome depends on facts, evidence and circumstances particular to it. No result is guaranteed, promised or implied, and nothing on this site constitutes a prediction as to the outcome of any matter.

5. Professional advertising

This site is a professional communication published in accordance with the obligations applicable to members of the Barreau du Québec, including those governing advertising. No specialist title is claimed. The practice areas described reflect the types of mandates accepted, not a certification of specialization.

6. Protection of personal information

This policy describes how personal information collected through this site is handled, in accordance with Quebec legislation applicable to the protection of personal information in the private sector.

6.1 Person responsible for the protection of personal information

M^e Lawrence Al Kabain acts as the person responsible for the protection of personal information. Any question or request concerning your information may be addressed to him at alkabainlegal@gmail.com.

6.2 Information collected

Only information you voluntarily provide is collected, namely:

• your name;
• your email address;
• your telephone number;
• your address, your occupation and, where applicable, your workplace contact details or information about the business on whose behalf you act, as required by the professional regulations governing lawyers;
• the area of law and preferred language you select;
• the name of the opposing party, solely for the purpose of checking for conflicts of interest;
• the summary of the situation that you write;
• your answers to the questions specific to the area selected, and the questions you want addressed;
• the documents you choose to attach.

6.3 No cookies and no tracking

This site uses no cookies, no audience analytics tools, no advertising pixels, and no fonts or other resources loaded from third-party servers. No profiling is carried out and your browsing is not tracked.

There is one exception, entirely at your choice: the Contact page can display a booking calendar provided by Google. That calendar loads only if you click to display it. Until you do, that calendar sends no data to Google. If you choose to display it, Google may set cookies and collect information under its own policies, over which M^e Al Kabain has no control. You can always book by phone or email without using this tool.

The site also stores two technical flags in your browser's session memory: one prevents the intro animation from replaying on every page, the other remembers that access to the calendar has been opened for you. They contain no personal information, allow no tracking, and disappear when you close your browser.

6.4 Purposes of use

The information collected is used solely to communicate with you about your inquiry, to assess whether it can be acted on, and to verify the absence of a conflict of interest. It is not used for any commercial purpose, is neither sold nor rented, and is not used to send you promotional communications.

6.5 Disclosure to third parties

Information is not disclosed to any third party, except to the technical providers strictly necessary to operate this site, namely the host, the contact form processing service and, for tracking your request and the documents you attach, the Google services (Sheets and Drive) used by the firm, who may access it solely for the purpose of delivering your message, tracking your request and storing your documents. Some of these providers may process or store information outside Quebec.

6.6 Retention and destruction

Inquiries that do not lead to the opening of a file are retained for the period necessary to process the inquiry and verify conflicts of interest, and are then destroyed. Where a mandate is opened, information is retained in accordance with the professional obligations governing the keeping of lawyers' files.

6.7 Your rights

You may at any time:

• request access to the personal information held about you;
• request its correction if it is inaccurate, incomplete or ambiguous;
• withdraw your consent to its use;
• request that the computerized information you provided be communicated to you in a structured, commonly used technological format, or transmitted to a third party, to the extent provided by law;
• request its destruction, subject to legal and professional retention obligations.

Such requests should be addressed to the person identified in section 6.1. If the response you receive does not satisfy you, you may file a complaint with the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec.

6.8 Security

Reasonable measures are taken to protect the information collected. No transmission over the Internet can, however, be guaranteed entirely secure: avoid transmitting sensitive information by email or through a form until a mandate is in place.

7. Intellectual property

All content on this site, text, layout, graphic elements and photographs, is protected by copyright. Any reproduction or redistribution, in whole or in part, without prior written authorization is prohibited.

8. Links to third-party sites

This site may link to external resources, including an appointment booking service. Those sites are governed by their own terms and policies, for which no responsibility is accepted.

9. Governing law

This notice is governed by the law applicable in the province of Quebec. Any dispute relating to this site falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the judicial district of Montreal, province of Quebec.