Terms & Conditions

1.1 “We” means Laughing Lillies (Pty) Ltd , practising under the name and style of Laughing Lillies (hereafter referred to as “Laughing Lillies” and “us” and “our” shall have corresponding meanings. “User” means any natural person or juristic person accessing any part of this Website and “you” and “your” shall have corresponding meanings. “this Website” means www.laughinglillies.co.za and all sub–pages thereof, including any third party sites accessible via this Website. “ECT Act” means the South African Electronic Communications & Transactions Act 25 of 2002; “Terms and Conditions” shall mean these terms and conditions, as amended from time to time, and “terms” shall have a corresponding meaning;  

1.2 Unless otherwise defined in these terms or indicated by the context, all terms and definitions shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the ECT Act or, as the case may be, the relevant governing South African statute or law.  

1.3 Headings in these terms form a legally binding part of these terms. 

2.1 This Website serves to provide the user with information regarding the business and services of Laughing Lillies, based in Cape Town, South Africa.  

2.2 You may only use this Website for lawful purposes and you warrant that you shall not:  

• 2.2.1 use the Website to receive or transmit material which is in violation of any law or regulation, which is obscene, threatening, racist, menacing, offensive, defamatory, in breach of confidence, in breach of any intellectual property rights, or otherwise objectionable or unlawful in any jurisdiction in which you may use it; or
• 2.2.2 use the Website other than for your personal and non-commercial use, store on your computer, or print copies of extracts from this Website, “mirror” or cache information provided via this website on your own server, or copy, adapt, modify or re-use the text, graphics or any other form of content from this website without our prior written permission (obtained via info@laughinglillies.co.za ). 

3.1 Any information, including any information accessible by links to this Website is intended for information purposes only and is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for personal legal advice, provided upon instructions and with reference to specific circumstances.  

4.1 We pride ourselves on a prompt, personalised and professional service to our clients. Accordingly, we welcome your feedback either in person or via info@laughinglillies.co.za as to how we may improve our services and/or this Website. 

4.2 In addition, if you have any questions, do not understand anything in these terms or require a copy of them, you are invited to communicate with us via info@laughinglillies.co.za  and we will respond to you as soon as reasonably possible.  

5.1 WHEN YOU USE THIS WEBSITE FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ENTERED INTO A BINDING ELECTRONIC AGREEMENT BETWEEN UPON THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (THE “AGREEMENT”). 

5.2 This agreement will become binding upon the user and us at the time you make use of the website for the first time and all elements of the contract, including offer by us, acceptance by you and the communication of acceptance shall all be deemed to have been made or noted at the place of the location of our Principal Place of Business, as set out in clause 9 below (“Principal Place of Business”).

5.3 Save to the extent amended by these terms and conditions, in terms of section 21 of the ECT Act, the ECT Act shall apply to these terms and conditions.  

5.4 Data messages, including e-mail messages, sent by users to Laughing Lillies shall be deemed to have been received at our Principal Place of Business and only at a time when acknowledged or responded to in writing.   

5.5 A data message sent by Laughing Lillies to a user shall be regarded as having been received when the complete data message enters an information system designated or used for that purpose by the recipient and is capable of being retrieved and processed by the recipient. In the absence of any non-receipt message received by Andre Leask and Associates, the recipient shall be deemed to have received such data message at the date and time of its transmission. 

5.6 A certificate signed by any practising attorney or associate of Andre Leask and Associates Attorneys, in the absence of proof to the contrary, shall constitute prima facie proof of any fact or evidence necessary to be proved for purposes of supporting a claim for summary judgement or provisional sentence.  

6.1 We respect the privacy of users’ personal information. By using this website the user consents to the use by Laughing Lillies of the user’s personal information in the manner set out in our Privacy Policy, as read with the Protection of Personal Information Act, No 4 of 2013 (hereafter the “POPI Act”), which policy and law forms part of these Terms and Conditions.

6.2 Please ensure you familiarise yourself with our Privacy Policy, which clearly sets out whether and how we may use any of the user’s personal information.

7.1 Subject to these terms and conditions, this Website may allow users to submit or download content, provide comments or request further information or from time to time may contain content submitted by third parties, including but not limited to advertising (collectively, “third party content”). Laughing Lillies has not been involved in producing any third party content and accordingly excludes, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, any responsibility or liability arising out of or in any manner relating to such third party content.

7.2 WHILST REASONABLE EFFORTS ARE MADE TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF THIS WEBSITE, NO WARRANTY, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS GIVEN THAT ANY FILES, DOWNLOADS OR APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE VIA THIS SITE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, BOMBS, TIME-LOCKS OR ANY OTHER DATA OR CODE WHICH HAS THE ABILITY TO CORRUPT OR AFFECT THE OPERATION OF YOUR COMPUTER, DATABASE, NETWORK OR OTHER INFORMATION SYSTEM.

7.3 ACCORDINGLY:

7.3.1 THE USER MAKES USE OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THIS WEBSITE AT OWN RISK AND ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. WHILE EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY THEREOF LAUGHING LILLIES MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSED VIA THIS WEBSITE.

7.3.2 SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 7 OF THE ECT ACT, AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, LAUGHING LILLIES, ITS PROPRIETORS, EMPLOYEES, SUPPLIERS, ISPS, ASSOCIATES OR AGENTS, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS OR LIABILITY, HOWSOEVER ARISING, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, ECONOMIC, CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR LOSS OF PROFITS, INCURRED BY USERS OR ANY OTHER PERSONS RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY SECURITY BREACHES, HARMFUL CODE OR DATA OR ANY LOSS OF WHATSOEVER NATURE RELATING TO THE USE OF THIS SITE.

7.4 Laughing Lillies reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to approve or refuse any submission or to remove any submissions on such grounds as it may deem fit.  

8.1 The user agrees to use this Website in compliance with all applicable laws and these terms and conditions.

7.2 THE USER INDEMNIFIES AND HOLDS HARMLESS LAUGHING LILLIES, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, ISPs, SERVANTS, SUBCONTRACTORS, PARTNERS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES FROM ANY CLAIM, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS FEES ON AN ATTORNEY AND OWN CLIENT SCALE AND OTHER COSTS, MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY AND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USERS USE IN ANY MANNER OF THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING ANY LINKED THIRD PARTY WEBSITE.  

Name and Status of Website owner: Laughing Lillies (Pty) Ltd (Registration number 2023/13961819/07), is a private company registered with the South African CIPC. The main business of the company is the provision of elderly care.   

VAT Registered Number: N/A   Cell: + 27 (0)79 517 7997   

E-mail address: info@laughinglillies.co.za  Website address: www@laughinglillies.co.za    

Physical Address, Principal Place of Business and postal addresses for services of legal documents and notices: 6 Durbell Road, Kenridge, Cape Town 7550. Alternative dispute resolution: See clause 16.2. Cooling–off period for consumers (section 44 of the ECT Act): Not applicable.  

10.1 In order to provide a relevant and secure service, and where required to do so under law, including without limitation the Regulation of Interceptions and Communications Related Data Act, 2002, Laughing Lillies may monitor and/or intercept electronic communications such as e-mail which are sent to this Website. To the fullest extent necessary under law, the user hereby acknowledges that he or she is aware of such potential monitoring and/or interception and consents thereto.  

11.1 If Laughing Lillies receives a valid notice of objection relating to any content that is posted on this Website then Laughing Lillies, subject to the provisions of this clause, will remove the content as contained on the Website. 

11.2 A valid notice of objection must be emailed or faxed to Laughing Lillies and to be deemed a valid notice, must include: (i) the objector’s full names and address, (ii) full details of the right that has been infringed, (iii) identification of the material or activity that infringes this right, (iv) the remedial action required, (v) the telephone and electronic contact details, (vi) a statement that the complainant is acting in good faith, and (vii) a statement from the objector that the information is true and correct. 

11.3 Laughing Lillies shall be entitled but not obliged to remove the content and inform the complainant and, if necessary, the third party that posted that material immediately. Laughing Lillies reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove or not to remove any content and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall have no liability whatsoever for any liability which may arise as a result of such removal or non-removal of content.

12.1 All copyrights and other intellectual property rights, including without limitation any patents, trade marks, copyright/s, design rights, domain names, database rights, in all information, logos, source code and any other original material contained in or posted to this Website, vests in or is licensed to Laughing Lillies. Users may use the materials for non-commercial purposes solely and exclusively and strictly as permitted by these terms or any applicable copyright and other intellectual property laws. All other rights are expressly reserved to Laughing Lillies or its licensors and any other use is subject to the express prior consent of Laughing Lillies (which can be obtained via info@laughinglillies.co.za ).

12.2 Laughing Lillies grants to users a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable license to view, copy, download, forward (where permitted by website functionality), print and display all content and information on any machine of which the user is the primary user provided that such use: (i) Is for information purposes only; (ii) Is for non-commercial purposes; and (i) any such reproduction acknowledges this Website and its hyperlink as the source and copyright owner of the information.

13.1 Users may not link to this Website, unless and strictly on condition that (i) you request and obtain in writing our specific permission by e-mail and mail the proposed hyperlink to info@laughinglillies.co.za and (ii) the link is to the home page of this Website and not to any other (i.e. by deep linking). This permission will only be granted strictly subject to the disclaimers of liability for any third-party content, (including any third party linked sites), contained in these terms and we reserve the right to withdraw permission granted to link to this Website at any time and for any reason. 

13.2 We do not permit the framing of this website but you may send a motivated request for our consideration by e-mailing info@laughinglillies.co.za .

14.1 Should the user (“the defaulting party”) commit a breach of any provision of this agreement and fail to remedy such breach, or if the breach is not capable of remedy, fail to implement remedial action acceptable to the other party within 7 (seven) days, or within 1 (one)  hour in the case of matters requiring urgent action, of receiving a written notice from the other party (“the aggrieved party”) requiring the defaulting party to do so, the aggrieved party shall be entitled in addition to its other remedies in law or in terms of this agreement to require a specific performance of this agreement or to cancel this agreement forthwith and/or delete any offending material, without prejudice to its rights to claim damages from the defaulting party.

15.1 Laughing Lillies reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion and without prior notification, to terminate the provision of this Website and/or to terminate the access rights of any user. This would include but not be limited to circumstances where, (i) Laughing Lillies regards any act or omission of a user to constitute a breach of these terms and conditions or a wrongful act or omission in law; or (ii) on account of circumstances beyond the reasonable control of Laughing Lillies, including technical failures, prevent the continuing provision of the Website. 

15.2 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, either party shall be entitled to terminate this agreement immediately upon notice to the other party. Such termination shall be without prejudice to any rights accrued prior to such termination. 

16.1 The parties agree that this agreement and all and any matters relating to the use of this Website shall be governed by the laws of South Africa.

16.2 All elements of the contract, including offer, acceptance, communication of acceptance and the delivery of the any services shall be deemed for all purposes to have been effected at Laughing Lillies above Principal Place of Business, in the magisterial district of Bellville, South Africa. The user and the Laughing Lillies consent the jurisdiction of the magistrate’s court, notwithstanding the fact that a matter might otherwise have been beyond its jurisdiction. This shall not prevent either party from approaching the High Court of South Africa or by attempting, without prejudice to its rights, to resolve any dispute amicably by means of a pre-agreed dispute resolution procedure. 

17.1 The parties choose as their respective domicilia citandi et executandi their respective physical addresses set out in this clause for all purposes arising out of or in connection with this agreement at which addresses all processes and notices arising out of or in connection with this agreement, its breach or termination may validly be served upon or delivered to the parties. 

17.2 For purposes of this agreement the parties’ respective physical and postal addresses and email addresses for notices shall be: as regards (i) the user at its branch office address in Cape Town, if applicable and/or failing this, at its principal place of business in South Africa, and /or at its IP address or any e-mail address, with which its has communicated with this website; and (ii) as regards Laughing Lillies, at its Principal Place of Business and e-mail addresses set out in Clause 9 above (Disclosures Required by Section 43), or at such other address, not being a post office box or poste restante, of which the party concerned by notifying the other/s in writing.  

17.3 Any notice given in terms of this agreement shall be in writing and shall (i) if delivered by hand or by fax be deemed to have been duly received by the addressee on the date of delivery or transmission; or (ii) if posted by prepaid registered post be deemed to have been received by the addressee on the 3rd (third) day following the date of such posting.

17.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this agreement, a written notice or communication actually received by one of the parties from another including by way of email transmission shall be adequate written notice or communication to such party and shall e deemed to be received on the date, time and place of actual receipt.  

18.1 These terms and conditions and any policies linked to this website constitute the entire agreement between the user and Laughing Lillies. Any failure by Laughing Lillies to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall in no way constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

18.2 Laughing Lillies shall be entitled, at any time, without notice to any user to amend these Terms and Conditions. By accessing this site you are bound to the version of the conditions published on this Website at the time of any visit to this site. You agree to view the current version each time you access the site.  

18.3 These current terms (Version 1 January 2024) and any previous versions shall be accessible on this website and may be downloaded from the following links: Terms & Conditions – Version 1 – January 2024,  Privacy Policy – Version 1 – January 2024. 

18.4 A certificate signed by any Director of Laughing Lillies or any practising attorney or any associate of Andre Leask and Associates Attorneys will be prima facie proof of the date of publication and content of the current version and all previous versions of the conditions.  

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