Terms of Use

1. Agreement to Terms

By accessing or using minicounsel.ca (the “Service”), operated by minicounsel inc. (“minicounsel,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (“Terms”). If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Service. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old.

2. Description of Service

minicounsel is an Ontario case law research platform that provides searchable access to publicly available Canadian court decisions, along with judge and lawyer profiles and analytics.

The Service is offered in the following tiers:

• Free: Search and browse court decisions, judge profiles, and lawyer profiles at no cost.
• Pro: All free features plus AI-assisted search, audio case summaries, full-decision audio, and voice AI assistant.
• Firm: All Pro features for unlimited users within a single organization, with centralized billing.

3. Account Registration

To access certain features, you must create an account using Google, LinkedIn, email, or enterprise single sign-on. You agree to:

• Provide accurate and complete information;
• Maintain only one account per person;
• Keep your login credentials secure and not share them with others;
• Notify us immediately at a@minicounsel.ca if you suspect unauthorized access to your account.

You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.

4. Subscriptions & Billing

Paid subscriptions are billed in Canadian Dollars (CAD) at the following rates:

• Pro: $99 CAD per month, or $999 CAD per year.
• Firm: $999 CAD per month, or $9,999 CAD per year.

Pro subscriptions include a 7-day free trial. You will not be charged until the trial period ends. You may cancel at any time during the trial to avoid being charged.

Subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each billing period unless cancelled before the renewal date. You may cancel your subscription at any time, but all sales are final and no refunds or pro-rated credits will be issued for the current billing period.

Payments are processed by a third-party payment processor. minicounsel does not store your payment card information.

We reserve the right to change subscription prices with at least 30 days' notice. Price changes will take effect at the start of your next billing period following the notice.

5. Free Tier

The free tier is available without payment or a subscription. minicounsel reserves the right to modify, limit, or discontinue free features at any time without notice.

6. AI Features

Pro and Firm subscribers have access to AI-powered features including AI-assisted search, a voice AI assistant, and audio case summaries generated by text-to-speech technology. These features are provided as tools to assist your legal research.

AI outputs may contain errors, omissions, or inaccuracies. AI-generated content, including search results, summaries, and voice responses, is produced by third-party language models and text-to-speech services. minicounsel does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any AI-generated output.

You are solely responsible for independently verifying all AI-generated content before relying on it for any purpose, including legal research, advice, or proceedings.

7. No Legal Advice

minicounsel is a research tool, not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice. Nothing on the Service—including case summaries, AI-generated content, judge or lawyer analytics, or any other information—constitutes legal advice or creates an attorney-client relationship.

You should consult a qualified lawyer licensed in your jurisdiction before making any legal decisions based on information found through the Service.

8. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access the Service, except through our authorized MCP integration;
• Redistribute, republish, or resell bulk data obtained from the Service;
• Circumvent rate limits, access controls, or security measures;
• Impersonate another person or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
• Use the Service for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms;
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service or the servers and networks connected to the Service;
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Service, other accounts, or computer systems.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access for any violation of these restrictions.

9. Intellectual Property

Court decisions published on the Service are public records under the open court principle and Crown copyright provisions. minicounsel claims no ownership over the text of court decisions themselves.

However, minicounsel's compilation, organization, indexing, summaries, analytics, AI-generated content, user interface, design, code, and branding are the proprietary property of minicounsel inc. and are protected by intellectual property laws.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Service for your personal or professional legal research purposes. This licence does not include the right to reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from our proprietary content.

10. User Content

You may submit content to the Service, including lawyer profile claims, profile photographs, and uploaded documents (“User Content”). You retain ownership of your User Content, but by submitting it you grant minicounsel a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use, store, display, reproduce, and distribute your User Content in connection with operating the Service.

You represent and warrant that you have the right to submit any User Content and that it does not infringe the rights of any third party. minicounsel may remove any User Content at its sole discretion.

11. Public Court Records

minicounsel is a database of publicly available Canadian court decisions. All cases on the Service are public records under the principle of open justice.

• Sealed & restricted decisions: minicounsel does not possess, publish, or index sealed cases, cases subject to publication bans, or any decision that has not been made publicly available by the court.
• Anonymized decisions: Where a court has anonymized a decision, minicounsel presents it in its anonymized form. We do not reverse or circumvent court-ordered anonymization.
• Removal requests: Public court decisions are not subject to removal on request. The publication of court decisions is governed by the open court principle.

12. Third-Party Services

The Service may contain links to third-party websites, including court websites, CanLII, and the Law Society of Ontario. minicounsel is not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of any third-party website. Your use of third-party services is at your own risk and subject to their respective terms.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, minicounsel and its officers, directors, employees, and agents shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, data, or goodwill, arising out of or in connection with your use of or inability to use the Service.

In no event shall minicounsel's total aggregate liability exceed the amounts you have paid to minicounsel in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim. If you have not paid any fees, our liability shall not exceed fifty Canadian Dollars ($50 CAD).

14. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory. minicounsel disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that any content—including court decisions, case summaries, or AI-generated output—is accurate, complete, or current.

15. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless minicounsel and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with: (a) your use of the Service; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your User Content; or (d) your violation of any rights of a third party.

16. Termination

minicounsel may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms or for any other reason at our sole discretion.

You may close your account at any time by emailing a@minicounsel.ca.

Upon termination, your right to use the Service will immediately cease. Sections 6 through 10, 13 through 15, and 17 through 21 shall survive termination.

17. Dispute Resolution

Please read this section carefully. It affects your legal rights, including your right to file a lawsuit in court.

Informal resolution: Before initiating any formal dispute proceeding, you agree to first send a written notice describing the dispute to a@minicounsel.ca. You and minicounsel will attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days from the date the notice is received.

Binding arbitration:If the dispute is not resolved informally, it shall be finally resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator and shall be seated in Wilmington, Delaware. The arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Individual claims only: You and minicounsel agree that any dispute shall be brought in your individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, consolidated, or representative proceeding. You waive your right to participate in a class action or class-wide arbitration.

Small claims exception: Notwithstanding the above, either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court in the State of Delaware if the claim qualifies for small claims court jurisdiction.

Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses in connection with any arbitration proceeding.

18. Governing Law

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or related to the Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

19. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on the Service at least fifteen (15) days before the changes take effect. Your continued use of the Service after the changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.

20. General Provisions

• Severability: If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
• Entire agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and minicounsel regarding the Service.
• No waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision.
• Assignment: minicounsel may assign these Terms in whole or in part at any time without notice. You may not assign your rights or obligations under these Terms.
• Force majeure: minicounsel shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance resulting from circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

21. Contact

minicounsel inc.
1309 Coffeen Avenue, 1200
Sheridan, WY 82801
a@minicounsel.ca