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Conditions of use for the On-line Consulting Service
Introduction
Request for On-line Consulting

  1. The On-line Consulting service (hereinafter “Service”) is an on-line service and therefore subject – amongst the others – to the provisions of the applicable sectorial normative (in particular, to Legislative Decree 9 April 2003, n. 70 “transposition of the Directive 2000/31/EC on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the internal market” and to Legislative Decree 22 May 1999, n. 185 “Transposition of Directive 97/7/EC the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts”), and also to the Deontological Forensic Code provisions.

  2. According to the art. 17, II, paragraph B) and to the aforementioned Legislative Decrees we herewith provide you with the following information:
    1. Essential data: Tonucci & Partners, Via Principessa Clotilde n.7 CAP 000196 Roma, tel.+39 06 362271 – Fax +39 06 3235161 – e-mail for the service: consulting@tonucci.it – Tax Code 05008211004
      Referring Bar Association: Consiglio dell’Ordine degli Avvocati e Praticanti Avvocati di Roma (Rome Bar Association Council).
    2. Tonucci & Partners Attorneys are pledged to abide scrupulously by the current version of the Deontological Forensic Code (click for the entire document) in providing all the Services available on the Portal and in performing any activity in connection with the Portal.
    3. The responsible for all Services is Mario Tonucci.
    4. The relative insurance policy has been signed by Tonucci & Partners with the insurance company Reale Mutua Assicurazioni – policy number 037403 valid from 15-02-2001 with a maximum coverage of Euro
      7,6millions(Euro sevenmillionssixhundredthousands)/00).
    5. The professional fees amount for Services is calculated in conformity with the professional fees published on the New Forensic Fee Book approved with Ministerial Decree 08/04/2004. n. 127, Gazzetta Ufficiale, Supplemento Ordinario, n.115 of 18/05/2004.To display the integral text click on Nuovo Tariffario Forense.

  3. Further information on the Service is available on the Introduction page and by accessing other pages of the guided procedure to request estimates for On-line Consulting service, as provided by the normative in force (Legislative Decree 70/2003 and Legislative Decree 185/1999), and in particular: instructions on drawing up the contract (requesting estimates, eventual acceptance, concluding the contract); how to store the on-line contract and relative access modalities (all user’s requests and feedbacks, opinions, and memorandums will be stored and accessible through the user’s personal Control Panel); instruments available to users to find out and correct data errors before sending inquiries (it’s always possible to correct errors while formulating and forwarding the request).

  4. With regard to Service withdrawal right as set out in the art. 5 of the Legislative Decree 185/1999, we inform You that such right does not apply to subjects requesting the Service for aims referable to their professional activity). In case the Service is requested by consumers (that is to say, individuals requesting the Service for aims not referable to their professional activity), withdrawal right is excluded in comply with art. 5, paragraph 3, lett. (a) Legislative Decree 185/1999.

  5. Personal data processing in connection with the Service will fully comply with the provisions of Legislative Decree 30 June 2003, n. 196 and the annexed Unified Text of norms on data protection or “Data Protection Code”, as set out in the ad hoc Informative based on the art. 13 of the Code on modalities and aims for personal data processing. Users should observe the following cautions when supplying personal data:
    1. Avoid supplying sensitive data (that is to say all the information that could disclose user’s racial or ethnic origin, religious, philosophical or other kind of beliefs, political opinions, membership in political parties or labor unions, membership in religious, philosophical, political or labor associations or organizations, as well as data that could disclose user’s health status or sex life) not relevant for the feedback.
    2. Avoid supplying ordinary, sensitive or judicial data that identifies or could identify third subjects; should be necessary to supply third subjects data, users anyway guarantee to have obtained a prior consent from concerned subjects on supplying and processing such data, relieving Tonucci & Partners of any responsibility and under any circumstance.
    3. Users are requested to supply only pertinent and necessary data when formulating inquiries. Service Responsible will delete all personal data deemed as not pertinent and unnecessary.

  6. For what concerns modalities for requesting and using the Service, we inform You of the following:
    1. In the Request for On-line Consulting page, Users will access an electronic form to be filled out and sent specifying area of practice, inquiry and type of advice requested (complete opinion or short memorandum). Instructions on each model will be displayed and Users can select the one or ones they intend to purchase.
    2. By sending the form, Users are only requesting for an estimate for the relative advice service. Sending the form, will not imply any economic or whatsoever obligation for Users.
    3. Tonucci & Partners reserves the right to accept the request, and only in such case, a competent Department Attorney will send you an E-mail message with the fee amount estimate for the type of advice requested, indicating the time requirements for processing the request (no longer than 7 working days from the date of payment).
    4. In case of estimate acceptance users should use the On-line Consulting Control Panel accessible in the Users Reserved Area of Tonucci & Partners Portal to proceed with the payment.
    5. Payments can be done by Credit Card or Bank Transfer following the guided procedures specified in the User’s control panel.
    6. Only upon receipt of the full amount due, the Competent Attorney will formulate and send the complete opinion or short memorandum. The legal advice will be transmitted by E-mail, posted on-line in the User’s personal Consulting Control Panel accessible with previously assigned access keys, and sent by recorded delivery letter with advice of delivery to the geographical address specified in the registration form. In the latter case you’ll find enclosed the invoice for the paid amount.
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