Cause Diary

Terms of Use

Last updated 6 October 2026.

These Terms of Use ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you and the Publisher, and govern your access to and use of the App.

By downloading, installing or using the App, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not download, install or use the App.

1. Definitions

1.1In these Terms, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings set out below.

  1. "App" means the Cause Diary software application, including any update to it.
  2. "Apple" means Apple Inc. and its affiliates, and "App Store" means the application store operated by Apple.
  3. "Court Websites" means the publicly accessible websites of courts and tribunals from which the App retrieves information.
  4. "Court Data" means information relating to cases that the App retrieves from Court Websites, including cause lists, hearing dates, case particulars and orders.
  5. "Desk" means the collection of cases, notes, tasks and related material that a user maintains in the App, whether alone or shared with other users.
  6. "Privacy Policy" means the privacy policy of the App published at causediary.com/privacy, as amended from time to time.
  7. "Publisher" means the publisher of the App, being the developer identified on the page of the App on the App Store.
  8. "User Data" means the data that you enter, import or store in the App, including cases, notes, tasks, photographs and documents.

2. Licence

2.1Subject to your compliance with these Terms, the Publisher grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to install and use the App on any Apple-branded device that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules set out in the terms and conditions of the App Store.

2.2You shall not:

  1. copy, modify, adapt or create derivative works of the App;
  2. reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the App, except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits;
  3. rent, lease, sell, distribute or sublicense the App;
  4. remove or obscure any proprietary notice in the App; or
  5. use the App for any unlawful purpose.

2.3All rights, title and interest in and to the App, including all intellectual property rights, remain with the Publisher and its licensors. All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved.

3. Nature of the App

3.1The App is a case diary. It enables you to maintain a list of your cases and retrieves Court Data relating to those cases from Court Websites.

3.2The App is an independent product. It is not affiliated with, authorised by, sponsored by or endorsed by any court, tribunal, government or public authority.

3.3The App is not an official record. Court Data is obtained from Court Websites, which the Publisher does not own, operate or control. Court Data may be delayed, incomplete or inaccurate, and a Court Website may change or become unavailable without notice.

3.4Any summary of an order, and any next date, task, deadline or reminder that the App derives from an order, is generated by automated means, is indicative only and may be incorrect.

3.5Nothing in the App constitutes legal advice, and the use of the App does not create a relationship of advocate and client between you and the Publisher.

4. Obligation to verify

4.1You shall independently verify every hearing date, listing, cause list entry and deadline, and the contents of every order, from the official record of the court or tribunal concerned and, where applicable, from the certified copy of the order.

4.2You shall not rely solely on the App for any matter referred to in clause 4.1.

5. Responsibilities of the user

5.1You are solely responsible for:

  1. the accuracy of the information that you enter or import into the App;
  2. the selection of the persons whom you invite to a Desk, and the acts and omissions of those persons;
  3. the security of your device and of your Apple Account; and
  4. your compliance with applicable law and with the rules of professional conduct that apply to you.

5.2A person whom you invite to a Desk is able to view and to modify the whole of the contents of that Desk.

5.3You shall not use the App, or any modified version of the App, in a manner that overloads, disrupts or otherwise misuses any Court Website.

6. User Data

6.1As between you and the Publisher, the User Data belongs to you.

6.2User Data is stored on your device and, where you so choose, in iCloud, in the manner described in the Privacy Policy. The Publisher does not have access to User Data.

6.3The Publisher is unable to restore User Data that is deleted, lost or corrupted. You are responsible for maintaining your own copies of User Data.

7. Privacy

7.1The Privacy Policy forms part of these Terms. By using the App, you acknowledge that you have read the Privacy Policy.

8. Availability and changes to the App

8.1The Publisher may modify, suspend or discontinue the App, or any feature of the App, at any time, without notice and without liability to you.

8.2Any feature of the App that depends on a Court Website will function only for so long as, and to the extent that, that Court Website permits.

8.3The Publisher is under no obligation to provide maintenance, support or updates for the App.

9. Disclaimer of warranties

9.1The App and all Court Data are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.

9.2To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Publisher disclaims all warranties, conditions and representations of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy or non-infringement.

9.3Without prejudice to the generality of clause 9.2, the Publisher does not warrant that the App or any Court Data will be accurate, complete, current, uninterrupted or free of error.

10. Limitation of liability

10.1The Publisher disclaims all liability in respect of the App. The Publisher assumes no responsibility, and shall have no liability whatsoever, to you or to any other person for any loss, damage, cost, expense or claim of any kind, whether direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary, and whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), under statute or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the App, any Court Data or any reliance placed on the App.

10.2Without prejudice to the generality of clause 10.1, the Publisher shall have no liability for any loss or damage arising from:

  1. an incorrect, outdated or missing hearing date or next date;
  2. a matter that is listed and not shown in the App, or shown in the App and not listed;
  3. an incorrect cause list position, court, bench or item number;
  4. an order or judgment that is missing, delayed, incomplete, wrongly attributed or wrongly read;
  5. an incorrect or misleading summary, reading of an order, task, deadline or reminder;
  6. a notification that is delayed or is not delivered;
  7. a case that is not found, is not added or is wrongly matched;
  8. the loss, corruption or unavailability of User Data, whether on a device or in iCloud; or
  9. any act or omission of a Court Website or of Apple.

10.3You use the App entirely at your own risk, and you waive and release every claim against the Publisher arising out of or in connection with the App. Your sole and exclusive remedy in the event of any dissatisfaction with the App is to discontinue the use of the App.

10.4The exclusions in this clause 10 apply to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. If, notwithstanding this clause 10, the Publisher is held liable to you, the aggregate liability of the Publisher shall not exceed the amount, if any, that you paid for the App.

11. Indemnity

11.1You shall indemnify the Publisher and hold the Publisher harmless against all claims, losses, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal costs, arising out of your breach of these Terms or your misuse of the App.

12. Terms required by Apple

12.1These Terms are concluded between you and the Publisher only, and not with Apple. The Publisher, and not Apple, is solely responsible for the App and its content.

12.2Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support services with respect to the App.

12.3In the event of any failure of the App to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund to you the purchase price, if any, of the App. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple has no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App.

12.4Subject to these Terms, the Publisher, and not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claim by you or by any third party relating to the App or to your possession or use of the App, including any product liability claim, any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement, and any claim arising under consumer protection, privacy or similar legislation.

12.5In the event of any claim by a third party that the App, or your possession and use of the App, infringes the intellectual property rights of that third party, the Publisher, and not Apple, is solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of that claim.

12.6You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country that is subject to an embargo of the Government of the United States of America or that has been designated by that Government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not named on any list of prohibited or restricted parties maintained by that Government.

12.7You shall comply with any applicable third party terms of agreement when using the App.

12.8Apple and the subsidiaries of Apple are third party beneficiaries of these Terms. Upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple has the right, and is deemed to have accepted the right, to enforce these Terms against you as a third party beneficiary.

13. Term and termination

13.1These Terms take effect when you first install or use the App and remain in force until terminated.

13.2Your rights under these Terms terminate automatically, without notice, if you fail to comply with any of these Terms.

13.3You may terminate these Terms at any time by deleting the App from all of your devices.

13.4Clauses 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 16 survive the termination of these Terms.

14. Governing law and jurisdiction

14.1These Terms are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of India.

14.2Subject to applicable law, the courts at Chandigarh have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the App.

15. Amendment

15.1The Publisher may amend these Terms from time to time. The amended Terms will be published at causediary.com/terms, together with the date of the amendment.

15.2Your continued use of the App after the amended Terms are published constitutes your acceptance of the amended Terms.

16. General

16.1If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

16.2No failure or delay by the Publisher in exercising any right under these Terms operates as a waiver of that right.

16.3These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Publisher in relation to the App.

16.4You shall not assign or transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms. The Publisher may assign its rights and obligations under these Terms without your consent.

17. Contact

17.1Any question, complaint or claim with respect to the App may be addressed to the Publisher at Chandigarh, India, by email at support@causediary.com.