TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
LexTech Lab — AI Toolkit for Mauritian Law
Last Updated: 2 October 2026
PARTIES AND ACCEPTANCE
1. AGREEMENT BETWEEN PARTIES
The present Terms and Conditions of Use constitute a binding agreement between:
Lex Tech & Design Ltd (hereinafter referred to as "the Company")
- Legal Name: Lex Tech & Design Ltd
- Trading As: LexTech Lab
- Business Registration Number (BRN): C20171979
- Company Number: 171979
- Registered Office: Suite 620, 6th Floor, St James Court, St Denis Street, Port-Louis, Mauritius
- Website: www.legaltech.mu
- Contact Email: [email protected]
AND
You, the end user ("User" or "You"), whether a natural person or acting on behalf of a legal entity.
Hereinafter individually referred to as a "Party" and together as "Parties".
2. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
By registering for, subscribing to, or using the Services, the User:
a) Acknowledges that they have read, understood, and accepted all provisions of these Terms and Conditions of Use (the "TCU");
b) Confirms that they are at least eighteen (18) years of age and legally capable of entering into a binding contract;
c) Represents that they have the authority and capacity to be bound by the TCU and, where they act on behalf of a legal entity or Organisation, to bind that entity;
d) Agrees to be legally bound by the TCU and all obligations contained herein;
e) Accepts that electronic acceptance — given by ticking the acceptance box at registration and by confirming acceptance of the current version of the TCU when prompted after signing in — constitutes valid and binding consent with the same legal effect as a handwritten signature, in accordance with the Electronic Transactions Act 2000 of Mauritius.
The Company records each acceptance against the User's Account together with the version of the TCU accepted, a cryptographic digest identifying the exact text of that version, and the date and time of acceptance.
3. BINDING NATURE AND MODIFICATION
a) The TCU defines the conditions under which Users access and use the Services.
b) The Company may modify the TCU at any time. Each version is published on the Site with its version number and effective date.
c) Where a new version of the TCU is published, the User will be asked to accept it when they next sign in. Access to the Services through the Account may be withheld until the current version has been accepted.
d) Where changes materially affect the rights or obligations of Users, reasonable notice shall be provided prior to the effective date of such changes.
e) If the User does not accept a new version, they may terminate their Subscription in accordance with Article 8 (Conditions of Termination).
DEFINITIONS
In the TCU, the terms defined below, whether used in the singular or plural, have the following meanings:
"Account" means the electronic user account created by the User on the Site, which enables the User to authenticate and access the Services.
"Authorised Client"means an MCP Client that the User has authorised, by signing in to their Account in a browser, to access the Connector on the User's behalf.
"Connector" means the remote MCP server operated by the Company at connect.legaltech.mu, providing legal research tools that enable Users to access the Knowledge Bases through a compatible MCP Client.
"Content" means, without limitation, the structure, design, layout, source code, databases, editorial content, texts, graphics, illustrations, images, photographs, trademarks, logos, trade names, corporate names, audiovisual works, multimedia elements, and any other materials forming part of the Site, including the legal research data accessible through the Services.
"Fees" means the subscription charges payable for access to the Services, as published on the Site at the time of subscription.
"Identifiers"means the User's personal authentication credentials, comprising their login (email address) and confidential password, any verification code sent to the User, and any authorisation granted to an Authorised Client.
"Knowledge Bases"means the Mauritian legal databases accessible through the Services, comprising legislation, regulations and proclamations, and judgments of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the Supreme Court, the Intermediate Court, the District Courts, the Industrial Court, the Master's Court, the Bail and Remand Court, the Court of Rodrigues and the Children's Court.
"MCP" means the Model Context Protocol, an open protocol that enables AI clients to connect to external data sources and tools.
"MCP Client" means any software application compatible with MCP through which the User accesses the Connector, including but not limited to Claude (by Anthropic) and ChatGPT (by OpenAI).
"Organisation" means the firm, team or other group under which one or more Accounts are grouped for the purposes of a Subscription.
"Plan" means a subscription tier offered by the Company (at the date of this version: Free, Student, Young Pro and Professional), each with the allowances published on the Site.
"Research Preview" means the current status of the Services, indicating early access that is evolving rapidly, with no service level agreement (SLA) or uptime guarantee.
"Search Results"means the data and information returned by the Services in response to a User's request, comprising extracts from the Knowledge Bases including case law excerpts, legislative text, and regulatory provisions, and any output derived from them by the Services.
"Seat" means an entitlement for one named User within an Organisation to use a paid Plan.
"Services" means the Connector and the Site collectively, including all legal research tools, the research interface on the Site, Account and Organisation management, subscription management, payment processing, installation guidance, support, and related features.
"Site" means the website operated by the Company at www.legaltech.mu and app.legaltech.mu.
"Subscription" means the Plan held by the User or their Organisation, granting access to the Services for the applicable subscription period.
"Tool Call" means a single invocation of a research tool through the Services. Tool Calls are the unit in which usage allowances are measured.
ARTICLE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
1.1 Product Overview
LexTech Lab is an AI toolkit for the Mauritian legal system. The Services currently comprise:
a) Connector (connect.legaltech.mu) — a remote MCP server providing legal research tools that give Users access to the Knowledge Bases from a compatible MCP Client.
b) Site — a website providing registration, Account and Organisation management, installation guidance, subscription management, payment, support, a research interface, and public pages of Mauritian legislation.
1.2 Research Tools
The Connector provides tools for searching the Knowledge Bases, retrieving the text of legislation and judgments, checking the amendment, commencement and repeal history of legislation, finding citing and related authorities, and checking quoted propositions against their sources. The full list of available tools is documented in the Connector's tool catalogue, accessible through any compatible MCP Client.
1.3 How the Connector Works
a) The Connector authenticates the User's Authorised Client, checks the usage allowance of the applicable Plan, and returns Search Results from the Knowledge Bases to the User's MCP Client.
b) The Services do not generate text. They use artificial intelligence models, operated by a third-party provider engaged by the Company, for three non-generative purposes: (i) to convert the User's search query into a numerical representation so that relevant material can be found; (ii) to rank the material found by relevance to the query; and (iii) in the tools that extract an answer from a source passage or verify a quoted proposition against its source, to locate and check the relevant passage.
c) For those purposes, the text the User submits to a search, answer-extraction or verification tool — the query, question or proposition — is transmitted to that provider, in the United States. The User's identity and Account details are not transmitted with it. The provider and its location are described in the Data Protection Policy.
d) Tools that retrieve a named document or section, or its history, by reference do not transmit the request to that provider.
e) All other AI processing — including the conversation, analysis and drafting produced by the User's MCP Client — occurs within the MCP Client and is not performed by the Company.
1.4 Third-Party MCP Clients
The User acknowledges that access to the Connector requires a compatible third-party MCP Client. The Company is not responsible for the availability, functionality, pricing, terms of use, or data processing practices of any third-party MCP Client. The User's use of any MCP Client is governed by the terms and privacy policies of its provider.
1.5 Research Preview Status
The Services are currently offered as a Research Preview. This means:
a) The Services are in early access and are evolving rapidly;
b) No service level agreement (SLA), uptime guarantee, or performance guarantee is provided;
c) Features, tools, Knowledge Base coverage, Plans and pricing may change, subject to Article 4.6 as regards the price of a Subscription already paid for;
d) The Company reserves the right to add, modify, suspend, or discontinue any feature or tool at any time.
ARTICLE 2 — ACCESS AND REGISTRATION
2.1 Registration
Registration is open. To create an Account the User provides an email address, a password and their country, and accepts the TCU and the Data Protection Policy. The Account becomes active once the User has verified their email address through the link sent to it.
2.2 Right to Refuse or Withdraw Access
The Company may, at its discretion, refuse a registration or withdraw access in the circumstances set out in Article 8.2.
2.3 Connecting an MCP Client
To use the Connector, the User adds the Connector's address to their MCP Client and signs in to their Account in a browser to authorise that client. The User may review and revoke Authorised Clients from their Account.
2.4 Legacy API Keys
Users who were issued an API key under an earlier version of the Services may continue to use it until the Company withdraws API-key access, of which reasonable notice will be given. An API key is personal, non-transferable and must be kept strictly confidential.
2.5 Credential Security
The User is solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of all Identifiers. The User shall not share, disclose, or transfer their Identifiers to any third party. Any activity occurring under the User's Identifiers shall be deemed to have been carried out by the User. The User shall notify the Company without delay of any suspected unauthorised use.
2.6 Organisations and Seats
a) An Account may belong to an Organisation. The owner of an Organisation may purchase Seats, invite Users by email, and assign and remove Seats.
b) A Seat is for one named User. A Seat may be reassigned by the Organisation's owner but may not be shared between persons.
c) The owner of an Organisation is responsible for payment of the Fees for its Seats and for ensuring that the Users they invite are made aware of the TCU. Each invited User accepts the TCU on their own Account.
ARTICLE 3 — FREE PLAN AND TRIAL
3.1 Free Plan
On registration the User is placed on the Free Plan, which has no Fee and carries the daily usage allowance published on the Site.
3.2 Trial
a) A User who verifies a mobile telephone number on their Account is granted a single trial of the Professional Plan for fourteen (14) days ("Trial Period"), with the usage allowance of that Plan.
b) One trial is available per User and per telephone number.
c) No payment details are required to start a trial, and no charge is made at the end of it.
3.3 End of Trial
At the end of the Trial Period the Subscription returns automatically to the Free Plan. The User may subscribe to a paid Plan at any time.
3.4 No Obligation
Neither the Free Plan nor the Trial Period creates any obligation to subscribe to a paid Plan.
ARTICLE 4 — SUBSCRIPTION AND PAYMENT
4.1 Plans and Pricing
a) The Plans, their Fees and their usage allowances are published on the Site. Fees for paid Plans are charged per Seat, in Mauritian rupees, monthly or annually.
b) Any discount for annual billing is as published on the Site at the time of subscription.
4.2 Discounted Plans
a) The Student and Young Pro Plans are available only to Users who meet the eligibility criteria published on the Site and whose application has been approved by the Company.
b) An application requires the information and supporting evidence requested on the Site. The Company reviews each application and may approve or decline it at its discretion.
c) The User warrants that the information and evidence submitted are true and complete, and shall inform the Company without delay if they cease to meet the criteria. The Company may withdraw a discounted Plan, and move the Subscription to the Plan that would otherwise apply, where the criteria are not or are no longer met.
4.3 Payment Methods
a) Card payment:online card payment through the Company's payment gateway, Peach Payments. 3-D Secure authentication applies where required by the gateway or the card issuer. Card payment is offered when and where it is shown as available on the Site.
b) Bank transfer:where offered on the Site, the User is issued an invoice carrying a unique payment reference and the Company's bank details, and may upload a remittance advice as proof of payment.
4.4 Payment Confirmation
a) Card payment: payment is confirmed automatically on confirmation from the payment gateway.
b) Bank transfer:the Company's staff verify receipt of the transfer and activate the Subscription once receipt has been verified.
4.5 Stored Card and Automatic Renewal
a) The Company does not store a card for future payments, or charge a card automatically, unless the User has given a separate, express permission to do so at checkout. The wording of that permission, and the date and time it was given, are recorded.
b) Where that permission has been given, the Subscription renews automatically at the end of each subscription period and the stored card is charged the Fee then applicable, until the User cancels or withdraws the permission.
c) The User may withdraw that permission at any time by contacting the Company. Withdrawal takes effect for the next renewal.
4.6 Billing Cycle
Subscriptions are billed in advance for each subscription period, monthly or annually, from the date of the initial payment. There is no pro-rating.
4.7 Failed Payments
Where an automatic renewal payment fails:
a) The Company may retry the payment on several occasions over a reasonable period;
b) If the retries fail, the Subscription is marked past due and the User is notified and may make payment to restore it;
c) If payment is not made within fourteen (14) days of the Subscription becoming past due, the Subscription is cancelled.
4.8 Price Changes
The Company reserves the right to modify its pricing at any time. A price change applies from the next subscription period and the User shall be notified in advance. If the User does not accept the new pricing, they may terminate their Subscription before it takes effect.
4.9 Taxes
All Fees are quoted inclusive of applicable taxes unless otherwise stated. The User is responsible for any withholding tax or other taxes applicable in their jurisdiction.
ARTICLE 5 — USAGE LIMITS AND FAIR USE
5.1 Daily Allowance
Each Plan carries a daily allowance of Tool Calls, published on the Site. The allowance resets each day at 00:00 UTC (04:00 Mauritius time). When the allowance is exhausted, further Tool Calls are refused until it resets.
5.2 Custom Limits
Users requiring higher limits may contact the Company. Custom limits are set at the Company's discretion.
5.3 Fair Use
The User agrees to use the Services in good faith and for their intended purpose of legal research. The following uses are prohibited:
a) Sharing, reselling, or sublicensing Identifiers, a Seat, or access to the Services with or to any third party;
b) Automated scraping, bulk extraction, or systematic downloading of the Knowledge Bases;
c) Using the Services to build or populate a competing legal database or research product;
d) Circumventing or attempting to circumvent usage allowances, authentication mechanisms, verification steps, or other technical safeguards, including by creating more than one Account to obtain additional trials or allowances;
e) Using the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Services or their infrastructure;
f) Using the Services for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law or regulation.
5.4 Enforcement
The Company reserves the right to suspend or terminate access to the Services immediately and without prior notice in the event of a breach of this Article 5, or where the Company reasonably suspects abuse or misuse of the Services.
ARTICLE 6 — INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
6.1 Company's Intellectual Property
All Content forming part of the Site and the Services, including but not limited to the platform architecture, software code, user interface designs, trademarks, logos, and trade names, is the exclusive property of the Company or its licensors and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
6.2 Knowledge Base Content
The Knowledge Bases contain publicly available Mauritian legal materials (legislation, regulations, proclamations and court judgments). The Company does not claim copyright ownership over the underlying legal texts. The Company's intellectual property rights extend to the compilation, organisation, indexing, and retrieval systems it has developed to make these materials accessible.
6.3 User's Rights
Subject to compliance with the TCU and payment of applicable Fees, the Company grants the User a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Services and Search Results for the User's own legal research purposes.
6.4 Restrictions
The User shall not:
a) Reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, or create derivative works of the Site, the Connector software, or any Content, other than the use of Search Results permitted by Article 6.3;
b) Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Connector or any component of the Services;
c) Remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notices, labels, or marks on the Services;
d) Use the Company's trademarks, trade names, or logos without prior written consent.
ARTICLE 7 — DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
7.1 No Legal Advice
The Services are a legal research tool. Search Results comprise extracts from publicly available Mauritian legislation, regulations, and court judgments retrieved from the Knowledge Bases, and output derived from them. The Services do not constitute legal advice or legal representation. The User acknowledges that:
a) Search Results are informational only and must be independently verified by the User against the official source before being relied upon in any legal matter;
b) The Company does not guarantee the completeness, accuracy, or currency of the Knowledge Bases or Search Results;
c) The User bears sole responsibility for the interpretation, analysis, and application of any Search Results;
d) No solicitor-client, barrister-client, or attorney-client relationship is created between the Company and the User by virtue of the User's access to or use of the Services.
7.2 Research Preview — "As Is"
The Services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis during the Research Preview period. The Company expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, or statutory, including but not limited to:
a) Warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement;
b) Warranties that the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free of viruses or harmful components;
c) Warranties that Search Results will be complete, accurate, current, or suitable for any particular legal matter.
7.3 AI-Generated Content
The User acknowledges that:
a) Where the User uses the Connector through an AI-powered MCP Client, the analysis, summaries, or recommendations produced in that client are produced by the MCP Client, not by the Company, and the Company has no control over and accepts no responsibility for them;
b) Where a tool of the Services itself uses an artificial intelligence model, as described in Article 1.3(b), its output is produced by automated means, is provided to assist research only, and is subject to Articles 7.1 and 7.2;
c) AI-generated content, from whichever source, may contain errors, omissions, or hallucinations, and must be independently verified by the User.
7.4 Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law:
a) The Company's total aggregate liability to the User for any and all claims arising out of or in connection with the TCU or the Services shall not exceed the total Fees paid by the User to the Company during the six (6) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim;
b) In no event shall the Company be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of data, loss of business opportunities, or damage to professional reputation, howsoever arising;
c) The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from the User's reliance on Search Results without independent verification;
d) The Company shall not be liable for any interruption, suspension, or unavailability of the Services, including during scheduled or unscheduled maintenance.
7.5 Force Majeure
The Company shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performing its obligations under the TCU where such failure or delay results from circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to natural disasters, governmental actions, power failures, internet or telecommunications failures, cyberattacks, pandemics, or acts of third parties.
ARTICLE 8 — CONDITIONS OF TERMINATION
8.1 Termination by the User
The User may terminate their Subscription at any time by contacting the Company at [email protected], or through their Account where that facility is provided. Upon termination:
a) The paid Plan ends at the end of the subscription period already paid for, and the Subscription is not renewed;
b) No refund shall be provided for any unused portion of a prepaid subscription period, or for unassigned Seats;
c) The User's Account data will be retained in accordance with the Company's Data Protection Policy.
8.2 Termination by the Company
The Company may terminate or suspend a User's access to the Services at any time, with or without cause, including but not limited to:
a) Breach of any provision of the TCU;
b) Non-payment of Fees;
c) Abuse or misuse of the Services as described in Article 5;
d) Sharing or transferring Identifiers or a Seat to a third party;
e) The provision of false or misleading information or evidence, including in an application under Article 4.2;
f) Where the Company reasonably determines that continued access poses a risk to the integrity, security, or availability of the Services;
g) Discontinuation of the Services or any part thereof.
8.3 Effect of Termination
Upon termination for any reason:
a) Authorisations granted to the User's Authorised Clients, and any API key, shall be revoked;
b) The User's Account may be disabled;
c) Provisions of the TCU that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including but not limited to intellectual property provisions, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and governing law.
8.4 Account Deletion
The User may request deletion of their Account from their Account settings or by contacting the Company. Deletion requests are recorded and carried out by the Company in accordance with the Data Protection Policy, subject to the retention of records the Company is required or entitled to keep.
ARTICLE 9 — PERSONAL DATA
The collection and processing of personal data in connection with the Services is carried out in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2017 of Mauritius and is governed by the Company's Data Protection Policy, published on the Site. The User acknowledges having read and accepted the Data Protection Policy, which forms an integral part of the TCU.
ARTICLE 10 — CONFIDENTIALITY
10.1 Confidential Information
Each Party acknowledges that in the course of the relationship established by the TCU, it may receive or have access to confidential information of the other Party. For the User, this includes their Identifiers. For the Company, this includes any proprietary information about the User's legal practice disclosed through support requests.
10.2 Obligations
Each Party agrees to:
a) Keep confidential information strictly confidential;
b) Not disclose confidential information to any third party without the prior written consent of the disclosing Party;
c) Use confidential information solely for the purposes contemplated by the TCU.
10.3 Exceptions
The obligations in this Article shall not apply to information that: (a) is or becomes publicly available through no fault of the receiving Party; (b) was already known to the receiving Party prior to disclosure; (c) is independently developed by the receiving Party without reference to confidential information; or (d) is required to be disclosed by law, court order, or competent regulatory authority.
10.4 Professional Secrecy
The User remains solely responsible for compliance with any duty of professional secrecy or confidentiality they owe to their own clients, including in deciding what information to include in a request to the Services. The User's attention is drawn to Article 1.3(c).
ARTICLE 11 — INDEMNIFICATION
The User agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with:
a) The User's breach of the TCU;
b) The User's misuse of the Services;
c) The User's reliance on Search Results without independent verification;
d) Any claim by a third party arising from the User's use of the Services;
e) The User's violation of any applicable law or regulation.
ARTICLE 12 — GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
12.1 Governing Law
The TCU shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Mauritius.
12.2 Dispute Resolution
Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or in connection with the TCU, or the breach, termination, or invalidity thereof, shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Mauritius.
12.3 Amicable Resolution
The Parties agree to attempt to resolve any dispute amicably through good faith negotiation before initiating formal proceedings. Either Party may initiate such negotiation by written notice to the other Party.
ARTICLE 13 — MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 Severability
If any provision of the TCU is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be severed from the TCU and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
13.2 Entire Agreement
The TCU, together with the Data Protection Policy, constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications, representations, or agreements, whether oral or written.
13.3 No Waiver
The failure of the Company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TCU shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
13.4 Assignment
The User may not assign or transfer any rights or obligations under the TCU without the prior written consent of the Company. The Company may assign its rights and obligations under the TCU to any successor entity or affiliate without the User's consent.
13.5 Notices
All notices under the TCU shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when sent by email to the address registered on the User's Account (for the User) or to [email protected] (for the Company).
13.6 Language
The TCU is drafted in English. In the event of any translation, the English version shall prevail.
Document Version: 3.0
Effective Date: 2 October 2026
Supersedes: Version 2.0 dated 23 March 2026