Terms and Conditions
Last updated: 23 June 2026
1. Acceptance of these terms
By creating an account or using Rilaw (the service) you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service. These terms apply to every user, on every plan, including the free plan.
2. What Rilaw is
Rilaw is an artificial intelligence assistant that helps legal professionals draft documents, review contracts, run compliance checks, research, and prepare related work, with reference to Kenyan law. It is a productivity tool. It is not a substitute for the judgment of a qualified advocate.
3. No legal advice and no advocate, client relationship
The service and its outputs are for general informational and drafting assistance only and do not constitute legal advice. No advocate, client relationship is created between you and Rilaw or its operators. Communications with the service are not privileged. If you need legal advice, consult a qualified advocate.
4. Your responsibilities
You are responsible for reviewing, verifying, and settling everything the service produces before you rely on it. This includes confirming every case name, citation, statutory section, figure, date, and party, and confirming that the law relied on is current. You must comply with your own professional, ethical, and regulatory duties, including those of the Law Society of Kenya and the Advocates Act where they apply to you. Do not submit confidential or privileged information that you are not entitled to share.
5. Accuracy and limitations of AI
The service is designed to ground its outputs in the source material and to flag gaps, but artificial intelligence can still be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. The service is provided on an as is and as available basis without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including any warranty that outputs are accurate, current, complete, or fit for a particular purpose. You use the outputs at your own risk.
6. Accounts and registration
You must register to use the service. Registration is free. You are responsible for the accuracy of the details you provide and for keeping your login credentials secure. You must be at least eighteen years old and able to enter into a contract. You are responsible for activity under your account.
7. Plans, billing, and payments
The free plan allows a limited number of tasks each calendar month and may display advertisements. Paid plans provide higher or unlimited monthly task volumes and remove advertisements. Prices are in Kenya Shillings and are shown on the pricing page. Payments are processed by our payment provider and are made by M-Pesa. A subscription runs for the period you have paid for. To continue after it ends you renew by paying again, there is no automatic charge to you. You keep access until the end of any period already paid for. Except where required by law, payments are non, refundable. We may offer a free trial that gives a small number of tasks for a short period, at no charge, with no card, and limited to one per account.
8. Acceptable use
You agree not to misuse the service, including by attempting to break, overload, or reverse engineer it, by using it for unlawful purposes, by infringing the rights of others, or by reselling access without permission. We may suspend or end access that breaches these terms.
9. Your content and intellectual property
You keep ownership of the material you input and, as between you and us, of the documents you generate, and you are responsible for them. We own the service itself, including its software, design, and brand. You grant us a limited licence to process your inputs solely to provide and improve the service.
10. Third party material
The service may reference legislation and judgments published by Kenya Law and other sources. Those materials remain subject to their own terms and copyright. We do not guarantee that any third party source is complete or current.
11. Data protection
We handle personal data in line with applicable Kenyan law, including the Data Protection Act, 2019. Our handling of personal data is described in our privacy notice, which forms part of these terms once published.
12. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Rilaw and its operators are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential loss, or for any loss of profit, data, goodwill, or for any loss arising from reliance on an output that was not independently verified by a qualified advocate. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law.
13. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify Rilaw and its operators against claims and losses arising from your use of the service in breach of these terms or of applicable law.
14. Changes
We may update the service and these terms from time to time. Material changes will be notified through the service or by email. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated terms.
15. Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of Kenya, and the courts of Kenya have jurisdiction over any dispute, without affecting any right you have to refer a matter to an appropriate forum under Kenyan law.
16. Contact
Questions about these terms can be sent to rilaw@rilaw.ai.