1. GENERAL

All orders are accepted and goods supplied subject to the following express terms and conditions (the Company's standard conditions of sale) and save to the extent that the exclusion or restriction of liability may be prohibited by statute, all other conditions, warranties and representations or implied and statutory or otherwise except as to title, are hereby excluded. Any order placed by a customer shall constitute an offer to contract upon these express terms and conditions and no addition thereto or variation therefrom whether contained in the customers order or otherwise shall apply unless expressly agreed in writing by the Company's authorised representative.

2. DEFINITIONS

"The Company" means Unilan Limited.

"The customer" means the person to whom the Company may agree to sell goods in accordance with the Company's standard conditions of sale.

"The goods" means the articles of things or any of them or any part or parts of them to be provided by the Company in accordance with the Company's standard conditions of sale.

 

3. ORDERS

All orders are subject to availability of goods and to the written acceptance by the Company's authorised representative. Any prior confirmation by the Company by telex or telephone shall be deemed to be provisional only.

 

4. PRICES

(a) Catalogues, price lists and other advertising literature or material as used by the Company are intended only as an indication to price and range of goods offered and no prices, description or other particulars contained therein shall be binding on the Company.

b) All quoted or list prices are based upon the cost to the Company of supplying the Goods to the customer and if before the delivery of the goods there occurs any increase in any way of such costs in respect of Goods which have not yet been delivered the price payable shall be subject to amendment without notice at the Company's discretion.

 

5. MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATION

The Company will not be liable in any respect of any loss or damage caused by or resulting from any variation for whatever reason in the Manufacturer's specifications or technical data and will not be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from curtailment or cessation of supply following such variation. The Company will endeavour to advise the customer of any such impending variation as soon as it receives notice thereof from the Manufacturer.

 

6. CARRIAGE AND DELIVERY

Except as in accordance with the Company's catalogue, prices do not include delivery charges to the customer, and the Company reserves the right to levy a charge for delivery to any destination advised by the customer.

 

7. PASSING OF RISK AND PROPERTY

(a) Risk in the Goods shall pass to the customer on delivery.

(b) Property in the goods shall remain in the Company until payment in full thereof has been made by the customer.

(c) If payment in full is not made in accordance with the Company's standard conditions of sale the Company may require the customer to return the goods forthwith and if the requirement is not immediately complied with the Company shall be entitled at any time and without notice to retake possession of the whole or any part of the Goods (and for that purpose enter the premises occupied by the customer and sever the goods from anything they are attached to without being responsible for any damages thereby caused) without prejudice to any other remedy that may be available to the Company.

 

8. DEFECTS AND USE

Save as herein expressly provided, and save to the extent that exclusion or restriction of liability may be prohibited by statute, the Company shall not be liable for any loss of whatever nature or to whomsoever or whatsoever caused arising out of the use of the Goods. The customer shall indemnify the Company against all claims made against the Company by any third party in respect thereof. Unless otherwise agreed.

(a) Where the Goods are rejected by the customer as not being in accordance with the customer's order the Company will only accept the return of such Goods provided that it receives written notice thereof, giving detailed reasons for rejection, within 7 days of receipt of the Goods by the customer, and if such notice is not received within the said period of 7 days the Goods shall be deemed to have been accepted by the customer. The Company will not consider any claim for compensation, indemnity, or refund until liability if any has been established or agreed with the manufacturer and where applicable the insurance company and under no circumstances shall the invoiced costs of the Goods be deducted or set off by the customer until the Company has passed a corresponding credit note and

 

(b) In the case of defects or faulty workmanship in the Goods or any part thereof the customer shall not be entitled to receive any compensation, credit or refund in excess of that received by the Company under any guarantee or warranty given to it by the Manufacturer or supplier thereof.

 

9. RETURNS

If a customer wishes to return any product for any reason a returns number must be obtained from the Company otherwise any such returned product will not be accepted.

 

10. PAYMENT

(a) Payment as herein expressly provided. Unless otherwise specifically negotiated and agreed, all accounts are payable on delivery.

(b) The Company reserves the right to charge the customer interest at Natwest base rate plus 4 per cent, on all monies not paid within the Company's agreed credit terms.

 

11. DESPATCH

Any time quoted for despatch are to be treated as estimates only and without prejudice, although every endeavour shall be made by the Company to adhere to them. Quotations or offers of goods ex stock are subject to the Goods being unsold at the time of receipt of the customer's written order. All despatch dates are calculated from the date of acceptance of the customer's written order.

 

12. CUSTOMER'S DEFAULT AND CANCELLATIONS AND RE-SCHEDULING OF DELIVERIES

(a) If the customer shall make default in or commit any breach of any of its obligations to the Company or if the customer being an individual(or when the customer is a firm, any partner in that firm) shall at any time become bankrupt or shall have a receiving order or administration order made against him or shall make any composition or arrangement with or for the benefit of his creditors or shall purport to do so if in Scotland he shall be made insolvent or notour bankrupt or any application shall be made under any Bankruptcy Act for the time being in force for the sequestration of his estate or a Trust Deed shall be granted him on behalf of his creditors or the customer being a an incorporated body any resolution or petition to wind up its business shall be passed or presented otherwise than for reconstruction or amalgamation or if a liquidator or receiver or manager of such corporate body or its undertaking property or assets or any part thereof shall be appointed or if the customer shall be insolvent or shall be unable or shall admit its inability to meet its commitments promptly as and when due the Company shall have the right (without prejudice to any further or any other claims or right which the Company might have) forthwith to cancel any uncompleted order or suspend delivery and, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Company's standard conditions of sale, payments for any delivery already made shall become immediately due.

 

(b) Requests by a customer for cancellation of any order or for re-scheduling of deliveries will only be considered by the Company if made in writing, and shall be subject to the written acceptance of the Company in accordance with sub-clause 11(a) as aforesaid, or if cancelled or re-scheduled at the request of the customer's as aforesaid, then the customer shall indemnify the Company against all loss costs(including the cost of labour and materials used and overheads incurred), damages, charges and expenses arising out of the order and cancellation or re-scheduling thereof.

 

13. FORCE MAJEURE

The Company shall not be liable for the cancellation by it of any order or any unfulfilled part thereof or for effecting partial delivery or performance if performance by the Company is prevented or delayed whether directly or indirectly by any cause whatsoever beyond the reasonable control of the Company whether such cause existed or was foreseeable at the date of the acceptance of the customers order by the Company or not and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any cause shall be deemed to prevent or delay the Company if the Company is thereby prevented , hindered or delayed from fulfilling other commitments whether to the customer or to third parties.

 

14. NON-STANDARD GOODS

Unless otherwise agreed the Goods are supplied in accordance with the Manufacturer's standard specifications. The Company reserves the right to increase its quoted or listed price or to charge accordingly in respect of any orders accepted for products of non-standard specifications and in no circumstances will it consider the cancellation of such orders or the return of the Goods.

 

15. SEVERABILITY

If and to the extent that any provision or any part of the provision of the Company's standard terms and conditions of sale is illegal, void or unenforceable for any reason, then such provision or part thereof (as the case may be) shall be deemed to be severable from the remaining provisions or parts of the relevant provision(as the case may be) all of which remaining provisions shall remain in force and effect.

 

16. WAIVER

The waiver by the Company or the breach of any term hereunder shall not prevent the subsequent enforcement of that term, and shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach.

 

17. SOFTWARE

(a) All software including related documentation, is supplied under licence of the applicable proprietary owner. TITLE OR OWNERSHIP TO SOFTWARE DOES NOT TRANSFER TO THE CUSTOMER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

(b) It is the sole responsibility of the customer to comply with any terms and conditions of licence attaching to the software supplied and delivered by the Company and the customer is hereby notified that failure to comply with such terms and conditions could result in the customer being refused a software licence or having the same revoked by the proprietary owner.

(c) All software delivered hereunder is supplied "as is" and the sole obligation of the company in connection with the supply of the software is to obtain and supply a corrected version from the manufacturer concerned in the event that such software fails to conform to its product description or proves in any other way to be defective PROVIDED ALWAYS that the customer notifies the Company of any defect or non-conformance to the product description within thirty days of the date of the delivery of the applicable software.

 

18. INDEMNITY

(a) The Company will indemnify customer for direct physical injury or death caused by defects in the equipment sold to the customer or by the negligence of its employees in connection of the performance of their duties under this Agreement.

(b) The Company will indemnify customer for direct damage to property caused by defects in the equipment sold to customer or by the negligence of its employees in connection of the performance of their duties under this Agreement. The total liability of the Company under this sub-clause shall be limited to £100,000 for any one event or connected events.

(c) In no event shall the company be liable indirect or consequential damages including but not limited to damages caused by the loss of data and except as stated in (a) and (b) above the Company disclaims all liability to customer for any losses incurred by customer as a result of any negligence or other tortious act by the Company, its employees or its agents.

Customer agrees not to assign or transfer this Agreement or any of its rights herein without prior written consent of the Company.