Conditions Of Sale

REGISTERED IN ENGLAND No.884601; VAT No. GB 209 866 140; DIRECTORS: J.A. WHITEHOUSE, G. GORHAM CBIOL M.I.BIOL, S. GORHAM

1. Interpretation
1.1 In these conditions:
"ORDER FORM" - means the order form or quotation form to which these conditions are annexed
"CUSTOMER" - means the person specified on the Order Form as the person who accepts a quotation of the Company for the sale of the Goods or whose order for the Goods is accepted by the Company
"GOODS" - means the goods (including any instalment of the goods or any parts for them) which the Company is to supply in accordance with these Conditions/specified on the order form to which these conditions are annexed.
"CONDITIONS" - means the standard terms and conditions of sale set out in this document and (unless the context otherwise requires) includes any special terms and conditions
CONTRACT - means the contract for the purchase and sale of the Goods
"WRITING" - includes telex, cable, facsimile transmission and comparable means of communication
1.2 Any reference in these Conditions to any provision of a statute shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amend, re-enacted or extended at the relevant time
1.3 The headings in these Conditions are for convenience only and shall not affect their interpretation

2. Basis of the sale
2.1 The Company shall sell and the Customer shall purchase the Goods in accordance with the provisions of the Order Form/any written confirmation of quotation of the Company which is accepted by the Customer or any written order of the Customer which is accepted by the Company in writing subject in either case to these Conditions, which shall govern the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions subject to which the Company's quotation is accepted or purported to be accepted, or the Customer's order is made or purported to be made or by any previous dealings between the Company and the Customer
2.2 No variation to these Conditions shall be binding unless agreed in Writing between the authorised representatives of the Customer and the Company.
2.3 The Company's employees or agents are not authorised to make any representations concerning the Goods unless confirmed by the Company in Writing. In entering into the contract the Customer acknowledges that it does not rely on, and waives any claim for breach of, any such representations which are not so confirmed.
2.4 Any advice or recommendation given by the Company or its employees or agents to the Customer or its employees or agents as to the storage, application or use of the Goods which is not confirmed in Writing by the Company is followed or acted upon entirely at the Customer's own risk, and accordingly the Company shall not be liable for any such advice or recommendation which is not so confirmed.
2.5 Any typographical, clerical or error or omission in the Order Form or any sales literature, quotation, pricelist, acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or information issued by the Company shall be subject to correction without any liability on the part of the Company. Photographs shown in any literature of the company are representational only, and are not a description of the Goods.

3. Orders and specifications
3.1 No order submitted by the Customer shall be deemed to be accepted by the Company unless and until confirmed in Writing by the Company's authorised representative.
3.2 The Customer shall be responsible to the Company for ensuring the accuracy of the terms of any order (including any applicable specification) submitted by the Customer, and for giving the Company any necessary information relating to the Goods within a sufficient time to enable the Company to perform the Contract in accordance with its terms. The Company accepts no responsibility for measurements supplied by Customers. For Goods made individually it is the company's practice to send plans to the Customer for approval. The Company will construct the Goods from such plan and the Company accepts no liability for any errors in such plans.
3.3 The quantity and description of and any specification for the Goods shall be those set out in the Order Form / Company's quotation (if accepted by the Customer) or the Customer's order (if accepted by the Company)
3.4 If the Goods are to be manufactured or any process is to be applied to the Goods by the Company in accordance with a specification submitted by the Customer, the Customer shall indemnify the Company against all loss, damages, costs and expenses awarded against or incurred by the Company in connection with or paid or agreed to be paid by the Company in settlement of any claim for infringement of any patent, copyright, design, trade mark or other industrial or intellectual property rights of any other person which results from the Company's use of the Customer's specification.
3.5 The Company reserves the right to make any changes in the specification of the Goods which are required to conform with any applicable safety or other statutory requirements or, where the Goods are to be supplied to the Company's specification, which do not materially affect their quality or performance.
3.6 No order which has been accepted by the Company nor any quotation which has been accepted by the Customer may be cancelled by the Customer except with the agreement in writing of the Company and on terms that shall indemnify the Company, in full against all loss (including loss of profit), costs (including the cost of all labour and materials used), damages, charges and expenses incurred by the Company as a result of cancellation.

4. Price of Goods
4.1 The price of the Goods shall be the Company's quoted price or, where no price has been quoted (or a quoted price is no longer valid), the price listed in the Company's published price list current at the date of acceptance of the order. Where the Goods are supplied for export from the United Kingdom, the Company's published export price list shall apply. All prices quoted are valid for 60 days only or until earlier acceptance by the Customer, after which time they may be altered by, the Company "without giving notice to the Customer.
4.2 The Company reserves the right, by giving notice to the Customer at any time before delivery, to increase the price of the Goods to reflect any increase in the cost to the Company which is due to any factor beyond the control of the Company (such as, with out limitation, any foreign exchange fluctuation, currency regulation, alteration of duties, significant increase in the costs of labour, materials or other costs of manufacture), any, change in delivery dates, quantities or specifications for the Goods which is requested by the Customer or any delay caused by any instructions of the Customer or failure of the Customer to give the Company adequate information or instructions.
4.3 Except as otherwise stated tinder the terms of any quotation or in any price list of the Company, and unless otherwise agreed in Writing between the Customer and the Company, all prices are given by the Company on an ex works basis, and where the Company agrees to deliver the Goods otherwise than at the Company's premises, the Customer shall be liable to pay the Company's charges for transport, packaging and insurance.
4.4 The price is exclusive of any applicable value added tax, which the customer shall be additionally liable to pay the Company.
4.5 The cost of pallets and returnable containers will be charged to the Customer in addition to the price of the Goods, but full credit will be given to the Customer provided they are returned undamaged to the Company before the due payment date.
4.6 All payments shall be made in sterling.

5. Terms of payment
5.1 Subject to any special terms agreed in Writing between the Customer and the Company, the Company shall be entitled to invoice the Customer for the price of the Goods on or at any time after delivery of the Goods, unless the Goods are to be collected by the Customer or the Customer wrongfully fails to take delivery of the Goods, in which event the Company shall be entitled to invoice the Customer for the price at any time after the Company has notified the Customer that the Goods are ready for collection or (as the case may be)the Company has tendered delivery of the Goods.
5.2 The Customer shall pay the price of the Goods (less any discount to which the customer is entitled, but without any other deduction) within 30 days of the date of the Company’s invoice, notwithstanding that delivery may not have taken place and the property in the Goods has not passed to the Customer. The time of payment of the price shall be of the essence of the Contract. Receipts for payment will he issued only upon request.
5.3 If the Customer fails to make any payment on the due date then, wit out prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Company, the Company shall be entitled to:
5.3.1 cancel the contract or suspend any further deliveries to the customer.
5.3.2 appropriate any payment made by the Customer to such of the Goods (or the Goods supplied under any other contract between the Customer and the Company) as the Company may think fit (notwithstanding any purported appropriation by the Customer); and
5.3.3 charge the Customer interest (both before and after any judgement) on the amount unpaid, at the rate of four per cent per annum above Barclays Bank base rate from time to time, until payment in full is made (a part of a month being treated as a full month for the purpose of calculating interest).
5.4 The Company may require payment of a deposit as an advance for the price of the Goods and in such case the amount required and the time of payment of such deposit will be advised to the Customer.

6. Delivery
6.1 Delivery of the Goods shall be made by the Company delivering the Goods to the Customers address or any address notified to the Company in writing by the Customer or, if the Customer has agreed to collect the goods from the Company's premises by the Customer collecting the Goods.
6.2 Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods are approximate only and the Company shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Goods howsoever caused. Time for delivery shall not be of the essence unless previously agreed by the Company in writing. The Goods may be delivered by the Company in advance of the quoted delivery date upon giving reasonable notice to the Customer.
6.3 Where the Goods are to be delivered in instalments, each delivery shall constitute a separate contract and failure by the Company to deliver any one or more of the instalments in accordance with these conditions or any claim by the Customer in respect of any one or more instalments shall not entitle the Customer to treat the Contract as a whole or repudiated.
6.4 If the Company fails to deliver the Goods for any reason other than any cause beyond the Company's reasonable control or the Customer's fault, and the Company is accordingly liable to the Customer, the Company's liability shall be limited to the excess (if any) of the cost to the Customer (in the cheapest available market) of similar goods to replace those not delivered over the price of the Goods.
6.5 If the Customer fails to take delivery of the Goods or (if some other place for delivery has been agreed by the Company) fails to give the Company adequate delivery, instructions at the time stated for delivery (otherwise than by reason of any cause beyond the customer’s reasonable control or by reason of the Company's fault) then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Company, the Company may:
6.5.1 store the goods until actual delivery and charge the Customer for the reason able costs (including insurance) of storage; or
6.5.2 sell the Goods at the best price readily obtainable and (after deducting all reasonable storage and selling expenses) account to the Customer for the excess over the price under the Contract or charge the Customer for any, shortfall below the price under the Contract.

7. Risk and property
7.1 Risk of damage to or loss of the Goods shall pass to the Customer:
7.1.1 in the case of Goods to be delivered at the Company's premises, at the time when the Company notifies the Customer that the Goods are available for collection; or
7.1.2 in the case of Goods to be delivered otherwise than at the Company's premises, at the time of delivery or, if the Customer wrongfully fails to take delivery of the Goods, the time when the Company has tendered delivery of the Goods
7.2 Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the Goods, or any other provision of these Conditions, the property in the Goods shall not pass to the Customer until the Company has received in cash or cleared funds payment in full of the price of the Goods and all other goods agreed to be sold by the Company to the Customer for which payment is then due.
7.3 Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Customer, the Customer shall hold the Goods as the Company's fiduciary agent and bailee, and shall keep the Goods separate from those of the Customer and third parties and properly stored, protected and insured and identified as the Company's property. Until that time the Customer shall be entitled to resell or use the Goods in the ordinary course of its business, but shall account to the Company for the proceeds of sale or otherwise of the Goods, whether tangible or intangible, including insurance proceeds, and shall keep all such proceeds separate from any moneys or property of the Customer and third parties and, in the case of tangible proceeds, properly stored, protected and insured.
7.4 Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Customer (and provided the Goods are still in existence and have not been resold), the company shall be entitled at any time to require the Customer to deliver tip the Goods to the Company and, if the Customer fails to do so forthwith, to enter upon any premises of the Customer or any third party where the goods are stored and repossess the Goods.
7.5 The Customer shall not be entitled to pledge or in any other way charge by way of security for any indebtedness any of the Goods which remain the property of the Company, but if the Customer does so all moneys owing by the Customer to the Company shall (without prejudice to any, other right or remedy of the Company) forthwith become due and payable.

8. Warranties and Liability
8.1 Subject to the conditions set out below, the Company warrants that the Goods will correspond with their specification at the time of delivery and will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of twelve months from the date of their initial use or twelve months from delivery, whichever is the first to expire.
8.2 The above warranty is given by the Company subject to the following conditions:
8.2.1 The Company shall be under no liability in respect of any defect in the Goods arising from any drawing, design or specification supplied by the Customer;
8.2.2 the Company shall be under no liability in respect of any defect arising from fair wear and tear, wilful damage, negligence, abnormal working conditions, failure to follow the Company's instructions (whether oral or in writing), misuse or alteration or repair of the Goods without the Company's approval;
8.2.3 the Company shall be under no liability under the above warranty (or any other warranty, condition or guarantee) if the total price for the Goods has not been paid by the due date for payment;
8.2.4 the above warranty does not extend to parts, material or equipment not manufactured by the Company, in respect of which the Customer shall only be entitled to the benefit of any such warranty or guarantee as is given by the manufacturer to the Company.
8.2.5 the Company is not responsible to the Customer for the fixing down of tile Goods including flashing to brick work and fixing to base walls.
8.3 Subject as expressly provided in these Conditions, and except where the Goods are sold to a person dealing as a consumer (within the meaning of the unfair Contract Terms Act 1977), all warranties, conditions or other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
8.4 Where the Goods are sold under a consumer transaction (as defined by the Consumer Transactions (Restrictions on Statements) Order 1976) the statutory rights of the Customer are not affected by these Conditions.
8.5 Any claim by the Customer which is based on any defect in the quality or condition of the Goods (including broken glass) or their failure to correspond with specification shall (whether or not delivery is refused by the Customer) be notified to the Company within 7 days from the date of delivery or (where the defect or failure was not apparent on reasonable inspection) within a reasonable time after discovery of the defect or failure. If delivery is not refused, and the Customer does not notify the Company accordingly, the Customer shall not be entitled to reject the Goods and the Company shall have no liability for such defect or failure, and the Customer shall be bound to pay the price as if the Goods had been delivered in accordance with the Contract.
8.6 Where any valid claim in respect of any of the Goods which is based on any, defect in the quality. or condition of the Goods or their failure to meet specification is notified to the company, in accordance with these Conditions, the Company. shall be entitled to replace the Goods (or the part in question) free of charge or, at the Company's sole discretion, refund to the Customer the price of the goods (or a proportionate part of the price), but the Company shall have no further liability to the Customer.
8.7Except in respect of death or personal injury caused by the Company’s negligence, the Company shall not be liable to the Customer by reason of any representation, or any implied warranty, condition or other term, or any duty at common law. or under the express terms of the Contract, for any consequential loss or damage, (whether for loss of profit or otherwise), costs, expenses or other claims for consequential compensation whatsoever (and whether caused by the negligence of the Company, its employees or agents or otherwise) which arise out of or in connection with the supply of the Goods or their use to resale by the customer, except as expressly provided in these conditions
8.8 Except as provided above the liability of the company shall not exceed the value of the Goods.
8.9 The Company shall not be liable to the Customer or be deemed to be in breach of the Contract by reason of any delay to performing, or failure to perform any of the Company’s obligation in relation to the Goods, if the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond the company's reasonable control. Without prejudice to the generality of the forgoing the following shall be regarded as causes beyond the Company’s reasonable control:
8.9.1 Act of God, explosion, flood, tempest, fire, or accident;
8.9.2 war or threat of war, sabotage, insurrection, civil disturbance or requisition;
8.9.3 acts, restrictions, regulations, bye-laws, prohibitions or measures of any kind on the part of any government, parliamentary or local authority;
8.9.4 import or export regulations or embargoes;
8.9.5 strikes, lock-outs or other industrial actions or trade disputes (whether involving employees of the company or of a third party);
8.9.6 difficulties in obtaining raw materials, labour, fuel, parts or machinery;
8.9.7 power failure or breakdown in machinery.

9. Indemnity
9.1 if any claim is made against the Customer that the Goods infringe or that they use or resale infringes the patent, copyright, design, trade mark or industrial or intellectual property rights of any other person, the Company shall indemnify the customer against all loss, damages, costs and expenses awarded against or incurred by the Customer in connection with claim or paid or agreed to be paid by the Customer in settlement of the claim, provided that:
9.1.1 the Company is given full control of any proceedings or negotiations in connection with the claim;
9.1.2 the Customer shall give the Company all reasonable assistance for the purposes of any such proceeding, or negotiations;
9.1.3 except pursuant to a final award, the Customer shall not pay or accept the claim, or compromise any such proceedings without the consent of the Company (which shall not be unreasonably withheld);
9.1.4 the Customer shall do nothing which would or might vitiate any policy of insurance or insurance cover which the Customer may have in relation to such infringement and this indemnity shall not apply to the extent that the customers recover any sums under any such policy or cover (which the Customer shall use its best endeavours to do);
9.1.5 the company shall be entitled to the benefit of, and the Customer shall accordingly account to the Company for, all damages and costs (if any) awarded in favour of the Customer (which consent shall not be unreasonable withheld) to be paid by any other party In respect of the claim, and
9.1.6 without prejudice to any duty of the customer at common law, the company shall be entitled to require the Customer to take such steps as the Company may reasonably require to mitigate or reduce any such loss, damages, costs or expenses for which the company is liable to indemnify the Customer under this clause.

10. Insolvency of Customer
10.1 This clause applies if:
10.1.1 the Customer makes any voluntary arrangement with its creditors or becomes subject to an administration order or (being an individual or firm) becomes bankrupt or (being a company) goes into liquidation (otherwise than for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction); or
10.1.2 an encumbrancer takes possession, or a receiver is appointed, of any of the property or assets of the Customer, or
10.1.3 the Customer ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business; or
10.1.4 the Company reasonably apprehends that any of the events mentioned above is about to occur in relation to the Customer and notifies the Customer accordingly.
10.2 If this clause applies then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Company, the Company shall be entitled to cancel the Contract or suspend any further deliveries under the Contract without any liability to the Customer, and if the goods have been delivered but not paid for the price shall become immediately due and payable notwithstanding any previous agreement or arrangement to the contrary.

11. Export terms
11.1 In these conditions "Incoterms" means the international rules for the interpretation of trade terms of the International Chamber of Commerce as in force at the date when the Contract is made. Unless the context otherwise requires any term o r expression which is defined or given a particular meaning by the provision of Incoterms shall have the same meaning in these Conditions, but if there is any conflict between the provisions of Incoterms and these conditions the latter shall prevail.
11.2 Where the Goods are supplied for export from the United Kingdom, the provisions of this clause 11 shall (subject to any special terms agreed in writing between the customer and the Company) apply notwithstanding any other provision of these conditions.
11.3 The customer shall be responsible for complying with any legislation or regulations governing the importation of the Goods into the country of destination and for the payment of any duties thereon
11.4 Unless otherwise agreed in Writing between the customer and the Company the Goods shall be delivered F.O.B the area or sea port of shipment and the Company shall he under no obligation to give notice under Section 32(3) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979.
11.5 The customer shall he responsible for arranging for testing and Inspection of the goods at the Company's premises before shipment. The company shall have no liability for any claim made in respect of any defect in the goods which would be apparent on inspection and which is made after shipment, or in respect of any damage during transit.
11.6 Payments of all amounts due to the Company shall be made by irrevocable letter of credit opened by the Customer in favour of the Company and confirmed by a bank in England acceptable to the Company or if the Company has agreed in Writing on or before acceptable of the customers order to waive this requirement by acceptance by the customer and delivery to the Company of a bill of exchange drawn on the Customer payable 60 days after sight to the order of the company at such Branch of Barclays Bank in England as may be specified in the bill of exchange.
11.7 The customer undertakes not to offer the Goods for resale in any other country notified by the Company to the Customer at or before the time the customers order is placed, or to sell the Goods to any person if the customer knows or has reason to believe that that person intends to resell the Goods in any such country.

12. General
12.1 Any notice required or permitted to be given by either party to the other under these Conditions shall be in writing addressed to that other party at Its registered office or principal place of business or such other address as may at the relevant time have been notified pursuant to this provision to the party giving the notice.
12.2 No waiver by the Company of any breach of the Contract by the Customer shall he considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
12.3 If any provision of these conditions is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part of the validity of the provisions of these Conditions and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected thereby.
12.4 Any dispute arising under or in connection with these Conditions or the sale of the Goods shall be referred to arbitration by a single arbitration appointed by agreement or (in default) nominated on the application of either party by the President for the time being of the Institute of Arbitrators, in accordance with the Arbitration Acts 1950 - 1979.
12.5 The Contract shall be governed by the laws of England and parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.