CONDITIONS OF SALE
1 INTERPRETATION
In these Conditions: "BUYER" means the person who accepts a quotation from
the Seller for the sale of the Goods or whose order for the Goods is accepted by the
Seller.
"GOODS" means the goods (including any installment of the goods or any parts for
them) which the Seller is to supply in accordance with these Conditions.
"INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS" means patents, trade marks, service marks,
registered designs, applications for any of the foregoing, copyright, design rights,
database rights, know how, trade and business names and any other similar
protected rights.
"SELLER" means Junior Phipps trading as 'Conscious Forms'
"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 agreed in writing between the Buyer and the Seller.
"CONTRACT" means the contract for the purchase and sale of the Goods.
"WRITING" means Email, cable, facsimile transmission and comparable means of
communication.
1.1 The headings in these Conditions are for convenience only and shall not affect
their interpretation.
1.2 Any reference in these Conditions to any provision of a statute shall be construed
as a reference to that provision as amended, re-enacted or extended at the relevant
time.
2 BASIS OF THE SALE
2.1 The Seller shall sell and the Buyer shall purchase the Goods in accordance with
any written quotation of the Seller which is accepted by the Buyer, or any written
order of the Buyer which is accepted by the Seller, subject in either case to these
Conditions, which shall govern the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms and
conditions subject to which any such quotation is accepted or purported to be
accepted, or any such order is made or purported to be made, by the Buyer.
2.2 No variation to these Conditions shall be binding unless agreed in Writing
between the authorised representatives of the Buyer and the Seller.
2.3 The Seller's employees or agents are not authorised to make any
representations concerning the Goods unless confirmed by the Seller in Writing. In
entering into the Contract the Buyer acknowledges that it does not rely on any such
representations which are not so confirmed.
2.4 Any advice or recommendation given by the Seller or its employees or agents to
the Buyer or its employees or agents as to the storage, application or use of the
Goods which is not confirmed in Writing by the Seller is followed or acted upon
entirely at the Buyer's own risk, and accordingly the Seller shall not be liable for any
such advice or recommendation which is not so confirmed.
2.5 Any typographical, clerical or other error or omission in any sales literature,
quotation, price list, acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or information
issued by the Seller shall be subject to correction without any liability on the part of
the Seller.
3 ORDERS AND SPECIFICATIONS
3.1 No order submitted by the Buyer shall be deemed to be accepted by the Seller
unless and until confirmed in Writing by the Seller's authorised representative.
3.2 The Buyer shall be responsible to the Seller for ensuring the accuracy of the
terms of any order (including any applicable specification) submitted by the Buyer,
and for giving the Seller any necessary information relating to the Goods within a
sufficient time to enable the Seller to perform the Contract in accordance with its
terms.
3.3 The quantity, quality and description of and any specification for the Goods shall
be those set out in the Seller's quotation (if accepted by the Buyer) or the Buyer's
order (if accepted by the Seller).
3.4 If the Goods are to be manufactured or any process is to be applied to the Goods
by the Seller in accordance with a specification submitted by the Buyer, the Buyer
shall indemnify the Seller against all loss, damages, costs and expenses awarded
against or incurred by the Seller in connection with or paid or agreed to be paid by
the Seller 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 Seller's use of the Buyer's specification.
3.5 The Seller reserves the right to make any changes in the specification of the
Goods which are required to conform to any applicable statutory or E.C requirements
or, where the Goods are to be supplied to the Seller's specification, which do not
materially affect their quality or performance.
3.6 No order which has been accepted by the Seller may be cancelled by the Buyer
except with the agreement in Writing of the Seller and on terms that the Buyer shall
indemnify the Seller 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 Seller as a result of cancellation.
4 PRICE OF THE GOODS
4.1 The price of the Goods shall be the Seller's quoted price or, where no price has
been quoted (or a quoted price is no longer valid), the price listed in the Seller'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 Seller's published export price
list shall apply. All prices quoted are valid for 30 days only or until earlier acceptance
by the Buyer, after which time they may be altered by the Seller without giving notice
to the Buyer.
4.2 The Seller reserves the right, by giving notice to the Buyer at any time before
delivery, to increase the price of the Goods to reflect any increase in the cost to the
Seller which is due to any factor beyond the control of the Seller (such as, without
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 Buyer, or any delay caused by any instructions of the Buyer or
failure of the Buyer to give the Seller adequate information or instructions.
4.3 Except as otherwise stated under the terms of any quotation or in any price list of
the Seller, and unless otherwise agreed in Writing between the Buyer and the Seller,
all prices are given by the Seller on an ex works basis, and where the Seller agrees
to deliver the Goods otherwise than at the Seller's premises, the Buyer shall be liable
to pay the Seller's charges for transport, packaging and insurance.
4.4 The price is exclusive of any applicable value added tax, which the Buyer shall
be additionally liable to pay to the Seller.
5 TERMS OF PAYMENTS
5.1 Subject to any special terms agreed in Writing between the Buyer and the Seller,
the Seller shall be entitled to invoice the Buyer the price of the Goods (together with
all delivery costs) upon confirmation of the order by the Seller.
5.2 The Buyer shall pay the price of the Goods including all delivery costs, without
any deduction on or before dispatch of the Goods, and the Seller shall be entitled to
recover the price (together with all delivery costs), notwithstanding that delivery may
not have taken place and the property in the Goods has not passed to the Buyer.
The time of payment of the price shall be of the essence of the Contract. Receipts for
payment will be issued only upon request.
5.3 If the Buyer fails to make any payment on the due date then, without prejudice to
any other right or remedy available to the Seller, the Seller shall be entitled to:
5.3.1 cancel the contract or suspend any further deliveries to the Buyer;
5.3.2 appropriate any payment made by the Buyer to such of the Goods (or the
goods supplied under any other contract between the Buyer and the Seller) as the
Seller may think fit (notwithstanding any purported appropriation by the Buyer); and
5.3.3 charge the Buyer Statutory Interest on overdue amounts thereafter until actual
payment, calculated on a day to day basis; such Statutory Interest to be at the rate
defined under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Rate of Interest) (No. 2)
Order 1998 (SI 1998 No. 2765) (whether or not at that time the rate stated in the
Order would otherwise apply to this Agreement) as may be amended or replaced
from time to time.
6 DELIVERY
6.1 Delivery of the Goods shall be made by the Buyer collecting the Goods at the
Seller's premises at any time after the Seller has notified the Buyer that the Goods
are ready for collection or, if some other place for delivery is agreed by the Seller, by
the Seller delivering the Goods to that place.
6.2 Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods are approximate only and the Seller
shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Goods however caused. Time for
delivery shall not be of the essence of the Contract unless previously agreed by the
Seller in writing. The Goods may be delivered by the Seller in advance of the quoted
delivery date upon giving reasonable notice to the Buyer.
6.3 Where the Goods are to be delivered in installment’s, each delivery shall
constitute a separate contract and failure by the Seller to deliver any one or more of
the installments in accordance with these Conditions or any claim by the Buyer in
respect of any one or more installments shall not entitle the Buyer to treat the
Contract as a whole as repudiated.
6.4 If the Buyer fails to take delivery of the Goods or fails to give the Seller adequate
delivery instructions at the time stated for delivery (otherwise than by reason of any
cause beyond the Buyer's reasonable control or by reason of the Seller's fault) then,
without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Seller, the Seller may:
6.4.1 store the Goods until actual delivery and charge the Buyer for the reasonable
costs (including insurance) of storage; or
6.4.2 sell the Goods at the best price readily obtainable and (after deducting all
reasonable storage and selling expenses) account to the Buyer for the excess over
the price under the Contract or charge the Buyer 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 Buyer:
7.1.1 in the case of Goods to be delivered at the Seller's premises, at the time when
the Seller notifies the Buyer that the Goods are available for collection; or
7.1.2 in the case of Goods to be delivered otherwise than at the Seller's premises, at
the time of dispatch.
7.2 Notwithstanding the passing of risk in the Goods, or any other provision of these
Conditions, the property in the Goods shall not pass to the Buyer until the Seller 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 Seller to the Buyer for which payment is then
due.
7.3 Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Buyer, the Buyer shall
hold the Goods as the Seller's fiduciary agent and bailee, and shall keep the Goods
separate from those of the Buyer and third parties and properly stored, protected and
insured and identified as the Seller's property, but the Buyer shall be entitled to resell
or use the Goods in the ordinary course of its business.
7.4 Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Buyer (and provided
the Goods are still in existence and have not been resold), the Seller shall be entitled
at any time to require the Buyer to deliver up the Goods to the Seller, if the Buyer
fails to do so forthwith, to enter upon any premises of the Buyer or any third party
where the Goods are stored and repossess the Goods.
7.5 The Buyer shall not be entitled to pledge or in any way charge by way of security
for any indebtedness any of the Goods which remain the property of the Seller, but if
the Buyer does so all moneys owing by the Buyer to the Seller shall (without
prejudice to any other right or remedy of the Seller) forthwith become due and
payable.
8 WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY
8.1 Subject to the conditions set out below the Seller 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 three months from the date of
their initial use or three months from dispatch, whichever is the first to expire.
8.2 The above warranty is given by the Seller subject to the following conditions:
8.2.1 the Seller shall be under no liability in respect of any defect in the Goods
arising from any drawing, design or specification supplied by the Buyer;
8.2.2 the Seller shall be under no liability in respect of any defect arising from fair
wear and tear, willful damage, negligence, abnormal working conditions, failure to
follow the Seller's instructions (whether oral or in writing), misuse or alteration or
repair of the Goods without the Seller's approval;
8.2.3 the Seller 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, materials or equipment not
manufactured by the Seller, in respect of which the Buyer shall only be entitled to the
benefit of any such warranty or guarantee as is given by the manufacturer to the
Seller.
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 Buyer are not affected by these Conditions.
8.5 Any claim by the Buyer which is based on any defect in the quality or condition of
the Goods or their failure to correspond with specification shall (whether or not
delivery is refused by the Buyer) be notified to the Seller 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 Buyer does not notify the Seller accordingly, the Buyer shall not be
entitled to reject the Goods and the Seller shall have no liability for such defect or
failure, and the Buyer 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 Seller in accordance with these Conditions, the Seller shall be entitled
to replace the Goods (or the part in question) free of charge or, at the Seller's sole
discretion, refund to the Buyer the price of the Goods (or a proportionate part of the
price), but the Seller shall have no further liability to the Buyer.
8.7 Except in respect of death or personal injury caused by the Seller's negligence,
the Seller shall not be liable to the Buyer by reason of any representation (unless
fraudulent), or any implied warranty, condition or other term, or any duty at common
law, or under the express terms of the Contract, for any indirect, special or
consequential loss or damage (whether for loss of profit or otherwise), costs,
expenses or other claims for compensation whatsoever (whether caused by the
negligence of the Seller, its employees or agents or otherwise) which arise out of or
in connection with the supply of the Goods or their use or resale by the Buyer, and
the entire liability of the Seller under or in connection with the Contract shall not
exceed the price of the Goods, except as expressly provided in these Conditions.
8.8 The Seller shall not be liable to the Buyer or be deemed to be in breach of the
Contract by reason of any delay in performing, or any failure to perform, any of the
Seller's obligations in relation to the Goods, if the delay or failure was due to any
cause beyond the Seller's reasonable control. Without prejudice to the generality of
the foregoing, the following shall be regarded as causes beyond the Seller's
reasonable control:
8.8.1 Act of God, explosion, flood, tempest, fire or accident;
8.8.2 war or threat of war, sabotage, insurrection, civil disturbance or requisition;
8.8.3 acts, restrictions, regulations, bye-laws, prohibitions or measures of any kind
on the part of any governmental, parliamentary or local authority;
8.8.4 import or export regulations or embargoes;
8.8.5 strikes, lock-outs or other industrial actions or trade disputes (whether involving
employees of the Seller or of a third party);
8.8.6 difficulties in obtaining raw materials, labour, fuel, parts or machinery;
8.8.7 power failure or breakdown in machinery.
9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND CONFIDENTIALITY
9.1 The Seller shall retain the right and title to all Intellectual Property Rights and
other rights in any Goods, and to any work or material created by the Seller or its
subcontractors in the course of providing the Goods and to any other items supplied
pursuant to any order.
9.2 The parties agree not to use nor to disclose to any third party (other than for the
purposes of performing the Agreement), any secret or confidential information or
method of working revealed by the other.
9.3 The Buyer shall follow all reasonable instructions that the Seller gives from time
to time with regard to the use of trade marks, copyright, design rights and other
notice of ownership rights of the Seller.
9.4 The Seller warrants that it is the owner of the copyright in the Goods.
9.5 Save as set out in the Contract, the Seller shall have no liability whatsoever to
the Buyer in respect of any infringement or alleged infringement of any Intellectual
Property Right or other rights and in any event the Seller shall have no liability to the
Buyer hereunder for any infringement which is based on the use of any item supplied
by the Seller other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and any
other instructions the Seller may give concerning their use, or in combination with
any goods or services not supplied by the Seller.
10 INSOLVENCY OF BUYER
10.1 This clause applies if:
10.1.1 the Buyer makes any voluntary arrangement with its creditors or (being an
individual or firm) becomes bankrupt or (being a company) becomes subject to an
administration order or 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 Buyer; or
10.1.3 the Buyer ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business; or
10.1.4 the Seller reasonably apprehends that any of the events mentioned above is
about to occur in relation to the Buyer and notifies the Buyer accordingly.
10.2 If this clause applies then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy
available to the Seller, the Seller shall be entitled to cancel the Contract or suspend
any further deliveries under the Contract without any liability to the Buyer, and if the
Goods have been dispatched 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
or expression which is defined in or given a particular meaning by the provisions 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 Buyer and the Seller) apply notwithstanding any other provision of these
Conditions.
11.3 The Buyer 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 on them.
11.4 Unless otherwise agreed in Writing between the Buyer and the Seller, the
Goods shall be delivered to the air or sea port of shipment and the Seller shall be
under no obligation to give notice under section 32(3) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979.
11.5 The Buyer shall be responsible for arranging for testing and inspection of the
Goods at the Seller's premises before shipment. The Seller shall have no liability for
any claim 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 Payment of all amounts due to the Seller shall be made by irrevocable letter of
credit opened by the Buyer in favour of the Seller and confirmed by a bank in
England acceptable to the Seller or, if the Seller has agreed in Writing on or before
acceptance of the Buyer's order to waive this requirement, by acceptance by the
Buyer and delivery to the Seller of a bill of exchange drawn on the Buyer payable on
dispatch at such branch of HSBC Bank in England as may be specified in the bill of
exchange.
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 Seller of any breach of the Contract by the Buyer shall be
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 the validity of the other provisions of
these Conditions and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected.
12.4 A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts
(Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Agreement but this
does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart
from that Act.
12.5 Any dispute arising under or in connection with these Conditions the parties
may seek to resolve disputes between them by an Alternative Dispute Resolution
technique recommended by the Centre for Dispute Resolution.
12.6 The Contract shall be governed by the laws of England, and the Buyer agrees
to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.