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In these Conditions:-
"The Company" means AD Metal Spinners Ltd.
"The Contract" means any contract formed between the
Customer and the
Company for the spinning of metal goods.
"The Customer" means the person, firm, or company
placing any order with the Company for metal spinning.
"The Goods" means the goods (or any part of them)
produced and supplied by the Company pursuant to the
Contract.
References herein to metal spinning shall be deemed to
include (but not be limited to) turning, milling, etc or
any associated processes and any other treatments or
processes applied by the Company.
1. General
(a) Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by a
director of the Company these Conditions are the only
terms on which the Company accepts any order or Goods
for metal spinning. These Conditions will be deemed to
have been read & agreed by the Customer and shall apply
to all orders, whether or not these Conditions were
specifically referred to at the time of ordering, to the
exclusion of all other terms and conditions including
any contained in an acceptance of a quotation, a form of
order or any other document issued by the Customer.
Delivery of the Goods to the Company or collection of
the Goods by the Company (as the case may be) shall be
deemed to be conclusive evidence of the Customer's
acceptance of these Conditions.
(b) The Company and the Customer acknowledge that these
Conditions have been given due consideration and that
they are considered fair and reasonable by the Company
and the Customer. The Customer shall not order unless
they agree to these conditions.
(c) Each order placed by the Customer for metal spinning
by the Company shall be deemed to be an offer by the
Customer to purchase metal spinning services subject to
these Conditions.
(d) No order placed by the Customer which the Company
has accepted may be cancelled or varied by the Customer
except with the written agreement of the Company. The
Customer shall be liable for all losses (including loss
of profit, costs, damages, charges and expenses)
suffered or incurred by the Company as a result of such
cancellation or variation.
(e) Without prejudice to conditions 1(f) and 2(b) below,
any representations to be binding upon the Company must
be specifically agreed to in writing by the Company.
(f) The Customer acknowledges that save in the
circumstances provided for in condition 1(e) above and
subject to condition 11 (g) below, no representation
whether oral or in writing has been made by any of the
Company's agents representatives or employees which has
led the Customer to enter into the Contract.
2. Quotations
(a) Unless previously withdrawn the Company's quotations
are only open for acceptance within three months from
the date thereof and where given without sight of the
Goods are provisional only.
(b) Specifications, descriptions and illustrations
contained in the Company's catalogues, brochures or
other advertising materials in whatever form, whether
hard copy format, electronic format or otherwise, are
intended to give only a general idea of the services
concerned and the possible result of any metal spinning
and no such specifications, descriptions or
illustrations shall form any part of the Contract or
form any warranty or representation by the Company.
(c) The Company may make any changes to the
specification, materials or finishes which are required
to conform with any applicable safety or other statutory
requirements.
(d) After examination of samples of the Goods in bulk
the Company has the right to amend any quotation or
decline to accept Goods for metal spinning or not to
proceed with any order, without any further liability to
the Customer.
(e) The Company may by giving notice to the Customer at
any time up to receipt of the Goods by the Company for
metal spinning increases on any price quoted to reflect
any increase in the cost of metal spinning which is due
to any increase in the cost of labour, materials or
other manufacturing costs and transport costs.
(f) Unless otherwise stated prices are quoted exclusive
of VAT.
3. Ownership
The Customer hereby warrants that it is either the owner
of the Goods delivered to or accepted by the Company for
metal spinning or that it is authorised by the owner of
the Goods to accept these Conditions on such owner's
behalf.
4. Transportation of Goods
(a) If the price quoted by the Company includes
transport of the Goods to and from the Company's works
the Company will arrange transport by whatever method
the Company considers appropriate (which may be
transport by a third party carrier, rather than by the
Company). If the Goods are transported by vehicles of a
third party carrier Goods shall be carried at the
Customers' risk and the Company shall not otherwise be
liable for any loss or destruction of or damage to the
Goods in transit.
(b) If the price quoted by the Company does not include
transport of the Goods to and from the Company's works
the Customer undertakes at its own expense and risk both
to deliver the Goods to the Company's works on the date
and at the time notified by the Company and to collect
them within 10 working days after notification by the
Company that the metal spinning has been completed.
(c) The Customer shall be responsible for the adequate
packing of the Goods to protect them in transit against
weather conditions, impact damage and other transport
risks and for the provision of suitable stillages,
pallets and other containers. The Customer shall use
such packing materials as are suitable for re-use by the
Company where the Company is responsible for delivering
the Goods to the Customer. No warranty whatsoever is
given by the Company that packing materials, cases,
cartons and pallets will be returned to the Customer but
wherever possible these will be returned to the Customer
with the Goods.
5. Variation in Prices
(a) In the event of suspension of work on the Goods at
the Customer's request or as a result of the inadequacy
or inaccuracy of the Customer's instructions, any price
quoted by the Company may be increased to cover any
additional costs or expenses incurred by the Company as
a result thereof.
(b) If the Customer does not indicate to the Company
plainly and correctly the type of Goods, including the
make, brand, and grade of Goods to which metal spinning
is to be applied and/or fails to give to the Company
correct and complete instructions as to the processing,
including the specification, required, the Customer
shall be liable for any additional costs or expenses
incurred by the Company and any loss of profit, loss of
business or loss of use of furnaces suffered by the
Company whether as a direct or indirect result thereof.
(c) When prices are quoted which include delivery to
and/or collection of the Goods from any delivery address
outside the United Kingdom, any increase in insurance,
packing or freight costs, import duty, internal taxes or
any other charges incidental to the delivery of the
Goods between the date of the Contract and the date of
delivery and/or collection, as the case may be, together
with all costs of any trans-shipment and/or deviation of
voyage shall be paid by the Customer.
(d) The Customer shall be liable for all costs, charges
and expenses whatsoever in connection with the opening,
advising, confirmation, negotiation and operation of any
letter of credit, the transfer of cash to the Company
and/or the release of any shipping documents.
(e) The cost of any variation or modification to the
order requested by the Customer after the date of the
acceptance of order shall, if such variation or
modification is accepted by the Company under condition
1(d), be borne by the Customer.
6. Unsuitability of Goods for metal spinning
It shall be the Customer's responsibility to ensure that
the Goods are suitable for metal spinning. However if at
any stage the Company in its sole discretion considers
that the Goods are unsuitable for metal spinning (or, if
metal spinning has begun, for further metal spinning)
whether in accordance with the Company's quotation or
otherwise, the Company will advise the Customer as soon
as is reasonably practicable and shall be entitled to
discontinue metal spinning forthwith. The Company shall
thereupon notify the Customer of the Company's
outstanding charges in respect of metal spinning carried
out up to the date of such discontinuance and the
Customer shall pay the same within 28 days of the date
of such notification. Unless the Company agrees in
writing to arrange transport the Customer will collect
the Goods at its own expense and risk from the Company's
works as soon as possible following notification of the
discontinuance of the metal spinning.
7. Carrying Out of Work
Any times quoted for collection and/or delivery of the
Goods and/or for completion of the metal spinning are
estimates only. The Company shall not be liable for any
loss (including loss of profit, loss of use, loss of
business, loss of goodwill (whether arising as a direct
or indirect loss) or any indirect, special or
consequential loss or any costs, damages or expenses
arising directly or indirectly out of any delay in
delivery or collection of the Goods or failure to
complete the metal spinning within such time, even if
caused by the Company's negligence) and time shall not
be of the essence in respect thereof. Any times quoted
for metal spinning shall run from receipt by the Company
of the Goods and of all information required by the
Company in order to put the metal spinning in hand. In
any event, the time for completion of the metal spinning
shall be extended by a reasonable period if completion
of the metal spinning is delayed as a result of the
nature or lack of instructions from the Customer, or by
any cause beyond the Company's control.
8. Sub-Contracting
The Company may sub-contract the whole or any part of
the Contract (unless specifically instructed otherwise
in writing by the Customer, at or prior to the time the
Contract is made). The Company may also store all or any
part of the Goods on premises other than the Company's
premises.
9. Force Majeure
(a) If the Company is in any way prevented from or
delayed in performing any of the Company's obligations
under the Contract by reason of decisions or actions of
any Government or other authority, war or threat of war,
fire, explosion, material damage to or failure of plant
and equipment, severe weather conditions, materials
shortages or inadequacies, interruption or reduction in
communications, delay or reduction of availability of
transport, power or utilities failure, failure or delay
in
obtaining materials required for metal spinning, any
strikes, lock-outs or industrial disputes (whether or
not involving the Company's work force), accident or any
other cause beyond the Company's control the Company
shall be entitled at the Company's absolute discretion
partially or totally to suspend performance of the
Contract for a period equal to the delay caused
by such events and shall not be liable in any way for
such failure to perform its obligations under the
Contract or for such delay.
(b) If the period for performance of the Contract is
extended as a result of such suspension by more than one
month the Contract may be terminated (as regards any
Goods which have not undergone metal spinning) by the
Company or the Customer by written notice to the other
but such termination shall be without prejudice to the
Company's rights to require the Customer to take
delivery of and/or collect any Goods and to pay for the
metal spinning of such Goods as are or may be available
for delivery and/or collection and without prejudice to
any rights which may have accrued to either party prior
to the date of such termination. Furthermore if the
Company is unable to meet the demands of any of its
customers as a result of any such event the Company may
allocate the available capacity for metal spinning of
goods among such customers as the Company in its
absolute discretion considers fit and without incurring
any liability whatsoever to any customers of the
Company.
10. Payment Terms
(a) Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company,
payment in full of all sums due under the Contract shall
be made in pounds sterling (or such other currency as
the Company shall specify) within 30 days following the
date of notification to the Customer that the metal
spinning has been completed or (if the price includes
transport) of delivery of the Goods to the Customer
following metal spinning.
(b) Time for payment shall be of the essence. Without
prejudice to the Company's other rights and remedies,
interest shall be payable at the rate of 4% per annum
above the base rate from time to time of Lloyds Bank plc
and shall accrue from day to day on all overdue payments
(as well after as before judgement).
(c) Any payments due under the Contract shall be made in
full without any deduction whether by way of set off,
counterclaim or otherwise unless otherwise agreed by the
Company in writing or unless the Customer has a valid
court order requiring an amount equal to such deduction
to be paid by the Company to the Customer.
(d) Where the Company specifies that payment will be
made by letter of credit, the Customer must establish
and maintain in favour of the Company an irrevocable and
unconditional letter of credit with or confirmed by the
Bank in England satisfactory to the Company. No delivery
or collection of Goods will take place until such a
letter of credit has been opened and the Company is
satisfied with all arrangements relating thereto. If for
any reason the bank in question is liable to make
payment to the Company under any letter of
credit and fails to do so the Customer shall
nevertheless remain liable to pay for the metal spinning
of the Goods.
(e) Each Contract shall be subject to the Company being
satisfied as to the Customer's credit status both prior
to and during the period of the Contract. If the Company
becomes dissatisfied with the Customer's credit status
at any time, the Company may suspend performance of the
Contract or withhold delivery of the Goods until the
Customer satisfies the Company as to the Customer's
creditworthiness or gives the Company such security as
the Company shall deem appropriate.
11. Duties and Responsibility
(a)The Customer is reminded of the associated hazards
and effects of metal spinningincluding (but not limited
to) cracking, distortion and failure to respond to metal
spinning and of the effects of hardenability, sharp
corners, segregation, manufacturing history, section
size, etc. The Customer hereby acknowledges that the
Contract is entered into in full knowledge, awareness
and acceptance by the Customer of such hazards and
effects.
(b) The Company warrants that it will carry out its
obligations under the Contract with reasonable care and
skill. This warranty shall be the only warranty given in
respect of such obligations. All other conditions and
warranties express or implied by statute common law or
otherwise are hereby excluded.
(c) Subject to condition 11(g) below, the Company shall
not in any event be liable for any breach of the
warranty given in condition 11(b) above or for any
breach of the Contract or breach of statutory duty or
tort (including but not limited to negligence)
misrepresentation or otherwise including without
limitation, for any damage to or loss of Goods as a
result of metal spinning by the Company:- unless the
methods employed in manufacturing the Goods prior to
metal spinningby the Company have taken into account the
current state of knowledge in the metal spinning
industry and the Customer has ensured that the Goods are
made from the correct material and designed to
appropriate engineering standards with final machining
allowances and have not been
subject to any process or treatment by any person other
than the Company which renders them unsuitable for metal
spinning and full information concerning the Goods as
referred to in condition 5(b) has been supplied to the
Company before the commencement of metal spinning; and
(ii) unless the Customer checks the quantity of Goods delivered to
or collected by the Customer forthwith and notifies the
Company in writing of any alleged shortfall of, damage
to, or incorrect metal spinning of the Goods within 14
days thereafter in the case of defects which are
reasonably obvious on inspection and in any event within
6 months of delivery; and
(iii) unless the Customer thereafter affords the Company a
reasonable opportunity to inspect the relevant Goods and
if so requested by the Company returns the allegedly
damaged Goods or the Goods the subject of allegedly
incorrect metal spinning to the Company's works at the
Customer's expense for inspection to take place there;
and (iv) unless the Customer has made no use of the
Goods alleged to be damaged or the subject of allegedly
incorrect metal spinning after it discovers or ought
reasonably to have discovered that such Goods were
damaged or the subject of incorrect metal spinning; and
(v) unless the Goods have not been subjected to misuse
or improperly or incorrectly stored after delivery to or
collection by the Customer; and
( vi) unless and only to the extent that the allegedly damaged
Goods or the Goods the subject of allegedly incorrect
metal spinning exceed 5% of each batch (losses/over
delivery of up to 5% of each batch being accepted as
normal in the metal spinning industry in processing
large quantities of small parts).
(d) In the light of the great disparity between the
value of the Goods undergoing metal spinning and the
charge for metal spinning made by the Company, the
liability of the Company:-
(i) for any breach of the warranty given in condition 11(b)
above; and
(ii) for any breach of the Contract; and
(iii) for any breach of statutory duty or tort (including but
not limited to negligence) misrepresentation or
otherwise is limited to two times the charge made for
metal spinning of the relevant Goods under the Contract.
In the case of breach of warranty given
in condition 11(b) above, instead of refunding or
waiving the whole or the appropriate part of the charge
for metal spinning the Company may at its option take
such steps as the Company considers necessary so as to
comply with the said warranty and thereupon this shall
be the Company's only liability in respect of such
breach of warranty.
(e) The Company shall not under any circumstances be
liable for any loss of profit, loss of use, loss of
business or loss of goodwill (whether arising as a
direct loss or an indirect loss) or for any indirect or
consequential loss, injury or damage of any kind whether
caused by negligence or otherwise howsoever and whether
or not such loss has been suffered by the Customer or by
some third party to whom the Customer may be liable and
whether or not such loss has been caused by reason of
the Goods infringing any patent, registered or
unregistered design, copyright, trade mark or service
mark or other intellectual property owned or used by
a third party.
(f) Goods are and remain at all times whilst at the
Company's works and (unless condition 4(a) above
applies) during transportation to and from the Company's
works at the entire risk of the Customer who shall be
responsible for effecting and maintaining its own
insurance cover in relation thereto, it being hereby
acknowledged by the Customer that the charges of the
Company do not include insurance.
(g) Nothing in these Conditions shall exclude or
restrict the Company's liability for fraudulent
misrepresentation or for death or personal injury
resulting from the Company's negligence.
12. Indemnity by Customer
The Customer will indemnify and keep indemnified the
Company in full from and against all direct, indirect
and consequential liability, loss, damages, injury,
costs and expenses (including legal expenses) awarded
against or suffered or incurred or paid by the Company
arising out of or as a result of or in connection with:
(a) any claim that the Goods infringe any British or
foreign patent, copyright, registered design, design
right, trade mark, trade name or other intellectual
property right of any third party;
(b) any claim made against the Company in respect of any
liability, loss,
damage, cost or expense suffered or incurred by the
Company's employees or agents to the extent that such
liability, loss, damage, cost or expense was caused by,
relates to or arises out of or in connection with the
Goods;
(c) any claim made against the Company by any third
party to the extent that such liability, loss, damage,
cost or expense was caused by, relates to or arises out
of or in connection with the Goods and/or the metal
spinning thereof by the Company.
13. Jigs or Tooling
Any jigs or tools made by the Company for the purpose of
the Contract shall remain the Company's property
notwithstanding that the cost thereof may be included in
whole or in part in the price charged for metal
spinning. All drawings and information relating to such
tools and jigs remain the Company's property and the
copyright therein remains vested in the Company and the
Customer undertakes that it will not copy or make use of
such jigs, drawings or information for the benefit of
itself or any third party without the Company's prior
written consent. If the Customer falls into
administration or receivership, all tools jigs etc
convert to 100% ownership by the Company, whether for
current contracts or previous in time.
14. Lien
The Company shall in respect of all sums due or owing
from the Customer under the Contract or any other
contract between the Customer and the Company have a
general lien on all Goods and property of the Customer
in the Company's possession (notwithstanding that metal
spinning of such Goods or some of them may have been
paid for) and shall after the expiration of 14 days'
notice to the Customer be entitled to dispose of such
Goods and property as it deems fit and apply the
proceeds towards such sums. The
Customer will grant at all times the irrevocable right
to enter its premises or other owned buildings,
vehicles, etc. at any time to take back goods to the
values of work expended to its contract order or costs
accrued by the Company to the orders concerned.
15. Confidential Information
All specifications, drawings, technical descriptions and
details of metal spinning (hereinafter called
"information") submitted with the Company's quotation or
otherwise supplied to the Customer pursuant to the
Contract are supplied in confidence. The Customer shall
keep the information confidential and shall not (save as
required by law or unless the same is already in the
public domain other than as a result of the default of
the Customer) disclose the same to any third party
without the Company's prior
written consent and shall use the same only for the
purposes of the Contract. Nothing in this condition 15
shall prevent the Company from undertaking or offering
to undertake for third parties any work or services
similar to or designed to achieve the same results as
the work or services provided under the Contract.
16. Termination
(a) The Customer cannot terminate the Contract without
the written consent of the Company.
(b) The Company shall be entitled, without prejudice to
any of its other rights, to terminate the Contract or
any other contract with the Customer forthwith by notice
to the Customer:-
(i) if the Customer (whether under the Contract or any other
contract between the Customer and the Company) is
overdue with any payment or commits any breach of
contract which is incapable of remedy or which (if the
same be capable of remedy) the Customer fails to remedy
within 14 days of the Company's written notice so to do;
or
(ii) if any distress or execution shall be levied on the
Customer's assets or if the Customer shall make or offer
to make any arrangement or composition with creditors or
commits an act of bankruptcy or if any petition or
receiving order in bankruptcy or any administration
order shall be presented or made against the Customer
or, where the Customer is a limited company, any
resolution or petition to wind up the same (other than
for the purposes of reconstruction or amalgamation of a
solvent
company) shall be passed or an administration order made
or if a receiver, manager, administrative receiver or
administrator is appointed in respect of the Customer's
assets and undertaking or any part thereof or if the
Customer is unable to pay its debts within the meaning
of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986; or
( iii) if the Company has reasonable doubts
regarding the solvency of the Customer.
(c) The Company shall without prejudice to its right to
terminate the Contract be entitled to suspend further
metal spinning of Goods under the Contract or any other
contract between the Customer and the Company:
(i) if any of the events mentioned in condition 16(b) above occur;
or
(ii) if and to the extent that the value of the Goods delivered but
not paid for exceeds (or if delivered would exceed) the
Customer's credit limit whether or not advised to the
Customer and whether or not payment is overdue.
(d) Notwithstanding any termination or suspension in
accordance with conditions 16(b) or 16(c) above the
Customer shall pay the Company for all work done up to
and including the date of such suspension or termination
and shall in addition indemnify the Company against any
resulting loss damage or expense incurred by the Company
in connection with such suspension or termination
including, without limitation, the cost of any material
plant or tools used or intended to be used therefore and
the cost
of labour and other overheads including a percentage in
respect of profit.
17. Severability
If at any time one or more of these Conditions (or any
part thereof) is held to be or becomes void or otherwise
unenforceable for any reason at law the same shall be
deemed omitted here from and the validity and/or
enforceability of the remaining provisions of these
Conditions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
18. Waiver
The rights and remedies of the Company under the
Contract shall not be diminished waived or extinguished
by the granting of any indulgence forbearance or
extension of time by the Company nor by the failure or
delay by the Company in asserting or exercising any such
rights or remedies.
19. Notices
Notices to be served hereunder shall be in writing and
delivered by hand or sent by post, e-mail or fax to
either party at its last known address. Notices sent by
post shall be deemed served 2 working days after posting
and notices sent by e-mail or fax or delivery by hand
shall be deemed served when received.
20. Applicable Law
The Contract shall in all respects be construed in
accordance with and be governed by English law and the
parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
English courts.
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