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JLA Computer Services Ltd.
1 Enterprise Court, Lakes Road, Braintree. Essex. CM7 3QS
Telephone:
01376 34 34 56 -
Registered in England: No. 04165870
© 2001 -
JLA Computer Services Ltd
TERMS & CONDITIONS
GENERAL
1. In these Conditions of Sale:
"The Company" means JLA Computer Services Limited
"the Buyer" means the person, firm or company ordering or buying goods from the Company.
"The
Goods" means the goods the subject matter of the relevant order or contract for sale.
2.
No contract in respect of the Goods between the Company and the Buyer shall exist
until the Buyers order has been accepted by the Company. In the event that the Buyer's
order seeks to make the sale subject to terms different from these conditions, acceptance
of the Buyers order by the Company (whether or not such acceptance is accepted by
formal order acknowledgement) shall be deemed to be a fresh offer by the Company
on the basis of these conditions. In which event (unless these conditions are accepted
by the Buyer prior to delivery) acceptance of delivery of the Goods by the Buyer
shall constitute acceptance of the Company's offer and the Contract of Sale shall
be formed at that moment. No conditions or terms stipulated in any other communication
or document shall vary or annul any of those conditions except insofar as the same
are expressly consented to in writing by the Company.
PRICE
3. Quoted prices include the cost of normal packaging but exclude:-
4.
The prices for the goods shall be those ruling at the date of dispatch and the Company
reserves the right to amend its quoted prices at any time prior to the date of dispatch.
DESPATCH AND PAYMENT
5. (a) Unless otherwise specified the price quoted is packed ex our warehouse. An
extra charge will be levied to cover delivery and insurance costs. A charge may be
made to cover any extra costs involved for delivery to a different address.
(b) Should
expedited delivery be agreed an extra may be charged to cover any overtime or any
other additional costs involved.
(c) Should work be suspended at the request of or
delayed through any default of the Buyer for a period of 21 days the Company shall
then be entitled to payment for work already carried out, materials specially ordered
and other additional costs including storage.
(d) Where The Buyer makes payment using
credit, debit or any other form of card based payment method The Company reserves
the right to perform any checks it deems necessary to ensure the security, validity
and legality of any payment. The Company at its sole discretion reserves the right
to delay shipment or depatch of The Goods until such times as these checks have been
carried out to the satisfaction of The Company. The Company acknowledges that these
checks should take no longer than seven bank working days. The Company reserves the
right to refuse any payment made by The Buyer without giving reason to The Buyer.
(e) In the event that The Company refuses to accept a payment of The Buyer, The Company
will attempt to either (1) contact The Buyer to arrange an alternative payment method
(2) contact and notify The Buyer that The Company has cancelled the order and that
no payment has made, charged, levied or otherwise claimed in respect of the goods.
However The Company reserves the right to claim from The Buyer any costs incurred
as the result of clause (d)
CREDIT POLICY AND PAYMENT INFORMATION
6. Payment must be made with all orders unless a valid credit account is active.
If you do not have a credit account open with us please ask for a credit application
form. Accounts usually take between 10 and 30 days to set up, but this period can
be reduced if this is specifically requested. Our Account Controllers will be pleased
to assist with any problems related to credit.
We are pleased to offer credit terms
to qualified parties. Our credit terms are 7 days net from date of invoice. Statements
are sent out at monthly intervals to enable you to check your current invoices paid
and due. Accounts with overdue balances will be placed on credit hold. This means
that no further goods will be shipped and all support and repair/warranty services
withdrawn until the account is brought into order. Repeated failure to keep to our
credit terms will result in the permanent loss of credit facility.
Where any account
remains unpaid after 30 days we reserve the right to charge interest monthly, at
a rate not less than 10% above bank base rate, on the total amount due.
Where any
payment is returned by The Company bankers, for any reason, as unpaid we reserve
the right to make a charge of not less than £28.50 for each and every payment returned.
When
any account is deemed by The Company to be in arrears, we reserve the right to charge
not less than £30.00 for each letter of communication we need to send to the Buyer
in order to collect any due payments.
The Company reserves the right comply without
notification to The Buyer to any official request by any legal entity entitled to
that information where we are required by law to provide or supply information we
hold regarding the Buyer.
The Company has zero tolerance to fraudulent activities
of any nature and reserves the right to provide, without notification to The Buyer,
information about The Buyer to any legal entity entitled to that information that
is investigating fraudulent activities of any nature relating to The Buyer.
RETENTION OF TITLE
7. The Company and the Buyer expressly agree that until the Company has been paid
in full for the goods comprised in this or any other sales contract between them
and all outstanding amounts due to the Company from the Buyer or any associated or
subsidiary or holding company of the Buyer or from any director or shareholder of
the Buyer or any other such company.
(a) The goods shall remain the property of the
Company and the Buyers, as bailees of them for the Company, will store the same for
the Company in a proper manner without charge and in such a way that the goods are
clearly identified as being the property of the Company, notwithstanding that the
risk therein shall pass to the Buyer as provided herein.
(b) At any time the Company
may recover from the Buyer the goods remaining in the Buyers possession, and for
the purposes thereof may enter upon any premises of or occupied by the Buyer or any
third party (with the consent of that third party).
(c) The buyer has the right to
dispose of the Goods in the course of its business for the account of the Company
and to pass good title to the goods to their customers being bona fide purchasers
for value without notice of the Company's rights.
(d) In the event of such disposition
the Buyer or its Director(s) (if a Limited Company) has the fiduciary duty to account
to the Company for proceeds thereof but may retain therefrom an excess of such proceeds
over the amount outstanding to the Company under this or any other sales contract
between them and for all outstanding amounts due to the Company from the Buyer or
any associated or subsidiary or holding company of the Buyer or from any director
or shareholder of the Buyer or any other such company.
8. Notwithstanding the preceding
condition, all risk in respect of the Goods shall be assumed by the Buyer upon delivery
of the same to him.
BUYERS PROPERTY
9. (a) The Buyer's property supplied to the Company by or on behalf of the Buyer
shall, while it is in possession of the Company or in transit to or from the Buyer,
be deemed to be at the Buyer's risk and the buyer shall insure accordingly.
(b) The
Company shall be entitled to make a reasonable charge for the storage of any of the
Buyer's property left with the Company before receipt of the order or after notification
to the Buyer of completion of the work.
LOSS OR DAMAGE IN TRANSIT OR NON DELIVERY
10. The Buyer shall examine the Goods immediately they are delivered to him. The
Company reserves the right to reject claims in respect of shortages or damage in
transit or non-
LATE DELIVERY
11. Whilst the Company will use its best endeavours to deliver the Goods in accordance with the Buyer's requirements, the Company will not be liable for any consequences of late delivery howsoever caused.
DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS
12. (a) The Company's liability (both in contract and in tort) in respect of defects
in the Goods shall be limited to the replacement of faulty items or material, or
the issue of credit notes in respect thereof, or the granting of a refund or other
such compensatory measures as the Company at its discretion considers appropriate
in the circumstances. Such measures shall relate only to the actual faulty items
or their value, and the Company shall not in any circumstances be under any liability
to the Buyer in respect of indirect or consequential loss or damage, or loss of profits,
sustained by the Buyer PROVIDED, always that these conditions do not exclude or restrict
the Company's liability for death or personal injury arising from its negligence.
(b)
A returns authorization number must first be obtained from our customer service department
either by telephone or letter. Returned goods must be accompanied by a copy of the
original invoice relating to their purchases.
(c) GOODS RETURNED MUST BE IN THE ORIGINAL
PACKAGING AND IN A CLEAN RESALEABLE CONDITION. GOODS RETURNED OTHERWISE WILL, AT
OUR DISCRETION, EITHER BE REFUSED OR A FURTHER ADDITIONAL RESTOCKING FEE CHARGED
TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL COSTS INVOLVED.
Goods returned for repair under warranty must
be accompanied by a copy of the original invoice, or must quote the original invoice
number and date of purchase. Before returning items, please ring our engineers for
authorisation to return items, a discussion of the problem may assist in rectifying
faults before goods are returned! It is your responsibility to ensure that any goods
returned are properly insured. We will not be responsible for goods returned to us
that are lost in transit. This document does not in itself constitute an offer for
sale. We reserve the right to vary the specification of any item, withdraw modify
or amend any item without prior notice. Prices quoted are current trade prices. Prices
of imported goods are subject to variances in exchange rates, and in inconsequence
prices will be those holding at the time of delivery. Please telephone us should
you wish to confirm current price.
EXPORT CONTROL
13. The Buyer shall not resell outside the UK any of the Products covered by the
Export of Goods (Control) Order 1987 (or any re-
RECRUITMENT OF EMPLOYEES
14. The parties hereto accept that either party will suffer loss if a member of their staff accepts an offer of permanent employment with the other party during the continuance of this contract and six months thereafter. If such a member of the party's staff accepts such an offer of employment with the other party other than as a result of relevant bona fide employment advertisement in the national or trade press, the new employing party agrees to pay the other party the equivalent of six months salary for that member of staff. The provisions of this clause shall apply to subsidiaries, associates and parent companies of either party.
FORCE MAJEURE
15. The Company reserves the right to cancel, vary or suspend the operation of contract
of sale if events occur which are in the nature of force majeure including (without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) fire, floods, storm, plant breakdown,
strikes, lockouts, riot, hostilities, non-
CANCELLATION
16. The Company may withhold or cancel further or any deliveries under the contract
of sale and may recover all losses resulting therefrom if the Buyer:
(a) fails to
make payment on the due date under any contract with the Company, or
(b) enters into
a composition with its creditors, or (being a company) has a receiver appointed or
passes a resolution for winding up or if a Court shall order it to be wound up, or
commits an available act of bankruptcy, or
(c) is in breach of any items and conditions
contained herein (notwithstanding that on a former occasion or occasions it has waived
its rights).
The exercise of rights under condition 15 shall be without prejudice
to the Company's other rights of remedies.
LAW
17. These conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
England and Wales. You agree, as we do, to submit to the non-