Terms and Conditions

1.  Interpretation

1.1   The definitions and rules of interpretation in this condition apply in these conditions.

Buyer: the person, firm or company who purchases the Goods from the Company.

Company: Leeson Polyurethanes Ltd a company registered in England and Wales (company number 02007874) whose registered address is 3^rd Floor 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DT.

Contract: any contract between the Company and the Buyer for the sale and purchase of the Goods, incorporating these conditions.

Delivery Point: the place where delivery of the Goods is to take place under condition 4.

Goods:  any goods agreed in the Contract to be supplied to the Buyer by the Company (including any part or parts of them).

1.2   A reference to a particular law is a reference to it as it is in force for the time being taking account of any amendment, extension, application or re-enactment and includes any subordinate legislation for the time being in force made under it.

1.3   Words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular.

1.4   Condition headings do not affect the interpretation of these conditions.

2.  Application of terms

2.1   Subject to any variation under condition 2.3 the Contract shall be on these conditions to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions (including any terms or conditions which the Buyer purports to apply under any purchase order, confirmation of order, specification or other document).

2.2    No terms or conditions endorsed on, delivered with or contained in the Buyer’s purchase order, confirmation of order, specification or other document shall form part of the Contract simply as a result of such document being referred to in the Contract.

2.3  These conditions apply to all the Company’s sales and any variation to these conditions and any representations about the Goods shall have no effect unless expressly agreed in writing and signed by the Director of the Company. The Buyer acknowledges that it has not relied on any statement, promise or representation made or given by or on behalf of the Company which is not set out in the Contract. Nothing in this condition shall exclude or limit the Company’s liability for fraudulent misrepresentation.

2.4  Each order or acceptance of a quotation for Goods by the Buyer from the Company shall be deemed to be an offer by the Buyer to buy Goods subject to these conditions.

2.5  No order placed by the Buyer shall be deemed to be accepted by the Company until a written acknowledgement of order is issued by the Company.

2.6  The Buyer shall ensure that the terms of its order and any applicable specification are complete and accurate.

2.7  Any quotation is given on the basis that no Contract shall come into existence until the Company dispatches an acknowledgement of order to the Buyer. Any quotation is valid for a period of 30 (thirty) days only from its date, provided that the Company has not previously withdrawn it.

2.8  Unless expressly agreed by the Company the minimum price of any order shall be £100.00 net.

3. Description

3.1 The quantity and description of the Goods shall be as set out in the Company’s quotation or acknowledgement of order.

3.2  All samples, drawings, descriptive matter, specifications and advertising issued by the Company and any descriptions or illustrations contained in the Company’s catalogues or brochures are issued or published for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Goods described in them. They shall not form part of the Contract and this is not a sale by sample.

4. Delivery

4.1  Subject to agreement between the Company and the Buyer the Goods may either be collected from the Delivery Point by the Buyer or a carrier nominated by the Buyer. Alternatively, where expressly agreed, the Company may arrange for delivery via a carrier to the premises of the Buyer at the cost and expense of the Company.

4.2  Any dates specified by the Company for delivery of the Goods are intended to be an estimate and time for delivery shall not be made of the essence by notice. If no dates are so specified, delivery shall be within a reasonable time.

4.3  Subject to the other provisions of these conditions the Company shall not be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss (all three of which terms include, without limitation, pure economic loss, loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and similar loss), costs, damages, charges or expenses caused directly or indirectly by any delay in the delivery of the Goods (even if caused by the Company’s negligence), nor shall any delay entitle the Buyer to terminate or rescind the Contract unless such delay exceeds 180 one hundred and eighty days.

4.4  If for any reason the Buyer fails to accept delivery of any of the Goods when they are ready for delivery, or the Company is unable to deliver the Goods on time because the Buyer has not provided appropriate instructions, documents, licences or authorisations:

   (a)  risk in the Goods shall pass to the Buyer (including for loss or damage caused by the Company’s negligence);

   (b)  the Goods shall be deemed to have been delivered; and

   (c)  the Company may store the Goods until delivery, whereupon the Buyer shall be liable for all related costs and expenses (including, without limitation, storage and insurance).

4.5  The Buyer shall provide at the Delivery Point and at its expense adequate and appropriate equipment and manual labour for off loading the Goods.

4.6   If the Company delivers to the Buyer a quantity of Goods less than the quantity accepted by the Company, the Buyer shall not be entitled to object to or reject the Goods or any of them by reason of the surplus or shortfall and shall pay for such goods at the pro rata Contract rate.

4.7   The Company may make part delivery of the Goods or deliver the Goods by separate instalments. Each separate instalment or delivery shall be invoiced and paid for in accordance with the provisions of the Contract.

4.8   Each instalment shall be a separate Contract and no cancellation or termination of any one Contract relating to an instalment shall entitle the Buyer to repudiate or cancel any other Contract or instalment.

5. Non-Delivery

5.1  The quantity of any consignment of Goods as recorded by the Company on despatch from the Company’s place of business shall be conclusive evidence of the quantity received by the Buyer on delivery unless the Buyer can provide conclusive evidence proving the contrary.

5.2  The Company shall not be liable for any non-delivery of Goods.

6. Risk/Title

6.1  The Goods are at the risk of the Buyer from the time of delivery.

6.2  Ownership of the Goods shall not pass to the Buyer until the Company has received in full (in cash or cleared funds) all sums due to it in respect of:

   (a)  the Goods; and

   (b)  all other sums which are or which become due to the Company from the Buyer on any account.

6.3 Until ownership of the Goods has passed to the Buyer, the Buyer shall:

   (a) hold the Goods on a fiduciary basis as the Company’s bailee;

   (b) store the Goods (at no cost to the Company) separately from all other goods of the Buyer or any third party in such a way that they remain readily identifiable as the Company’s property;

   (c)  not destroy, deface or obscure any identifying mark or packaging on or relating to the Goods; and

   (d)  maintain the Goods in satisfactory condition and keep them insured on the Company’s behalf for their full price against all risks to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company. On request the Buyer shall produce the policy of insurance to the Company.

6.4  The Buyer’s right to possession of the Goods shall terminate immediately if the Buyer makes any arrangement with its creditors or if any bankruptcy petition is presented against the Buyer or the Buyer is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or if being a limited company any resolution or petition to wind up the Buyer (other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction without insolvency) shall be passed or presented or if the a receiver, administrator receiver or manager shall be appointed over the whole or any part of the Buyer’s business or assets or of the Buyer shall suffer any analogous proceedings under foreign law all sums outstanding in respect of the Goods shall become payable forthwith. The Company may in its absolute discretion and without prejudice to any other rights which it may have suspend all future deliveries of Goods to the Buyer and/or terminate the contract without liability upon its part.

6.5 The Company shall be entitled to recover payment for the Goods notwithstanding that ownership of any of the Goods has not passed from the Company.

6.6  The Buyer grants the Company, its agents and employees an irrevocable licence at any time to enter any premises where the Goods are or may be stored in order to inspect them, or, where the Buyer’s right to possession has terminated, to recover them.

6.7  Where the Company is unable to determine whether any Goods are the goods in respect of which the Buyer’s right to possession has terminated, the Buyer shall be deemed to have sold all goods of the kind sold by the Company to the Buyer in the order in which they were invoiced to the Buyer.

6.8  On termination of the Contract, howsoever caused, the Company’s (but not the Buyer’s) rights contained in this condition 6 shall remain in effect.

7. Price

7.1  Unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, the price for the Goods shall be the price set out in the Company’s price list published on the date of delivery or deemed delivery.

7.2  The price for the Goods shall be exclusive of any value added tax and all costs or charges in relation to packaging, loading, unloading, carriage and insurance unless otherwise stated, all of which amounts the Buyer shall pay in addition when it is due to pay for the Goods.

8. Payment

8.1 Subject to condition 8.5, payment of the price for the Goods is due in the currency stated on the invoice on the date specified on the invoice issued at the time of delivery.

8.2  If the Buyer makes payment by cheque then where the cheque is not honoured on first presentation by the Company for payment the Company shall be entitled to make an administration charge of £25 (twenty five) notwithstanding that the cheque be subsequently honoured. Where, as a result of any future changes in banking procedures, a charge is levied for the use of cheques, then such charge shall be recoverable by the Company from the Buyer.

8.3  Time for payment shall be of the essence.

8.4  No payment shall be deemed to have been received until the Company has received cleared funds.

8.5  All payments payable to the Company under the Contract shall become due immediately on its termination despite any other provision.

8.6  The Buyer shall make all payments due under the Contract in full without any deduction whether by way of set-off, counterclaim, discount, abatement or otherwise unless the Buyer has a valid court order requiring an amount equal to such deduction to be paid by the Company to the Buyer.

8.7  If the Buyer fails to pay the Company any sum due pursuant to the Contract, the Buyer shall be liable to pay interest to the Company on such sum from the due date for payment at the annual rate of 4% above the base lending rate from time to time of the Bank of England, accruing on a daily basis until payment is made, whether before or after any judgment. The Company reserves the right to claim interest under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.

9. Quality

9.1 The Company warrants that (subject to the other provisions of these conditions) on delivery the Goods shall:

   (a)  be of satisfactory quality within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act 1979;

   (b)  be reasonably fit for purpose; and

   (c)  be reasonably fit for any particular purpose for which the Goods are being bought if the Buyer had made known that purpose to the Company in writing and the Company has confirmed in writing that it is reasonable for the Buyer to rely on the skill and judgement of the Company.

9.2  The Company shall not be liable for a breach of any of the warranties in condition 9.1 unless:

   (a)  the Buyer gives written notice of the defect to the Company, and, if the defect is as a result of damage in transit to the carrier, within 48 (forty eight) hours of the time when the Buyer discovers or ought to have discovered the defect; and

   (b)  the Company is given a reasonable opportunity after receiving the notice of examining such Goods and the Buyer (if asked to do so by the Company) returns such Goods to the Company’s place of business at the Buyer’s cost for the examination to take place there.

9.3 The Company shall not be liable for a breach of any of the warranties in condition 9.1 if:

   (a)  the Buyer makes any further use of such Goods after giving such notice; or

   (b)  the defect arises because the Buyer failed to follow the Company’s oral or written instructions as to the storage, installation, commissioning, use or maintenance of the Goods or (if there are none) good trade practice; or

   (c)  the Buyer alters or repairs such Goods without the written consent of the Company.

9.4  Subject to condition 9.2 and condition 9.3, if any of the Goods do not conform with any of the warranties in condition 9.1 the Company shall at its option repair or replace such Goods (or the defective part) or refund the price of such Goods at the pro rata Contract rate provided that, if the Company so requests, the Buyer shall, at the Buyer’s expense, return the Goods or the part of such Goods which is defective to the Company.

9.5  If the Company complies with condition 9.4 it shall have no further liability for a breach of any of the warranties in condition 9.1 in respect of such Goods.

10. Limitation of Liability

10.1  Subject to condition 4, condition 5 and condition 9, the following provisions set out the entire financial liability of the Company (including any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, agents and sub-contractors) to the Buyer in respect of:

   (a)  any breach of these conditions

   (b)  any use made or resale by the Buyer of any of the Goods, or of any product incorporating any of the Goods; and

   (c)  any representation, statement or tortious act or omission including negligence arising under or in connection with the Contract.

10.2  All warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law (save for the conditions implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979) are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.

10.3  Nothing in these conditions excludes or limits the liability of the Company:

   (a)  for death or personal injury caused by the Company’s negligence; or

   (b)  under section 2(3), Consumer Protection Act 1987; or

   (c)  for any matter which it would be illegal for the Company to exclude or attempt to exclude its liability; or

   (d)  for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

10.4  Subject to condition 10.2 and condition 10.3:

   (a)  the Company’s total liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise, arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of the Contract shall be limited to the Contract price; and

   (b)  the Company shall not be liable to the Buyer for loss of profit, loss of business, or depletion of goodwill in each case whether direct, indirect or consequential, or any claims for consequential compensation whatsoever (howsoever caused)]which arise out of or in connection with the Contract.

11. Cancellation

11.1  The Company may cancel this contract or any order hereunder at any time before the Goods are delivered by giving written notice. On giving such notice the Company shall promptly repay to the Buyer any sums paid in respect of the price. The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from such cancellation.

11.2  The Buyer may cancel this Contract or any order hereunder within 7 (seven) days of the Contract being entered into by giving written notice to the Company. The Buyers right to cancel is subject to payment by the Buyer of all costs whatsoever and howsoever incurred by the Company in relation to the Contract, including the manufacture and delivery of the Goods by the Company, up to the date of cancellation.

12.  Assignment

12.1 The Company may assign the Contract or any part of it to any person, firm or company. The Buyer shall not be entitled to assign the Contract or any part of it without the prior written consent of the Company.

13.  Force Majeure

The Company reserves the right to defer the date of delivery or to cancel the Contract or reduce the volume of the Goods ordered by the Buyer (without liability to the Buyer) if it is prevented from or delayed in the carrying on of its business due to circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Company including, without limitation, acts of God, governmental actions, war or national emergency, acts of terrorism, protests, riot, civil commotion, fire, explosion, flood, epidemic, lock-outs, strikes or other labour disputes (whether or not relating to either party’s workforce), or restraints or delays affecting carriers or inability or delay in obtaining supplies of adequate or suitable materials, provided that, if the event in question continues for a continuous period in excess of 90 (ninety) days, the Buyer shall be entitled to give notice in writing to the Company to terminate the Contract.

14. General

14.1  Each right or remedy of the Company under the Contract is without prejudice to any other right or remedy of the Company whether under the Contract or not.

14.2  If any provision of the Contract is found by any court, tribunal or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be wholly or partly illegal, invalid, void, voidable, unenforceable or unreasonable it shall to the extent of such illegality, invalidity, voidness, voidability, unenforceability or unreasonableness be deemed severable and the remaining provisions of the Contract and the remainder of such provision shall continue in full force and effect.

14.3  Failure or delay by the Company in enforcing or partially enforcing any provision of the Contract shall not be construed as a waiver of any of its rights under the Contract.

14.4  Any waiver by the Company of any breach of, or any default under, any provision of the Contract by the Buyer shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default and shall in no way affect the other terms of the Contract.

14.5  The parties to the Contract do not intend that any term of the Contract shall be enforceable by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by any person that is not a party to it.

14.6  The formation, existence, construction, performance, validity and all aspects of the Contract shall be governed by English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

15. Intellectual Property

15.1  No right or licence is granted to the Buyer under any patent, copyright, registered design or any other intellectual property right except to use or re-sell the goods.

15.2  Where the Buyer requests that the Goods are manufactured to a design or specification produced by the Buyer to the Company, then the Buyer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company against all losses, costs, expenses and damages which the Company may incur as a result of such design or specifications infringing any third party intellectual property rights.

16. Communications

16.1   Communications addressed to the Company shall be marked for the attention of the General Manager.