Terms of Business

TERMS & CONDITIONS

1. DEFNITIONS.

In these conditions:-

1.1 the “Buyer” shall mean the corporate entity, firm or person seeing to purchase

the goods from the Company;

1.2 the “Company” shall mean “H. R. Hill Ltd t/a Hills Glass & Mirrors”,

1.3 the “Contract” shall mean any contract for goods or services made between the Company and the Buyer,

1.4 the “Goods” shall mean the products articles or things to be sold by the Company,

1.5 an “Insolvency Event” shall mean:

1.51 (where the Buyer is a company) the Buyer convenes a meeting of its creditors or a proposal is made for a voluntary arrangement within part 1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a proposal is made for a composition, scheme or arrangement with (or assignment for the benefit of) its creditors or if the buyer is unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a trustee receiver, administrative receiver or a similar officer is appointed in respect of or part of the business or assets of the buyer or a petition is presented or a meeting is convened for the purpose of considering a resolution or other steps are taken for the winding up of the buyer or for the making of an administration order.

1.52 (where the buyer is an individual or partnership) the buyer (or in the case of a partnership any other partners) dies or is made bankrupt or is unable to pay his or her debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a proposal is made for a composition scheme or arrangement is made with (or an assignment for the benefit of) his or her creditors.

1.6 the “Services” shall mean any services provided by the Company to the Buyer (whether or not the Buyer shall purchase Goods),

1.7 the headings to the clauses shall not affect the construction of these conditions,

1.8 the use of the plural shall include the singular and the use of the singular

shall include the plural; and

1.9 references to the masculine, feminine or neuter genders shall include each and every gender.

2. THE CONTRACT

2.1 these conditions shall be incorporated into each and every Contract made between the Company and the Buyer and,

2.11 shall apply to the exclusion to any terms and conditions put forward by or on behalf of the Buyer and

2.12 and shall not create any agency or partnership between the Company and the Buyer or any third party

2.2 no variations or waver or of additions to these conditions whether written or

2.3 oral shall have affect unless and until authorised in writing by a manager of the company

2.3 quotations and estimates whether written or oral submitted by the Company shall be deemed to be an invitation to treat and not an offer

2.4 any order given in respect of a quotation or estimate must state the date, the reference of that quotation or estimate and address for delivery.

2.5 where goods and services are provided by the Company in circumstances which would give rise to a Construction Contract within the meaning set out in Part II of the Housing Grants Construction Regeneration Act 1996 in the event of a conflict of terms, the provision of that Act and the regulations made thereunder shall prevail over the conditions set out herein to the extent necessary to give effect to that Act but not further or otherwise.

2.6 for the purpose of the Contracts (Rights of the Third Party) Act 1999, these conditions do not create any right or remedy enforceable by any person other than the Buyer and the Company. This condition does not affect any right or remedy of a third party that exists or is available or apart from that Act.

2.7 any Other Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) part numbers provided by the Company are given as a reference only and no inference or implications Beyond that of a useful reference tool should be taken nor is intended.

3. THE LIMITS.

Any time or dates quoted by the Company for delivery or collection of all or any of the goods or performance of any services is an estimate only and the Company shall not be liable for any failure to meet any such estimates nor for any loss, whether financial or otherwise resulting directly or indirectly therefrom. Time is not and shall not be of the essence in relating to this condition or the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Contract.

4. COLLECTION AND DELIVERY

4.1 The Buyer shall collect the Goods from the Company’s premises where it is agreed that the Company shall deliver or procure delivery of the goods when ready. It shall do so at the risk and cost of the Buyer to such address in United Kingdom as the Buyer may specify or if not such address is specified to any address of the Buyer to which the correspondence and/or goods may previously have been sent under the Contract. The manner of delivery shall be such as the Company in its sole discretion shall deem appropriate.

4.2 if the Company is unable to affect delivery at the Buyer’s premises for any reason whatsoever, an additional charge for any return or subsequent visit will be made.

5. LOSS OR DAMAGE IN TRANSIT

5.1 The Buyer is under a duty, wherever possible, to examine the Goods on delivery or on collection (as the case may be)

5.2 where the Goods cannot be examined, the carrier’s note or such others note (as the case may be) shall be marked by the Buyer at the time of delivery “not examined”

5.3 the Company shall be under no liability whatsoever, for any defects or shortages, as aforesaid, unless notified, in writing, of the details within 7 days following despatch,

5.4 in all cases, where defects or shortages are complained of, the Company shall be under no liability to the Buyer in respect thereof, unless a reasonable opportunity to inspect the Goods is provided to the Company by giving, at least, 48hrs. notice in writing, before any use is made thereof or any alteration or modification is made thereto, by the Buyer,

5.5 the Company shall make good any defects or shortages in accordance with the terms of this condition, but otherwise, shall be under no liability whatsoever, whensoever or howsoever, arising whether by way of negligence or otherwise for such defects or shortages (save for death or personal injury caused by the Company’s negligence),

6. CANCELLATION BY THE BUYER

6.1 No cancellation of the whole or any part order, whether it is an order by instalment or otherwise, by the Buyer is permitted except where agreed in writing in advance, by a member of the Company

6.2 Goods, once delivered, my not be returned unless authorisation has been given as specified in condition 6.1 and providing that the following conditions are satisfied

6.21 Goods will only be accepted if they are in brand new and unused condition

6.22 packaged items will only be accepted if the package remains unbroken and

in reasonable condition

6.23 Goods will only be accepted if returned within 3 weeks of the date of collection or delivery

6.3 where Goods are returned by arrangement:

6.31 in every case a restocking charge will be made

6.32 in every case, the invoice number and date, together with reason for return

must be stated

7. PRICE

7.1 Any price quoted by the Company is based upon current price ruling as at the date appearing on the quotation, but the actual price to be charged to the Buyer, under the Contract, shall be based upon such ruling prices (less any discount allowed by the Company) current as at the date of invoice and shall include to the Company, any carriage, insurance and/or storage effected by it in connection with the Buyer’s order. In accordance with the terms of this condition, the Company shall be entitled, at any time, up to the date of the invoice to vary the price quoted to the Buyer

7.2 unless otherwise expressly stated in writing, all prices are exclusive of and subject to the addition of VAT.

8. DATE FOR PAYMENT

8.1 The Buyer shall make payment in full, within 30 days from the end of the month, in which the invoice is dated. The Company understands and will exercise it’s statutory rights to claim interest and compensation for debt recovery costs under the late payment legislation if we are not paid according to agreed credit terms,

8.2 any delay or default by the Buyer in making payment in accordance with Condition 8.1 shall render all sums owing to the Company, on any account Whatsoever, including the cost of recovery of such sums, due and payable Forthwith, without requirement for any notice to be given to the Buyer, and interest will be charged in accordance with Condition 8.1 with immediate effect until the date of actual payment,

8.3 the Buyer shall not be entitled to withhold payment of any amount payable to the Company by reason of any dispute or claim by the Buyer (whether or not the Goods or Services are to be provided by instalments and in such case, each instalment is deemed to constitute a separate and distinct Contract). In the case of any short delivery or delivery of damaged goods to the Buyer, the Buyer shall remain liable to pay the full invoiced price of all other Goods delivered,

9. DISPUTES AND SET-OFF

Any liability of the Company, under the Contract, shall be subject to and Conditional upon the due performance and observation by the Buyer of all it’s obligations under these conditions and subject to these conditions, the Buyer shall not be entitled to withhold or delay payment or exercise any right of set-off whatsoever and howsoever arising or arisen, which might otherwise be available to it.

10. RISK Risk in the Goods shall pass to the Buyer, when the Goods are despatched by the Company to or collected by the Buyer or its Agent.

11. TITLE

11.1 Notwithstanding the passage of risk under Condition 10, unless and until payment shall have been made to the Company of all sums due to it, under the Contract and/or any other Contract between the Buyer and the Company on any account whatsoever, property in and beneficial title to the Goods shall remain in the Company and

11.2 the Buyer shall store the Goods separately from all other Goods and products, in such a way, that they can be readily identifiable as being the property of the Company and

11.3 subject to Conditions 11.4 and 11.5, the Buyer shall be free to sell the Goods in the ordinary course of its business on the basis that the proceeds of the sale shall be transferable to the Company and pending such transfer shall be held in trust for the Company and the Buyer shall account, therefore, to the Company on demand, for monies outstanding under Clause 7 & 8 and

11.4 the Company may, at any time, revoke the Buyer’s power of sale referred to in Condition 11.3 by written notice to the Buyer, if the Buyer shall for 7 days or more be in default in the payment of any sum whatsoever due to the Company (whether in respect of the Goods or any other goods supplied by the Company or Services rendered, whether or not under the Contract by the Company or for any other reason whatsoever) or immediately if any cheque or other negotiable instruments drawn or accepted by the Buyer in favour of the Company shall on presentation for payment be dishonoured or in 7 days, if the Company, in good faith, shall have doubts as to the solvency of the Buyer, and

11.5 the Buyer’s power of sale referred to in Condition 11.3 shall automatically cease, if an insolvency event occurs.

11.6 upon determination of the Buyer’s power of sale, under Conditions 11.4 or 11.5, the Buyer shall place the Goods at the disposal of the Company and the Company shall be entitled to enter any premises of the Buyer for the purpose of removing the Goods from the premises (including severance from reality where necessary) and

11.7 the Company shall, at any time, be entitled to appropriate any payment made by the Buyer in respect of any Goods in settlement of such invoices or accounts, in respect of such Goods as the Company may in its absolute discretion think fit, not withstanding any purported appropriation to the contrary of the Buyer.

12. TERMINATION & SUSPENSION

Without prejudice to any rights and remedies available to it whether under the Contract or otherwise, the Company shall be entitled, in its absolute discretion and upon giving to the Buyer written notice of its intention to do so, either to terminate wholly or in part the Contract and/or any other Contract with the Buyer or to withhold ,vary or suspend performance of all or any of its obligations under the Contract or any other Contract in any or more of the following events,

12.1 if any sum owing to the Company from the Buyer on any account whatsoever, shall be unpaid after the due date for payment,

12.2 if the Buyer shall refuse to take delivery or collect any of the Goods in accordance with the terms of the Contract,

12.3 if an insolvency event occurs,

12.4 if the Buyer shall commit any breach of any Contract with the Company

12.5 if the Company, in good faith, shall have doubt as to the solvency of the

Buyer

12.6 where it is necessary to make alternative arrangements to deal with supply shortages, in such circumstances, the Buyer’s obligation to purchase Goods hereunder, shall remain binding to thr extent, that the Company meets the Buyer’s order

12.7 if the Buyer shall exceed the credit limit agreed between it and the Company from time to time on any account, the Company shall be entitled to require, as a condition, resuming performance under the Contract, in such circumstances, the payment of such proportions of the sums or sum outstanding on any such account by the Buyer, or such further sums as the Company sees fit in its absolute discretion, to bring the Buyer back within Its agreed credit limit,

12.8 if the Buyer refuses to permit or hinder, performance of services. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right of termination or suspension hereunder, at any time during which the event giving rise thereto, shall not have ceased or been remedied and, in the circumstances of any such suspension, the Company shall be entitled to require as a condition of resuming performance under the Contract pre-payment of or such security as it may stipulate, for the payment of any sum or sums due or to become due to it. Upon any such event happening, the Company shall also have a general lien over all monies and property of the Buyer in its possession, for any sums due to the Company.

13. WARRANTY & LIABILITY

The liability of the Company is subject to compliance by the Buyer with all the terms contained in this Clause 13.

13.1 The Company shall make good all reimbursement of the whole or part of the price (and where relevant, as a deduction from any part of the price remaining unpaid) or at its option by repair or by replacement, any defect developing under normal use in the Goods and due solely to faulty design (except where the design is supplied by or on behalf of the Buyer) faulty materials or faulty workmanship provided that:-

13.11 The Buyer shall be responsible for insuring that the Goods are fit for the purpose for which it wishes to use them and the Company gives no warranty (and none shall be implied) that the Goods are fit for any particular purpose.. and

13.12 the defect in question shall have appeared within 12 months (or such longer time period, if any) as may be provided for in any guarantee given by or on behalf of the manufacturer of the Goods, after the Buyer shall have taken possession of the Goods or performance of services had been completed and thereupon promptly notified in writing to the Company: and

13.13 any Goods alleged to be defective shall be stored in a safe place by the Buyer until such a time as the Company authorises their disposal in writing: and

13.14 any Goods alleged to be defective shall, if so required by the Company, be promptly returned at the Buyer’s risk and expense to the Company’s works for inspection and the Company shall in its reasonable opinion consider them to be defective solely by reason of faulty design materials or workmanship and:

13.15 no attempt shall have been made by the Buyer or by any third party to remedy any defect before it so required before, if so required by the Company, the Goods in question shall have been returned to the Company for inspection: and

13.16 the Goods in question shall have been service and maintained properly and in accordance with the Company’s recommendations and shall not have been fitted with any parts, components or accessories other than those manufactured or recommended by the Company

13.2 apart from such reimbursement repairs or replacements, the Company, its employees and agents shall be under no liability to the Buyer or any third party for any injury, loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, howsoever and whensoever, arising or arisen and whether direct or indirect including without limitation any injury, loss or damage arising out of or incidental to

13.21 any negligence of the Company or any of its employees or agents (except insofar as such negligence may result in death or personal injury) or

13.22 the Company’s performance of or failure to perform or breach of any of its obligations, whether express or implied under the Contract or otherwise or

13.23 the supply, installation, repair or maintenance of any of the Goods or

13.24 any defect in any of the Goods or

13,25 any advice given or representation made by the Company or on its behalf or

13.26 any performance of any services

13.3 save as set out in Clause 13.1 the liability of the Company arising from all or any claims relating to any single Contract shall be limited to a maximum sum of £200 in total or such amount (less the cost of recovery incurred by the Company) as the Company receives from the manufacturer of the Goods giving rise to the claim from the Buyer

13.4 the Company shall not be liable to any liable relating to any breach of warranty express or implied brought after the expiry of the period of 12 months of the date on which the Contract was made (or in the case of Goods after the expiry of such longer period ((in any)) as may be provided for, by or on behalf of the manufacturer of these Goods

13.5 the Company shall, in no circumstances, be liable to the Buyer for any economical loss, loss of profit, loss of business or like loss

13.6 the terms of this Contract replace all conditions, warranties, representations statements, liabilities and other terms whatsoever implied by common law, statute or otherwise, all of which shall accordingly be excluded to the extent allowed by law and the Company shall in relation to the Goods and services, have no obligation to the Buyer, either arising by statute or in part or in contract and whether arising out of any negligence of the Company or any of its employees or agents (and whether under the Contract or any other Contract, other than the express obligations contained in these conditions or in any other document expressly incorporated in writing into the Contract. Accordingly, it shall be for the Buyer to insure against any liability arising from the performances of the services and from its use of the Goods

13.7 the Company shall use its reasonable endeavours to transfer to the Buyer the benefit of any guarantees in respect of the Goods available from the manufacturer, provided that the Company may, in its discretion, elect to do so, only at the cost of the Buyer

13.8 notwithstanding anything to the contrary, herein contained the Company’s liability to the Buyer for;

13.81 death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of the Company, its employees or agents

13.82 damage suffered by the Buyer, as a result of a breach by the Company of the conditions as to the title, or the warranty as to the quiet possession implied by Section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 or Section 2 of the Supply of Goods And Services Act 1982 and

13.83 damage for which the Company is liable to the Buyer under Part I of the Consumers Act 1987 shall not be limited save that nothing in this Clause 13 shall confer a right or remedy upon the Buyer to which the Buyer would not otherwise be entitled

13.9 the provisions of Clause 13 shall survive any termination of the Contract

13.10 the exclusion from and limitations of liability set out in Clause 13 shall be considered severably, the validity or unenforceability of any one clause sub clause, paragraph or sub paragraph in this Clause 13 shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other part of this Clause 13.

13.11 manufacturing tolerances are + or – 2mm unless otherwise stated.

14. INDEMNITY

14.1 If any process is to be applied to the Goods or Services by the Company in accordance with a specification or direction (as the case may be) submitted by the Buyer, the Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless, the Company from and against all losses, 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 or alleged infringement of any intellectual property rights of any other person which results from the Company’s use of the Buyer’s specification or from the Company complying with the Buyer’s direction as the case may be,

14.2 where the Buyer uses the Goods or the services:

14.21 in the manufacture, supply or distribution of any other Goods

14.22 in the provision of a service, then the Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless

the Company from and against all losses, damages, costs and expenses awarded against or incurred by the Company in respect of such use by the Buyer, arising out of the manufacture, supply or distribution of those other Goods or the provision of that service

14.3 the Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against all loss, damages, costs and expenses awarded against or incurred by the Company in respect of

14.31 any liability which the Company may incur as a result of a claim against the Company by a third party under Part I of the Consumer Protection Act 1987

14.32 any warranty, howsoever given, by the Buyer to a third party

14.33 any loss caused by the Goods in transit.

15. FORCE MAJEURE

The Company shall have no liability whatsoever for any failure to perform or for any delay in the performance of any of its obligations under the Contract arising wholly or in part by reason of any factor beyond their direct control.

16. NOTICES

Any notice required to be given in writing under the Contract, shall be given either by email or facsimile transmission or by first class post addressed to the registered office of the party for which it is intended.

17. GOVERNING LAW

This Contract shall be governed by the Law of England and subject to the Exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.