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- Definitions
- "Company" shall mean
James’
Street Steel Manufacturing Limited
its successors and assigns or any
person acting on behalf of and with the authority of James’
Street Steel Manufacturing Limited.
- "Customer" shall mean the person or entity described as
such on the invoices, application for credit, quotation,
work authorisation or any other forms to which these terms
and conditions apply, and shall mean any person acting on
behalf of and with the authority of such person or entity.
- "Guarantor" means that person (or persons), or entity,
who agrees to be liable for the debts of the Customer on a
principal debtor basis.
- "Goods" shall mean Goods supplied by the Company to the
Customer (and where the context so permits shall include any
supply of Services as hereinafter defined) and are as
described on the invoices, quotation, work authorisation or
any other forms as provided by the Company to the Customer.
- "Services" shall mean all services supplied by the
Company to the Customer and includes any advice or
recommendations (and where the context so permits shall
include any supply of Goods as defined above).
- "Price" shall mean the cost of the Goods as agreed
between the Company and the Customer subject to clause 3 of
this contract.
Acceptance
Any instructions received by the Company from the
Customer for the supply of Goods and/or the Customer’s
acceptance of Goods supplied by the Company shall constitute
acceptance of the terms and conditions contained herein.
Where more than one Customer has entered into this
agreement, the Customers shall be jointly and severally
liable for all payments of the Price.
Upon acceptance of these terms and conditions by the
Customer the terms and conditions are irrevocable and can
only be amended with the written consent of the Company.
The Customer undertakes to give the Company at least
fourteen (14) days notice of any change in the Customer’s
name, address and/or any other change in the Customer’s
details.
Price And Payment
At the Company’s sole discretion the Price shall be
either;
- as indicated on invoices provided by the Company to
the Customer in respect of Goods supplied; or
- the Company’s quoted Price (subject to clause 3.2)
which shall be binding upon the Company provided that
the Customer shall accept the Company’s quotation in
writing within thirty (30) days.
The Company reserves the right to change the Price in
the event of a variation to the Company’s quotation.
Time for payment for the Goods shall be of the essence
and will be stated on the invoice or any other forms. If no
time is stated then payment shall be due thirty (30) days
following the date of the invoice.
At the Company’s sole discretion;
- payment shall be due on delivery of the Goods, or
- payment shall be due before delivery of the Goods,
or
- payment for approved Customer’s shall be due sixty
(60) days following the end of the month in which a
statement is posted to the Customer’s address or address
for notices.
Payment will be made by cheque, or by bank cheque, or by
credit card, or by electronic transfer, or by any other
method as agreed to between the Customer and the Company.
VAT and other taxes and duties that may be applicable
shall be added to the Price except when they are expressly
included in the Price.
Delivery Of Goods
At the Company’s sole discretion delivery of the Goods
shall take place when;
- the Customer takes possession of the Goods at the
Company’s address or
- the Customer takes possession of the Goods at the
Customer’s address (in the event that the Goods are
delivered by the Company or the Company’s nominated
carrier); or
- the Customer’s nominated carrier takes possession of
the Goods in which event the carrier shall be deemed to
be the Customer’s agent.
At the Company’s sole discretion the costs of delivery
are included in the Price unless specifically otherwise
specified in writing by the Company in which instance the
costs of delivery are:
- in addition to the Price, or
- for the Customer’s account.
The Customer shall make all arrangements necessary to
take delivery of the Goods whenever they are tendered for
delivery. In the event that the Customer is unable to take
delivery of the Goods as arranged then the Company shall be
entitled to charge a reasonable fee for redelivery.
Delivery of the Goods to a third party nominated by the
Customer is deemed to be delivery to the Customer for the
purposes of this agreement.
The Company may deliver the Goods by separate
instalments. Each separate instalment shall be invoiced and
paid for in accordance with the provisions in these terms
and conditions.
The Company shall not be liable for any default and/or
delay in delivery due to machinery breakdown and/or
difficulty in obtaining materials or any other event beyond
the reasonable control of the Company
The failure of the Company to deliver shall not entitle
either party to treat this contract as repudiated.
The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage
whatever due to failure by the Company to deliver the Goods
(or any of them) promptly or at all.
Goods will be delivered to the kerbside adjacent to the
delivery site. If at the Customer's request, the delivery
vehicle leaves the road and enters the delivery site to
unload the Customer is responsible for providing suitable
and safe access for the Company's delivery vehicle and
agrees to indemnify the Company and its Companys for all
damage and injury to any person and to any public or private
property which may result, including any costs associated
with enabling the delivery vehicle to leave the site.
Risk
- If the Company retains ownership of the Goods
nonetheless, all risk for the Goods passes to the Customer
on delivery.
- If any of the Goods are damaged or destroyed following
delivery but prior to ownership passing to the Customer, the
Company is entitled to receive all insurance proceeds
payable for the Goods. The production of these terms and
conditions by the Company is sufficient evidence of the
Company’s rights to receive the insurance proceeds without
the need for any person dealing with the Company to make
further enquiries.
Title
- It is the intention of the Company and agreed by the
Customer that ownership of the Goods shall not pass until:
- the Customer has paid all amounts owing for the
particular Goods, and
- the Customer has met all other obligations due by
the Customer to the Company in respect of all contracts
between the Company and the Customer.
- Receipt by the Company of any form of payment other than
cash shall not be deemed to be payment until that form of
payment has been honoured, cleared or recognised and until
then the Company’s ownership or rights in respect of the
Goods shall continue.
- It is further agreed that:
- where practicable the Goods shall be kept separate
and identifiable until the Company shall have received
payment and all other obligations of the Customer are
met; and
- until such time as ownership of the Goods shall pass
from the Company to the Customer the Company may give
notice in writing to the Customer to return the Goods or
any of them to the Company. Upon such notice the rights
of the Customer to obtain ownership or any other
interest in the Goods shall cease; and
- the Company shall have the right of stopping the
Goods in transit whether or not delivery has been made;
and
- if the Customer fails to return the Goods to the
Company then the Company or the Company’s agent may
enter upon and into land and premises owned, occupied or
used by the Customer, or any premises as the invitee of
the Customer, where the Goods are situated and take
possession of the Goods; and
- the Customer is only a bailee of the Goods and until
such time as the Company has received payment in full
for the Goods then the Customer shall hold any proceeds
from the sale or disposal of the Goods on trust for the
Company; and
- the Customer shall not deal with the money of the
Company in any way which may be adverse to the Company;
and
- the Customer shall not charge the Goods in any way
nor grant nor otherwise give any interest in the Goods
while they remain the property of the Company; and
- the Company can issue proceedings to recover the
Price of the Goods sold notwithstanding that ownership
of the Goods may not have passed to the Customer; and
- until such time that ownership in the Goods passes
to the Customer, if the Goods are converted into other
products, the parties agree that the Company will be the
owner of the end products.
Customer’s Disclaimer
- The Customer hereby disclaims any right to rescind, or
cancel the contract or to sue for damages or to claim
restitution arising out of any misrepresentation made to the
Customer by the Company and the Customer acknowledges that
the Goods are bought relying solely upon the Customer’s
skill and judgment.
Defects
- The Customer shall inspect the Goods on delivery and
shall within three (3) days notify the Company of any
alleged defect, shortage in weight or quantity, damage or
failure to comply with the description or quote. The
Customer shall afford the Company an opportunity to inspect
the Goods within a reasonable time following delivery if the
Customer believes the Goods are defective in any way. If the
Customer shall fail to comply with these provisions the
Goods shall be presumed to be free from any defect or
damage. For defective Goods, which the Company has agreed in
writing that the Customer is entitled to reject, the
Company’s liability is limited to either (at the Company’s
discretion) replacing the Goods or repairing the Goods.
- Any variations in the qualities or dimensions of the
Goods or changes to their specifications or the substitution
of any materials or components, if the variation or
substitution does not materially affect the characteristics
of the Goods and the substituted material or components are
of a quality equal to or superior to those originally
specified, shall be accepted as a defect.
- The Customer accepts that defect shall mean a defect in
quality and not in quantity, dimensions or weight.
- No Goods shall be accepted for return except in
accordance with 8.1 above.
Returns
- Returns will only be accepted provided that:
- the Customer has complied with the provisions of
clause 8.1; and
- the Company has agreed in writing to accept the
return of the Goods; and
- the Goods are returned at the Customer’s cost within
seven (7) days of the delivery date; and
- the Company will not be liable for Goods which have
not been stored or used in a proper manner; and
- the Goods are returned in the condition in which
they were delivered and with all packaging material,
brochures and instruction material in as new condition
as is reasonably possible in the circumstances.
- The Company may (in its discretion) accept the return of
Goods for credit or refund but this may incur a handling fee
of 10% of the value of the returned Goods plus any freight.
Warranty
- To the extent permitted by statute, no warranty is given
by the Company as to the quality or suitability of the Goods
for any purpose and any implied warranty is expressly
excluded. The Company shall not be responsible for any loss
or damage to the Goods, or caused by the Goods, or any part
thereof however arising.
Sale of Goods Act 1893 and Sale of Goods and Supply of
Services Act 1980
- This agreement is subject to the provisions of the Sale
of Goods Act 1893 and the Sale of Goods and Supply of
Services Act 1980 in all cases except where the
Customer is contracting within the terms of a trade/business
(which cases are specifically excluded).
- Notwithstanding clause 11.1 nothing in this agreement is
intended to have the effect of contracting out of any
applicable provisions of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 (in
particular sections 12-15), or the Sale of Goods and Supply
of Services Act 1980, or any laws or legislation
governing the rights of consumers, except to the extent
permitted by those Acts laws or legislation.
- In particular where the Customer buys Goods as a
consumer the provisions of Clauses 8, 9 and 10 above shall
be subject to any laws or legislation governing the rights
of consumers.
Intellectual Property
- Where the Company has designed, drawn or written Goods
for the Customer, then the copyright in those designs and
drawings shall remain vested in the Company, and shall only
be used by the Customer at the Company’s discretion.
- Conversely, in such a situation, where the Customer has
supplied drawings, the Company in its sale conditions may
look for an indemnity and the specifications and design of
the Goods (including the copyright, design right or other
intellectual property in them) shall as between the parties
be the property of the Company.
- The Customer warrants that all designs or instructions
to the Company will not cause the Company to infringe any
patent, registered design or trademark in the execution of
the Customer’s order.
- The Customer shall indemnify the Company against any
claims by third parties for patent, trademark, design or
copyright infringement, directly or indirectly arising out
of the design, workmanship, material, construction, or use
of the Goods or any other deficiency therein.
Default & Consequences Of Default
- Interest on overdue invoices shall accrue from the date
when payment becomes due daily until the date of payment at
a rate of 2.5% per calendar month and such interest shall
compound monthly at such a rate after as well as before any
judgment.
- Failure to make payment within the stipulated period
will render all other outstanding monies liable under this
and/or any other agreement between the Company and the
Customer due forthwith, and any previously agreed settlement
terms will be terminated; and
- If the Customer defaults in payment of any invoice when
due the Customer shall indemnify the Company from and
against all costs and disbursements incurred by the Company
in pursuing the debt including legal costs on a solicitor
and own client basis and the Company’s collection agency
costs.
- Without prejudice to any other remedies the Company may
have, if at any time the Customer is in breach of any
obligation (including those relating to payment), the
Company may suspend or terminate the supply of Goods to the
Customer and any of its other obligations under the terms
and conditions. The Company will not be liable to the
Customer for any loss or damage the Customer suffers because
the Company exercised its rights under this clause.
- If any account remains overdue after thirty (30) days
then an amount of the greater of €20.00 or 10.00% of the
amount overdue (up to a maximum of €200) shall be levied for
administration fees which sum shall become immediately due
and payable.
- Without prejudice to the Company’s other remedies at law
the Company shall be entitled to cancel all or any part of
any order of the Customer which remains unperformed in
addition to and without prejudice to any other remedies and
all amounts owing to the Company shall, whether or not due
for payment, become immediately payable in the event that:
- any money payable to the Company becomes overdue, or
in the Company’s opinion the Customer will be unable to
meet its payments as they fall due; or
- the Customer becomes insolvent, convenes a meeting
with its creditors or proposes or enters into an
arrangement with creditors, or makes an assignment for
the benefit of its creditors; or
- a receiver, manager, liquidator (provisional or
otherwise) or similar person is appointed in respect of
the Customer or any asset of the Customer.
Security And Charge
- Despite anything to the contrary contained herein or any
other rights which the Company may have howsoever:
- where the Customer and/or the Guarantor (if any) is
the owner of land, realty or any other asset capable of
being charged, both the Customer and/or the Guarantor
agree to mortgage and/or charge all of their joint
and/or several interest in the said land, realty or any
other asset to the Company or the Company’s nominee to
secure all amounts and other monetary obligations
payable under the terms and conditions. The Customer
and/or the Guarantor acknowledge and agree that the
Company (or the Company’s nominee) shall be entitled to
lodge where appropriate a caveat, which caveat shall be
released once all payments and other monetary
obligations payable hereunder have been met.
- should the Company elect to proceed in any manner in
accordance with this clause and/or its sub-clauses, the
Customer and/or Guarantor shall indemnify the Company
from and against all the Company’s costs and
disbursements including legal costs on a solicitor and
own client basis.
- The Customer and/or the Guarantor (if any) agree to
irrevocably nominate constitute and appoint the Company
or the Company’s nominee as the Customer’s and/or
Guarantor’s true and lawful attorney to perform all
necessary acts to give effect to the provisions of this
clause 14.1.
Cancellation
- The Company may cancel these terms and conditions or
cancel delivery of Goods at any time before the Goods are
delivered by giving written notice. On giving such notice
the Company shall repay to the Customer any sums paid in
respect of the Price. The Company shall not be liable for
any loss or damage whatever arising from such cancellation.
- In the event that the Customer cancels delivery of Goods
the Customer shall be liable for any loss incurred by the
Company (including, but not limited to, any loss of profits)
up to the time of cancellation.
Data Protection Act 1988 & Data Protection Act 2003
- The Customer and the Guarantor/s (if separate to the
Customer) authorises the Company to:
- collect, retain and use any information about the
Customer, for the purpose of assessing the Customer’s
creditworthiness or marketing products and services to
the Customer; and
- to disclose information about the Customer, whether
collected by the Company from the Customer directly or
obtained by the Company from any other source, to any
other credit provider or any credit reporting agency for
the purposes of providing or obtaining a credit
reference, debt collection or of listing (whether before
or after judgement) a default by the Customer on
publicly accessible credit reporting databases.
- Where the Customer is an individual the authorities
under (clause 15.1) are authorities or consents for the
purposes of the Data Protection Act 1988 & Data Protection
Act 2003.
- The Customer shall have the right to request the Company
for a copy of the information about the Customer retained by
the Company and the right to request the Company to correct
any incorrect information about the Customer held by the
Company.
Tolerances, Specifications and Certification
- All customary industry mill tolerances shall apply to
the weight, dimensions, measurements quality and finish of
the Goods rendered unless the Company and the Customer agree
otherwise in writing.
- The Company shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of
any plans, specifications and other information provided by
the Customer.
- If the giving of an estimate or quotation for the supply
of Goods involves the Company estimating measurements,
weights and quantities, it shall be the responsibility of
the Customer to verify the accuracy of the Company’s
estimated measurements, weights and quantities, before the
Customer places an order based on such estimate or accept
such quotation.
- Should the Customer require any change to the Company’s
estimated measurements, weights and quantities, the Customer
shall request such changes in writing, in the case of an
estimate before placing an order based on that estimate and
in the case of a quotation before acceptance of that
quotation.
- The Company shall not provide test certificates unless
the Customer has requested such certificates, in writing, a
reasonable time in advance of deliver. The Company shall be
entitled to charge a reasonable fee for each such
certificate.
Unpaid Company’s Rights
- Where the Customer has left any item with the Company
for repair, modification, exchange or for the Company to
perform any other Service in relation to the item and the
Company has not received or been tendered the whole of the
Price, or the payment has been dishonoured, the Company
shall have:
- a lien on the item;
- the right to retain the item for the Price while the
Company is in possession of the item;
- a right to sell the item,
- The lien of the Company shall continue despite the
commencement of proceedings, or judgment for the Price
having been obtained.
General
- Each clause of this contract is severable and distinct
from the others. If any provision of these terms and
conditions is or becomes invalid, void, illegal or
unenforceable the validity, existence, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be
affected, prejudiced or impaired.
- These terms and conditions and any contract to which
they apply shall be governed by
the laws of Ireland and are
subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Ireland.
- The terms and conditions contained herein shall be
incorporated into any contract between the Company and the
Customer to the exclusion of any terms and/or conditions
referred to or specified by the Customer.
- The Company shall be under no liability whatever to the
Customer for any indirect loss and/or expense (including
loss of profit) suffered by the Customer arising out of a
breach by the Company of these terms and conditions.
- In the event of any breach of this contract by the
Company the remedies of the Customer shall be limited to
damages. Under no circumstances shall the liability of the
Company exceed the Price of the Goods.
- The Customer shall not be entitled to set off against or
deduct from the Price any sums owed or claimed to be owed to
the Customer by the Company.
- The Company may license or sub-contract all or any part
of its rights and obligations without the Customer’s
consent.
- The Company reserves the right to review these terms and
conditions at any time. If, following any such review, there
is to be any change to these terms and conditions, then that
change will take effect from the date on which the Company
notifies the Customer of such change. Except where the
Company supplies further Goods to the Customer and the
Customer accepts such Goods, the Customer shall be under no
obligation to accept such changes.
- The Company shall not accept any variations or
amendments of these terms and conditions of sale unless such
variations or amendments are confirmed by the Company in
writing and refer specifically to this condition. Any
variations or amendments will only be valid when agreed by a
director or other officer of the Company duly authorised by
the Company to agree to such variations or amendments.
- Neither party shall be liable for any default due to any
act of God, war, terrorism, strike, lock-out, industrial
action, fire, flood, drought, storm or other event beyond
the reasonable control of either party.
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