Website T & Cs

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF THE
CLIFTON RUBBER CO. LTD WEBSITE

In these Terms and Conditions “we, our, us, Clifton Rubber Co. Ltd refers to Clifton Rubber Co. Ltd.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

By accessing the content of www.cliftonrubber.com (“the Website”) you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out herein and you accept our privacy policy available on our website. If you object to any of the terms and conditions set out in this agreement you should not use any of the products or services on the Website and leave immediately.You agree that you shall not use the Website for illegal purposes, and will respect all applicable laws and regulations. You agree not to use the website in a way that may impair the performance, corrupt the content or otherwise reduce the overall functionality of the Website. You also agree not to compromise the security of the Website or attempt to gain access to secured areas or sensitive information. You agree to be fully responsible for any claim, expense, liability, losses, costs including legal fees incurred by us arising from any infringement of the terms and conditions set out in this agreement.

MODIFICATION

Clifton Rubber Co. Ltd reserve the right to change any part of this agreement without notice and your use of the Website will be deemed as acceptance of this agreement. We advise users to regularly check the Terms and Conditions of this agreement. Clifton Rubber Co. Ltd have complete discretion to modify or remove any part of this site without warning or liability arising from such action.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Clifton Rubber Co. Ltd will under no circumstance be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages including any loss of business, revenue, profits, or data in relation to your use of the Website. Nothing within this Agreement will operate to exclude any liability for death or personal injury arising as result of the negligence of Clifton Rubber Co. Ltd it’s employees or agents.

DISCLAIMERS

The information is provided on the understanding that the website is not engaged in rendering advice and should not be wholly relied upon when making any related decision. The information contained with the Website is provided on an “as is” basis with no warranties expressed or otherwise implied relating to the accuracy, fitness for purpose, compatibility or security of any components of the Website. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the www.cliftonrubber.com Website and cannot provide any representation that using the Website will be error free.

THIRD PARTIES

The Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by other parties. We do not control such websites and we take no responsibility for, and will not incur any liability in respect of, their content. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of views, statements or information contained in such websites.

SEVERANCE

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck out and the remaining provisions shall remain in force.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

This Agreement will be governed by the laws of England and any user of the Website hereby agrees to be bound exclusively by the jurisdiction of English courts without reference to rules governing choice of laws.

COPYRIGHT

All intellectual property of Clifton Rubber Co. Ltd such as trademarks, trade names, patents, registered designs and any other automatic intellectual property rights derived from the aesthetics or functionality of the Website remain the property of Clifton Rubber Co. Ltd By using the Website you agree to respect the intellectual property rights of Clifton Rubber Co. Ltd and will refrain from copying, downloading, transmitting, reproducing, printing, or exploiting for commercial purpose any material contained within the Website.

General Conditions of Sale and Trading

1.  GENERAL

These Conditions shall govern any sale of goods or services by the Company to the exclusion of any other terms or conditions except such as are approved in writing by a Director or other authorised officer of the Company. Current “Incoterms” shall apply subject to the express provisions herein.  Any waiver shall not prejudice the Company’s rights in respect of subsequent breach. Quotations are valid for only twenty-eight days and orders placed thereon are subject to acceptance by the Company.

2.  PRICES

(a) The Company reserves the right to vary prices (whether specifically quoted or otherwise) to take account of increases in the cost of raw materials, manufacture, packaging, transport or wages, arising before despatch.

(b)  Prices quoted are for individual items.  Should the Company fail to deliver any order in its entirety then the part of the order that has been delivered shall be payable in full.

(c)  Prices are exclusive of VAT or other tax, duty, tariff or charge arising in the U.K. or elsewhere, and are ex-works.

3.  SERVICE EXCHANGE

The Company offers a service exchange facility on certain items of its production. The price of the Company’s service exchange goods are inclusive of the value of the component to be returned/exchanged.  If the returning component is not made available at the time of delivery/collection then the Company will charge a refundable deposit.  If the returning component is delivered to the Company within 90 days of the delivery/collection date then the company will refund the deposit.

4.  DELIVERY DAYS

Any dates given for shipment or delivery are approximate.

5.  MATERIALS

If inserts or materials are to be provided by the Customer or parts or materials are to be bought to the Customer’s specification:

(a)  The Customer shall deliver inserts or materials to be provided by him free of charge in a condition and of a quality suitable for incorporation, in strict compliance with agreed dimensions and tolerances and in such quantities and at such times as shall be stipulated by the Company.

(b)  The Customer shall provide sufficient excess inserts or materials to cover all manufacturing losses. The Company shall return excess inserts or materials not actually used.

(c) The Company shall be under no liability whatsoever to the Customer for, and the Customer shall indemnify the Company against, loss, claims of damage of any kind whatsoever arising out of any defect in the Company’s goods which shall be attributable to unsuitability of or faults in such inserts, parts of materials.

6. LIABILITY

(a)  The Company does not exclude or limit liability for death or personal injury arising from negligence.

(b) Subject to sub-clauses (c), (d) and (e) the Company warrants goods and services against:

(i)    Departures from it usual standards and specifications, or, in the case of goods manufactured to the Customer’s specification, departure from the Customer’s specification, and defects in materials and workmanship, becoming apparent under normal use within three months of delivery of goods or performance of services, provided such are notified to the Company within twenty-eight days of becoming apparent.

(ii)   Breach of the industrial property rights of which the Company is aware at the date of the contract, except in respect of design provided by the Customer.

(c)    If any goods or services do not comply with sub-clauses (b) (i) the Company will, at its reasonable option replace the same, rectify the breach, or refund the appropriate part of the price (having regard to any benefit already enjoyed in respect thereof) or take back goods.

(d)   The Company shall not be liable for:

(i)  Design defects, unless new design work is necessary specifically to fulfil the contract;

(ii)   For Consequential loss;

(iii) Any excess in total claims over the contract price;

(iv)  Technical advice or assistance which it was not contractually bound to provide;

(v)   Loss caused by delay;

(vi)  Any loss which the Company is precluded from recovering from a carrier by reason of the Customer’s failure to give the notice necessary for such recovery.

(e)  The express warranties herein are given in lieu of all other express or implied warranties, conditions in respect of quality fitness and the like and guarantees, save that arising under section 12 of the sales of goods act, 1979.

7.  FORCE MAJEURE

The Company shall be excused non-delivery or delay in delivery directly or indirectly caused by, or resulting from, or made fundamentally more onerous by, events or circumstances beyond the Company’s reasonable control (including but without limitation suppliers’ delays and trade disputes, whether of the Company’s employees or otherwise).  In the event of any deliveries being so suspended or delayed, the period of the contract shall be correspondingly extended, or if deliveries are suspended for six months or more either party may, by notice in writing to the other, cancel the contract whereupon the Company shall either issue a credit note or invoice, as appropriate, in an amount equal to an equitable portion of the total contract price.

8.  PAYMENT

Payments shall be made nett, and without set-off so as to be received on or before the 28 day of the calendar month following the month of invoice (excluding pro forma invoices where payment is required upon order).  The Company shall be entitled to charge simple interest on overdue accounts at a rate of 0.05% per day.

9.  PASSING OF TITLE

The Company and the Customer expressly agree that until the Company has been paid in full for the goods comprised in this or any other sale contract between them any goods comprised in this contract the property of the company (although the risk therein passes to the customer at the point when the delivery begins).

10.  EXPORT DELIVERIES

In respect of all contracts for sale of goods or execution of work outside the U.K. the Customer will provide any necessary export licences, import licences or exchange control authorisations within a reasonable time.

11.  RETURN OF PACKAGES

A charge may be made for drums or returnable packages, but, if so, full credit will be given if they are returned to point of despatch carriage paid and in good condition within three months of invoice date.

12.  UNDER/OVER DELIVERIES

The Company may deliver an excess or deficiency of up to 5% of the order and payment shall be made pro rata to contract price.

13.  TOOLING

The Customer shall pay the appropriate cost of any tools specially bought or made for the purpose of the contract when the first sample is submitted.  Such tools shall, despite such payment, remain the property of the Company for a minimum period of five years.

14.  SCHEDULED ORDERS

If there are to be schedules of requirements from time to time

(a)  The provision for under/over deliveries shall apply to the quantities shown on each of the Customer’s schedules;

(b)  No arrears of goods will be subject to cancellation unless agreed in writing between the Customer and the Company;

(c)  The Customer will be committed to accept delivery of the goods scheduled for the next ensuing three months, and it will be liable for the cost of raw materials and other purchases made by the Company for the purpose of the Customer’s scheduled requirements in respect of the following three months thereafter.

15.  DATA PROTECTION

(a)  We may transfer information about you to our Financiers, who may store and process information about your business and its principal(s) on their computers, the computers of any associated company used by them and in any other way; information will be used by them for credit or financial assessments, making payments, recovering monies, training, preparing statistics, preventing bad debts, fraud and money laundering.

(b)  We will provide you with the details of our financiers on request, including a contact telephone number.  If you want to have details of the credit reference agencies and other third parties referred to above from whom they obtain and to whom they may give information about you.  You have a legal right to these details.  You can also obtain a copy of the information they hold about you if an application is made to them in writing.  However a fee will be payable.

16.  LAW

The Law of England shall govern the formation, interpretation and enforcement of the contract.

Version: 1 – Oct 2011