1. Definitions
1.1 “Business Days” shall mean a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) when banks in London are open for business.
1.2 “Conditions” shall mean the terms and conditions set out in this document as amended from time to time in accordance with clause 3.6.
1.3 “Contract” shall mean the contract between the Company and the Customer for the sale and purchase of the Goods in accordance with these Conditions.
1.4 “Company” shall mean BS Teasdale & Son Limited a company registered in England and Wales under company number 03600536 with its registered office as 39/42 Bridge Street, Swinton, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 8AP t/a BST Detectable Products its successors and assigns or any person acting on behalf of and with the authority of BS Teasdale & Son Limited t/a BST Detectable Products.
1.5 “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 Conditions apply, and shall include any person acting on behalf of and with the authority of such person or entity.
1.6 “Guarantor” means that person (or persons), or entity, who agrees to be liable for the debts of the Customer on a principal debtor basis.
1.7 “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.
1.8 “Order” shall mean the Customer’s order for the Goods, as set out in the Customer’s purchase order form, the Customer’s written acceptance of the Company’s quotation or overleaf, as the case may be.
1.9 “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).
1.10 “Price” shall mean the cost of the Goods as agreed between the Company and the Customer subject to clause 4 of this contract.
2. Application of these terms and conditions to consumers
2.1 Where the Customer buys Goods as a consumer these Conditions (in particular clauses relating to Risk (clause 6), Customer’s Disclaimer (clause 19), Defects (clause 8), Returns (clause 9), Warranty (clause 10), and Limitation of Liability (clause 17)) shall be subject to any laws or legislation governing the rights of consumers and shall not affect the consumer’s statutory rights.
3. Acceptance
3.1 These Conditions apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms that the Customer seeks to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing.
3.2 The Order constitutes an offer by the Customer to purchase the Goods in accordance with these Conditions. The Customer is responsible for ensuring that the term of the Order is complete and accurate.
3.3 The Order shall only be deemed to be accepted when the Company issues a written acceptance of the Order, at which point the Contract shall come into existence.
3.4 A quotation for the Goods given by the Company shall not constitute an offer. A quotation shall only be valid for a period of 20 Business Days from its date of issue.
3.5 Where more than one Customer has entered into this agreement, the Customers shall be jointly and severally liable for all payments of the Price.
3.6 Upon acceptance of these Conditions by the Customer the Conditions are irrevocable and can only be amended with the written consent of the Company.
3.7 The Customer undertakes to give the Company at least fourteen (14) Business Days’ notice of any change in the Customer’s name, address and/or any other change in the Customer’s details.
4. Price And Payment
4.1 At the Company’s sole discretion the Price shall be either:
(a) as indicated on invoices provided by the Company to the Customer in respect of Goods supplied; or
(b) the Company’s quoted Price (subject to clause 2) which shall be binding upon the Company provided that the Customer shall accept the Company’s quotation in writing within thirty (30) days.
4.2 The Company reserves the right to change the Price in the event of a variation to the Company’s quotation.
4.3 At the Company’s sole discretion a deposit may be required.
4.4 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.
4.5 Unless expressed otherwise in writing by the Customer on the quotation or any other forms, payment shall be due before delivery of the Goods.
5. Delivery Of Goods
5.1 At the Company’s sole discretion delivery of the Goods shall take place when:
(a) the Customer takes possession of the Goods at the Company’s address; or
(b) the Customer takes possession of the Goods at the Customer’s address or other address nominated by the Customer (in the event that the Goods are delivered by the Company or the Company’s nominated courier); or
(c)the Customer’s nominated carrier takes possession of the Goods in which event the carrier shall be deemed to be the Customer’s agent.
5.2 At the Company’s sole discretion, the costs of delivery are:
(a) included in the Price; or
(b) in addition to the Price.
5.3 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.
5.4 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.
5.5 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 Conditions.
5.6 The failure of the Company or the Company’s nominated courier to deliver shall not entitle either party to treat this contract as repudiated.
5.7 Any dates quoted for delivery are approximate only, and the time of delivery is not of the essence. 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.
5.8 If ten (10) Business Days after the day on which the Company notified the Customer that the Goods were ready for delivery the Customer has not taken delivery of them, the Company may resell or otherwise dispose of part or all of the Goods and, after deducting reasonable storage and selling costs, account to the Customer for any excess over the price of the Goods or charge the Customer for any shortfall below the price of the Goods.
6. Risk
6.1 If the Company retains ownership of the Goods nonetheless, all risk for the Goods passes to the Customer on delivery.
6.2 If the Goods are delivered by the Company’s nominated courier, all risk for the Goods passes to the nominated courier until the Customer takes possession of the Goods under clause 5.1(b).
6.3 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 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.
6.4 The Customer agrees that the Company shall not be responsible for, or involved in any manufacturing process once Goods are supplied to the Customer. Furthermore, the Company shall accept no liability in the event of any Goods supplied (or part thereof) that are found to be incorrectly mixed with other products (and not detected) at the end of any manufacturing process. The Customer acknowledges and agrees that it is their sole responsibility to ensure that they have suitable systems, procedures and equipment in place to prevent such occurrences.
7. Title
7.1 It is the intention of the Company and agreed by the Customer that ownership of the Goods shall not pass until:
(a) the Customer has paid all amounts owing for the particular Goods; and
(b) 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.
7.2 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.
7.3 It is further agreed that:
(a) 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
(b) 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
(c) the Company shall have the right of stopping the Goods in transit whether or not delivery has been made; and
(d) 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
(e) 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
(f) the Customer shall not deal with the money of the Company in any way which may be adverse to the Company; and
(g) 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
(h) 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
(i) 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.
8. Defects
8.1 The Customer shall inspect the Goods on delivery and shall within seven (7) days notify the Company of any alleged defect, shortage in 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.
8.2 No Goods shall be accepted for return except in accordance with 1 above.
9. Returns
9.1 Returns will only be accepted provided that:
(a) the Customer has complied with the provisions of clause 8.1; and
(b) the Company has agreed in writing to accept the return of the Goods; and
(c) the Goods are returned at the Customer’s cost within seven (7) days of the delivery date; and
(d) the Company will not be liable for Goods which have not been stored or used in a proper manner; and
(e) 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.
9.2 The Company will not accept the return of non-defective Goods for credit.
10. Warranty
10.1 For Goods not manufactured by the Company, the warranty shall be the current warranty provided by the manufacturer of the Goods. Whilst the Company shall honour such warranty the Company shall not be bound by nor responsible for any term, condition, representation or warranty other than that which is given by the manufacturer of the Goods.
10.2 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.
11. Sale of Goods Act 1979 and Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982
11.1 This agreement is subject to the provisions of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (or any replacement or re-enactment thereof) in all cases except where the Customer is contracting within the terms of a trade/business (which cases are specifically excluded).
11.2 Notwithstanding clause 1 nothing in this agreement is intended to have the effect of contracting out of any applicable provisions the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 or any laws or legislation governing the rights of consumers, except to the extent permitted by those Acts, laws or legislation.
12. Intellectual Property
12.1 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.
12.2 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.
13. Default & Consequences of Default
13.1 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; or
13.2 The Company may charge interest on overdue invoices in accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
13.3 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.
13.4 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 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.
13.5 If any account remains overdue after thirty (30) days, the Company reserves the right to charge the Customer an amount of ₤00 as an administration fee. Such a fee shall be levied for each month that the account remains overdue, which sums shall become immediately due and payable.
13.6 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:
(a) 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
(b) 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
(c) a receiver, manager, liquidator (provisional or otherwise) or similar person is appointed in respect of the Customer or any asset of the Customer.
14. Security and Charge
14.1 Despite anything to the contrary contained herein or any other rights which the Company may have howsoever:
(a) 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 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.
(b) 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.
(c) 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.
15. Cancellation
15.1 The Company may cancel these 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.
15.2 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.
16. The General Data Protection Regulation 2018
16.1 The Customer and the Guarantors (if separate to the Customer) authorises the Company to use its personal data in the manner set out in the Company’s privacy policy.
17. Limitation of Liability
17.1 Nothing in these Conditions shall limit or exclude the Company’s liability for:
(a) death or personal injury caused by its negligence;
(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
(c) breach of the terms implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979; or
(d) defective products under the Consumer Protection Act 1988.
17.2 Subject to clause 17.1:
(a) The Company shall under no circumstances whatsoever be liable to the Customer, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any loss of profit, or any indirect or consequential loss arising under or in connection with the Contract.
(b) The Company’s total liability to the Customer in respect of all other losses arising under or in connection with the Contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, shall in no circumstances exceed 100% of the Price.
18. Unpaid Company's Rights
18.1 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) a lien on the item;
(b) the right to retain the item for the Price while the Company is in possession of the item;
(c) a right to sell the item.
18.2 The lien of the Company shall continue despite the commencement of proceedings, or judgement for the Price having been obtained.
19. Customer's Disclaimer
19.1 Subject to clause 17.1(b), 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.
20. General
20.1 If any provision of these Conditions shall be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable the validity, existence, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected, prejudiced or impaired.
20.2 These Conditions and any contract to which they apply shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
20.3 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.
20.4 The Company may license or sub-contract all or any part of its rights and obligations without the Customer’s consent.
20.5 The Company reserves the right to review these Conditions at any time. If, following any such review, there is to be any change to these 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.
20.6 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. If the period of delay or non-performance continues for 4 weeks, the party not affected may terminate this contract by giving 5 days written notice to the affected party.