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Terms and Conditions
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All orders are accepted and goods supplied subject to and upon these
Terms and Conditions of Sale to the exclusion of all other terms and
conditions (including any terms or conditions which the Customer
purports to apply under any purchase order, confirmation of order,
specification or other document). Any contract between Micro-Robotics
Limited whose registered office is situated at The Old Maltings, 135
Ditton Walk, Cambridge, CB5 8QB ("the Company") and any person
to whom goods are supplied ("the Purchaser") is constituted
by, and no binding obligation on the part of the Company shall arise
until, the Companys acceptance, whether upon the Companys
written acknowledgement of the Purchasers order or upon the
Company commencing processing the Purchasers order, whichever is
the earlier.
- Delivery of the goods shall be deemed to be effected when
the goods are delivered to the Purchaser's place of business or such other place as
the Purchaser specifies in its order.
- The Company will use all reasonable endeavours to effect
delivery of the goods on or before any date of delivery quoted but time of delivery shall
not be of the essence and the Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage
whatsoever arising directly or indirectly from any failure to effect delivery on such
date.
- Without prejudice to any other right or remedy the Company
may have, the Company reserves the right to suspend deliveries to the Purchaser and/or to
terminate the contract without liability to the Company in the event of any failure by the
Purchaser to comply with any of these Terms and Conditions.
- Should any goods be damaged in transit, the Purchaser must
notify the Company within three working days of receipt.
- The Company shall not be liable for any non-delivery of
goods (even if caused by the Company's negligence) unless written notice is given to the
Company within [10] working days of the date when the goods would in the ordinary course
of events have been received. Any liability of the Company for non-delivery of the goods
shall be limited to replacing the goods within a reasonable time or issuing a credit note
at the pro rata contract rate against any invoice raised for such goods.
- The prices for the goods shall be the price quoted by the
Company which shall be exclusive of VAT and all costs or charges in relation to loading,
unloading, carriage and insurance all of which the Purchaser will pay in addition.
- Payment shall be due and payable either: -
- in advance with the Purchasers order and receipted
invoices will be rendered upon delivery of the goods; or
- if so agreed in advance by the Company in writing, by the
last business day of the month following the month in which the Companys invoice is
issued; or
- in accordance with any credit arrangement agreed in
advance and in writing by the Company.
- Without prejudice to the Company's other rights in
connection with late payment, any sum not paid on the due date shall attract interest at
the rate of 4% per annum above the base rate of Barclays Bank Plc from time to time; to
accrue daily from the date upon which it fell due until payment whether before or after
any judgment.
- Time for payment shall be of the essence.
- Until all payments due from the Purchaser to the
Company have been received in full the Purchaser shall hold the goods in a fiduciary
capacity as bailee for the Company and
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legal and beneficial title to the goods shall remain with
the Company and the Purchaser shall store the goods in such a way that they are clearly
identifiable as the property of the Company and can be identified against the unpaid
invoices of the Company and
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the Company reserves the right to dispose of the goods and
may retake possession thereof at any time and for that purpose the Purchaser 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 Purchaser's
right to possession has terminated, to recover them.; and
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if the Purchaser incorporates or allows the incorporation
of the goods into other goods in any way, legal and beneficial title to those goods shall
vest forthwith in the Company and the Purchaser shall hold such other goods in a fiduciary
capacity as bailee for the Company and the Purchaser shall comply with the provisions of
sub-clauses (i) and (ii) above in relation to such other goods; and
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without prejudice to the foregoing sub-clauses the
Purchaser shall be entitled to sell the goods or such other goods in the normal course of
business provided that a record is kept of any monies so received which shall be held
separately on behalf of the Company to whom the Purchaser shall have a fiduciary duty to
account to the extent of its indebtedness.
- Notwithstanding the foregoing, risk in the goods will pass
to the Purchaser on delivery as defined in Clause 2 (a) above.
The Purchaser acknowledges that the goods supplied by the
Company should not be used in such a way that any failure or defect
could endanger human health or safety. Where the Purchaser is in any
doubt as to the suitability of the goods for any particular purpose
the Purchaser should contact the Company to discuss its requirements.
In any event the Purchaser should read the instructions supplied by
the Company with the goods carefully before commencing use of the
goods for any purpose whatsoever. The Purchaser undertakes to ensure
compliance by its employees, agents, licensees and customers with the
instructions supplied by the Company for the purpose of ensuring that
the goods will be safe and without risk to health when properly used.
The Purchaser shall take all necessary steps and precautions, having
regard to the nature of the goods, as are necessary to preserve the
health and safety of persons handling, using or disposing of them.
- The Company warrants that the goods will be free of
material defects caused by reason of faulty design, materials or
workmanship for a period of 1 year from the date of delivery and in
the event of any defects arising during such period the Company will
repair such defects or replace defective parts free of charge. If
the Company complies with this Clause 6(a) it shall have no further
liability for a breach of the warranty in this Clause 6(a) in
respect of such goods.
- This warranty excludes: -
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defects arising within the warranty period by reason of the
Purchasers failure to use, store, install or transport the
goods in accordance with the Companys instructions as
advised by the Company or as set out in the instruction
manual supplied with the goods; or
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damage caused to the goods within the warranty period by external
factors or equipment to which the goods are attached or in which
the goods are incorporated.
- The Company shall not be liable for a breach of the warranty in
Clause 6(a) above if the Purchaser makes any further use of such
goods after discovering the defect.
- Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes or limits the
liability of the Company for death or personal injury caused by the
Companys negligence or for fraudulent misrepresentation. Save
as expressly provided in Clause 6(a) above the Company excludes all
other warranties and conditions, express or implied by law,
with respect to the goods except insofar as such exclusion is not
permitted by law and the Company shall not be liable to the
Purchaser for any loss or damage whatsoever (including, without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any liability in
contract negligence or any other tort for any indirect or
consequential or economic loss or for loss of or depletion of
goodwill, loss of business, loss of profit or opportunity of any
kind) arising directly or indirectly in connection with the
contract, goods or otherwise. In no event shall the liability of the
Company in respect of any event or series of connected
events exceed in any circumstances whatsoever the sum of £1,000,000.
The rights of the Company shall not be prejudiced or restricted
by any indulgence or forbearance extended to the Purchaser and no waiver by the Company in
respect of any breach by the Purchaser shall operate as a waiver in respect of any
subsequent breach.
Neither party shall be responsible for any default hereunder
where such default is directly or indirectly caused by or arises out of any event beyond
its reasonable control and 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 Purchaser (without
liability to the Purchaser) if it is prevented or hindered from complying with its
obligations under the contract by any such event.
These Terms and Conditions shall constitute the entire
agreement between the parties in substitution for and to the exclusion of any prior
agreement and shall only be capable of variation by written agreement signed by a Director
of the Company.
These Terms and Conditions and any contract between the parties
incorporating these Terms and Conditions are not intended to confer a benefit on any third
party, whether pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise,
and no third party shall have any right to enforce any of the provisions of the Contract.
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found by any
court, tribunal or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be wholly or partly
illegal, invalid, void, unenforceable or unreasonable it shall to the extent of such
illegality, invalidity, voidness, unenforceability or unreasonableness be deemed severable
and the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions and the remainder of such
provision shall continue in full force and effect.
These Terms and Conditions and any contract between the
Purchaser and the Company incorporating these Terms and Conditions shall be governed by
and construed exclusively in accordance with English Law and the parties submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in respect of any dispute or claim arising
out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions and any such contract.
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