Branding Solutions Terms And Conditions
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1 Definitions. In these Conditions, the following definitions apply: Business
Day: a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday) when banks in London
are open for business. Commencement Date: has the meaning set out in clause 2.2.
Conditions: these terms and conditions as amended from time to time in accordance
with clause 15.8. Contract: the contract between the Supplier and the Customer for
the supply of Goods and/or Services in accordance with these Conditions. Customer:
the person or firm who purchases the Goods and/or Services from the Supplier. Deliverables:
the deliverables set out in the Order. Delivery Location: has the meaning set out
in clause 4.2. Force Majeure Event: has the meaning given to it in clause 15.1(a).
Goods: the goods (or any part of them) set out in the Order. Goods Specification:
any specification for the Goods, including any relevant plans or drawings, that
is agreed in writing by the Customer and the Supplier. Intellectual Property Rights:
all patents, rights to inventions, utility models, copyright and related rights,
trade marks, service marks, trade, business and domain names, rights in trade dress
or get-up, rights in goodwill or to sue for passing off, unfair competition rights,
rights in designs, rights in computer software, database right, topography rights,
moral rights, rights in confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets)
and any other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered
and including all applications for and renewals or BRANDING SOLUTIONS TERMS AND
CONDITIONS extensions of such rights, and all similar or equivalent rights or forms
of protection in any part of the world. Order: the Customer’s order for the supply
of Goods and/or Services, as set out in the Customer’s purchase order form, or the
Customer’s written acceptance of the Supplier’s quotation, as the case may be. Services:
the services, including the Deliverables, supplied by the Supplier to the Customer
as set out in the Service Specification. Service Specification: the description
or specification for the Services provided in writing by the Supplier to the Customer.
Supplier: Branding Solutions Ltd registered in England and Wales with company number
7140967. Supplier Materials: has the meaning set out in clause 8.1(g).
1.2 Construction. In these Conditions, the following rules apply: (a) a person includes
a natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate
legal personality); (b) a reference to a party includes its personal representatives,
successors or permitted assigns; (c) a reference to a statute or statutory provision
is a reference to such statute or statutory provision as amended or re-enacted.
A reference to a statute or statutory provision includes any subordinate legislation
made under that statute or statutory provision, as amended or re-enacted; (d) any
phrase introduced by the terms including, include, in particular or any similar
expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the
words preceding those terms; and (e) a reference to writing or written includes
faxes and e-mails.
2. BASIS OF CONTRACT
2.1 The Order constitutes an offer by the Customer to purchase Goods and/or Services
in accordance with these Conditions.
2.2 The Order shall only be deemed to be accepted when the Supplier issues written
acceptance of the Order at which point and on which date the Contract shall come
into existence (Commencement Date).
2.3 The Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the parties. The Customer
acknowledges that it has not relied on any statement, promise or representation
made or given by or on behalf of the Supplier which is not set out in the Contract.
2.4 Any samples, drawings, descriptive matter or advertising issued by the Supplier
and any descriptions of the Goods or illustrations or descriptions of the Services
contained in the Supplier’s catalogues or brochures are issued or published for
the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Services and/or Goods described
in them. They shall not form part of the Contract or have any contractual force.
2.5 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.
2.6 Any quotation given by the Supplier shall not constitute an offer, and is only
valid for a period of 30 Business Days from its date of issue.
2.7 All of these Conditions shall apply to the supply of both Goods and Services
except where application to one or the other is specified.
3. GOODS
3.1 The Goods are described in any applicable Goods Specification.
3.2 To the extent that the Goods are to be manufactured in accordance with a Goods
Specification supplied by the Customer, the Customer shall indemnify the Supplier
against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses (including any direct,
indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit, loss of reputation and all interest,
penalties and legal and other reasonable professional costs and expenses) suffered
or incurred by the Supplier in connection with any claim made against the Supplier
for actual or alleged infringement of a third party’s intellectual property rights
arising out of or in connection with the Supplier’s use of the Goods Specification.
This clause 3.2 shall survive termination of the Contract.
3.3 The Supplier reserves the right to amend the Goods Specification if required
by any applicable statutory or regulatory requirements and to make reasonable variations
to any colours, tolerances and materials specified in the Goods Specification.
4. DELIVERY OF GOODS
4.1 The Supplier shall ensure that each delivery of the Goods is accompanied by
a delivery note which shows the date of the Order, all relevant Customer and Supplier
reference numbers, the type and quantity of the Goods (including the code number
of the Goods, where applicable), special storage instructions (if any) and, if the
Order is being delivered by instalments, the outstanding balance of Goods remaining
to be delivered.
4.2 The Supplier shall deliver the Goods to the location set out in the Order or
such other location as the parties may agree (Delivery Location) at any time after
the Supplier notifies the Customer that the Goods are ready.
4.3 Delivery of the Goods shall be completed on the Goods’ arrival at the Delivery
Location.
4.4 Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods are approximate only, and the time
of delivery is not of the essence. The Supplier shall not be liable for any delay
in delivery of the Goods that is caused by a Force Majeure Event or the Customer’s
failure to provide the Supplier with adequate delivery instructions or any other
instructions that are relevant to the supply of the Goods.
4.5 If the Supplier fails to deliver the Goods, its liability shall be limited to
the costs and expenses incurred by the Customer in obtaining replacement goods of
similar description and quality in the cheapest market available, less the price
of the Goods. The Supplier shall have no liability for any failure to deliver the
Goods to the extent that such failure is caused by a Force Majeure Event the Customer’s
failure to provide the Supplier with adequate delivery instructions for the Goods
or any relevant instruction related to the supply of the Goods.
4.6 If the Customer fails to accept or take delivery of the Goods within 10 Business
Days of the Supplier notifying the Customer that the Goods are ready, then except
where such failure or delay is caused by a Force Majeure Event or by the Supplier’s
failure to comply with its obligations under the Contract in respect of the Goods:
(a) delivery of the Goods shall be deemed to have been completed at 9.00 am on the
11th Business Day following the day on which the Supplier notified the Customer
that the Goods were ready; and (b) the Supplier shall store the Goods until delivery
takes place, and charge the Customer for all related costs and expenses (including
insurance).
4.7 If 20 Business Days after the Supplier notified the Customer that the Goods
were ready for delivery the Customer has not accepted or taken delivery of them,
the Supplier 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.
4.8 The Supplier may deliver the Goods by instalments, which shall be invoiced and
paid for separately. Each instalment shall constitute a separate contract. Any delay
in delivery or defect in an instalment shall not entitle the Customer to cancel
any other instalment.
5. MAINTENANCE AND REMOVAL OF GOODS
5.1 Unless the Supplier and Customer have entered into a separate maintenance agreement
in writing, the Supplier shall have no responsibility for inspection and maintenance
of the Goods after delivery. This clause 5.1 shall not exclude the Supplier’s liability
to repair or replace defective Goods in accordance with clause 5.
5.2 The Customer shall be responsible for removal of Goods installed by the Supplier
at its own cost and expense. If the Supplier agrees to remove Goods installed for
the Customer, the Customer shall pay to the Supplier, in addition to any other charges
set out in the Service Specification, all charges for making good and disposal of
the Goods.
6. TITLE AND RISK
6.1 The risk in the Goods shall pass to the Customer on completion of delivery.
6.2 Title to the Goods shall not pass to the Customer until the Supplier has received
payment in full (in cash or cleared funds) for: (a) the Goods; and (b) any other
goods that the Supplier has supplied to the Customer in respect of which payment
has become due.
6.3 Until title to the Goods has passed to the Customer, the Customer shall: (a)
maintain the Goods in satisfactory condition and keep them insured against all risks
for their full price on the Supplier’s behalf from the date of delivery; (b) notify
the Supplier immediately if it becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause
13.1(b) to clause 13.1(l); and (c) give the Supplier such information relating to
the Goods as the Supplier may require from time to time.
6.4 If before title to the Goods passes to the Customer the Customer becomes subject
to any of the events listed in clause 13.1(b) to clause 13.1(l), or the Supplier
reasonably believes that any such event is about to happen and notifies the Customer
accordingly, then, provided the Goods have not been resold, or irrevocably incorporated
into another product, and without limiting any other right or remedy the Supplier
may have, the Supplier may at any time require the Customer to deliver up the Goods
and, if the Customer fails to do so promptly, enter any premises of the Customer
or of any third party where the Goods are stored in order to recover them.
7. SUPPLY OF SERVICES
7.1 The Supplier shall provide the Services to the Customer in accordance with the
Service Specification in all material respects.
7.2 The Supplier shall use reasonable endeavours to meet any performance dates for
the Services specified in the Order, but any such dates shall be estimates only
and time shall not be of the essence for the performance of the Services.
7.3 The Supplier shall have the right to make any changes to the Services which
are necessary to comply with any applicable law or safety requirement, or which
do not materially affect the nature or quality of the Services, and the Supplier
shall notify the Customer in any such event.
7.4 The Supplier warrants to the Customer that the Services will be provided using
reasonable care and skill.
8. CUSTOMER’S OBLIGATIONS
8.1 The Customer shall: (a) ensure that the terms of the Order and (if submitted
by the Customer) the Goods Specification are complete and accurate; (b) co-operate
with the Supplier in all matters relating to the Services; (c) provide the Supplier,
its employees, agents, consultants and subcontractors, with access to the Customer’s
premises, office accommodation and other facilities as reasonably required by the
Supplier to provide the Services; (d) provide the Supplier with such information
and materials as the Supplier may reasonably require to supply the Services, and
ensure that such information is accurate in all material respects; (e) prepare the
Customer’s premises for the supply of the Services; (f) obtain and maintain all
necessary licences, permissions and consents which may be required for the Services
before the date on which the Services are to start; (g) keep and maintain all materials,
equipment, documents and other property of the Supplier (Supplier Materials) at
the Customer’s premises in safe custody at its own risk, maintain the Supplier Materials
in good condition until returned to the Supplier, and not dispose of or use the
Supplier Materials other than in accordance with the Supplier’s written instructions
or authorisation; (h) following delivery regularly inspect the Goods and maintain
them in accordance with the Supplier’s oral or written instructions or (if there
are none) good trade practice.
8.2 If the Supplier’s performance of any of its obligations in respect of the Services
is prevented or delayed by any act or omission by the Customer or failure by the
Customer to perform any relevant obligation (Customer Default): (a) the Supplier
shall without limiting its other rights or remedies have the right to suspend performance
of the Services until the Customer remedies the Customer Default, and to rely on
the Customer Default to relieve it from the performance of any of its obligations
to the extent the Customer Default prevents or delays the Supplier’s performance
of any of its obligations; (b) the Supplier shall not be liable for any costs or
losses sustained or incurred by the Customer arising directly or indirectly from
the Supplier’s failure or delay to perform any of its obligations as set out in
this clause 8.2; and (c) the Customer shall reimburse the Supplier on written demand
for any costs or losses sustained or incurred by the Supplier arising directly or
indirectly from the Customer Default.
9. CHARGES AND PAYMENT
9.1 The price for Goods and/or Services shall be the price set out in the Order
or, if no price is quoted, the price set out in the Supplier’s published price list
as at the date of delivery. The price of the Goods is exclusive of all costs and
charges of packaging, insurance and transport of the Goods which shall be paid by
the Customer when it pays for the Goods and/or Services.
9.2 The Supplier reserves the right to: (a) increase its charges for the Services.
The Supplier will give the Customer written notice of any such increase 2 weeks
before the proposed date of the increase. If such increase is not acceptable to
the Customer, it shall notify the Supplier in writing within 1 week of the date
of the Supplier’s notice and the Supplier shall have the right without limiting
its other rights or remedies to terminate the Contract by giving 1 weeks’ written
notice to the Customer; and (b) increase the price of the Goods, by giving notice
to the Customer at any time before delivery, to reflect any increase in the cost
of the Goods to the Supplier that is due to: (i) any factor beyond the control of
the Supplier (including foreign exchange fluctuations, increases in taxes and duties,
and increases in labour, materials and other manufacturing costs); (ii) any request
by the Customer to change the delivery date(s), quantities or types of Goods ordered,
or the Goods Specification; or (iii) any delay caused by any instructions of the
Customer in respect of the Goods or failure of the Customer to give the Supplier
adequate or accurate information or instructions in respect of the Goods.
9.3 The Supplier shall invoice the Customer for Goods and Services on the Commencement
Date.
9.4 The Customer shall pay each invoice submitted by the Supplier: (a) in accordance
with any credit terms agreed by the Supplier and confirmed in writing to the Customer;
9.5 All amounts payable by the Customer under the Contract are exclusive of amounts
in respect of value added tax chargeable (VAT). Where any taxable supply for VAT
purposes is made under the Contract by the Supplier to the Customer, the Customer
shall, on receipt of a valid VAT invoice from the Supplier, pay to the Supplier
such additional amounts in respect of VAT as are chargeable on the supply of the
Services or Goods at the same time as payment is due for the supply of the Services
or Goods.
9.6 Without limiting any other right or remedy of the Supplier, if the Customer
fails to make any payment due to the Supplier under the Contract by the due date
for payment (Due Date), the Supplier shall have the right to charge interest on
the overdue amount at the rate of 3 per cent per annum above the then current HSBC
Bank PLC’s base lending rate accruing on a daily basis from the Due Date until the
date of actual payment of the overdue amount, whether before or after judgment,
and compounding quarterly.
9.7 The Customer shall pay all amounts due under the Contract in full without any
deduction or withholding except as required by law and the Customer shall not be
entitled to assert any credit, set-off or counterclaim against the Supplier in order
to justify withholding payment of any such amount in whole or in part.
10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
10.1 All Intellectual Property Rights in or arising out of or in connection with
the Goods or Services shall be owned by the Supplier.
10.2 The Customer acknowledges that, in respect of any third party Intellectual
Property Rights in the Goods or Services, the Customer’s use of any such Intellectual
Property Rights is conditional on the Supplier obtaining a written licence from
the relevant licensor on such terms as will entitle the Supplier to license such
rights to the Customer.
10.3 All Supplier Materials are the exclusive property of the Supplier.
11. CONFIDENTIALITY
A party (Receiving Party) shall keep in strict confidence all technical or commercial
know-how, specifications, inventions, processes or initiatives which are of a confidential
nature and have been disclosed to the Receiving Party by the other party (Disclosing
Party), its employees, agents or subcontractors, and any other confidential information
concerning the Disclosing Party’s business or its products or its services which
the Receiving Party may obtain. The Receiving Party shall restrict disclosure of
such confidential information to such of its employees, agents or subcontractors
as need to know it for the purpose of discharging the Receiving Party’s obligations
under the Contract, and shall ensure that such employees, agents or subcontractors
are subject to obligations of confidentiality corresponding to those which bind
the Receiving Party. This clause 11 shall survive termination of the Contract.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
THE CUSTOMER’S ATTENTION IS PARTICULARLY DRAWN TO THIS CLAUSE
12.1 Nothing in these Conditions shall limit or exclude the Supplier’s liability
for: (a) death or personal injury caused by its negligence, or the negligence of
its employees, agents or subcontractors; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
(c) breach of the terms implied by section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services
Act 1982 (title and quiet possession); (d) breach of the terms implied by section
11 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (title and quiet possession); or (e) defective
products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987.
12.2 Subject to clause 12.1: (a) the Supplier shall not 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 (including any losses that may result from a deliberate
breach of the Contract by the Supplier, its employees, agents or subcontractors);
and (b) the Supplier’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, including losses caused by
a deliberate breach of the Contract by the Supplier, its employees, agents or subcontractors,
shall not exceed one and half times the price paid by the Customer to the Supplier
for the Goods and/or Services to which the claim relates.
12.3 When weather conditions reachBeaufort scale 7 these conditions are no longer
considered normal and the Supplier shall not be liable to the Customer for any damage
caused to or by the Goods.
12.4 Except as set out in these Conditions, all warranties, conditions and other
terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
excluded from the Contract.
12.5 This clause 12 shall survive termination of the Contract.
13. TERMINATION
13.1 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, each party may terminate the
Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if: (a)
the other party commits a material breach of its obligations under this Contract
and (if such breach is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within 7 days after
receipt of notice in writing of the breach; (b) the other party suspends, or threatens
to suspend, payment of its debts or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due
or admits inability to pay its debts or (being a company) is deemed unable to pay
its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or (being
an individual) is deemed either unable to pay its debts or as having no reasonable
prospect of so doing, in either case, within the meaning of section 268 of the Insolvency
Act 1986 or (being a partnership) has any partner to whom any of the foregoing apply;
(c) the other party commences negotiations with all or any class of its creditors
with a view to rescheduling any of its debts, or makes a proposal for or enters
into any compromise or arrangement with its creditors other than (where a company)
for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party
with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
(d) a petition is filed, a notice is given, a resolution is passed, or an order
is made, for or in connection with the winding up of the other party (being a company)
other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of the other
party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other
party; (e) the other party (being an individual) is the subject of a bankruptcy
petition or order; (f) a creditor or encumbrancer of the other party attaches or
takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other such process
is levied or enforced on or sued against, the whole or any part of its assets and
such attachment or process is not discharged within 14 days; (g) an application
is made to court, or an order is made, for the appointment of an administrator or
if a notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given or if an administrator
is appointed over the other party (being a company); (h) a floating charge holder
over the assets of the other party (being a company) has become entitled to appoint
or has appointed an administrative receiver; (i) a person becomes entitled to appoint
a receiver over the assets of the other party or a receiver is appointed over the
assets of the other party; (j) any event occurs, or proceeding is taken, with respect
to the other party in any jurisdiction to which it is subject that has an effect
equivalent or similar to any of the events mentioned in clause 13.1(b) to clause
13.1(i) (inclusive); (k) the other party suspends, threatens to suspend, ceases
or threatens to cease to carry on, all or substantially the whole of its business;
or (l) the other party (being an individual) dies or, by reason of illness or incapacity
(whether mental or physical), is incapable of managing his own affairs or becomes
a patient under any mental health legislation.
13.2 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, the Supplier may terminate the
Contract: (a) by giving the Customer 1 months’ written notice; (b) with immediate
effect by giving written notice to the Customer if the Customer fails to pay any
amount due under this Contract on the due date for payment.
13.3 The Customer may terminate the Contract by giving the Supplier not less than
1 months’ written notice provided such notice shall expire on or before the delivery
date specified in the Order.
13.4 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, the Supplier shall have the
right to suspend the supply of Services or all further deliveries of Goods under
the Contract or any other contract between the Customer and the Supplier if: (a)
the Customer fails to make pay any amount due under this Contract on the due date
for payment; or (b) the Customer becomes subject to any of the events listed in
clause 13.1(b) to clause 13.1(l), or the Supplier reasonably believes that the Customer
is about to become subject to any of them.
14. CONSEQUENCES OF TERMINATION
On termination of the Contract for any reason: (a) the Customer shall immediately
pay to the Supplier all of the Supplier’s outstanding unpaid invoices and interest
and, in respect of Services supplied but for which no invoice has yet been submitted,
the Supplier shall submit an invoice, which shall be payable by the Customer immediately
on receipt; (b) the Customer shall return all of the Supplier Materials and any
Deliverables which have not been fully paid for. If the Customer fails to do so,
then the Supplier may enter the Customer’s premises and take possession of them.
Until they have been returned, the Customer shall be solely responsible for their
safe keeping and will not use them for any purpose not connected with this Contract;
(c) the accrued rights and remedies of the parties as at termination shall not be
affected, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the Contract
which existed at or before the date of termination or expiry; and (d) clauses which
expressly or by implication have effect after termination shall continue in full
force and effect.
15. GENERAL
15.1 Force majeure: (a) For the purposes of this Contract, Force Majeure Event means
an event beyond the reasonable control of the Supplier including but not limited
to strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving the workforce
of the party or any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network,
act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law
or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant
or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors. (b)
The Supplier shall not be liable to the Customer as a result of any delay or failure
to perform its obligations under this Contract as a result of a Force Majeure Event.
(c) If the Force Majeure Event prevents the Supplier from providing any of the Services
and/or Goods for more than 4 weeks, the Supplier shall, without limiting its other
rights or remedies, have the right to terminate this Contract immediately by giving
written notice to the Customer.
15.2 Assignment and subcontracting: (a) The Supplier may at any time assign, transfer,
charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights under
the Contract and may subcontract or delegate in any manner any or all of its obligations
under the Contract to any third party. (b) The Customer shall not, without the prior
written consent of the Supplier, assign, transfer, charge, subcontract or deal in
any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under the Contract.
15.3 Notices: (a) Any notice or other communication required to be given to a party
under or in connection with this Contract shall be in writing and shall be delivered
to the other party personally or sent by prepaid first-class post, recorded delivery
or by commercial courier, at its registered office (if a company) or (in any other
case) its principal place of business, or sent by fax to the other party’s main
fax number or sent by e-mail. (b) Any notice or other communication shall be deemed
to have been duly received if delivered personally, when left at such addressor,
if sent by prepaid first-class post or recorded delivery, at 9.00 am on the second
Business Day after posting, or if delivered by commercial courier, on the date and
at the time that the courier’s delivery receipt is signed, or if sent by fax or
e-mail, on the next Business Day after transmission. (c) This clause 15.3 shall
not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action.
15.4 Waiver and cumulative remedies: (a) A waiver of any right under the Contract
is only effective if it is in writing and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of
any subsequent breach or default. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any
right or remedy under the Contract or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or
any other right or remedy, nor preclude or restrict its further exercise. No single
or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further
exercise of that or any other right or remedy. (b) Unless specifically provided
otherwise, rights arising under the Contract are cumulative and to not exclude rights
provided by law.
15.5 Severance: (a) If a court or any other competent authority finds that any provision
of the Contract (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
that provision or part-provision shall, to the extent required, be deemed deleted,
and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of the Contract shall
not be affected. (b) If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision of the Contract
would be valid, enforceable and legal if some part of it were deleted, the provision
shall apply with the minimum modification necessary to make it legal, valid and
enforceable.
15.6 No partnership: Nothing in the Contract is intended to, or shall be deemed
to, constitute a partnership or joint venture of any kind between any of the parties,
nor constitute any party the agent of another party for any purpose. No party shall
have authority to act as agent for, or to bind, the other party in any way.
15.7 Third parties: A person who is not a party to the Contract shall not have any
rights under or in connection with it.
15.8 Variation: Except as set out in these Conditions, any variation, including
the introduction of any additional terms and conditions, to the Contract shall only
be binding when agreed in writing and signed by the Supplier.
15.9 Governing law and jurisdiction: This Contract, and any dispute or claim arising
out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual
disputes or claims), shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English
law, and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
of England and Wales.