1. INTERPRETATION
1.1 In these Terms:
“CUSTOMER” means the person who accepts the Company's written quotation for the sale of the Goods or whose written order for the Goods is accepted by the Company;
“GOODS” means the goods (including any instalment of the goods or any parts for them) which the Company is to supply in accordance with these Terms;
“COMPANY” means Joseph Murphy (Ballina) Ltd., Dolmen Road, Ballina, Co. Mayo, F26 X856
“CONTRACT” means the contract for the sale and purchase of the Goods;
“TERMS” means the standard terms of sale set out in this document and (unless the context otherwise requires) includes any special terms agreed in Writing between the Customer and the Company;
“WRITING”, and any similar expression, includes facsimile transmission and comparable means of communication, but not electronic mail.
2. BASIS OF THE SALE
2.1 The Company shall sell and the Customer shall purchase the Goods in accordance with the Company's Written quotation (if accepted by the Customer), or the Customer’s Written order (if accepted by the Company), subject in either case to these Terms, which shall govern the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms subject to which any such quotation is accepted or purported to be accepted, or any such order is made or purported to be made, by the Customer.
2.2 No variation to these Terms shall be binding unless agreed in Writing between the authorised representatives of the Customer and the Company.
2.3 The Company's employees or agents are not authorised to make any representations concerning the Goods unless confirmed by the Company in Writing. In entering into the Contract the Customer acknowledges that it does not rely on any such representations which are not so confirmed, but nothing in these Terms affects the liability of either party for fraudulent misrepresentation.
2.4 Any advice or recommendation given by the Company or its employees or agents to the Customer or its employees or agents as to the storage, application or use of the Goods which is not confirmed in Writing by the Company is followed or acted upon entirely at the Customer’s own risk, and accordingly the Company shall not be liable for any such advice or recommendation which is not so confirmed.
2.5 Any typographical, clerical or other error or omission in any sales literature, quotation, price list, acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or information issued by the Company shall be subject to correction without any liability on the part of the Company.
3. ORDERS AND SPECIFICATIONS
3.1 No order submitted by the Customer shall be deemed to be accepted by the Company unless and until confirmed in Writing by the Company's authorised representative.
3.2 The Customer shall be responsible to the Company for ensuring the accuracy of the terms of any order (including any applicable specification) submitted by the Customer, and for giving the Company any necessary information relating to the Goods within a sufficient time to enable the Company to perform the Contract in accordance with its terms.
3.3 The quantity, quality and description of the Goods and any specification for them shall be as set out in the Company's quotation (if accepted by the Customer) or the Customer’s order (if accepted by the Company).
3.4 The Company reserves the right to make any changes in the specification of the Goods which are required to conform with any applicable statutory or E.U. requirements or, where the Goods are to be supplied to the Company's specification, which do not materially affect their quality or performance.
3.5 No order which has been accepted by the Company may be cancelled by the Customer except with the agreement in Writing of the Company and on terms that the Customer shall indemnify the Company in full against all loss (including loss of profit), costs (including the cost of all labour and materials used), damages, charges and expenses incurred by the Company as a result of cancellation.
4. PRICE OF THE GOODS
4.1 The price of the Goods shall be the Company's quoted price or, where no price has been quoted (or a quoted price is no longer valid), the price listed in the Company's published price list current at the date of acceptance of the order. All prices quoted are valid for 30 days only or until earlier acceptance by the Customer, after which time they may be altered by the Company without giving notice to the Customer.
4.2 The Company reserves the right, by giving Written notice to the Customer at any time before delivery, to increase the price of the Goods to reflect any increase in the cost to the Company which is due to any factor beyond the control of the Company (such as, without limitation, any foreign exchange fluctuation, currency regulation, alteration of duties, significant increase in the costs of labour, materials or other costs of manufacture), any change in delivery dates, quantities or specifications for the Goods which is requested by the Customer, or any delay caused by any instructions of the Customer or failure of the Customer to give the Company adequate information or instructions.
4.3 Changes in legislation or Government or E.U. regulations relating to taxation, duties or subsidies which affect the Company’s price will apply immediately to all undelivered orders or contracts.
4.4 Except as otherwise stated in the Company's Written quotation or in any price list of the Company, and unless otherwise agreed in Writing between the Customer and the Company, all prices are given by the Company on an ex works basis, and where the Company agrees to deliver the Goods otherwise than at the Company's premises, the Customer shall be liable to pay the Company's charges for transport, packaging and insurance.
4.5 The minimum value should be €500.00 exclusive of any applicable value added tax, which the Customer shall be additionally liable to pay to the Company.
4.6 The cost of pallets and returnable containers will be charged to the Customer in addition to the price of the Goods, but full credit will be given to the Customer provided they are returned undamaged to the Company before the due payment date.
5. TERMS OF PAYMENT
5.1 Subject to any special terms agreed in Writing between the Customer and the Company, the Company may invoice the Customer for the price of the Goods on or at any time after delivery of the Goods, unless the Goods are to be collected by the Customer or the Customer wrongfully fails to take delivery of the Goods, in which event the Company shall be entitled to invoice the Customer for the price at any time after the Company has notified the Customer that the Goods are ready for collection or (as the case may be) the Company has tendered delivery of the Goods.
5.2 All goods are sold on nett terms and are due for payment within the month following invoice. Where payment has not been made by due date the Company shall have the right to call in the entire amount due on the account by the Customer and the said sum shall be payable forthwith.
5.3 If the Customer fails to make any payment on the due date then, without limiting any other right or remedy available to the Company, the Company may:
5.3.1 Cancel the contract or suspend any further deliveries to the Customer;
5.3.2 Appropriate any payment made by the Customer to such of the Goods (or the goods supplied under any other contract between the Customer and the Company) as the Company may think fit (notwithstanding any purported appropriation by the Customer); and
5.3.3 Charge the Customer a credit surcharge of 1.5% per month to be added to all unpaid accounts.
6. DELIVERY
6.1 All orders delivered by Company’s own transport will be carriage paid. Where orders are delivered by any other means, the relevant carriage costs will be charged as an additional item.
6.2 Delivery of the Goods can also be made by the Customer collecting the Goods at the Company's premises at any time after the Company has notified the Customer that the Goods are ready for collection or, if some other place for delivery is agreed by the Company, by the Company delivering the Goods to that place.
6.2 Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods are approximate only and the Company shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Goods however caused. Time for delivery shall not be of the essence of the Contract unless previously agreed by the Company in Writing. The Goods may be delivered by the Company in advance of the quoted delivery date on giving reasonable notice to the Customer.
6.3 Where the Goods are to be delivered in instalments, each delivery shall constitute a separate contract and failure by the Company to deliver any one or more of the instalments in accordance with these Terms or any claim by the Customer in respect of any one or more instalments shall not entitle the Customer to treat the Contract as a whole as repudiated.
6.4 If the Company fails to deliver the Goods (or any instalment) for any reason other than any cause beyond the Company's reasonable control or the Customer’s fault, and the Company is accordingly liable to the Customer, the Company's liability shall be limited to the excess (if any) of the cost to the Customer (in the cheapest available market) of similar goods to replace those not delivered over the price of the Goods.
6.5 If the Customer fails to take delivery of the Goods or fails to give the Company adequate delivery instructions at the time stated for delivery (otherwise than by reason of any cause beyond the Customer’s reasonable control or by reason of the Company's fault) then, without limiting any other right or remedy available to the Company, the Company may:
6.5.1 Store the Goods until actual delivery and charge the Customer for the reasonable costs (including insurance) of storage; or
6.5.2 Sell the Goods at the best price readily obtainable and (after deducting all reasonable storage and selling expenses) account to the Customer for the excess over the price under the Contract or charge the Customer for any shortfall below the price under the Contract.
6.6 Goods may not be returned by the Customer unless prior agreement has been obtained. The Company will apply a restocking charge of 15% to all approved returns.
7. RISK AND PROPERTY
7.1 Risk of damage to or loss of the Goods shall pass to the Customer:
7.1.1 In the case of Goods to be delivered at the Company's premises, at the time when the Company notifies the Customer that the Goods are available for collection; or
7.1.2 In the case of Goods to be delivered otherwise than at the Company's premises, at the time of delivery or, if the Customer wrongfully fails to take delivery of the Goods, the time when the Company has tendered delivery of the Goods.
7.2 Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the Goods, or any other provision of these Terms, the property in the Goods shall not pass to the Customer until the Company has received in cash or cleared funds payment in full of the price of the Goods and all other goods agreed to be sold by the Company to the Customer for which payment is then due.
7.3 Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Customer, the Customer shall hold the Goods as the Company's fiduciary agent and bailee, and shall keep the Goods separate from those of the Customer and third parties and properly stored, protected and insured and identified as the Company's property, but the Customer may resell or use the Goods in the ordinary course of its business.
7.4 Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Customer (and provided the Goods are still in existence and have not been resold), the Company may at any time require the Customer to deliver up the Goods to the Company and, if the Customer fails to do so forthwith, enter on any premises of the Customer or any third party where the Goods are stored and repossess the Goods.
7.5 The Customer shall not be entitled to pledge or in any way charge by way of security for any indebtedness any of the Goods which remain the property of the Company, but if the Customer does so all moneys owing by the Customer to the Company shall (without limiting any other right or remedy of the Company) forthwith become due and payable.
8. WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY
8.1 Subject to the following provisions the Company warrants that the Goods will correspond with their specification at the time of delivery and will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 6 months from the date of their initial use or 6 months from delivery, whichever is the first to expire.
8.2 The above warranty is given by the Company subject to the following conditions:
8.2.1 the Company shall be under no liability in respect of any defect in the Goods arising from any drawing, design or specification supplied by the Customer;
8.2.2 the Company shall be under no liability in respect of any defect arising from fair wear and tear, wilful damage, negligence, abnormal working conditions, failure to follow the Company's instructions (whether oral or in Writing), misuse or alteration or repair of the Goods without the Company's approval;
8.2.3 the Company shall be under no liability under the above warranty (or any other warranty, condition or guarantee) if the total price for the Goods has not been paid by the due date for payment;
8.2.4 the above warranty does not extend to parts, materials or equipment not manufactured by the Company, in respect of which the Customer shall only be entitled to the benefit of any such warranty or guarantee as is given by the manufacturer to the Company.
8.3 A claim by the Customer which is based on any defect in the quality or condition of the Goods or their failure to correspond with specification shall (whether or not delivery is refused by the Customer) be notified to the Company within three days from the date of delivery or (where the defect or failure was not apparent on reasonable inspection) within a reasonable time after discovery of the defect or failure. If delivery is not refused, and the Customer does not notify the Company accordingly, the Customer shall not be entitled to reject the Goods and the Company shall have no liability for such defect or failure, and the Customer shall be bound to pay the price as if the Goods had been delivered in accordance with the Contract.
8.4 Where a valid claim in respect of any of the Goods which is based on a defect in the quality or condition of the Goods or their failure to meet specification is notified to the Company in accordance with these Terms, the Company may replace the Goods (or the part in question) free of charge or, at the Company's sole discretion, refund to the Customer the price of the Goods (or a proportionate part of the price), in which case the Company shall have no further liability to the Customer.
8.5 The Company shall not be liable to the Customer or be deemed to be in breach of the Contract by reason of any delay in performing, or any failure to perform, any of the Company's obligations in relation to the Goods, if the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond the Company's reasonable control. Without limiting the foregoing, the following shall be regarded as causes beyond the Company's reasonable control:
8.5.1 Act of God, explosion, flood, tempest, fire or accident;
8.5.2 war or threat of war, sabotage, insurrection, civil disturbance or requisition;
8.5.3 acts, restrictions, regulations, bye laws, prohibitions or measures of any kind on the part of any governmental or local authority;
8.5.4 import or export regulations or embargoes;
8.5.5 strikes, lock outs or other industrial actions or trade disputes (whether involving employees of the Company or of a third party);
8.5.6 difficulties in obtaining raw materials, labour, fuel, parts or machinery;
8.5.7 power failure or breakdown in machinery.
9. INSOLVENCY OF CUSTOMER
9.1 This clause 9 applies if:
9.1.1 the Customer makes a voluntary arrangement with its creditors or (being an individual or firm) becomes bankrupt or (being a company) becomes subject to an administration order or goes into liquidation (otherwise than for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction); or
9.1.2 an encumbrancer takes possession, or a receiver is appointed, of any of the property or assets of the Customer; or
9.1.3 the Customer ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business; or
9.1.4 the Company reasonably apprehends that any of the events mentioned above is about to occur in relation to the Customer and notifies the Customer accordingly.
9.2 If this clause applies then, without limiting any other right or remedy available to the Company, the Company may cancel the Contract or suspend any further deliveries under the Contract without any liability to the Customer, and if the Goods have been delivered but not paid for the price shall become immediately due and payable notwithstanding any previous agreement or arrangement to the contrary.
10. GENERAL
10.1 A notice required or permitted to be given by either party to the other under these Terms shall be in Writing addressed to that other party at its registered office or principal place of business or such other address as may at the relevant time have been notified pursuant to this provision to the party giving the notice.
10.2 No waiver by the Company of any breach of the Contract by the Customer shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
10.3 If any provision of the Contract is held by a court or other competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part the validity of the other provisions of the Contract and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected.
10.4 The Contract shall be governed by the laws of Ireland, and the Customer agrees to submit to the non exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts.