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Terms and Conditions

This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms and conditions on which we supply any of the products listed on our website www.lawson-his.co.uk (our site) to you. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before ordering any Products from our site. You should understand that by ordering any of our Products, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and the Customer Help section.

You should print a copy of these terms and conditions for future reference.

1. Information About Us

1.1 www.lawson-his.co.uk is a site operated by Lawson HIS Limited (we). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 380831 and with our registered office at Unit 1, Itchen House, 184 Empress Road, Southampton, SO14 0JY. Our main trading address is Unit 1, Itchen House, 184 Empress Road, Southampton, SO14 0JY. Our VAT number is GB188433433.

2. Your Status

2.1 By placing an order through our site, you warrant that:

(a) You are legally capable of entering into binding contracts; and

(b) You are at least 18 years old;

3. How The Contract Is Formed Between You And Us

3.1 After placing an order, you will receive an e-mail from us acknowledging that we have received your order. Please note that this does not mean that your order has been accepted. Your order constitutes an offer to us to buy a Product. All orders are subject to acceptance by us, and we will confirm such acceptance to you by sending you an e-mail that confirms that the Product has been dispatched (the Despatch Confirmation). The contract between us (Contract) will only be formed when we send you the Despatch Confirmation.

3.2 The Contract will relate only to those Products whose dispatch we have confirmed in the Despatch Confirmation. We will not be obliged to supply any other Products which may have been part of your order until the dispatch of such Products has been confirmed in a separate Despatch Confirmation.

4. Consumer Rights

4.1 If you are contracting as a consumer, you may cancel a Contract at any time within 16 calendar days, beginning on the day after you received the Products. In this case, you will receive a full refund of the price paid for the Products in accordance with our refunds policy (set out in clause 8 below).

4.2 To cancel a Contract, you must inform us in writing. You must also return the Product(s) to us immediately, in the same condition in which you received them, and at your own cost and risk. You have a legal obligation to take reasonable care of the Products while they are in your possession. If you fail to comply with this obligation, we may have a right of action against you for compensation.

5. Availability And Delivery

5.1 Your order will be fulfilled by the delivery date set out in the Despatch Confirmation or, if no delivery date is specified, then within a reasonable time of the date of the Despatch Confirmation, unless there are exceptional circumstances. Please note that all delivery dates are estimates only and we shall have no liability to you in relation to such delivery dates not being met.

5.2 We use third-party couriers for all deliveries. Please be advised that deliveries made to construction sites are at your own risk. Our couriers will only deliver to the site entrance or gate, and a signature may be obtained from anyone present at the delivery location. Lawson HIS Limited holds no responsibility for any loss or misplacement of goods after they have been signed for at the designated delivery point.

6. Risk And Title

6.1 The Products will be at your risk from the time of delivery.

6.2 Ownership of the Products will only pass to you when we receive full payment of all sums due in respect of the Products, including delivery charges.

7. Price And Payment

7.1 The price of any Products will be as quoted on our site from time to time, except in cases of obvious error.

7.2 These prices exclude VAT and delivery costs, which will be added to the total amount due. Delivery costs can be viewed here by entering your country and postcode. We reserve the right to apply a delivery charge or increase in the delivery charge for exceptional orders. By exceptional orders we mean bulk orders for items that result in a weight increase that would not be sent in a box normally around 20kgs in weight. We would notify you of this charge before dispatching your order.

7.3 Prices are liable to change at any time, but changes will not affect orders in respect of which we have already sent you a Despatch Confirmation.

7.4 Our site contains a large number of Products and it is always possible that, despite our best efforts, some of the Products listed on our site may be incorrectly priced. We will normally verify prices as part of our dispatch procedures so that, where a Product's correct price is less than our stated price, we will charge the lower amount when dispatching the Product to you. If a Product's correct price is higher than the price stated on our site, we will normally, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before dispatching the Product, or reject your order and notify you of such rejection.

7.5 We are under no obligation to provide the Product to you at the incorrect (lower) price, even after we have sent you a Despatch Confirmation, if the pricing error is obvious and unmistakeable and could have reasonably been recognised by you as a mis-pricing.

7.6 Payment for all Products must be by credit/debit card or PayPal. We accept direct payment with Visa, Visa Debit, Maestro, and Mastercard. We will not charge your credit or debit card until we despatch your order or 4 days have passed, whichever is sooner. Payments made via PayPal are transferred immediately.

8. Our Refunds Policy

8.1 When you return a Product to us:

(a) because you have cancelled the Contract between us within the sixteen-day cooling-off period (see clause 4.1), we will process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any case, within 30 days of the day you have given notice of your cancellation. In this case, we will refund the price of the Product in full. However, you will be responsible for the cost of returning the item to us.

(b) because you claim that the Product is defective the returned product will be inspect by us, or at our discretion the manufacturer, for faults. If the product is found to be faulty a repair, replacement or refund will be offered depending on the time since the Product was purchased, and the policy of the manufacturer. If a refund is due it will be processed as soon as possible, and in any case within 30 days of day we confirmed to you via email that you were entitled to a refund.

8.2 We will usually refund any money received from you using the same method originally used by you to pay for your purchase.

9. Our Liability

9.1 We warrant to you that any Product purchased from us through our site is of satisfactory quality and reasonably fit for all the purposes for which products of the kind are commonly supplied. However, the information and advice contained on our site and in our sales documentation is for general guidance purposes only. You are responsible for determining whether it applies to your particular situation and whether the Products you order are appropriate for you. In particular, please read all manuals and safety instructions provided with Products, and follow them carefully at all times.

9.2 Our liability for losses you suffer as a result of us breaking this agreement is strictly limited to the purchase price of the Product you purchased.

9.3 This does not include or limit in any way our liability: (a) For death or personal injury caused by our negligence; (b) Under section 2(3) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987; (c) For fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (d) For any matter for which it would be illegal for us to exclude, or attempt to exclude, our liability.

9.4 We are not responsible for indirect losses which happen as a side effect of the main loss or damage whether or not foreseeable by you and us, including but not limited to:

(a) loss of income or revenue

(b) loss of business

(d) loss of anticipated savings

(e) loss of data, or

(f) waste of management or office time however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable;

provided that this clause shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property that fall within the terms of clause or clause or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of categories (a) to (f) inclusive of this clause 9.4.

10. Import Duty

10.1 If you order Products from our site for delivery outside England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland, they may be subject to import duties and taxes when the delivery reaches the specified destination. You will be responsible for payment of any such import duties and taxes. Please note that we have no control over these charges and cannot predict their amount. Please contact your local customs office for further information before placing your order.

10.2 Please also note that you must comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the country for which the Products are destined. We will not be liable for any breach by you of any such laws.

11. Written Communications

11.1 Applicable laws require that some of the information or communications we send to you should be in writing. When using our site, you accept that communication with us will be mainly electronic. We will contact you by e-mail or provide you with information by posting notices on our website. For contractual purposes, you agree to this electronic means of communication and you acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that we provide to you electronically comply with any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.

12. Notices

12.1 All notices given by you to us must be given to Lawson HIS Limited at Unit 1, Itchen House, 184 Empress Road, Southampton, SO14 0JY or enquiries@lawson-his.co.uk. We may give notice to you at either the e-mail or postal address you provide to us when placing an order, or in any of the ways specified in clause Notice will be deemed received and properly served immediately when posted on our website, 24 hours after an e-mail is sent, or three days after the date of posting of any letter. In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post and, in the case of an e-mail, that such e-mail was sent to the specified e-mail address of the addressee.

13. Transfer Of Rights And Obligations

13.1 The contract between you and us is binding on you and us and on our respective successors and assigns.

13.2 You may not transfer, assign, charge or otherwise dispose of a Contract, or any of your rights or obligations arising under it, without our prior written consent.

13.3 We may transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract or otherwise dispose of a Contract, or any of our rights or obligations arising under it, at any time during the term of the Contract.

14. Events Outside Our Control

14.1 We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under a Contract that is caused by events outside our reasonable control (Force Majeure Event).

14.2 A Force Majeure Event includes any act, event, non-happening, omission or accident beyond our reasonable control and includes in particular (without limitation) the following:

(a) Strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action.

(b) Civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war.

(d) Impossibility of the use of railways, shipping, aircraft, motor transport or other means of public or private transport.

(e) Impossibility of the use of public or private telecommunications networks.

(f) The acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or restrictions of any government.

14.3 Our performance under any Contract is deemed to be suspended for the period that the Force Majeure Event continues, and we will have an extension of time for performance for the duration of that period. We will use our reasonable endeavours to bring the Force Majeure Event to a close or to find a solution by which our obligations under the Contract may be performed despite the Force Majeure Event.

15. Waiver

15.1 If we fail, at any time during the term of a Contract, to insist upon strict performance of any of your obligations under the Contract or any of these terms and conditions, or if we fail to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which we are entitled under the Contract, this shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and shall not relieve you from compliance with such obligations.

15.2 A waiver by us of any default shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default.

15.3 No waiver by us of any of these terms and conditions shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be a waiver and is communicated to you in writing in accordance with clause 11.

16. Severability

16.1 If any of these terms and Conditions or any provisions of a Contract are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.

17. Entire Agreement

17.1 These terms and conditions and any document expressly referred to in them represent the entire agreement between us in relation to the subject matter of any Contract and supersede any prior agreement, understanding or arrangement between us, whether oral or in writing.

17.2 We each acknowledge that, in entering into a Contract, neither of us has relied on any representation, undertaking or promise given by the other or be implied from anything said or written in negotiations between us prior to such Contract except as expressly stated in these terms and conditions.

17.3 Neither of us shall have any remedy in respect of any untrue statement made by the other, whether orally or in writing, prior to the date of any Contract (unless such untrue statement was made fraudulently) and the other party's only remedy shall be for breach of contract as provided in these terms and conditions.

18. Our Right To Vary These Terms And Conditions

18.1 We have the right to revise and amend these terms and conditions from time to time.

18.2 You will be subject to the policies and terms and conditions in force at the time that you order products from us, unless any change to those policies or these terms and conditions is required to be made by law or governmental authority (in which case it will apply to orders previously placed by you), or if we notify you of the change to those policies or these terms and conditions before we send you the Despatch Confirmation (in which case we have the right to assume that you have accepted the change to the terms and conditions, unless you notify us to the contrary within seven working days of receipt by you of the Products).

19. Law And Jurisdiction

19.1 Contracts for the purchase of Products through our site will be governed by English law. Any dispute arising from, or related to, such Contracts shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.