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GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT – WEB DESIGN SERVICES
These conditions, which are construed under English Law, are applicable
to Fidget Media (The Company) and should be read in
conjunction with other documents and/or the correspondence comprising
our offer.
1. The Contract for Web Design services is to be based on the
conditions herein or detailed in the contractual estimate.
2. a. A fifty per cent deposit is required on all web design contracts.
b. All fees for our Search Engine and Directory configuration
and submission services are payable in advance.
3. Web Design accounts will be rendered either monthly as the
work proceeds or in stage payments if previously agreed. Payment
of all accounts and invoices without retention or discount is required
within thirty days from the date of invoice, interest being chargeable
on overdue accounts at 2% per month above the Average Basic Lending
Rate of the four major clearing banks.
a. The Company will issue one statement only for each invoice
submitted.
b. Unpaid invoices will bring about automatic suspension of any
hosting solution supplied by our hosting solutions, 30 days after
invoice date.
c. Should your hosting be suspended a reconnection fee of £50.00
will be charged for each reconnection of any hosting solution requested
by you to The Company in writing, such payment to be made in advance
and subject to clearance through our bank.
d. The Company cannot be held liable for any loss of business
resulting from the termination of any hosting accounts.
e. The Company cannot be held liable for any potential future
loss of business resulting from the termination of any hosting
accounts.
f. The Company cannot be held liable for any loss of business
resulting from the termination of any Web Design services.
4. Any offer will remain open for acceptance for a period of 60
(sixty) days from the date of our contractual estimate. If, for
any reason, The Company is not permitted to commence the work within
60 (sixty) days of acceptance of our offer, we reserve the right
to re-negotiate.
5. Any rates quoted, or standard schedules included, relate to
works within the United Kingdom unless specifically stated to the
contrary.
6. Reports, drafts and all other records provided by The Company
are private and confidential between the Client and the Company
and they may not be used or relied upon by any other party without
the prior consent of The Company. Liability to any third party
for any reason is specifically excluded unless separately agreed
in writing.
7. Title in the works together with all the information contained
therein and all data generated under the Contract, between The
Company and the Client, shall remain vested in The Company until
the Client has discharged all its obligations under Sections 2
to 3 inclusive above, whereupon the benefit of the design shall
be used by the Client exclusively for the project on which the
services were originally required, payment in accordance with Clause
2. and 3. above does not discharge copyrights. Liability to any
third party for any reason is specifically excluded unless separately
agreed in writing.
8. Notwithstanding Condition 7 above, copyright and all intellectual
property rights in the work prepared by The Company for the Client,
shall remain vested in The Company until such time as all fees
have been paid. The copyright and all intellectual property rights
will pass to the Client after final payment.
9. Under no circumstances shall The Company be liable to the Client
for an indirect or consequential loss suffered by the Client relying
on the information included in the works prepared by The Company
including (without limitation) loss of profit, loss of Contracts
or pure economic loss. Any liability is strictly limited to the
direct losses associated with remedial costs of the work only,
not to include claims for delays, out of sequence working, non
productive overtime, award of costs, etc. Liability to any third
party for any reason is specifically excluded unless separately
agreed in writing.
10. Where the Client intends to use any work or information provided
by The Company, or any work and information becomes involved in
litigation then the Client will both advise The Company in writing
and seek the approval prior to using the report. The Company reserves
the right to refuse to provide documents for use in litigation.
11. The total liability of The Company is to the Client only whether
as to specie, quantum or duration of liability, no other obligations
are to be implied into the Contract, whether as to the giving of
bonds, warranties, or guarantees unless expressly detailed therein.
Liability to any third party for any reason is specifically excluded
unless separately agreed in writing.
12. The Company will use all reasonable endeavor to meet quoted
completion dates. However, time is not the essence of the Contract
and The Company will not be liable in cases of late reporting,
however, caused, nor shall lateness be deemed to be a breach of
Contract or an act of negligence.
13. Changes to any work completed or part completed requested
by the client or any other part beyond our control, will be charged
to the Client on a time basis at Standard Rate of £50 (fifty
pounds) per hour.
14. Unless specifically stated, our price does not include for
any costs or services which may be required from other Consultants,
should other Consultants be required the client shall bear the
net costs of such.
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