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Incorporating Conditions of Carriage
GFS Standard Terms and Conditions incorporating Conditions of Carriage
*Subject to change without prior notification
Global Freight Solutions Limited (“the Company”) accepts goods for carriage and other services subject to the Standard Terms and Conditions set out below (“these Conditions”). No agent or employee of the Company is permitted to alter or vary these Conditions in any way unless expressly authorised to do so by a director of the Company.
1. DEFINITIONS
a) In these Conditions:
“Agent” shall mean a person who acts on another’s behalf.
“Consignment” shall mean goods contained in one Parcel or Freight Parcel, and/or any number of separate Parcels or Freight Parcels, and/or goods on a Pallet or any number of Pallets, in each case sent at one time in one load by the Customer from one address to another.
“Contract” shall mean the contract of carriage or service agreement between the Customer and the Company which shall be deemed to incorporate these Conditions.
“Customer” shall mean the legal or natural person that enters into a Contract with the Company.
“Dangerous Goods” means any goods which are dangerous, hazardous or flammable, including without limitation goods treated as dangerous in any of the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984, the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983, the Radioactive Substances (Carriage by Road) (Great Britain) Regulations 1974, the Packaging of Explosives for Carriage Regulations 1991, the Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations 1996, and any other relevant legislation or regulations together in each case as amended, extended or re-enacted from time to time.
“Freight Parcel” subject as provided in clause 1(b), shall mean any non – palletised item weighing between 31kg and 99kg.
“Pallet” subject as provided in clause 1(b), shall mean any item weighing in excess of 99kg containers with a maximum weight of 1000kg.
“Parcel” subject as provided in clause 1(b), shall mean anything under 31kg in weight and having dimensions of less than 2.7m girth, 2.0m in length and a volume less than 0.17 m3.
“Services” any carriage, transport, storage, packaging, warehousing, software or related services provided by the Company or its authorised third party provider or supplier, and which are specified in the Contract or otherwise agreed by the Company from time to time.
“Data Protection Legislation” shall mean the UK Data Protection Legislation and (for so long as and to the extent that the law of the European Union has legal effect in the UK) the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) and any other directly applicable European Union regulation relating to privacy.
“UK Data Protection Legislation” shall mean any data protection legislation from time to time in force in the UK including the Data Protection Act 1998 or 2018 or any successor legislation.
(b) Notwithstanding the definitions of “Parcel”, “Pallet” and “Freight Parcel” set out in clause 1(a) the specifications set out therein shall not exceed the specifications for equivalent items set out in the terms and conditions of the Agent utilised by the Company to carry or store consignments or goods on its behalf.
2. GENERAL
(a) The Company agrees, subject to the Customer’s observance at all times of these Conditions, to carry Consignments agreed to be carried in each instance by the Company and the Customer, or to store goods, or to provide other services as agreed upon in each instance by the Company and the Customer. It is acknowledged that each of the Services may be provided by the Company’s Agents.
(b) The Company may engage third party providers (each, a “Provider”) to provide the Services or the Company may provide its own services to fulfil the Contract. Any such Provider or the Company shall have the power to sub-contract the performance of the Services.
(c) Notwithstanding any specification or request from the Customer, or any agreement or commitment from the Company, the Company can not guarantee to engage or keep engaged any particular Provider and may at any time, without prior notice and at its complete discretion, substitute or replace any Provider with an alternative provider of Services. Any such substitution or replacement shall not constitute grounds for termination or amendment of the Contract by the Customer, or require payment of any damages or compensation to the Customer, or permit a reduction to, or reimbursement of any amounts paid or payable by the Customer for the Services. The termination clauses present in the Contract and these Conditions shall prevail in that order of precedence.
3. PARTIES AND SUB – CONTRACTING
(a) Where the Customer is not the owner of some or all of the goods stored or carried it warrants and represents that it is, and shall be deemed for all purposes to be, the Agent of each of the owner or owners, with full authority to deal with the goods on each such owner’s behalf and, in particular, to enter into the Contract.
(b) The Company may engage third party providers (each, a “Provider”) to provide the Services or the Company may provide its own services to fulfil the Contract. Any such Provider or the Company shall have the power to sub-contract the performance of the Services.
(c) Notwithstanding any specification or request from the Customer, or any agreement or commitment from the Company, the Company can not guarantee to engage or keep engaged any particular Provider and may at any time, without prior notice and at its complete discretion, substitute or replace any Provider with an alternative provider of Services. Any such substitution or replacement shall not constitute grounds for termination or amendment of the Contract by the Customer, or require payment of any damages or compensation to the Customer, or permit a reduction to, or reimbursement of any amounts paid or payable by the Customer for the Services. The termination clauses present in the Contract and these Conditions shall prevail in that order of precedence.
4. GOODS NOT ACCEPTED FOR CARRIAGE OR STORAGE
(a) The Company does not accept any of the following goods for carriage or storage unless a director of the Company has notified the Customer in writing that they are accepted, and therefore unless such notice has been given in writing no liability whatsoever, including losses arising from negligent acts of the Company, shall arise in respect of them to the Customer:
(i) Dangerous Goods;
(ii) firearms, works of art, jewellery, cash, glass, negotiable instruments (including cheques and any vouchers with face value), precious metals, antiques, furs or any other valuables, wines, spirits or living animals, fish, birds or any other living organism of any type, frozen or perishable food; and
(iii) any goods prohibited by the law or regulation of any government or public or local authority of any jurisdiction where the goods are carried.
(b) The Company reserves the right to reject any Consignment (or part thereof) if, in the Company’s sole opinion, such Consignment (or part thereof) is unsuitable for the selected carrier or service.
(c) The Company reserves the right to reject (or levy an additional charge in respect of) any Consignment which is presented to the Company as a Parcel, Freight Parcel or Pallet (as applicable) but which exceeds the specifications of a Parcel, Freight Parcel or Pallet (as applicable) set out in clause 1(a) (as modified by clause 1(b)).
5. CUSTOMER WARRANTY
(a) The Customer represents, warrants and agrees that all goods have been properly and sufficiently packaged and labelled and that the labelling shall include the full postcode for both the consignor and consignee.
(b) The Customer represents, warrants and agrees that all plant, power or labour, other than a driver of the Company’s Agent, is available for loading and unloading any Consignment at the collection or delivery point (as the case may be) specified by the Customer, and the Customer will be liable for and indemnify the Company for any loss, damage or liability arising from breach of this warranty in accordance with Clause 14 should it not be fulfilled.
(c) The Customer represents, warrants and agrees that, where a Consignment is to be delivered pursuant to a contract of sale under which the Customer is the seller, title to the Consignment will not pass away from the Customer (or if it is acting as Agent in accordance with Clause 3(a), the owner of the Consignment) until delivery.
6. CONSIGNMENT NOTES
The Company and / or its Agent shall, if so required, sign a document prepared by the Customer, acknowledging receipt of a Consignment but no such document shall be evidence of the condition or correctness of a declared nature, quantity or weight of that Consignment at the time it is received by the Company or its Agent.
7. TRANSIT AND UNCLAIMED GOODS AND UNDELIVERED GOODS
(a) Transit shall commence when the Consignment is handed to the Company or their Agent at the point of collection or at the Company’s or its Agent’s premises. The Company is entitled to convey goods by any means of conveyance and by any route whatsoever.
(b) Subject to Clause 7(c), transit shall (unless otherwise previously agreed in writing by a director of the Company) end when the Consignment is offered for delivery at the usual place of delivery at the consignee’s address within the customary delivery hours of the relevant service.
(c) When for any reason whatsoever a Consignment is held by the Company or its Agent as “Held for re-delivery” or “to be held until called for” or upon any like instructions and such instructions are not given, or the Consignment is not called for and removed within a reasonable time, then transit will be deemed to end. The Company or its Agent (as the case may be) shall store such Consignment subject to all goods being solely at the Customer’s risk and subject to disposal in accordance with Clause 16(b).
(d) Where, for any reason whatsoever, the Company or its Agent is unable to convey the Consignment to the address to which it is consigned, or to effect delivery at the said address:
(i) the Company shall use reasonable endeavours to communicate with the Customer and request a new address to which the Consignment can be delivered in the country in which the Consignment is lying; and
(ii) if the Company has been unable to communicate with the Customer despite using its reasonable endeavours to do so, and it is satisfied (in its sole discretion) that an appropriate amount of time has passed, the Company shall be at liberty to deal with the goods in accordance with Clause 16(b). Prior to any disposal or destruction in accordance with Clause 16 the goods shall be held solely at the risk of the Customer
8. PAYMENT AND PRICING
(a) The Company’s charges for carriage and other services as updated from time to time in accordance with clause 8(g) shall be payable by the Customer.
(b) Payment of the Company’s charges is due in full without any deduction or withholding no later than 7 days from the date of the Company’s invoice / statements or such other credit arrangements as may be expressly agreed to by a director of the Company under clause 8(c) below and the Customer shall not be entitled to assert any credit, set-off or counterclaim against the Company in order to justify withholding payment of any such amount in whole or in part. The Company may at any time, without limiting any other rights or remedies it may have, set off any amount owing to it by the Customer against any amount payable by the Company to the Customer. In the event of payment not being received by the Company within 7 days (or such other period agreed in accordance with this clause 8(b)), the Company reserves the right to charge interest on all outstanding amounts at the rate of 3% per year above the Barclay’s Bank base rate accruing daily.
(c) The Company may (but shall not be obliged to) offer such other credit arrangements to the Customer as may be agreed by the Company in writing and signed by a director of the Company. The Company may withdraw or vary such credit arrangements at any time if:
(i) the Company serves a notice of termination of the Contract;
(ii) the Customer ceases, or indicates expressly or implicitly its intention to cease, use of the Company’s services for delivery of goods;
(iii) there is (in the sole opinion of the Company) a material adverse change in the creditworthiness of the Customer;
(iv) the Customer fails to pay any amount which is due and payable;
(v) where the Customer pays by direct debit, it cancels the direct debit mandate; or
(vi) continuing to offer such credit arrangements would (in the sole opinion of the Company) otherwise have or be capable of having an adverse effect on the business of the Company.
(d) Notwithstanding the above provisions, if the Customer:
(i) fails to pay any charge or other amount due under these Conditions by its due date for payment;
(ii) stops or suspends payment of any of its debts;
(iii) is unable to, or admits its inability to, pay its debts as they fall due;
(iv) commences negotiations, or enters into any composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement, with one or more of its creditors because of actual or anticipated financial difficulties; or
(v) takes any action, proceeding, procedure or preparatory step in relation to suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (using a voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of the Customer,
then:
(i) on demand and without prejudice to any other right that the Company may have, all unpaid amounts invoiced by the Company to the Customer (including any accrued interest on such amounts) shall automatically become due and payable in full and without set-off or counter-claim, irrespective of any payment date that would otherwise apply, or any prior credit or payment arrangement agreed with the Customer;
(ii) the Company may exercise its rights under Clause 16(b); and
(iii) the Company may terminate the Contract and/or suspend any provision of Services to the Customer, whether under the Contract or otherwise.
(e) Except when the quotation states otherwise, in all quotations based on a weight rate, that weight shall be gross weight. When the volume of the goods exceeds 4 cubic metres per tonne, the Company will charge by volume in addition to weight for all Consignments consigned outside of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Company also reserves the right to charge by volume in addition to weight for all Consignments consigned within the UK and Republic of Ireland.
(f) A claim or counterclaim by the Customer shall not be made the reason for deferring or withholding payment or monies payable, or for refusing to reimburse liabilities incurred by the Company.
(g) The Company shall be entitled at any time and from time to time to increase the Company’s charges for carriage or other services by giving to the Customer not less than 7 days’ prior written notice. Such increases may for example be to accord with increases in relevant costs of the Company’s business such as, but not limited to, fuel, license fees, labour and suppliers charges.
(h) All amounts payable by the Customer are subject to value added tax at the then-current rate.
(i) In the event that the Company pays or agrees to pay to any third party any duty and/or taxes and/or levy in respect of any Customer’s goods:
(i) the Company shall do so on the sole basis that in doing so it is acting as the Customer’s fully authorised agent; and
(ii) whether or not delivery of the goods is made to the address to which they are consigned, immediately upon receipt of the Company’s duty invoice in respect of such duty and/or tax and/or levy the Customer shall settle such duty invoices in full;
(j) If the Customer fails to comply with sub-clause 8(i)(ii) above, the Company may deal with the goods in accordance with Clause 16(b).
(k) The Customer shall at all times remain liable for and shall indemnify the Company in full against, any direct, indirect, consequential, special or punitive loss, cost, damage, expense, claim or other liability (howsoever caused) (“Loss”) which is in any way attributable to a failure by the Customer to:
(i) ensure that any Consignment (and, to the extent relevant, each part thereof) is correctly labelled or specified at the point of despatch;
(ii) correctly enter, use or apply any data relating to Company products;
(iii) check any recommended settings relating to the creation of shipping or product labels; or
(iv) correctly or properly use any Company product provided to automate the creation of shipping labels by or on behalf of the Customer.
9. LIABILITY FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE
Subject to the provisions of Clauses 4, 10, 11 and 12, the Company shall be liable for any physical loss of, or physical damage to, goods during transit as defined in Clause 7 and storage other than storage under Clause 7(c) or 7(d), except to the extent that such loss or damage has arisen from or consists of:
(a) the Customer or consignee not taking or accepting delivery within a reasonable time;
(b) insufficient or improper packaging, labelling or addressing, including incorrect or missing postcode or weight information;
(c) damage or breakage of articles of, or the part of any articles that comprise of, china, glass, porcelain, earthenware or other similarly fragile materials;
(d) consignments containing any form of liquid;
(e) an act or omission of the Customer or owner of the goods or of the servants or agents of either;
(f) inherent liability to wastage in bulk or weight, latent defect or inherent defect, vice or natural deterioration of the goods, wear and tear, depreciation, moths, vermin or the effect of any process of cleaning, dyeing or restoring any article;
(g) an act of God;
(h) seizure under legal process;
(i) any event beyond the reasonable control of the Company including any consequence of war, invasion, act of foreign hostilities (whether war is declared or not), civil war, civil unrest, act of terrorism, rebellion, insurrection, military or usurped power or confiscation, requisition, destruction of or damage to property by or under the order of any government or public or local authority, riots, civil commotion, lockouts, traffic congestion, mechanical breakdown, general or partial stoppage or restraint of labour from whatever cause, pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial devices travelling at sonic or supersonic speeds, the direct or indirect effect of ionising radiations or contamination by radioactivity,
AND PROVIDED THAT:
(i) the Company shall not be under any liability of any kind for a Consignment or other goods: –
(A) where there has been fraud by the Customer or the owner of the goods or the servants or Agents of either; or
(B) for the avoidance of doubt, where the Consignment was not in transit (as defined in Clause 7) at the time of the loss; and
(ii) the Company shall not be under any liability for physical damage to a Consignment if the point at which transit commences under clause 7(a) is not controlled by any of the Customer, the Company or the Company’s Agent.
10. LIMITATION AND EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
A. Subject to Clauses 4, 9, 11 and 12 hereof, the Company’s maximum aggregate liability for the loss of or damage to any goods shall be limited to the lowest of:
(a) in respect of goods carried solely within the British Isles (such term to include Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and all islands off the coast of Great Britain, including the Channel Islands), regardless of the mode of transport:
(i) for any Consignment to be delivered using a service which is not a tracked service with a stated level of liability, nil;
(ii) for any Consignment to be delivered using a service which is a tracked service with a stated level of liability, £100 per Consignment or the level of liability accepted by the relevant carrier, if lower; and
(iii) for Pallets, £1.50 per kg of gross weight lost or damaged up to a maximum of £1,500 per Pallet, provided that if a Pallet’s weight is undeclared, or is wrongly declared, on the Consignment note, the maximum liability in respect of that Pallet is £150;
(b) in respect of all goods carried outside of the British Isles:
(i) if carriage is by road, the compensation payable under the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) May 1956 Geneva as amended by the Protocol of July 5th 1978 Geneva; or
(ii) if carriage is by air, up to £100 per Consignment, or, if applicable, the compensation payable under the Warsaw Convention of 1929 as amended by the Protocol signed in the Hague on September 28th 1955 (Warsaw Convention);
(c) the replacement cost of lost or damages goods; and
(d) the repair cost of the damaged goods,
PROVIDED IN EACH CASE THAT, whether such loss or damage was due to the fault or negligence of the Company or otherwise, the Company shall be entitled to require proof of value of goods lost or damaged.
B. Notwithstanding sub-clause (A) above the Company shall not, in any circumstances whatsoever (unless required under CMR or Warsaw Convention) and regardless of the legal theory of liability (including without limitation tort (including negligence), breach of contract and breach of statutory duty), be liable to the Customer for any loss of profit, loss of revenue, loss of sale, loss of opportunity, loss of contract, business interruption, loss of information, loss of goodwill or reputation (in each case whether direct or indirect), nor for any indirect or consequential loss arising under or in connection with the Contract or these Conditions.
C. Save as expressly provided in sub-clause (A) above and subject to sub-clause (B) above, the Company’s total liability to the Customer in respect of all losses arising under or in connection with the Contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, shall in no circumstances exceed the charges paid by the Customer to GFS for Services in the last 12 months.
11. CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION
(a) The Customer must notify the Company of any loss or damage giving rise to a claim within 14 days of the date of despatch of such loss or damage and confirm it by notice in writing within 28 days of the date of despatch otherwise than on a delivery receipt. If the Customer fails to do so, the Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage, save and except where the Customer proves that:
(i) it was not reasonably possible for the Customer to advise the Company or make such a claim in writing within the time limit applicable; and
(ii) such advice or claim was made within a reasonable time.
(b) In the event of a claim or damage, the Customer, the consignor or the consignee (as applicable) must ensure that the Consignment and its packaging is held for inspection at the delivery point.
(c) Where the Company is liable under these Conditions for repair costs of damaged goods, such repair costs will not include the cost of labour.
12. PROVISO IN RESPECT OF THE LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY
Notwithstanding provisions of the Contract and Clauses 9, 10 and 11 the liability of the Company shall in no circumstances exceed the liability of the Agent utilised by the Company to carry or store Consignments or goods on its behalf and any such liability will be subject to the limitations exclusions and procedures for claiming compensation set out in the terms and conditions of the Agent which the Customer acknowledges that it accepts and shall comply with.
13. TERMINATION
(a) Without limiting its other rights and remedies, the Company may terminate the Contract by giving the Customer 7 days’ written notice at any time and without incurring any liability to the Customer for the effects of such termination.
(b) The Company may additionally terminate the Contract with immediate effect if during the term of the Contract:
(i) the Customer approaches any third party provider or supplier used by the Company in performance of the Services with a view to procuring services similar to the Services directly from that carrier or supplier; or
(ii) the Customer continues to mis-declare Consignment weights or dimensions after receipt of one written warning from the Company
(c) The Company will deliver any Consignments which are still in transit at the point of termination, subject to any right it may have under these Conditions to exercise its power of sale under clause 16(b).
14. CUSTOMER’S INDEMNITY
(a) The Customer shall indemnify and keep the Company indemnified against all loss, damage, costs or expenses, howsoever arising, including the negligence of the Company, in respect of any damage or loss of every nature beyond the liability of the Company under these Conditions.
(b) The Customer shall indemnify and keep the Company indemnified against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses for death, personal injury or damage to property arising out of or in connection with goods not accepted for carriage or storage as referred to under Clause 4 being handled by the Company and/or the Provider in the provision of the Services whether expressly accepted or not for handling, carriage of, or provision of the Services by the Company.
(c) The Customer shall, in addition to its obligations under Clause 8, indemnify the Company against any duty, tax or levy not expressly agreed to be paid by the Company under the Contract.
(d) The Customer shall indemnify the Company against any liability arising under Sections 30(10) of the VAT Act 1994 (or any analogous provision in any other jurisdiction) or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof in respect of a failure to export zero rated goods or to comply with any conditions in relation to zero rated goods intended to be exported.
15. EXTENSION PROTECTION TO EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of Clauses 4, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 16 shall extend to protect and indemnify the employees and agents of the company and that such provisions have been entered into and shall be enforceable by the Company for itself and as trustee or Agent for such employees and Agents.
16. LIEN AND DISPOSAL OF GOODS
(a) The Company shall have a lien on all goods carried for the Customer for any amount due to the Company whether pursuant to the Contract or otherwise, and for the cost of recovering the same.
(b) If the amounts owing to the Company in respect of which it has a lien are not satisfied within a reasonable time of the commencement of transit (as defined in clause 7), or these Conditions otherwise permit it to do so, the Company shall be at full liberty to:
(i) sell the goods either privately or by auction and apply proceeds of any sale in or towards any monies owing to it and the expense of the sale and shall account to the Customer for the balance remaining if any; or
(ii) destroy the goods if any sale under sub-clause (i) is impractical in the opinion of the Company due to the value or saleability of the goods in question, or otherwise,
and such sale or destruction (as the case may be) shall be a full discharge of any liability of the Company in respect of the goods.
17. UNREASONABLE DETENTION
The Customer shall be liable to the Company for the costs incurred by the Company by reason of the Customer’s unreasonable detention of vehicles, containers, sheets, pallets and like equipment but the Company’s rights against any other person shall remain unaffected.
18. PERFORMANCE
The Company shall be relieved of its obligation to perform the Contract to the extent that the performance thereof is prevented or delayed by fire, severe weather conditions, industrial dispute, labour disturbance, delay by any government or public or local authority, including the customs of any country where the goods are carried and other causes beyond the reasonable control of the Company and for the avoidance of any doubt the Company’s charges shall be payable in full in such circumstances, without prejudice to the Company’s rights at common law to treat the Contract as frustrated.
19. DATA PROTECTION
19.1 Both parties will comply with all applicable requirements of the Data Protection Legislation. This clause 19 is in addition to, and does not relieve, remove or replace, a party’s obligations under the Data Protection Legislation. In this clause 19, Applicable Laws means (for so long as and to the extent that they apply to the Company) the law of the European Union, the law of any member state of the European Union and/or Domestic UK Law; and Domestic UK Law means the UK Data Protection Legislation and any other law that applies in the UK.
19.2 The parties acknowledge that for the purposes of the Data Protection Legislation, the Customer is the data controller and the Company is the data processor (where Data Controller and Data Processor have the meanings as defined in the Data Protection Legislation).
19.3 Without prejudice to the generality of clause 19.1, the Customer will ensure that it has all necessary appropriate consents and notices in place to enable lawful transfer of the Personal Data to the Company for the duration and purposes of this agreement.
19.4 Without prejudice to the generality of clause 19.1, the Company shall, in relation to any Personal Data processed in connection with the performance by the Company of its obligations under this agreement:
- process that Personal Data only on the written instructions of the Customer unless the Company is required by Applicable Laws to otherwise process that Personal Data.;
- ensure that it has in place appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect against unauthorised or unlawful processing of Personal Data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, Personal Data, appropriate to the harm that might result from the unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss, destruction or damage and the nature of the data to be protected, having regard to the state of technological development and the cost of implementing any measures (those measures may include, where appropriate, pseudonymising and encrypting Personal Data, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of its systems and services, ensuring that availability of and access to Personal Data can be restored in a timely manner after an incident, and regularly assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of the technical and organisational measures adopted by it);
- ensure that all personnel who have access to and/or process Personal Data are obliged to keep the Personal Data confidential; and
- not transfer any Personal Data outside of the European Economic Area unless the prior written consent of the Customer has been obtained and the following conditions are fulfilled:
- assist the Customer, at the Customer’s cost, in responding to any request from a Data Subject and in ensuring compliance with its obligations under the Data Protection Legislation with respect to security, breach notifications, impact assessments and consultations with supervisory authorities or regulators;
- at the written direction of the Customer, delete or return Personal Data and copies thereof to the Customer on termination of the agreement unless required by Applicable Law to store the Personal Data.
19.5 The Customer consents to the Company appointing a third-party processor of Personal Data under this agreement. The Company confirms that it has entered or (as the case may be) will enter with the third-party processor into a written agreement substantially on that third party’s standard terms of business.
20. SEVERABILITY
If any of these conditions or any part is held invalid for any purpose, it shall for that purpose be deemed to have been omitted but shall not prejudice the effectiveness of the rest of these conditions.
21. INTERPRETATION AND JURISDICTION
The contract and these conditions shall in all respects be subject to and construed in accordance with English law and the parties to the contract hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
