Terms and Conditions for all Corporate Account Customers.
1.1The terms and conditions set out herein shall apply between Galleon Chauffeurs of London and the party whose name and address is set out in the Account Application Form (“the Customer”) and shall apply to the provision of any and all carriage undertaken by Galleon Chauffeurs of London for the Customer during the continuance of this Agreement and any and all other terms, warranties and/or conditions implied by statute and/or common law and hereby expressly excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
2.1The charges payable by the Customer for the Services shall be at the rate specified in Galleon Chauffeurs of London’s schedule of charges as in force.
3.1 Galleon Chauffeurs of London reserves the right to alter or vary these terms and conditions at its absolute discretion upon giving reasonable notice to the Customer and without prejudice to the generality or the aforesaid Galleon Chauffeurs of London reserves the right to change the Journey Charges. No representations made or variations in or additions to these terms and conditions or warranty given by any person acting or purporting to act on behalf of Galleon Chauffeurs of London shall have any force or effect whatsoever unless confirmed in writing by an authorised officer of Galleon Chauffeurs of London.
4.1 It is a condition of this agreement that invoices shall be paid in full within 2 days of issue thereof. Should any invoice not be paid within 2 days any outstanding invoices shall immediately become due and payable.
4.2Without prejudice to Galleon Chauffeurs of London’s rights hereunder all monies due to Galleon Chauffeurs of London in respect of provision of the Services which are not paid by the due date for payment shall bear interest on the balance of such monies due from time to time at the rate of 3% per month until payment is received by Galleon Chauffeurs of London in respect thereof.
4.3The Customer shall not be entitled for any reason to withhold payment of monies due to Galleon Chauffeurs of London and in particular shall not be entitled to do so in circumstances where the Customer is in dispute with Galleon Chauffeurs of London and/or claims money or compensation from Galleon Chauffeurs of London in respect of the Services.
5.1At any time of opening the Customers account with Galleon Chauffeurs of London, Galleon Chauffeurs of London may set a limit on the total amount which may be outstanding as unpaid on such account at any one time. Galleon Chauffeurs of London may in its discretion refuse to provide the Services in the event of this limit being exceeded.
6.1The customer will be issued with a security corporate account number which must be quoted on all bookings. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, Galleon Chauffeurs of London does not accept any responsibility whatsoever when security corporate account numbers are used by unauthorised personnel and/or for unauthorised purposes.
7.1Galleon Chauffeurs of London does not have insurance for goods or property (of whatsoever nature) in transit (in transit for other purposes of this clause being from the time the goods or property are collected by Galleon Chauffeurs of London up to and including delivery thereof), and the Customer is advised to effect such insurance as the Customer deems necessary for the carriage of goods and/or property by Galleon Chauffeurs of London.
8.1Galleon Chauffeurs of London shall not undertake the carriage or delivery of:-
8.1.1money or securities (whether cash, cheques, bankers drafts, bonds, share certificates or in any other form), antiques, precious metals, furs, or jewellery (in any form whatsoever) of whatever amount or value.
8.1.2any goods or property (of whatsoever nature) of an intrinsic value of more than £100
8.1.3any goods or property of a hazardous, dangerous, inflammable, explosive or noxious nature, or are illegal to possess under existing English Law, and/or
8.1.4any goods or property (of whatsoever nature) which may deteriorate in transit. UNLESS the Customer has prior to the commencement of the Service in respect of such goods or property expressly notified Galleon Chauffeurs of London as to the nature and value of the same and a Director of Galleon Chauffeurs of London has expressly agreed in writing that Galleon Chauffeurs of London shall carry and deliver the same on such terms and conditions as Galleon Chauffeurs of London may reasonably require AND in the event that Galleon Chauffeurs of London undertakes the Service in respect of such goods or property without first having expressly agreed to do so as aforesaid, Galleon Chauffeurs of London shall have no liability whatsoever for loss or damage to the same however arising.
8.2Galleon Chauffeurs of London shall be entitled to destroy or dispose of goods or property referred to in clauses 8.1.3 and 8.1.4 in such manner as Galleon Chauffeurs of London thinks fit if in Galleon Chauffeurs of London’s opinion it is proper to do so and Galleon Chauffeurs of London shall account to the Customer for money it receives (if any) on such destruction or disposal in excess of the costs incurred by Galleon Chauffeurs of London in so disposing of or destroying the goods or property.
8.3Without prejudice to the provisions of clause 8.1 Galleon Chauffeurs of London shall not in any event be liable directly or indirectly for:-
8.3.1consequential loss (whether for loss or profit or otherwise) and/or
8.3.2loss, damage and/or breakage to china, glass ceramics or other breakables whether arising from the acts, omissions or negligence of Galleon Chauffeurs of London and/or its employees and/or agents or arising otherwise howsoever.
8.4Without prejudice to the generality of clauses 8.1 and 8.3 in particular Galleon Chauffeurs of London shall not be liable for any loss and/or damage arising directly or indirectly from:-
8.4.1breakdown, accident, adverse weather conditions.
8.4.2any act or omission on the part of the Customer.
8.4.3any clause, act or circumstance beyond the control of Galleon Chauffeurs of London (including, without limitation, any strike, (official or not) lock-out or other form of industrial action or labour dispute, governmental regulations, legal restrictions, embargoes, fire, flood, Act of God, any consequence of riot, war, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities (whether war be declared or not) civil war, acts of terrorism, rebellion, military or usurped power, confiscation, requisition or destruction of or damage to property by or upon the order of or in the name of any Government or public local authority.)
8.4.4inadequate or inappropriate packaging of goods, or incorrect or inadequate labelling or instructions received from the customer and/or
8.4.5Galleon Chauffeurs of London being prevented or hindered from delivering the goods or property
8.5Without prejudice to the generality and effect of the foregoing provisions of this clause 8 the liability of Galleon Chauffeurs of London for each delivery or courier service undertaken by Galleon Chauffeurs of London howsoever arising and whether direct or indirect and including but not limited to liability arising from the acts, omissions or negligence of Galleon Chauffeurs of London and/or its employees and/or agents or arising otherwise howsoever shall in any event be limited to the lesser of:-
8.5.1£150 or
8.5.2the intrinsic value of the goods or property comprised in such delivery
8.6 The provision of clauses 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 10.1 apply to liability for loss or damage to goods or property and do not apply to liability for death or personal injury.
9.1Galleon Chauffeurs of London shall use reasonable endeavours to deliver the Customer and the Customer’s goods or property on time , however time for delivery shall not in any event be of the essence and Galleon Chauffeurs of London makes no warranty that the Customer or Customer’s goods or property shall be delivered within the Customers stipulated time period (if any) and/or within any time period stated by Galleon Chauffeurs of London unless expressly agreed in writing by a Director of a Company.
9.2In the event that Galleon Chauffeurs of London is unable for whatever reason to deliver the Customer or the Customer’s goods or property then Galleon Chauffeurs of London reserves the right to charge the Customer for any and all costs and expenses incurred in doing so and/or for any costs or storage of the goods or property.
10.1Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Agreement Galleon Chauffeurs of London shall not in any event be liable for any loss and/or damage howsoever arising including but not limited to liability arising from the acts, omissions or negligence of Galleon Chauffeurs of London and/or its employees and/or agents and arising otherwise howsoever unless the Customer has notified Galleon Chauffeurs of London (with reasonable particularity) as to the nature and extent of such loss or damage within 15 working days of the date upon which the same occurred.
11.1Without prejudice to Galleon Chauffeurs of London’s rights hereunder or arising otherwise howsoever, Galleon Chauffeurs of London reserves the right to exercise a lien over the Customer’s goods and/or property pending payment in full or outstanding invoices.
12.1This Agreement may be terminated by either party by one months notice in writing to the other.
12.2In the event of the Customer being in breach of any of the terms and/or conditions of this Agreement Galleon Chauffeurs of London shall have the right (without prejudice to any other rights it may have) to terminate this Agreement or suspend provision of the Services, or suspend the Customer’s account facility, forthwith and without notice.
13.1The parties here to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
14.1This Agreement contains all the terms agreed by the parties regarding the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior agreements, understandings or arrangements between them, whether oral or in writing, and no representation undertaking or promise shall be taken to have been given or be implied from anything said or written prior to this Agreement except as expressly set out in this Agreement.
15.1Any notice to be given by any party to the other under this Agreement shall be sufficiently served if left at, or sent by prepaid registered post or recorded delivery service or telefax or telex to the party to be served at. Its address as set out in this Agreement or such other address as it may notify for such purpose and shall be deemed to have been served when so left or sent by telefax or telex or in the case of posting 24 hours after the same was posted. In proving service by post it shall only be necessary to prove that the communication was contained in an envelope which was duly posted in accordance with this clause.
16.1No forbearance, indulgence or failure by Galleon Chauffeurs of London to enforce or to exercise, at any time or for any period of time, any term of or any right arising pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute, and shall not be construed as, a waiver of such term or right and shall in no way affect Galleon Chauffeurs of London’s right later to enforce or exercise it.
The price provided to the Customer at the time of booking is based on the journey specified (Original Journey) by the Customer at the time of booking and such price will also include a booking fee and VAT in the event that a Customer intends to pay by credit or debit card. Galleon Chauffeurs of London reserves the right to charge the Customer for any additional costs which may be incurred by Galleon Chauffeurs of London as a result of any variation or deviation from the Original Journey specified at the time of booking.
Such additional charges will be applied, based on Galleon Chauffeurs of London’s current charging scale which can be made available to the Customer on request, at the sole discretion of Galleon Chauffeurs of London, in the event of any variations or deviations from the Original Journey, which shall include, without limitation, the forms of variation or deviation set out below.
The Customer will be responsible for the conduct of all passenger(s) and shall pay for any loss and/or damage caused by the such passenger(s) to the vehicle or any other property of Galleon Chauffeurs of London, including but not limited to cleaning costs following any spillage or soiling of the vehicle.
If the booking is cancelled upon arrival of the vehicle to collect the Customer of any passenger(s) a cancellation fee will be payable by the Customer to Galleon Chauffeurs of London. Any cancellation fee is based on Galleon Chauffeurs of London?s current cancellation charge rate, which is available on request.
The Customer and any passenger(s) and any luggage or personal items shall be ready for collection at the time stipulated by the Customer when the booking is made. Galleon Chauffeurs of London will allow 5 minutes for waiting or loading, when picking up the Customer and passenger(s). In the event that all Customers have not boarded the vehicle within 5 minutes Galleon Chauffeurs of London reserves the right to charge the Customer for the total loading/waiting time (for the avoidance of doubt, including the first 5 minutes).
In relation to collections from airports Galleon Chauffeurs of London will allow 60 minutes waiting/loading (starting from the last estimated arrival time known). Thereafter Galleon Chauffeurs of London reserves the right to charge the Customer for the waiting/loading time after the 60 minutes. All car parking fees will also be chargeable to the Customer for collections from airports, seaports or international and domestic train terminals.
In the event that the Customer requires Galleon Chauffeurs of London during the course of the Original Journey to make any alternative pick up(s) or collection(s)of passenger(s) or goods from other locations during the course of the Original Journey or drop off any passenger(s) at other locations other than specified in the Original Journey or to take any variation for the Original Journey route specified at the time of booking, additional charges may be applied by Galleon Chauffeurs of London, at its then current charge rate, which is available on request.
In the event that the Customer requires more than 4 passengers to travel in a vehicle and has not specified this at the time of booking of the Original Journey additional charges may be levied by Galleon Chauffeurs of London, at its then standard charge rates, which are available on request for the provision of a larger vehicle or the carriage of additional passengers in excess of 4.
This list is a non-exhaustive list of the items which may be charged to the Customer in addition to the original price quoted at the time of the booking of the Original Journey. Galleon Chauffeurs of London reserves the right to levy additional charges for other items or variations not specified above which were not specified by the Customer at the time of booking.
