 | Terms & ConditionsLab World is an online retailer of laboratory supplies and scientific equipment exclusively to businesses and non-domestic/non-consumer entities. All transactions are governed by business-to-business (B2B) terms only. Consumer rights legislation (such as the Consumer Contracts Regulations) does not apply. If you are attempting to purchase products or equipment from us as a consumer, please do not. We politely ask that you immediately navigate away from the website. This website is owned and operated by Westminster Scientific Limited of Unit 6 Union Court, 20-22 Union Road, London, United Kingdom, SW4 6JP. Lab World is a trading division of Westminster Scientific Limited. Westminster Scientific Limited is a company registered in England, Company Number 9065146. The registered offices of Westminster Scientific Limited are Unit 6 Union Court, 20-22 Union Road, London, United Kingdom, SW4 6JP Westminster Scientific Limited trading as Lab World has a VAT registration number of 189751746. Westminster Scientific Limited trading as Lab World's trading address is: Lab World, Lab World can be contacted using the following methods: Telephone: 020 7501 1105 DefinitionsBuyer: the person who buys or agrees to buy the goods from the Seller. Conditions: the terms and conditions of sale as set out in this document and any special terms and conditions agreed in writing by the Seller. Goods: the articles which the Buyer agrees to buy from the Seller. Price the price for the Goods, excluding VAT and any carriage, packaging and insurance costs. Seller means Westminster Scientific Ltd trading as Lab World of Unit 6 Union Court, 20-22 Union Road, London, United Kingdom, SW4 6JP. Force Majeure Event has the meaning set out in clause 11. The Buyer’s attention is particularly drawn to Clause 12. ConditionsThese Conditions shall form the basis of the contract between the Seller and the Buyer in relation to the sale of Goods, to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions including the Buyer’s standard conditions of purchase or any other conditions which the Buyer may purport to apply under any purchase order or confirmation of order or any other document. All orders for Goods shall be deemed to be an offer by the Buyer to purchase Goods from the Seller pursuant to these Conditions. We must receive payment of the whole of the price for the goods that you order before your order can be accepted. Payment of the price for the goods represents an offer on your part to purchase the goods, which will be accepted by us only when the goods are dispatched. Only at this point is a legally binding contract created between us. Acceptance of delivery of the Goods shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the Buyer’s acceptance of these Conditions. These Conditions may not be varied except by the written agreement of a Director of Westminster Scientific Limited (the Seller). These Conditions represent the whole of the agreement between the Seller and the Buyer. They supersede any other conditions previously issued. PriceThe Price shall be the product purchase price quoted on the website at the time of purchase. The Price is quoted exclusive of VAT which shall be due at the rate in force on the date of the Seller’s invoice. Payment and InterestPayment of the Price and VAT shall be due immediately, and debited immediately from the Buyer's account relating to the debit or credit card details provided during the ordering process. Interest on overdue invoices shall accrue from the date when payment becomes due calculated on a daily basis until the date of payment at the rate of 8% per annum above the Bank of England base rate from time to time in force. Such interest shall accrue after as well as before any judgment. The Buyer shall pay all accounts in full and not exercise any rights of set-off or counter-claim against invoices submitted by the Seller. GoodsThe quantity and description of the Goods shall be as set out in the Seller’s confirmation of order. The Seller reserves the right to amend or change the specification of the Goods if required by any applicable statutory or regulatory requirements. WarrantiesThe Seller warrants that the Goods will at the time of delivery correspond to the description given by the Seller in the confirmation of order, and will:
Delivery of the GoodsDelivery of the Goods shall be made to the Buyer’s address. The Buyer shall make all arrangements necessary to take delivery of the Goods on the day notified by the Seller for delivery or any other day when delivery can reasonably be expected. The Seller undertakes to use its reasonable endeavours to despatch the Goods on an agreed delivery date, but does not guarantee to do so. Time of delivery shall not be of the essence of the contract. The Seller shall not be liable to the Buyer for any loss or damage whether arising directly or indirectly from the late delivery or short delivery of the Goods. If short delivery does take place, the Buyer undertakes not to reject the Goods but to accept the Goods delivered as part performance of the contract. If the Buyer fails to take delivery of the Goods on the agreed delivery date or, if no specific delivery date has been agreed, when the Goods are ready for despatch, the Seller shall be entitled to store and insure the Goods and to charge the Buyer the reasonable costs of so doing. Acceptance of the GoodsThe Buyer shall be deemed to have accepted the Goods 48 hours after delivery to the Buyer. The Buyer shall carry out a thorough inspection of the Goods within 48 hours of delivery and shall give written notification to the Seller after discovering that some or all of the goods do not comply with the Warranty above, the Buyer must return the Goods to the Seller at the Buyer's cost and the Seller shall, at its option, repair or replace any Goods that are defective, or refund the price of such defective Goods. Where the Buyer has accepted, or has been deemed to have accepted, the Goods the Buyer shall not be entitled to reject Goods which are not in accordance with the contract. Title and riskRisk shall pass on delivery of the Goods to the Buyer’s address. Notwithstanding the earlier passing of risk, title in the Goods shall remain with the Seller and shall not pass to the Buyer until the amount due under the invoice for them (including interest and costs) has been paid in full. Until title passes the Buyer shall hold the Goods as bailee for the Seller and shall store or mark them so that they can at all times be identified as the property of the Seller. The Seller may at any time before title passes and without any liability to the Buyer:
The Seller may maintain an action for the price of any Goods notwithstanding that title in them has not passed to the Buyer. Carriage of GoodsCarriage will be chargeable on all sales under £50 exclusive of VAT. This will be at the rate of £6.95 exclusive of VAT. Force MajeureFor the purposes of this Contract, Force Majeure Event means an event beyond the reasonable control of the Seller including but not limited to strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving the workforce of the Seller or any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, terrorism, riot, civil commotion, interference by civil of military authorities, national or international calamity, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm, earthquake, epidemic or similar events, or default of suppliers or subcontractors. The Seller shall not be liable to the Buyer as a result of any delay or failure to perform its obligations under this Contract as a result of a Force Majeure Event. If the Force Majeure Event prevents the Seller from providing any of the Goods for more than 4 weeks, the Seller shall, without limiting its other rights or remedies, have the right to terminate this Contract immediately by giving written notice to the Buyer. Limitation of Liability: THE BUYER’S ATTENTION IS PARTICULARLY DRAWN TO THIS CLAUSENothing in these Conditions shall limit or exclude the Seller's liability for:
Subject to the above clause:
After the Warranty Period, the terms implied by sections 13 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract. This clause (LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: THE BUYER’S ATTENTION IS PARTICULARLY DRAWN TO THIS CLAUSE) shall survive termination of the Contract. GeneralNotices Any notice or other communication given to a party under or in connection with this Contract shall be in writing, addressed to that party at its registered office (if it is a company) or its principal place of business (in any other case) or such other address as that party may have specified to the other party in writing in accordance with this clause, and shall be delivered personally or sent by prepaid first-class post or other next working day delivery service, or by commercial courier, or e-mail. The provisions of this clause shall not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action. Waiver A waiver of any right under the Contract or law is only effective if it is in writing and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach or default. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right or remedy under the Contract or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor prevent or restrict its further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
Third parties. A person who is not a party to the Contract shall not have any rights to enforce its terms. This Contract contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter of this Contract and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between the parties, whether written or oral. Variation Except as set out in these Conditions, no variation of the Contract, including the introduction of any additional terms and conditions shall be effective unless it is agreed in writing and signed by the Seller. Governing law This agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. Jurisdiction Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Contract or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims). Acknowledgement of your orderTo enable us to process your order, you will need to provide us with your e-mail address. We will notify you by e-mail as soon as possible to confirm receipt of your order and to confirm details. For the avoidance of doubt, this correspondence does not constitute a contract between us. Ownership of rightsAll rights, including copyright, in this website are owned by or licensed to Westminster Scientific Ltd. Any use of this website or its contents, including copying or storing it or them in whole or part, other than for your own personal, non-commercial use, is prohibited without our permission. You may not modify, distribute or repost anything on this website for any purpose. Accuracy of contentWe have taken care in the preparation of the content of this website, in particular to ensure that prices quoted are correct at the time of publishing and that all goods have been described accurately. However, orders will only be processed if there are no material errors in the description of the goods or their prices as advertised on this website. Any weights, dimensions and capacities provided regarding the goods are approximate only. Images displayed on our website are, as far as possible, a fair and accurate representation of the products that we retail. Please note that the precise colour of or pattern on a product that we supply may differ slightly from that displayed on our website. This may be due to factors that include manufacturing variations and/or the image colour settings of the device you are viewing the website on. Damage to your computerWe try to ensure that this website is free from viruses or defects. However, we cannot guarantee that your use of this website or any websites accessible through it will not cause damage to your computer. It is your responsibility to ensure that the right equipment is available to use the website. Except in the case of negligence on our part, we will not be liable to any person for any loss or damage which may arise to computer equipment as a result of using this website. AvailabilityAll orders are subject to acceptance and availability. If the goods you have ordered are not available from stock, we will contact you by e-mail or phone (if you have given us details). You will have the option either to wait until the item is available from stock or to cancel your order. Ordering ErrorsYou are able to correct errors on your order up to the point on which you click on “submit” during the ordering process. PricingWhere it is not possible to accept your order to buy goods of the specification and description at the price indicated, we will advise you by email, and offer to sell you the goods of the specification and description at the price stated in the email and will state in the email the period for which the offer or the price remains valid. Payment TermsWe will take payment upon receipt of your order from your credit or debit card. We accept no liability if a delivery is delayed because you did not give us the correct payment details. If it is not possible to obtain full payment for the goods from you, then we can refuse to process your order and/or suspend any further deliveries to you. This does not affect any other rights we may have. DeliveryOur delivery charges are set out in our delivery pages and are specified on the basket page of our website when placing an order. If your order value falls beneath our free delivery threshold, you will be required to pay extra for delivery. It might not be possible for us to deliver to some locations. We will deliver the goods to the address you specify for delivery in your order. It is important that this address is accurate. We cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage to the goods once they have been delivered in accordance with your delivery instructions (unless this is caused by our negligence). We will aim to deliver the goods by the date quoted for delivery but delivery times are not guaranteed and therefore time is not of the essence. In any event, we will aim to deliver your goods within 30 days from the day after the day we received your order. If delivery is delayed beyond this time, we will contact you and either agree a mutually acceptable alternative date, or offer you a full refund. You will become the owner of the goods you have ordered when they have been delivered to you. Once goods have been delivered to you they will be held at your own risk and we will not be liable for their loss or destruction. Risk and ownershipRisk of damage to or loss of the goods passes to you at the time of delivery to you. If you choose to use your own courier then the risk passes to you as soon as the goods are handed to your courier. You will only own the goods once they have been successfully delivered and paid for. Cancellation rightsYou cannot cancel your contract if the goods you have ordered are bespoke (i.e. made to order), newspapers or magazines or if you have taken any audio or video recording or computer software out of the sealed package in which it was delivered to you. The return of a product is at the discretion of Lab World, and may incur a restocking, administration, processing and decontamination fee. A returns authorisation number must be obtained from a member of the Lab World Customer Care Team prior to returning a product. Faulty Product RecoveryWhere you have received a product that is faulty upon arrival or subsequently develops a fault, we require the product back prior to us processing any repair, replacement or refund that you may be eligible for (the outcome being dependent upon our policies). If you have received a product that is faulty or develops a fault, and in the unusual event that we replace that product by sending you a direct or similar replacement product prior to the return of the faulty product(s), we require the original faulty product(s) to be returned to us. We will collect the product(s) from you, free of charge. Where we are unable to recover the product from you within 30 days of being made aware of the fault (for instance where our courier has attempted to collect the item from your address, but you were not in) we will invoice you for the full price of the product that we have been unable to recover. The price we will invoice you is the price you paid for the product originally, or the current retail price of the product on our website, whichever is greater. No reduction in price will be made to the invoice to take into consideration any fault – as we are unable to verify the fault, our assumption is that the product is not faulty. As you are in possession of product(s) that you have not paid for, the business will invoice you for those goods and you accept and acknowledge the business’s right to recover this amount. Lost In Transit – Replacement ProductsIf you have not received a product that has been sent to the delivery address that you entered into our system at the point of order, and we have accepted that the item has been lost in transit, we will resend the item to the stated delivery address (or a different delivery address if provided by you and approved by us). If subsequently, the product that had been lost in transit is delivered to you, you have a legal obligation to inform us of that delivery. We will then collect this product from you, free of charge. Where we are unable to recover the product from you within 30 days of being made aware of the delivery (for instance where our courier has attempted to collect the item from your address, but you were not in) we will invoice you for the full price of the product that we have been unable to recover. The price we will invoice you is the price you paid for the product originally, or the current retail price of the product on our website, whichever is greater. No reduction in price will be made to the invoice to take into consideration any fault, packaging problem, damage etc. As you are in possession of product(s) that you have not paid for, the business will invoice you for those goods and you accept and acknowledge the business’s right to recover this amount. In the event that your item is sent via a Royal Mail service, it is possible that it may take up to 14 days for your shipment to be delivered. Royal Mail do not class an item as lost until 14 days have elapsed and the item may still be delivered within this timeframe. We are therefore unable to re-dispatch or refund your order until the 14 days has passed. Cancellation by usWe reserve the right not to process your order if:
If we do not process your order for the above reasons, we will notify you by e-mail and will re-credit to your account any sum deducted by us from your credit/debit card as soon as possible, but in any event within 14 days. Further Liability PointsYou must observe and comply with all applicable regulations and legislation, including obtaining all necessary customs, import or other permits to purchase goods from our site. The importation or exportation of certain of our goods to you may be prohibited by certain national laws. We make no representation and accept no liability in respect of the export or import of the goods you purchase. NoticesUnless otherwise expressly stated in these terms and conditions, all notices from you to us must be in writing and sent to our contact address at Lab World, Unit 6, Union Court, London, SW4 6JP and all notices from us to you will be displayed on our website from time to time. Changes to legal noticesWe reserve the right to change these terms and conditions from time to time and you should look through them as often as possible. Law, jurisdiction and languageThis website, any content contained therein and any contract brought into being as a result of usage of this website are governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Parties to any such contract agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. All contracts are concluded in English. InvalidityIf any part of these terms and conditions is unenforceable (including any provision in which we exclude our liability to you) the enforceability of any other part of these conditions will not be affected. PrivacyYou acknowledge and agree to be bound by the terms of our privacy policy. Third party rightsNothing in this Agreement is intended to, nor shall it confer any rights on a third party. Privacy StatementWe, Westminster Scientific Ltd, are committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of anyone using our site and the confidentiality of any information that you provide us with. The purpose of this statement is to set out how we use any personal information that we may obtain from you. Data Protection Act 2018 (‘the Act’)We are registered under the Data Protection Act and comply with the Act in all our dealings with your personal data. Use and collection of personal informationIn general you can visit our website without telling us who you are and without revealing any information about yourself. If, however, you use our site you will need to register and you will be asked to provide certain information such as your contact details. We will store this data and hold it on computer or otherwise. We may use information that you provide:
If you do not want us to use data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data. We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
CookiesWe collect information directly from you in a number of ways. One way is through our use of ‘cookies’. Most websites use cookies in order to make them work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. They help us to understand how our customers and potential customers use our website so we can develop and improve the design, layout, content and function of the site. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer’s hard drive by websites that you visit. They save and retrieve pieces of information about your visit to the website – for example, how you entered the site, how you navigated through the site and what information and documentation was of interest to you. This means that when you go back to a website, it can give you tailored options based on the information it has stored about you on your last visit. Some of our cookies are used to simply collect information about how visitors use our website and these types of cookies collect the information in an anonymous form. Where there is a login process relating to buying products or services from us we also use cookies to store personal registration information so that you do not have to provide it to us again on subsequent visits. The rules about cookies on websites have recently changed. If you are uncomfortable with the use of cookies, you can disable cookies on your computer by changing the settings in the preferences or options menu in your browser. You can set your browser to reject or block cookies or to tell you when a website tries to put a cookie on your computer. You can also delete any cookies that are already stored on your computer’s hard drive. However, please be aware that if you do delete and block all cookies from our website, parts of the site will not then work. This is because some of the cookies we use are essential for parts of our website to operate. Likewise, you may not be able to use some products and services on other websites without cookies. To find out more about cookies, including seeing what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. If you do not wish to accept cookies from our website, please leave this site immediately and then delete and block all cookies from this site. Alternatively, you may opt out of receiving information from us by e-mail, telephone, or post. Our phone number is 020 7931 8766, or you can e-mail us on helpdesk@labworld.co.uk. SecurityWe endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information. However, we cannot guarantee the security of any data that you disclose online and we will not be responsible for any breach of security unless this is due to our negligence or wilful default. Your rightsYou have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will aim to inform you before collecting your data if we intend to use your data for such purposes or we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purpose. You can exercise your right to prevent this happening by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. GeneralYou have the right to see personal data (as defined under the Data Protection Act) that we keep about you upon receipt of a written request and payment of a fee of £10. Any request should be sent to: Admin Manager |
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