Terms and Conditions
The following terms of sale and supply shall apply to each order for the supply of goods on behalf of Pallas Athene (Publishers) Ltd. Acceptance of customers’ orders shall be subject to these terms and conditions, may be altered only with the Company’s consent in writing and cannot be altered by Customer’s terms of purchase.
1. Definitions
In these conditions of supply: “Carrier”: means the agent or agents from time to time of the company for the carriage of goods. “Company” means Pallas Athene (Publishers) Ltd. “Customer” is a person contracting with the Company for the supply of Goods by the Company as agent for a Publisher under a contract for the purchase of the Goods. “Goods”: means books, printed sheets, printed cards, magazines, cassettes, magnetic tapes, computer tapes, records, video discs, selling aids and all other items which the Company offers for sale. “Publication Date”: is that date in respect of any of the Goods which is shown on the invoice or despatch documentation or which the Company otherwise indicates as the first day they may be sold to the general public.
2. Delivery
Goods ordered directly through our website will be delivered to the delivery address given and, if none is shown, to the person to whom the invoice is addressed/despatched. Any delivery dates are given as estimates only and in no circumstances shall the Company be liable for late delivery beyond such date. Subject to the book’s availability the company shall endeavour to deliver the goods within 14 days of receipt of order. Neither the Company nor the carrier is obliged to provide loading or unloading facilities on delivery. Goods ordered directly through the Company’s website will be despatched directly by the publisher.
The Company bears no responsibility for the delivery of goods ordered from other companies after following links on the Company’s website (such as from Amazon.com, Inc., or Hive Store Limited).
3. Copyright
Goods may be subject to copyright protection as stated thereon.
4. Returns
Goods should not be returned to the Company unless previously authorised in writing by the Company.
5. Prices
The Customer acknowledges that the Company may change prices without notice or after Goods are invoiced. Unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing invoiced prices will be subject to packing and delivery charges as shown on the checkout. VAT will not apply unless required by law. Any special request by the customer for Goods to be delivered by any means other than the Company’s normal arrangements shall be subject to an additional charge to cover the extra cost.
6. Payment
Payment is due to the Company before the despatch of goods
7. Property and Risk
(a) Title to any Goods supplied at any time to the Customer by the Company shall not pass to the Customer, not withstanding delivery of any Goods or any documents representing them, until payment in full for any and such Goods supplied and all other amounts on any account whatsoever due from the Customer to the Company has been made in full by the Customer.
(b) Until the passing of property under Clause 7(a) (above) the Customer shall be bailee of the Goods for the Company and:
(i) shall keep the Goods in its possession and control, intact and in good condition:
(ii) pending the passage of property in the Goods under Clause 7(a) (above), the Customer shall not dispose of, charge or incumber any of the Goods or purport to do so except that the Company licenses the Customer to dispose of Goods on arm’s length terms in the ordinary course of its business.
(c) The Company shall be entitled at any time before the passing of the property in the Goods under Clause 7(a) (above), to terminate the licence granted to the Customer under Clause 7(b)(11) (above) and to enter upon the Customer’s premises (or any other premises where the Goods are kept) for the purpose of removing them.
(d) The illegality or unenforceability of any part of Clause 8 shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remainder of Clause 8 and if any part of Clause 8 is held not to be valid but would be valid if part of the wording were deleted, or modified then that provision shall apply with such modification as may be necessary to make it enforceable.
(e) All Goods supplied by the Company are at the Customer’s risk from the time they are received at the Customer’s delivery address or, if the Customer is responsible for collecting the Goods, from the time they leave the Company’s premises, the Customer will be responsible for insuring the Goods while they are at its risk.
8. Products Ordered Through Other Websites
If you order our products from the website of another seller after viewing our website, we may earn a commission from that seller. These other sellers might include Amazon.com, Inc., Hive Store Ltd and Bookshop.org Ltd.
A proportion of the money for orders taken by Hive Store Ltd and Bookshop.org is directed towards supporting independent bookshops.
8. Liability
(a) The Company shall be liable for death or personal injury resulting from negligence of the Company its servants or agents (but not independent contractors) while acting in the course of their employment by the Company or for breach by the Company of any undertaking as to title implied by the supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.
(b) The Company does not make or give any warranty representation or undertaking as to the quality of the Goods, their correspondence with description or fitness for purpose, that the Goods are not defamatory, injurious, obscene, unlawful or in breach of copyright or in any other manner whatsoever.
(c) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this clause for any damage in or shortages in Goods delivered must be notified to the Carrier and the Company at the time of delivery and confirmed to the carrier and the Company in writing within 5 working days thereafter. Written notice of claims for non-delivery must be given to the Company within 14 days of the statement date. On no account will claims be considered if notified outside these periods.
(d) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this clause the Company shall not under any circumstances be liable to the Customer or any successor or assignee of the Customer in respect of any loss of whatsoever nature occurring to the Customer arising from the supply of Goods or from non-delivery, delayed delivery, damage to or loss of the Goods owing to an act or omission by the Company (including negligence) or any other cause not within the Company’s control including (without limitation) fire, flood, accident, strike, riot, lock-out, trade dispute, industrial action, terrorism, nuclear accident, war, insurrection, act or restraint of Government.
(e) The Company is not responsible for the content of external websites.
9. Overseas Customers
Goods supplied to overseas Customers are despatched by our designated carriers and the cost for said carriage is charged to the customer at the rates given at the checkout. Unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing the Customer shall be responsible for all duties, levies, imports, taxes or other liabilities arising on the exportation of the Goods from the United Kingdom and importation of the Goods overseas.
10. Law
All contracts under these Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and all dispute’s submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
These terms and conditions are governed by UK law and subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the UK courts.
Promoter: Pallas Athene (Publishers) Ltd
Registered Office Address: 2 Birch Close, London, N19 5XD
Tel: 07957 649304
Registered in England: 04093796; VAT Registration No: 774 2605 21