1. Definitions
1.1 ‘We’ or ‘us’ means Reddington Crane & Company Ltd.
1.2 ‘You’ means the Appointor.
2. This agreement is conditional upon receipt of the agreed fees set out in our invoice for this service and accordingly, our appointment shall not become effective until we have received payment of our fees in full.
3. We will accept on behalf of the Appointor service of process in respect of the documents listed in the Schedule in any proceedings in England. Such service shall be deemed completed by delivery on us.
4. We will notify you by email or fax of such service as soon as reasonably practicable and invite you to specify the mode of delivery for the service of all documents served by us. You will be responsible for the costs incurred in forwarding documents to you which must be paid in advance.
5. You are responsible for making sure that we have your up-to-date contact details.
6. Our appointment shall cease on the date set out in the appointment letter unless a further period has been agreed upon and our invoice for such further period has been paid.
7. You agree to pay any expenses incurred or to be incurred by us in connection with carrying out our obligations under this agreement. If you fail to pay our invoice for those expenses within 30 days, we shall be entitled to terminate this agreement by written notice without prejudice to any claims we may have for fees and expenses incurred under this agreement.
8. You will have no claim against us for any failure to perform our duties under this agreement unless such failure is due to our negligence or wilful default and you hereby agree to indemnify us against all liabilities, claims, costs, and expenses arising in any way out of our appointment unless such claim arises from our negligence or wilful default.
9. This agreement shall be construed under English Law and is the entire agreement between you and us. No provision in any document set out in the Schedule shall override any of these Terms and Conditions.
10. A non-refundable Initial Compliance Fee of £1000 is payable in addition to the scale of Fees below. A Compliance Review is conducted once a year, and the charge for this is £500 payable on the anniversary of the Contract.
11. Scale of fees per appointor for one agreement. If more than one agreement is involved in one process agency contract, please contact us for a quote.