The contract shall be governed by English Law.
All equipment remains the property of Lemonz Services LTD.
Hire charges are based on the period of the contract irrespective of whether or not the equipment is in use.
Hire commences when:
*Client collects and signs for equipment at Lemonz premises.
*Client’s agent collects and signs for equipment at Lemonz premises.
*Lemonz delivers equipment to a prearranged location – whether signed for or not.
*It is the client’s responsibility to ensure hired equipment is ready for collection at the agreed time and location.
*Lemonz requires the client to be present to ensure the correct handover of goods. Should this not be the case the client will be deemed to agree to our collection report and forfeit any claims of wrongful collection or alleged damage.
* If Lemonz is prevented in any way from collecting hired items within the time frame and at the location agreed, we reserve the right to charge for a second collection and to extend hire charges.
Hire ceases when:
*Client returns equipment to Lemonz premises.
*Client’s agent delivers equipment to Lemonz premises.
*Lemonz collects equipment from a prearranged location – whether signed for or not.
*Equipment is not deemed to be returned until it has been checked, inspected and declared in working order by an authorised member of the Company’s staff, and the Company’s
paperwork signed off to confirm the end of the hire.
Equipment hired will be entirely at the Customer’s risk during the hire period and the Customer will be responsible for any loss or damage thereto however arising.
The Customer undertakes responsibility for insuring equipment against ‘all-risks’ to full replacement value. Any loss or damage to the equipment is to be reimbursed to Lemonz by the Customer to the full replacement value thereof. In the event that the damaged/lost/stolen equipment is no longer in production, the cost of replacement for an equivalent model will be charged.
Equipment not working on site but tested working on return will not be refunded.
Equipment will be supplied to the Customer in full working order and Lemonz’s liability for any defect, or failure of the equipment hired is limited to the rectification of any defect or failure arising from normal usage. Lemonz’s liability shall not extend to consequential losses incurred by the customer as a result of malfunction of Lemonz’s equipment. No liability will be extended by the Company for defects or failures deemed to be caused by user error, wilful damage, or neglect caused or allowed by the Customer. This clause will not affect the customer’s statutory rights.
The Customer will be responsible for ensuring that any relevant regulations, rules or statutory provisions governing, or relating to, the use of the hired equipment are complied with during the period of the hire and Lemonz in no way assumes liability for the consequences of any non-compliance with any such regulations, rules or statutory provisions.
Equipment will be supplied to the Customer in full working order and Lemonz’s liability for any defect, or failure of the equipment hired is limited to the rectification of any defect or failure arising from normal usage. Lemonz’s liability shall not extend to consequential losses incurred by the customer as a result of malfunction of Lemonz’s equipment. No liability will be extended by the Company for defects or failures deemed to be caused by user error, wilful damage, or neglect caused or allowed by the Customer. This clause will not affect the customer’s statutory rights.
No equipment hired from the Company may be taken outside Mainland Britain, either to any offshore island or to any foreign country without the prior written consent of the Company.
It is an express condition of the hire that the Customer shall not offer for hire to any third party or parties any equipment which is the property of the Company, without the prior written consent of the Company.
If agreed charges are not paid on the due date then the Company will reserve the right to repossess the hired items and will not be liable for any damage or loss which may be suffered by the Customer because of any such repossession.
Throughout the period of hire, the Company reserves the right to repossess the equipment if any of the clauses in this contract are deemed to have been broken. The Customer must provide the Company unrestricted access to all the equipment within 24 hours of the Company notifying the Customer.
In the event of any equipment ordered not being available for hire through circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company reserves the right to substitute equipment of similar quality for all or part of the duration of hire.
No information or data contained in any of Lemonz’s catalogues or price lists shall be deemed to constitute any part of a contract of hire, such information being for the purpose of general description and guide only.
Before issuing any equipment of hire, Lemonz may require a deposit from the Customer which may be any sum up to the full replacement cost of the equipment hired. Similarly, Lemonz may, at its discretion, require full payment of the hire charge in advance.
If further charges arise during the period of hire, for example if the hire period is extended, the Lemonz may at its discretion require immediate payment of these charges by cleared funds.
Lemonz reserves the right to refuse an extension to the period of hire once agreed.
In the case of late payment by the Customer, Lemonz reserves the right to cancel all discounts.
Cancellation: Lemonz reserves the right to charge a cancellation fee if the Customer cancels a hire, production or sale. We reserve the right to charge cancellation fee up to 50% of the total fee after confirmation and up to 100% when cancellation occurs 7 calendar days or less prior to the beginning of the hire, production or sale.