General

Governing law: The Contract and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject or formation 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 (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with the Contract or its subject or formation.

Indemnity:

  1. The Customer shall be wholly responsible for the Trade Waste Bins and the safety of all persons (including waste collection workers) entering the location where the Customer keeps, stores or sites the Trade Waste Bins. The Customer shall be liable and agrees to indemnify the Council against any such liability, losses and claims whatsoever for injury or death to persons or loss or damage to property arising there from, except where death or injury to a person or damage to property is caused by the negligence of the Council.
  2. The Customer shall indemnify the Council against all claims arising through any neglect, act or breach by the Customer in connection with the Contract.
  3. The Customer shall indemnify the Council against any damage its collection vehicle may cause to the road/drive, car park surface, or any other property not on the public highway, where the collection vehicle is required to enter to perform the Services including all apparatus or services located beneath the route taken by the collection vehicle subject to the Council's driver operating with normal care and attention.