Terms and Conditions
of April 2, 2023
Effective from: Immediate
These terms and conditions together with any other terms and conditions referred to in these terms and conditions (“these Terms”) provide you with information about EGISLAW (“EGISLAW”, “we”, “us” or “our”) and the legal terms and conditions on which we sell the products listed on our website (“Website”, at https://egis-law.ch) and our books catalogues (“Products”) to you.
Except as stated in the previous paragraph, these Terms will apply to any contract between EGISLAW and you for the sale of Products through our Website, by telephone, by mail order, by fax or by email (“Contract”).
In addition, if you are ordering a digital subscription Product, please note that the use of that digital subscription Product is subject to:
(i) the subscription terms and conditions associated with that Product; and
(ii) the terms of use in relation to the applicable EGISLAW platform on which that Product is to be accessed if such Product is to be accessed on an EGISLAW platform.
Please read these Terms carefully and make sure that you understand them before ordering any Products.
We reserve the right to amend these Terms from time to time. We will exercise this right in accordance with clause 11.
- 1. INFORMATION ABOUT US
1.1 EGISLAW is a Swiss-based publishing house which operates the Website.
- 2. OUR PRODUCTS
2.1 The images of the Products are for illustrative purposes only. The Products you order may vary from those images.
2.2 The packaging of the Products may vary from that shown on images on our Website.
2.3 All Products shown on our Website are subject to availability. We will inform you in writing as soon as possible if the Product you have ordered is not available.
- 3. HOW TO ORDER
3.1 You can order our Products in a variety of ways, as indicated on our Website (Shop).
3.2 By placing an order, you warrant that you have the necessary authority to place such order and pay for the Product.
- 4. HOW THE CONTRACT IS FORMED
4.1 These Terms constitute the entire agreement between EGISLAW and you. You acknowledge that you have not relied on any statement, promise or representation made or given by or on behalf of EGISLAW which is not set out in these Terms.
As a general rule, Products are considered as ordered after you have paid the full price for the respective Product.
4.2 If you have ordered a Product through our Website, you will receive confirmation from us acknowledging that we have received your order. However, please note that this does not mean that your order has been accepted. Acceptance takes place when we inform you that your Product has been dispatched or in the case of a digital subscription Product, when we inform you that such digital subscription Product is ready to be accessed (“Dispatch Confirmation”). The Contract between you and EGISLAW will only be formed when we send you the Dispatch Confirmation.
4.3 If you order by email, we will send you an order acknowledgement by email. Our email will set out details of your order and inform you that your order is subject to these Terms. Where you have ordered a digital subscription Product, a Contract will come into force when you access that digital subscription Product. Where you have ordered a physical Product, a Contract comes into force when we send you our order acknowledgment.
4.4 If you order a Product which has not yet been published, we will send you an acknowledgement informing you of the approximate date when that Product shall be published. A Contract will be deemed to come into force when we send you the acknowledgment.
4.7 Where you have bought a Product which is a “service” (e.g. a digital subscription as opposed to a physical book), you acknowledge that EGISLAW has commenced the performance of the service and you agree to EGISLAW commencing the performance of such service upon EGISLAW providing you with the Dispatch Confirmation.
4.8 If we are unable to supply you with a Product (for example because that Product is not in stock or no longer available), we will notify you of this by email and we will not process your order. If you have already paid for the Product, we will refund you the full amount as soon as possible.
- 5. CANCELLATION OF CONTRACT AND REFUND
No cancellation or refund may apply to our Products, including digital subscription Products, unless you can prove a serious and permanent flaw affecting such Products.
- 6. DELIVERY, POSTAGE AND PACKAGING
The postal costs and fees for the countries to which we would deliver the Products ordered by you and the terms on which we would deliver those Products including all delivery charges are borne by you. Such delivery charges do not cover customs duties or charges, which (if any) shall be your responsibility.
- 7. PRICE OF PRODUCTS
7.1 The prices of the Products will be as set out on our Website from time to time. We use reasonable endeavors to ensure that the prices of Products are correct at the time when the relevant information was entered onto the system.
7.2 Unless otherwise mentioned, the featured price of a Product excludes any VAT or other Sales Tax which will be added at the appropriate rate where applicable. If the rate of tax changes between the date of your order and the date of delivery, we will adjust the VAT you pay, unless you have already paid for the Products in full before the change in tax takes effect. If you are resident in a country or state where EGISLAW is not registered then you will be responsible for any duty, tax or similar fees that are payable.
7.3 The price of a Product does not include delivery charges. See clause 6 for more information.
- 8. HOW TO PAY
8.1 You can pay for Products using a number of different means. For details, please see the Shop page on our Website.
8.2 Payment for the Products and all applicable delivery charges is made in advance.
- 9. EVENT OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL
9.1 We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under a Contract that is caused by an Event Outside Our Control (defined in clause 9.2).
9.2 An “Event Outside Our Control” means any act or event beyond our reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, non-performance of suppliers or subcontractors, lock-outs or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications networks or impossibility of the use of railways, shipping, aircraft, motor transport or other means of public or private transport.
9.3 If an Event Outside Our Control takes place that affects the performance of our obligations under a Contract, we will contact you as soon as reasonably possible to notify you; and our obligations under a Contract will be suspended and the time for performance of our obligations will be extended for the duration of the Event Outside Our Control. Where the Event Outside Our Control affects our delivery of Products to you, we will arrange a new delivery date with you after the Event Outside Our Control is over.
- 10. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US
10.1 For the purposes of these Terms, “in writing” includes email.
10.2 Unless expressly stated elsewhere in the Terms or on specific pages of the site, all notices must be given to the email address contact@Egis-Law.ch.
- 11. OUR RIGHT TO VARY THESE TERMS
11.1 We may revise these Terms from time to time at our discretion.
11.2 Every time you order Products from us, the Terms in force at that time will apply to the Contract between EGISLAW and you.
- 12. OTHER PROVISIONS
12.1 We may transfer our rights and obligations under a Contract to another organisation, but this will not affect your rights or our obligations under these Terms.
12.2 Each of the clauses of these Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining clauses will remain in full force and effect.
12.3 These Terms are governed by Swiss law. You and EGISLAW agree that, if a dispute cannot be resolved amicably, the courts of Switzerland will have non-exclusive jurisdiction.