TERMS OF USE

Website Terms of Use

PLEASE READ THESE WEBSITE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE

BY USING THE SERVICES YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE AN ORDER ON OUR SITE. THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAIN A BINDING ARBITRAION CLAUSE, A CLASS ACTION WAIVER AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER CLAUSE THAT IMPACT YOUR RIGHTS IN RESPECT OF HOW TO RESOLVE DISPUTES. UNLESS YOU OPT OUT OF THE AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE WITHIN 30 DAYS: (1) YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO PURSUE DISPUTES OR CLAIMS AND SEEK RELIEF AGAINST US ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMEBR IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS WIDE ARBITRATION; AND (2) YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR RIGHT TO PURSUE DISPUTES OR CLAIMS AND SEEK RELIEF IN A COURT OF LAW AND TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL.

  1. What's in these terms?

These terms tell you the rules for using our website https://castore.com/ (“our Site”).

  1. Who we are and how to contact us

https://castore.com/ is a site operated by J.Carter Sporting Club Ltd, [trading as Castore Sportswear].  J. Carter Sporting Club Ltd is a limited company registered in England with company number 09670915, and VAT number GB 220 5568 30 (referred to as "Castore", "we", "us" or "our"). Our registered office at 1 Central Street, Manchester, M2 5WR.  Our VAT number is GB 220 5568 30.

To contact us, please click here.  

  1. By using our Site you accept these terms

By using our Site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them.

If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our Site.

We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.

  1. There are other terms that may apply to you

These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our Site:

If you purchase goods from our Site, our Terms of Service will apply to the sales.

  1. We may make changes to these terms

We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our Site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. These terms were most recently updated on 14/10/2021.

  1. We may make changes to our Site

We may update and change our Site from time to time to reflect changes to our services, our users' needs and our business priorities.

  1. We may suspend or withdraw our Site

Our Site is made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that our Site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our Site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

  1. We may transfer this agreement to someone else

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.

  1. You must keep your account details safe

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.

We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.

If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us please click here.

  1. How you may use material on our Site

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Site, and in the material published on it.  Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our Site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our Site.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our Site must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the content on our Site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy or download any part of our Site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our Site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

  1. Do not rely on information on this site

The content on our Site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our Site.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our Site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our Site is accurate, complete or up to date.

  1. We are not responsible for websites we link to

Where our Site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third-parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them.

We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.

  1. User-generated content is not approved by us

This website may include information and materials uploaded by other users of our Site, including to bulletin boards and chat rooms. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our Site do not represent our views or values.

  1. How to complain about content uploaded by other users

If you wish to complain about content uploaded by other users, please click here.

  1. Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you
  1. How we may use your personal information

We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.

  1. Uploading content to our Site

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to our Site, or to make contact with other users of our Site, you must comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.

You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.

Any content you upload to our Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us and other users of our Site a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties. The rights you license to us are described in Rights you are giving us to use material you upload.

We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our Site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.

We have the right to remove any posting you make on our Site if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.

You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content.

We do not store terrorist content.

  1. Rights you are giving us to use material you upload

When you upload or post content to our Site, you grant us the following rights to use that content:

 

  1. We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them

We do not guarantee that our Site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our Site. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our Site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Site, the server on which our Site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our Site. You must not attack our Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our Site will cease immediately.

  1. Rules about linking to our Site

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link to our Site in any website that is not owned by you.

Our Site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our Site other than the home page.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.

If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our Site other than that set out above, please click here.

  1. Which country's laws apply to any disputes?

SECTION A: DISPUTE RESOLUTION, BINDING ARBITRATION, AND CLASS

A.1. Arbitration Agreement

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. EXCEPT AS THE TERMS & CONDITIONS OTHERWISE PROVIDE, YOU AGREE TO WAIVE YOUR RIGHTS TO TRY ANY CLAIM IN COURT BEFORE A JUDGE OR JURY AND TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE ACTION.

A.2. Agreement to Binding Arbitration

FOR RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CONTRACTS FOR PRODUCTS SHIPPED TO THE UNITED STATES, YOU AND CASTORE AGREE THAT IN THE EVENT OF ANY CLAIM OR DISPUTE (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE, OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO, OR CONNECTED IN ANY WAY WITH THE BREACH, ENFORCEMENT, INTERPRETATION, APPLICATION, OR VALIDITY OF THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS, SUCH CLAIM, DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY WILL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY AND SOLELY BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS (THE “ARBITRATION AGREEMENT“).

A.3. Exceptions to Arbitration

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in lieu of arbitration: (1) either you or Castore can automatically bring an individual claim in small claims court in the United States of America, consistent with any applicable jurisdictional and monetary limits that may apply, provided that it is brought and maintained as an individual claim. Decisions regarding this Section shall solely be decided by a court and not by an arbitrator or via arbitration.

A.4. Jury Trial & Class Action Waiver

YOU AND CASTORE ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY. THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT ANY ARBITRATION SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES AND NOT AS A CLASS ACTION, MASS ACTION OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, AND THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO FILE A CLASS ACTION OR SEEK RELIEF ON A CLASS BASIS SAVE AS FOR EXCEPT SPECIFIED IN THE PARAGRAPH ENTITLED BATCH ARBITRATION BELOW. YOU AND CASTORE MAY NOT BE PLAINTIFFS OR CLASS MEMBERS IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, AND MAY EACH BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. THE ARBITRATOR MAY AWARD DECLARATORY OR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RELIEF WARRANTED BY THE INDIVIDUAL CLAIM. To the extent permissible by law there shall be no right or authority for any dispute to be arbitrated as a representative action or as a private attorney general action, including but not limited to claims brought pursuant to the Private Attorney General Act of 2004, Cal. Lab. Code § 2698, et seq. This means that you may not seek relief on behalf of any other parties in arbitration. Further information on the Class Action Waiver to be found at paragraph A.12.

 

Notwithstanding the above if any arbitrator determines that any term in paragraph A.4 is unenforceable for any reason as to any claim, including without limitation for a “private attorney general action,” then the Arbitration Agreement will be inapplicable to that claim and that claim will instead proceed through litigation in court rather than by arbitration, but only after the conclusion of the arbitration of any claim or dispute that is subject to the Arbitration Agreement.

A.5. Governing Law & Arbitration Rules

The Arbitration Agreement evidences a transaction in interstate commerce and thus the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. (“FAA“), will govern the interpretation and enforcement of this section A. If the FAA is found not to apply to any issue that arises under this section or the enforcement of the Arbitration Agreement, then that issue shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Delaware.

The arbitration will be conducted under the then current and applicable consumer arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA“). The AAA rules are available online at www.adr.org or by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879.

A.6. Informal Dispute Resolution

You and Castore agree to try and resolve any dispute informally before resorting to arbitration. You and Castore therefore agree that before either party commences arbitration against the other (or initiates an action in small claims court if a party so elects), we will personally meet and confer either via telephone or video call in a good faith effort to resolve informally any dispute covered by this Arbitration Agreement (“Informal Dispute Resolution Conference”). If you are represented by counsel, your counsel may participate in the conference but you will also participate in the conference. The Party initiating the dispute must give notice to the other party in writing of its intent to initiate an Informal Dispute Resolution Conference (“Notice”) which shall occur within 45 days after the other party receives such Notice, unless an extension is mutually agreed upon by the parties. Notice to Castore that you intend to initiate an Informal Dispute Resolution Conference should be sent via email to legal@Castore.com or regular mail to 1 Central Street, Manchester M2 5WR, United Kingdom. Notice to you will be sent to the address or email address associated with your account. The Notice must include (1) your name, telephone number, mailing address, e-mail address associated with your account, (2) the name, telephone number, mailing address and email address of your counsel, if any; and (3) a description of your Dispute. The Informal Dispute Resolution Conference shall be individualised such that a separate conference must be held each time either party initiates a Dispute, even if the same law firm, or group of law firms represents multiple users in similar cases, unless all parties agree; multiple individuals initiating a Dispute cannot participate in the same Informal Dispute Resolution Conference unless all parties agree. Engaging in the Informal Dispute Resolution Conference is a conditions precedent and requirement that must be fulfilled before commencing arbitration. The statute of limitations and any filing fee deadlines shall be tolled while the Parties engage in the Informal Dispute resolution Conference required by this section.

A.7. Initiating Arbitration

Prior to initiating an arbitration, a party must first send a further written notice to the other party. If you intend to seek arbitration you must first send notice by international mail to J. Carter Sporting Club Limited (t/a Castore), c/o Legal Team, 1 Central Street, Manchester M2 5WR, United Kingdom. The notice shall be individual and not for the claims of any other person, and must include your full name, your entire factual, legal claim, the requested relief and an express authorization to bring the arbitration demand. Castore shall send a Notice to the current billing address on your account by international mail. The Notice shall describe the nature and basis of the claim and the specific relief sought. If the parties cannot reach a settlement within 30 days from the receipt of the Notice, either party may initiate arbitration proceedings.

A form to initiate arbitration proceedings is available on the AAA site at www.adr.org. In addition to filing this form with the AAA, the party initiating the arbitration must post a copy of the completed form to the opposing party. You may send such copy to Castore at J. Carter Sporting Club Limited (t/a Castore), c/o Legal Team, 1 Central Street, Manchester M2 5WR, United Kingdom, and Castore will send such copy to the current billing address or email address on your account or to your counsel, if you so instruct.

A.8. Fees

You will pay the individual portion of the arbitration filing fee specified in the rules of the AAA. Castore will pay the business portion of the required filing fees, and all administration and arbitrator fees (collectively, your and Castore’s fees, “Arbitration Fees“).

A.9. Location & Procedure

If your claim is for $10,000 (US Dollars) or less, you may choose to have arbitration conducted solely on the basis of documents submitted to the arbitrator, via a telephone hearing, by an in-person hearing in the county of your residence, or as otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties. If your claim exceeds $10,000 (US Dollars), the location of the arbitration and the parties’ right to a hearing will be determined in accordance with the rules of the AAA.

A.10. Arbitrator’s Decision

The arbitrator’s award shall be written, and binding on the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. If you prevail in arbitration, you will be entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses, to the extent provided under applicable law. Castore shall have the right to seek attorneys’ fees and costs in arbitration for claims deemed frivolous by the arbitrator. If Castore makes an offer of judgment not less than 10 days prior to the arbitration, if an arbitrator’s monetary award against Castore does not match or exceed Castore’s offer, you agree to pay Castore’s legal fees and expenses for the arbitration.

A.11. Choice of Law, Forum Selection, & Jury Waiver

Except as set forth in this Section A, all matters relating to all matters arising out of or related to these Terms & Conditions of Sale, will be governed by the applicable laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to Delaware choice of law principles. Unless you and Castore agree otherwise, in the event that it is determined or these Terms & Conditions of Sale provide that a claim should not proceed through arbitration, you agree that any claim or dispute (with the exception of a claim or dispute appropriately lodged in any small claims court in the United States of America) shall be resolved in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and you submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court. If subject matter jurisdiction (including diversity jurisdiction) does not exist in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware for any such claim, then the exclusive forum and venue for any such action shall be the courts of the State of Delaware located in New Castle County, and you submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court. As to any proceeding in court, you and Castore both waive your right to a jury trial, unless such waiver is unenforceable. The choice-of-law and forum-selection provisions in this section do not apply to the Arbitration Agreement or to any arbitrable disputes as provided by the Arbitration Agreement section. Instead, as provided in the Arbitration Agreement section, the FAA shall apply to any such disputes.

A.12. The choice-of-law and forum-selection provisions in this section do not apply to the Arbitration Agreement or to any arbitrable disputes as provided by the Arbitration Agreement section. Instead, as provided in the Arbitration Agreement section, the FAA shall apply to any such disputes.

A.13. Class Action Waiver

You acknowledge and agree that any and all disputes, claims, or controversies between the parties shall be resolved only in individual arbitration. You expressly waive the right to have any dispute, claim, or controversy brought, heard, administered, resolved, or arbitrated as a class, collective, coordinated, consolidated, and/or representative action, and neither an arbitrator nor an arbitration provider shall have any authority to hear, arbitrate, or administer any class, collective, coordinated, consolidated, and/or representative action, or to award relief to anyone but the individual in arbitration (“Class Action Waiver”). The parties also expressly waive the right to seek, recover, or obtain any non-individual relief. Notwithstanding anything else in this agreement, this Class Action Waiver does not prevent you or Castore from participating in a classwide, collective, and/or representative settlement of claims as set out in Section A.14.

 

The parties further agree that if for any reason a claim does not proceed in arbitration, this Class Action Waiver shall remain in effect, and a court may not preside over any action joining, coordinating, or consolidating the claims of multiple individuals against Castore in a single proceeding, except that this Class Action Waiver shall not prevent you or Castore from participating in a classwide, collective, and/or representative settlement of claims as set out in A.14. If it is determined that any portion of this Class Action Waiver is unenforceable or unlawful for any reason, (i) any class, collective, coordinated, consolidated, and/or representative claims subject to the unenforceable or unlawful portion(s) shall proceed in a court of competent jurisdiction; (ii) the portion of the Class Action Waiver that is enforceable shall be enforced in arbitration; (iii) the unenforceable or unlawful portion(s) shall be severed from this Arbitration Agreement; and (iv) severance of the unenforceable or unlawful portion(s) shall have no impact whatsoever on the enforceability, applicability, or validity of the Arbitration Agreement or the arbitrability of any remaining claims asserted by you or Castore.

A.14.Batching:

If 100 of more customers initiate Notices of dispute (including Informal Dispute Resolution) with Castore raising similar claims within a 30 day period and counsel for the Castore customers bringing the claims are the same, or coordinated with these customers, the claims shall proceed in arbitration in a coordinated proceeding. Counsel for You and counsel for Castore shall each select 5 cases to proceed first in arbitration in a bellwether proceeding (“Bellwether Proceeding”). The remaining cases shall not be filed in arbitration until the first 10 have been resolved. If the parties are unable to resolve the remaining cases after the conclusion of the Bellwether Proceeding, each side may select another 5 cases to proceed to arbitration for a second Bellwether Proceeding. This process may continue until the parties are able to resolve all of the claims either through settlement or arbitration. A court will have authority to enforce this clause and if necessary to enjoin the mass filing of arbitration demands against Castore.

 

An arbitration award and any judgment confirming it apply only to that specific case; it cannot be used in any other case except to enforce the award itself.

 

If for some reason the prohibition on class arbitrations as set out above cannot be enforced as to all or part of the dispute then the agreement to arbitrate will not apply to that dispute or part of the dispute.

 

If for any reason a claim proceeds in court rather than through arbitration, such as pursuant to Section A.3. You and Castore agree that there will not be a jury trial. You and Castore unconditionally waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counter claim arising out of or relating to this Arbitration Agreement in any way. In the event of litigation, this Section may be filed to show a written consent to a trial by the court.

A.15 30 day right to opt out.

You have the right to opt out of the provisions of this Arbitration Agreement by sending written notice of your decision to opt out to us at [insert email address] within 30 days after first becoming subject to this Arbitration Agreement. Your notice must include your name and address, the email address you used to set up your account (if you have one) and an unequivocal statement that you want to opt out of this Arbitration Agreement. If you opt out of this Arbitration Agreement all other parts of this Agreement will continue to apply to you. Opting out of this Arbitration agreement has no effect on any other arbitration agreements that you currently have or may enter into in the future with us. If the dispute is not covered by any arbitration agreement between You and Us it shall proceed in the Courts indicated in Section A.11.