WEBSITE ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE 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.

What's in these terms?

This acceptable use policy sets out the content standards that apply when you upload content to our site, make contact with other users on our site, link to our site, or interact with our site in any other way.

Who we are and how to contact us

www.castore.com is a site operated by J.Carter Sporting Club Ltd ("We"). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 09670915 and have our registered office at 1 Central Street, Manchester, M2 5WR.  Our VAT number is GB 220 5568 30.

We are a limited company.

To contact us, please email concierge@castore.co.uk.

By using our site you accept these terms

By using our site, you confirm that you accept the terms of this policy 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.

There are other terms that may apply to you

Our Website Terms and Conditions also apply to your use of our site.

We may make changes to the terms of this policy

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 01/04/2021.

Prohibited uses

You may use our site only for lawful purposes.  You may not use our site:

You also agree:

Interactive services

We may from time to time provide interactive services on our site, including, without limitation:

(interactive services.)

Where we do provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered, if it is moderated and what form of moderation is used (including whether it is human or technical).

We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on our site, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on our site, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether the service is moderated or not.

The use of any of our interactive services by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use an interactive service that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not fool proof. Minors who are using any interactive service should be made aware of the potential risks to them.

Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.

Content standards

These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (Contribution), and to any interactive services associated with it.

The Content Standards must be complied with in spirit as well as to the letter. The standards apply to each part of any Contribution as well as to its whole.

Castore will determine, in its discretion, whether a Contribution breaches the Content Standards.

A Contribution must:

A Contribution must not:

Breach of this policy

When we consider that a breach of this acceptable use policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate. 

Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the Website Terms and Conditions  upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.

Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any Contribution uploaded by you to our site.

Issue of a warning to you.

Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.

Further legal action against you.

Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law.

We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The actions we may take are not limited to those described above, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

How this contract can be transferred

We can transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to any third party, provided this does not adversely affect your rights under these terms.

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.