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Terms and Conditions

Acceptance of Terms

These are the website terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) of Orchard Lease and Finance Ltd (“OLAF”) and its subsidiaries. Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully, access to and use of this website (the “Site”) and the information contained within it is subject to these terms and conditions. They are designed to protect you as a user of the Site and also to prevent the Site from being used for any illegal or unauthorised purposes. By proceeding with access to this Site, you are deemed to have accepted both these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy and if you do not wish to be bound by these terms you should not use the Site.

 

Information on our Site

We do our best to ensure that the information on the Site is accurate, helpful and useful at all times, however, the information is general in nature, and is intended as a guide only to the types of products and services offered by Orchard Lease and Finance and its partners or third parties. Neither Orchard Lease and Finance nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, performance, timeliness, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain errors or inaccuracies and we expressly exclude liability for any such errors or inaccuracies to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

Your use of our Site

You may only use this Site for lawful purposes. You must not under any circumstances seek to undermine the security of the Site or any information submitted to or available through it. In particular, but without limitation, you must not seek to access, alter or delete any information to which you do not have authorised access, seek to overload the system via spamming or flooding, take any action or use any device, routine or software to crash, delay, damage or otherwise interfere with the operation of this Site or attempt to decipher, disassemble or modify any of the software, coding or information comprised in the Site. Unauthorised use of this website may give to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence. You are solely responsible for any information submitted by you to our site. You are responsible for ensuring that all information supplied by you is accurate, up-to-date , not misleading or likely to mislead or deceive.

 

Third Party Site links

This Site may include links to other websites which are not owned, operated, or controlled by Orchard Lease and Finance (“Third Party Websites”). Orchard Lease and Finance provides you with such links solely for your convenience. The inclusion of such links does not mean or imply that Orchard Lease and Finance endorses the Third Party Websites, its availability or contents or any agreement or understanding you enter into with a third party through a Third Party Website. Orchard Lease and Finance does not accept any liability for any loss, damage, expense, costs or liability whatsoever incurred by you in respect of these Third Party Websites.

 

Use of your information

Orchard Lease and Finance Ltd (“we”, “us”) and partner brokers, potential lenders, insurers, service providers, vehicle suppliers and agents will use your personal details (including sensitive personal data) and information we obtain from other sources to deal with your enquiries, consider your application, including carrying out credit searches, for marketing and to ensure that the services and advertising we offer are tailored to your needs and interests. We, partner brokers, potential lenders, insurers, service providers and agents may contact you by mail, telephone, email, SMS or other electronic messaging service with offers of products or services that may be of interest to you. By providing us with your contact details, you agree to being contacted by the methods and for the purposes set out in, and in accordance with, our Privacy Policy. In assessing your car loan application, we, our partner brokers, potential lenders, insurers, service providers, vehicle suppliers will make enquiries about you including searching your record with credit reference agencies. You consent to us disclosing details of your finance application and we, partner brokers, potential lenders, insurers, service providers, vehicle suppliers may use a ‘credit scoring’ or other automated process in deciding whether to accept your application. Your information may also be sent to a 3rd party lender for further loan options who may also search your record with the credit reference agencies.

All finance is subject to income and status. Orchard Lease and Finance Ltd are able to introduce you to broker partners and lenders. We may receive a commission for these introductions. However we do not charge any up-front fees or hidden charges and we do not take payments on our sites, including Leasetree..

Disclaimer/Liability

Use of this Site, Third Party Websites, links to the Third Party Websites, and any information available via the Site is at your own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by law Orchard Lease and Finance and its subsidiaries disclaim all liability whatsoever, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise in relation to this Site, Third Party Websites, links to Third Party Websites, and information available via the Site.

We do our best to ensure that the Site operates properly at all times, but we make no warranties as to the availability or accessibility of the Site, and (save as otherwise set out in these Terms and Conditions) we will not be liable for any damages, loss, costs or expenses incurred by you as a result of any lack of availability or accessibility of the Site.

Orchard Lease and Finance will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), under statute or otherwise, as a result of or in connection with this Site, any Third Party Websites, links to Third Party Websites, the information or any products or services offered on or through this Site or Third Party Website, whether by Orchard Lease and Finance or on its behalf, for any:

Economic loss (including, without limitation, loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); or

Loss of goodwill or reputation; or

Special or indirect or consequential loss.

If Orchard Lease and Finance is liable to you directly or indirectly in relation to this Site, any Third Party Websites, links to Third Party Websites, information on the Site or any products or services offered on or through this Site or Third Party Website, that liability (howsoever arising) shall be limited to £100.

Orchard Lease and Finance will not be liable for any loss, damage, expense, costs, delays or other liability whatsoever (including without limitation any financial losses such as loss of profit) which you may incur as a result of any event beyond our reasonable control (including without limitation any failure of transmission, communication, computer or other facilities or your inability to access the Site for any reason or any failure, error or delay in the sending or receiving of any notice or communication or instruction through the post or any electronic medium).

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed as excluding or limiting the liability of Orchard Lease and Finance or its group companies for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for any other liability which cannot be excluded by English law.

Where you deal as a consumer, nothing in the above exclusions affects your statutory rights.

Privacy Policy

If you provide information to Orchard Lease and Finance on or through this Site, Orchard Lease and Finance will use it in accordance with the terms of its Privacy Policy. That Privacy Policy forms part of these Terms and Conditions and by using this Site you acknowledge and agree that you accept the terms of that Privacy Policy.

Commission

Orchard Lease and Finance Ltd may receive a commission for the service of placing a prospective customer with a broker partner or lender company. This Commission is in proportion with the nature and the service provided, is not linked to the interest paid by regulated customers and is available on request to bone fide customers of OLAF Ltd. Bone fide Customers who have obtained a vehicle through using OLAF Ltd platforms can request this information by contacting hello@leasetree.co.uk and requesting disclosure of commission.

General

These Terms and Conditions (as amended from time to time) constitute the entire agreement between you and Orchard Lease and Finance concerning your use of this Site and supersede any previous arrangement, agreement, undertaking or proposal, written or oral between you and Orchard Lease and Finance in relation to such matters. Orchard Lease and Finance reserves the right to update these Terms and Conditions from time to time. If it does so, the updated version will be effective as soon as it is uploaded on to this Site and your continued use of the Site will constitute your acceptance of such updated Terms and Conditions. No other variation to these Terms and Conditions shall be effective unless in writing and signed by an authorised representative on behalf of Orchard Lease and Finance. You should check the Terms and Conditions periodically to ensure that you are aware of and complying with the current version.

 

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. If any provision(s) of these Terms and Conditions is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Orchard Lease and Finance’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by Orchard Lease and Finance in writing. Unless otherwise expressly stated, nothing in the Terms and Conditions shall create any rights or any other benefits whether pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise in favour of any person other than you, Orchard Lease and Finance and its subsidiaries.