Customs brokers and forwarders offer pricing that is very competitive and based on limited liability of the customs broker/forwarder. However, without up to date and comprehensive trading conditions your liability could be unlimited. 

Customs and trade specialist Hunt & Hunt Lawyers have joined with FTA to offer customs brokers and forwarders a set of trading documents that provides the best legal protection for the one low fixed price.

Now is the time to update your terms

Unfair contract terms - From November 2016 you will not be able to enforce unfair contract terms against consumers and small businesses. Blanket exclusions and unlimited indemnity clauses are very likely to be considered unfair. We have produced a fairer set of terms that apply only to consumers and small businesses and have the best chance of being enforceable.

Your terms and conditions need to address:

• What happens if you are treated by Customs as the "owner" and liable for duty

• Under SOLAS you may be the shipper - what if you customer gives you incorrect weight information

• Who owns the tariff database you have developed

• What happens if your obligation to disclose to Customs conflicts with your client's interest

• What is your liability if the Customs deems a TCO to have been incorrectly used

The Hunt & Hunt/FTA terms and conditions cover all of these issues. What's more, the terms are clear and less than half the length of other template terms offered to brokers.

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