Terms and Conditions

Introduction

This website can be accessed at (the “Website”) and is owned and operated by Khaliphat Curtains CC, trading as Queens Lifestyle (“Queens Lifestyle Brands”).
These Website Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) govern the ordering, sale and delivery of Goods, and the use of the Website.
These Terms and Conditions are binding and enforceable against every person that accesses or uses this Website, including without limitation each user who registers as contemplated below. By using the Website and by clicking on the “Subscribe/Register” button on the Website, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

Important Notice

These Terms and Conditions apply to users who are consumers for purposes of the Consumer Protection Act, 68 of 2008 (the “CPA”).
These Terms and Conditions contain provisions that appear in similar text and style to this clause and which –

may limit the risk or liability of Queens Lifestyle Brands; and/or
may create risk or liability for the user; and/or
may compel the user to indemnify Queens Lifestyle Brands; and/or
serves as an acknowledgement, by the user, of a fact.

If there is any provision in these Terms and Conditions that you do not understand, it is your responsibility to ask Queens Lifestyle Brands to explain it to you before you accept the Terms and Conditions or continue using the Website.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions is intended or must be understood to unlawfully restrict, limit or avoid any right or obligation, as the case may be, created for either you or Queens Lifestyle Brands in terms of the CPA.

Queens Lifestyle Brands permits the use of this Website, subject to the Terms and Conditions. By using this Website in any way, you shall be deemed to have accepted all the Terms and Conditions unconditionally. You must not use this Website if you do not agree to the Terms and Conditions.

Disclaimer

The use of the Website is entirely at your own risk and you assume full responsibility for any risk or loss resulting from use of the Website or reliance on any information on the Website.
Whilst Queens Lifestyle Brands takes reasonable measures to ensure that the content of the Website is accurate and complete, Queens Lifestyle Brands makes no representations or warranties, whether express or implied, as to the quality, timeliness, operation, integrity, availability or functionality of the Website or as to the accuracy, completeness or reliability of any information on the Website. If any such representations or warranties are made by Queens Lifestyle Brands representatives, Queens Lifestyle Brands shall not be bound thereby.
Queens Lifestyle Brands disclaims liability for any damage, loss or expenses, whether direct, indirect or consequential in nature, arising out of or in connection with your access to or use of the Website and/or any content therein unless otherwise provided by law.
Although Goods sold from the Website may, under certain specifically defined circumstances, be under warranty, the Website itself and all information provided on the Website is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, completeness, or non-infringement, as may be allowed in law.
Any views or statements made or expressed on the Website are not necessarily the views of Queens Lifestyle Brands, its directors, employees and/or agents.
In addition to the disclaimers contained elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions, Queens Lifestyle Brands also makes no warranty or representation, whether express or implied, that the information or files available on the Website are free of viruses, spyware, malware, trojans, destructive materials or any other data or code which is able to corrupt, destroy, compromise, disrupt, disable, harm, jeopardise or otherwise impede in any manner the operation, stability, security functionality or content of your computer system, computer network, hardware or software in any way. You accept all risk associated with the existence of such viruses, destructive materials or any other data or code which is able to corrupt, compromise, jeopardise, disrupt, disable, harm or otherwise impede in any manner the operation or content of a computer system, computer network, any handset or mobile device, or your hardware or software, save where such risks arise due to the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of Queens Lifestyle Brands, its employees, agents or authorised representatives. Queens Lifestyle Brands thus disclaims all liability for any damage, loss or liability of any nature whatsoever arising out of or in in connection with your access to or use of the Website.

Linking to third party websites

This Website may contain links or references to other websites (“Third Party Websites”) which are outside of our control, including those of advertisers. These Terms and Conditions do not apply to those Third Party Websites and Queens Lifestyle Brands is not responsible for the practices and/or privacy policies of those Third Party Websites or the “cookies” that those sites may use.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Website may refer to or provide links to Third Party Websites, your use of such Third Party Websites is entirely at your own risk and we are not responsible for any loss, expense, claim or damage, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from your use of such Third Party Websites or your reliance on any information contained thereon.

Limitation of liability

Queens Lifestyle Brands cannot be held liable for any inaccurate information published on the Website and/or any incorrect prices displayed on the Website, save where such liability arises from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of Queens Lifestyle Brands, its employees, agents or authorised representatives. You are encouraged to contact us to report any possible malfunctions or errors.
Queens Lifestyle Brands shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss or damages which might arise from your use of, or reliance upon, the website or the content contained in the website; or your inability to use the website, and/or unlawful activity on the website and/or any linked third party website.
You hereby indemnify Queens Lifestyle Brands against any loss, claim or damage which may be suffered by yourself or any third party arising in any way from your use of this website and/or any linked third party website.

Availability and termination

We will use reasonable endeavours to maintain the availability of the Website, except during scheduled maintenance periods, and are entitled to discontinue providing the Website or any part thereof with or without notice to you.
Queens Lifestyle Brands may in its sole discretion terminate, suspend and modify this Website, with or without notice to you. You agree that Queens Lifestyle Brands will not be liable to you in the event that it chooses to suspend, modify or terminate this Website other than for processing any orders made by you prior to such time, to the extent possible.
If you fail to comply with your obligations under these Terms and Conditions, including any incident involving payment of the price of an order for any Goods, this may (in our sole discretion with or without notice to you) lead to a suspension and/or termination of your access to the Website without any prejudice to any claims for damages or otherwise that we may have against you.
Queens Lifestyle Brands is entitled, for purposes of preventing suspected fraud and/or where it suspects that you are abusing the Website and/or have created multiple user profiles to take advantage of a promotion or Coupon intended by Queens Lifestyle Brands to be used once-off by you, to blacklist you on its database (including suspending or terminating your access to the Website), refuse to accept or process payment on any order, and/or to cancel any order concluded between you and Queens Lifestyle Brands, in whole or in part, on notice to you. Queens Lifestyle Brands shall only be liable to refund monies already paid by you (see Queens Lifestyle Brands Returns Policy in this regard), and accepts no other liability which may arise as a result of such blacklisting and/or refusal to process any order.
At any time, you can choose to stop using the Website

Governing laws/Country of domicile

 Governing law and jurisdiction These Terms and Conditions and our relationship and/or any dispute arising from or in connection with these Terms and Conditions shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa. Your continued use of the Website will constitute your consent and submission to the jurisdiction of the South African courts regarding all proceedings, transactions, applications or the like instituted by either party against the other, arising from any of these Terms and Conditions.

 In the event of any dispute arising between you and Queens Lifestyle Brands, you hereby consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of the Republic of South Africa (South Gauteng Division, Johannesburg) notwithstanding that the quantum in the action or proceedings may otherwise fall below the monetary jurisdiction of that court.
Nothing in this clause or the Terms and Conditions limits your right to approach any court, tribunal or forum of competent jurisdiction in terms of the CPA.

Notices

Queens Lifestyle Brands hereby selects Cnr Thabo Sehume and Helen Joseph as its address for the service of all formal notices and legal processes in connection with these Terms and Conditions (“legal address”). Queens Lifestyle Brands may change this address from time to time by updating these Terms and Conditions.
You hereby select the delivery address specified with your order as your legal address, but you may change it to any other physical address by giving Queens Lifestyle Brands not less than 14 days’ notice in writing.
Notices must be sent either by hand, prepaid registered post, telefax or email and must be in English. All notices sent –

by hand will be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery;
by prepaid registered post, will be deemed to have been received 10 days after the date of posting; and
by email will be deemed to have been on the date indicated in the “Read Receipt” notification. All email communications between you and us must make use of the “read receipt” function to serve as proof that an email has been received.

Information

For the purposes of the ECT Act, Queens Lifestyle Brands information is as follows, which should be read in conjunction with its product descriptions and other terms and conditions contained on the Website:

Full name: Khaliphat Curtains CC trading as Queens Lifestyle Brands 2002/009844/23
Main business: Retailer
Physical address for receipt of legal service (also postal and street address): Cnr Thabo Sehume and Helen Joseph Street, Pretoria
Phone number: (012) 326 9301
Email address: queensc@icon.co.za
PAIA: The manual published in terms of section 51 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2000.

General

Queens Lifestyle Brands may, in its sole discretion, at any time and for any reason and without prior written notice, suspend or terminate the operation of the Website or the user’s right to use the Website or any of its contents subject to us processing any orders then already made by you.

You may not cede, assign or otherwise transfer your rights and obligations in terms of these Terms and Conditions to any third party.
Any failure on the part of you or Queens Lifestyle Brands to enforce any right in terms hereof shall not constitute a waiver of that right.
If any term or condition contained herein is declared invalid, the remaining terms and conditions will remain in full force and effect.
No variation, addition, deletion, or agreed cancellation of the Terms and Conditions will be of any force or effect unless in writing and accepted by or on behalf of the parties hereto.
No indulgence, extension of time, relaxation or latitude which any party (the “grantor”) may show grant or allow to the other (the “grantee”) shall constitute a waiver by the grantor of any of the grantor’s rights and the grantor shall not thereby be prejudiced or stopped from exercising any of its rights against the grantee which may have arisen in the past or which might arise in the future.
These Terms and Conditions contain the whole agreement between you and Queens Lifestyle Brands and no other warranty or undertaking is valid, unless contained in this document.

Errors

We shall take all reasonable efforts to accurately reflect the description, availability, purchase price and delivery charges of Goods on the Website. However, should there be any errors of whatsoever nature on the, we shall not be liable for any loss, claim or expense relating to a transaction based on any error, save – in the case of any incorrect purchase price – to the extent of refunding you for any amount already paid, or otherwise as set out in the Returns Policy.

Queens Lifestyle Brands shall not be bound by any incorrect information regarding our Goods displayed on any third party websites.