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This letter is a formal demand for payment. You should read it carefully and act upon it within the period stated below.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"5a31db9b-c676-498f-8771-20f5225cee5b","order":19,"text":"1. THE PARTIES AND THE AGREEMENT","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S01"},{"id":"25175d78-7715-4b97-94ac-e21b81efa68a","order":20,"text":"We are [Your full legal name], of the address shown above, carrying on business in Hong Kong under Business Registration Number [Business Registration Number]. In this letter, the expressions \"we\", \"us\" and \"our\" refer to us, and the expressions \"you\" and \"your\" refer to the person or entity to whom this letter is addressed.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d6a97a51-7269-4a93-8d86-729abe124c19","order":21,"text":"We are informed and verily believe that you are a limited company registered in Hong Kong, bearing Company Registration Number [Company Registration Number], and that your registered office is at the address to which this letter is addressed.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"ae608251-d244-453f-8605-56c649116779","value":"a limited company registered in Hong Kong","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"d1848ae4-8498-4774-a765-5c24cc8de6dd","order":22,"text":"We are informed and verily believe that you are a limited company registered in Hong Kong, and that your principal place of business or residence is at the address to which this letter is addressed.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"ae608251-d244-453f-8605-56c649116779","value":"a sole proprietor or an individual carrying on business in Hong Kong","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"e6ced84f-18bc-45bb-b1f2-abed167d3bf6","order":23,"text":"We refer to the written agreement between you and us, together with all purchase orders, delivery notes, statements of account and invoices issued under or in connection with it (collectively, the \"Agreement\").","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9d4ab208-7d42-4a70-8645-7265b41f5957","order":24,"text":"The Agreement is dated [Date of the agreement].","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"87b1692d-c955-4251-b710-439ca380f7ba","value":"the written agreement","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"5abb29df-da2f-4bd9-bca7-0b13ea47d2f5","order":25,"text":"The Agreement remains in full force and effect. Nothing in this letter operates to vary, waive, suspend or terminate any provision of it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"7cf50b5c-f484-471a-b7b1-e9c4bf80ddba","order":26,"text":"2. THE GOODS AND SERVICES SUPPLIED","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S02"},{"id":"1e82b628-a9d3-47c4-8dbd-17808c8b9ca4","order":27,"text":"Pursuant to and in performance of the Agreement, we duly supplied to you the following goods and/or services (the \"Goods and Services\"):","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"8c222def-1e7d-4ca7-80c0-54811b644a8a","order":28,"text":"[Describe the goods or services supplied]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2a579ba6-fba8-44a4-8d7b-36328e0d7f7f","order":29,"text":"The Goods and Services were supplied in accordance with the Agreement and were accepted by you without rejection, complaint or reservation. No notice of any defect, shortfall or non-conformity has been given to us within any period prescribed by the Agreement or within a reasonable time.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"04831396-7668-41c4-8a49-a95faaa79934","value":"undisputed","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"dda4aa61-7d08-47d6-9c09-b98daa080a61","order":30,"text":"The Goods and Services were supplied in accordance with the Agreement. We do not accept that any complaint raised by you, whether as to quality, quantity, timing or otherwise, affords any ground for withholding payment of the sums invoiced.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"04831396-7668-41c4-8a49-a95faaa79934","value":"disputed","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"08a07b36-abbb-4363-98c4-1b318deccea3","order":31,"text":"Our obligations under the Agreement in respect of the Goods and Services have been fully and properly performed, and you have taken the benefit of them.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1d9719a8-4261-458d-9d58-2ce11ff2eb25","order":32,"text":"3. THE OUTSTANDING INVOICES","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S03"},{"id":"1b83f584-006c-4de9-b3b3-742a2bf4433c","order":33,"text":"In respect of the Goods and Services we issued to you a single invoice, rendered in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and in the form previously accepted by you.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e77fe221-6dd4-45c0-abff-86405be86a46","order":34,"text":"The agreed terms of payment are [Agreed payment terms]. The sums referred to below fell due in accordance with those terms and have not been paid.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d3f0cbd9-6848-4085-a823-5f88d569182a","order":35,"text":"The particulars are as follows: invoice number [Invoice number], dated [Invoice date], in the sum of HK$[Total amount now outstanding], which fell due for payment on [Date the invoice fell due] (the \"Due Date\").","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"8ab175cc-bc26-4093-acdf-f76e85f29e92","value":"a single invoice","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"374ef004-5380-4953-9338-5d2288b6441e","order":36,"text":"Those invoices, [Number of unpaid invoices] in number, are particularised in the Schedule at the end of this letter. The earliest of them fell due for payment on [Date the earliest invoice fell due] (the \"Due Date\"), and the aggregate sum outstanding under them is HK$[Total amount now outstanding].","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"8ab175cc-bc26-4093-acdf-f76e85f29e92","value":"several invoices","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"3402c72c-3555-4857-aee3-ece555aaaa5b","order":37,"text":"The sum of HK$[Total amount now outstanding] (the \"Outstanding Sum\") accordingly remains due and owing from you to us, after giving credit for every payment received and every credit note issued by us. No part of the Outstanding Sum has been paid, and we do not accept that any set-off, deduction, abatement, retention or counterclaim exists in respect of it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"db85a374-576f-4fbc-a926-0a0ddc97429a","order":38,"text":"The Outstanding Sum is expressed in a currency other than Hong Kong dollars. For the purposes of any statutory demand, petition or proceedings in Hong Kong, it will be converted into Hong Kong dollars at the rate of exchange prevailing at the relevant date, and we reserve the right to claim any exchange loss suffered by us.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"a0293e81-f1bb-4b6a-a060-a7e4b41a845e","value":"US$","type":"add","operator":"="},{"field":"a0293e81-f1bb-4b6a-a060-a7e4b41a845e","value":"RMB","type":"add","operator":"="},{"field":"a0293e81-f1bb-4b6a-a060-a7e4b41a845e","value":"EUR","type":"add","operator":"="},{"field":"a0293e81-f1bb-4b6a-a060-a7e4b41a845e","value":"GBP","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"a22e6e9c-21b9-48f1-925c-e0d1bb039cea","order":39,"text":"Copies of the invoice or invoices, together with the relevant purchase orders, delivery notes and statements of account, are available to you on request and will be produced in any proceedings brought against you.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"eb5cdbe5-d857-44e9-b326-5a7bc1d659ee","value":"onrequest","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"4b7eb514-8495-4141-b830-c4b039e609f2","order":40,"text":"Copies of the invoice or invoices, together with the relevant purchase orders, delivery notes and statements of account, are enclosed with this letter and will be produced in any proceedings brought against you.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"eb5cdbe5-d857-44e9-b326-5a7bc1d659ee","value":"enclosed","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"df5c4058-55bc-4106-9c65-ce1246529f83","order":41,"text":"Notwithstanding our previous reminders and requests for payment, the Outstanding Sum remains wholly unpaid.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"34f01634-688a-4644-842f-4122498420fc","value":"reminded","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"b713346d-bb96-4f18-b5ac-14e7733d4f6b","order":42,"text":"The Outstanding Sum remains wholly unpaid, and we have to date received from you neither payment nor any satisfactory proposal for payment.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"34f01634-688a-4644-842f-4122498420fc","value":"first","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"c4eff755-17d4-4e24-ade0-04911acf0ba1","order":43,"text":"4. INTEREST","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S04"},{"id":"7544f2b6-2f64-4757-bb15-79881b4b2ecd","order":44,"text":"The Agreement provides for the payment of interest on all overdue sums. Interest accordingly continues to accrue on the Outstanding Sum at the rate of [Contractual rate of interest] from the due date of the invoice or invoices concerned until the date of payment in full, both before and after any judgment. Interest so accrued forms part of our claim and will be added to the Outstanding Sum in any proceedings brought against you. A statement showing the interest accrued to date will be supplied to you on request.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"817f1700-f33d-4116-8678-7e9a20da4510","value":"contractual","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"282b8ae1-0649-4f05-8a59-a199533b171d","order":45,"text":"The Agreement does not provide for the payment of interest on overdue sums. We nevertheless reserve the right to claim interest on the Outstanding Sum pursuant to section 48 of the High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4) or section 49 of the District Court Ordinance (Cap. 336), as the case may be, at such rate and for such period as the court may think fit.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"817f1700-f33d-4116-8678-7e9a20da4510","value":"court","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"ef2ce40b-cdc8-4d24-a4ac-a728e4335e53","order":46,"text":"In addition, any judgment obtained against you will carry interest at the judgment rate determined from time to time by the Chief Justice, pursuant to section 49 of the High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4) or section 50 of the District Court Ordinance (Cap. 336), as the case may be, from the date of judgment until payment in full.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"dc30136e-669a-4819-a7af-f043555e13d5","order":47,"text":"5. THE GUARANTEE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"c3c910eb-3c93-4713-936c-c2fda501f3b9","value":"guaranteed","type":"add","operator":"="}],"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S05"},{"id":"d1e19bfb-ca14-4c83-9d31-205fd29cf4bd","order":48,"text":"The due payment of all sums payable by you under the Agreement is guaranteed by [Full name of the guarantor] (the \"Guarantor\") pursuant to a guarantee dated [Date of the guarantee] (the \"Guarantee\").","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"c3c910eb-3c93-4713-936c-c2fda501f3b9","value":"guaranteed","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"585679a0-dd53-4885-861d-5f19e195a501","order":49,"text":"A copy of this letter has been sent to the Guarantor. If the Outstanding Sum is not paid in full within the period specified below, we shall be entitled to make demand upon the Guarantor under the Guarantee without further notice to you, and we intend to do so.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"c3c910eb-3c93-4713-936c-c2fda501f3b9","value":"guaranteed","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"4412df7c-193d-4470-ad2f-5c59aff6c816","order":50,"text":"Nothing in this letter constitutes a waiver, release, variation or discharge of the Guarantee or of any of our rights against the Guarantor, all of which are expressly reserved. Our rights against the Guarantor are in addition to, and not in substitution for, our rights against you.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"c3c910eb-3c93-4713-936c-c2fda501f3b9","value":"guaranteed","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"86272637-9f4b-4298-9e7c-2bf16ab40fb7","order":51,"text":"6. DEMAND FOR PAYMENT","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S06"},{"id":"0cfecf3a-5c4e-4f75-8041-42aaf162410c","order":52,"text":"We HEREBY DEMAND payment by you of the Outstanding Sum of HK$[Total amount now outstanding], together with all interest accrued and accruing on it, in full, in cleared funds and without any set-off, deduction, counterclaim or withholding, within 14 days of the date of this letter (the \"Deadline\").","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f4029ccb-ff2f-4660-9ede-c7ee1bf829c9","order":53,"text":"Payment must be made in the manner set out under the heading PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS below. Unless we notify you otherwise in writing, any sum received will be applied first in discharge of accrued interest and costs, and only thereafter in reduction of principal. No payment made subject to any condition, reservation or restriction will be accepted in full and final settlement unless we expressly agree in writing.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4e3c0c92-35d7-414e-b7f2-9327107c3274","order":54,"text":"Pending payment of the Outstanding Sum in full, and to the extent that we are entitled to do so under the Agreement or at law, we have suspended, and shall continue to suspend, all further supply of goods and services to you. All rights of lien, stoppage in transit, retention of title, appropriation and set-off available to us at law or under the Agreement are expressly reserved.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"dba40c4e-fb97-41d1-9f3b-599868bd18f5","order":55,"text":"Time is of the essence in respect of payment of the Outstanding Sum by the Deadline. Where this letter is sent by post, it is deemed to have been received by you in the ordinary course of post. If the Deadline would otherwise expire on a day which is not a business day in Hong Kong, it expires on the immediately following business day.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fead944c-89d9-4225-bfae-062ebc0ea6b3","order":56,"text":"7. CONSEQUENCES OF NON-PAYMENT","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S07"},{"id":"9b419dd5-2b3c-4e8a-b1cc-6523590cf1e4","order":57,"text":"If the Outstanding Sum is not paid in full by the Deadline, we shall be entitled, and intend, to take such steps as we consider appropriate to recover it, without further notice or demand to you. Those steps may include any or all of the following.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"63cc212b-73d0-4417-959b-95561ea96753","order":58,"text":"We may commence civil proceedings against you in Hong Kong for recovery of the Outstanding Sum, together with interest and costs. Claims not exceeding HK$75,000 may be brought in the Small Claims Tribunal; claims exceeding that sum but not exceeding HK$3,000,000 may be brought in the District Court; and claims exceeding HK$3,000,000 may be brought in the Court of First Instance of the High Court. Costs in those courts generally follow the event, with the consequence that you may be ordered to pay our costs of the proceedings in addition to the Outstanding Sum and interest.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"81362958-c9c8-4dcd-9e71-a42fcfade0cb","value":"courts","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"5af33307-7638-44d5-b164-0f7781fa8cbb","order":59,"text":"The Agreement provides for disputes to be referred to arbitration. We may accordingly commence arbitration against you in accordance with those provisions, and we may apply to the Court of First Instance for interim measures in support of that arbitration under section 45 of the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609). Costs in an arbitration ordinarily follow the event, with the consequence that you may be ordered to pay the costs of the arbitration in addition to the Outstanding Sum and interest. The existence of an arbitration agreement does not prevent us from serving a statutory demand, or from presenting a petition, in respect of a debt which is not disputed on bona fide and substantial grounds.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"81362958-c9c8-4dcd-9e71-a42fcfade0cb","value":"arbitration","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"dbc2a40b-e9e5-45c8-8dec-da231237d1b7","order":60,"text":"Further, and without prejudice to the foregoing, if and to the extent that the Outstanding Sum exceeds HK$10,000 (being the statutory minimum for this purpose), we may serve upon you, by leaving it at your registered office, a written statutory demand in the prescribed form under section 178(1)(a) of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32), requiring you to pay the Outstanding Sum or to secure or compound for it to our reasonable satisfaction.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"ae608251-d244-453f-8605-56c649116779","value":"a limited company registered in Hong Kong","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"7745ef5c-7049-46b8-8cf9-a7553bce8270","order":61,"text":"If you should then neglect for 3 weeks after service of that demand to pay the sum demanded, or to secure or compound for it to our reasonable satisfaction, you will be deemed unable to pay your debts within the meaning of section 178 of that Ordinance, and we shall be entitled to present a petition to the Court of First Instance for your winding up under sections 177 and 178 of that Ordinance. You should be aware that the presentation of a winding-up petition may be advertised, may cause your bankers to freeze your accounts, and may render void, unless the court otherwise orders, any disposition of your property made after the presentation of the petition.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"ae608251-d244-453f-8605-56c649116779","value":"a limited company registered in Hong Kong","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"42ec4e85-e610-4e12-9731-417bda2910ce","order":62,"text":"Further, and without prejudice to the foregoing, if and to the extent that the Outstanding Sum is a liquidated sum equal to or exceeding HK$10,000, we may serve upon you a statutory demand under section 6A of the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap. 6), requiring you to pay the sum demanded or to secure or compound for it to our reasonable satisfaction.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"ae608251-d244-453f-8605-56c649116779","value":"a sole proprietor or an individual carrying on business in Hong Kong","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"cb37d064-9a1d-47bd-802f-25bdda6762dd","order":63,"text":"If you should fail to comply with that demand, and do not apply successfully to set it aside, we shall be entitled to present a bankruptcy petition against you under section 6 of that Ordinance, and the court may make a bankruptcy order once 3 weeks have elapsed since service of the demand. You should be aware that a bankruptcy order would vest your property in a trustee, would be publicly advertised, and would have serious and lasting consequences for your ability to obtain credit, to carry on business and to hold certain offices.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"ae608251-d244-453f-8605-56c649116779","value":"a sole proprietor or an individual carrying on business in Hong Kong","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"592b5e59-ff82-4e20-af25-cf320527ed9a","order":64,"text":"We may also instruct solicitors or recovery agents to act on our behalf, and we may take such steps as are open to us to enforce any judgment obtained, including garnishee proceedings, charging orders, examination of the judgment debtor and execution against assets. To the extent that the Agreement so entitles us, we shall further claim from you all costs, charges and expenses incurred in recovering the Outstanding Sum, including legal costs on a full indemnity basis.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"cbcbe3c4-c394-4f0e-85f2-41a6c70d2fe3","order":65,"text":"This letter is a letter before action. It is not itself a statutory demand, and nothing in it restricts our right to serve a statutory demand, to present a petition, or to commence proceedings at any time after the Deadline.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d5427df7-5559-407c-a013-85d5c9191859","order":66,"text":"8. YOUR RESPONSE AND ANY DISPUTE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S08"},{"id":"6ac578ae-a531-4701-8d78-c580dd743a40","order":67,"text":"You have not at any time raised with us any dispute, query, complaint or counterclaim in respect of the Goods and Services or in respect of the sums invoiced. We are accordingly entitled to proceed on the footing that the Outstanding Sum is admitted and is not disputed on any bona fide or substantial ground.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"04831396-7668-41c4-8a49-a95faaa79934","value":"undisputed","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"5c2b7398-a302-4b56-b89e-46bc98995e74","order":68,"text":"We note that you have purported to raise a dispute in respect of the sums invoiced. We do not accept that any such dispute is bona fide, or that it is founded on substantial grounds. Unless you deliver to us, before the Deadline, a written statement setting out the precise nature and quantum of the matters relied upon together with copies of all documents supporting them, we shall proceed on the footing that the Outstanding Sum is admitted.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"04831396-7668-41c4-8a49-a95faaa79934","value":"disputed","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"bd501418-890d-4c51-b259-4591437a5c7e","order":69,"text":"If you contend that any part of the Outstanding Sum is not due, you must notify us in writing before the Deadline, identifying the invoice or invoices concerned, the amount disputed and the grounds relied upon. Any part of the Outstanding Sum which is not the subject of such a notification must in any event be paid in full by the Deadline.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f920ab1e-554f-418f-9fab-40069eaa8ecb","order":70,"text":"If you are unable to pay the Outstanding Sum in full by the Deadline, you should write to us before the Deadline with a specific and realistic proposal for payment, supported by evidence of your means. We are under no obligation to accept any such proposal, but we will consider any reasonable proposal on its merits.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b958b801-61fd-4ad4-b26c-963cf390816a","order":71,"text":"We are willing to consider mediation or any other appropriate means of resolving this matter without recourse to contentious proceedings. This letter, and any failure on your part to respond to it constructively, may be placed before the court or tribunal on the question of costs.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"8cd8f5c1-bc49-4e23-bd2f-c1497ca49ef4","order":72,"text":"If you contend that you are not the correct party, or that the benefit or the burden of the Agreement has been assigned, novated or otherwise transferred, you must notify us in writing before the Deadline, giving full particulars and enclosing the documents relied upon.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"969846f5-b45c-43fc-a4f2-ed291c21fd2b","order":73,"text":"All correspondence in response to this letter must be sent to the address or email address shown at the head of this letter, must quote our reference, and must be marked for the attention of [Name of the person signing].","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"0054c5d1-ec89-4317-868c-d2d27e0479b1","order":74,"text":"9. 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Our claim for the Outstanding Sum is accordingly brought well within that period, and we do not accept that any part of it is or may become statute-barred.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6e084342-f696-4ff5-98b2-22e85a6e6850","order":76,"text":"Your attention is drawn to sections 23 and 24 of the Limitation Ordinance (Cap. 347), under which a fresh cause of action accrues to us upon any acknowledgment of the debt, or any payment on account of it, made by you or by any person acting on your behalf. Any such acknowledgment must be in writing and signed by the person making it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c87e08bc-4bef-41cb-a916-adb9ba164850","order":77,"text":"This letter is written openly. It is not, and is not to be treated as, a communication made without prejudice, and it may be produced to the court or tribunal and relied upon, including on the question of costs.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d5db4238-641b-4c75-ba1e-3fe43eada352","order":78,"text":"Nothing in this letter, and no forbearance, indulgence, delay or omission on our part, constitutes or is to be construed as a waiver of any of our rights, powers or remedies under the Agreement or at law, all of which are expressly and fully reserved. In particular, no extension of time granted to you precludes us from insisting upon strict compliance thereafter, and no partial payment accepted by us prejudices our right to the balance.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9ba544b0-01f2-4545-bf53-1a9e67e46e4f","order":79,"text":"Nothing in this letter is to be construed as an admission of any fact or liability on our part, or as an agreement to vary the Agreement. Save as otherwise expressly provided in the Agreement, any claim arising out of or in connection with the Agreement is governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and all our rights as to the forum in which any claim may be pursued are reserved.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"44ca0c79-548e-4f5e-8378-31d18cdea68a","order":80,"text":"Nothing in this letter constitutes a waiver of the arbitration agreement contained in the Agreement, or a submission by us to the jurisdiction of any court in respect of the substance of any dispute. Any reference in this letter to court proceedings is made without prejudice to that arbitration agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"81362958-c9c8-4dcd-9e71-a42fcfade0cb","value":"arbitration","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"16b58be4-352e-4f85-8ea1-9b03afe28559","order":81,"text":"Personal data supplied by you, or otherwise held by us in connection with the Agreement, will be used for the purpose of recovering the Outstanding Sum, that being a purpose directly related to the purpose for which the data were collected, and may be transferred to our legal advisers, to recovery agents, to the courts and to any other person to whom disclosure is necessary for that purpose. This notice is given in accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486).","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"ae608251-d244-453f-8605-56c649116779","value":"a sole proprietor or an individual carrying on business in Hong Kong","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"279977b9-add6-422e-8dd7-978d33c9f5d6","order":82,"text":"Nothing in this letter affects our right to payment of any other sum which is or becomes due to us from you, whether under the Agreement or otherwise, or our right to claim damages for any breach of the Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6fccea63-78fe-4dd7-99cc-9e3a2a443400","order":83,"text":"If any part of this letter is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder continues to have full effect.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b29cd1be-d0b1-480d-94fb-98eea1706d96","order":84,"text":"10. 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You remain responsible for all bank and transfer charges, and any sum received net of such charges is treated as a payment on account only.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"209d80e4-0397-4b0a-9961-1e3b1d48fe2a","order":91,"text":"If the Outstanding Sum has already been paid in full, please disregard this letter and send us evidence of payment without delay so that our records may be reconciled.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"30","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"ae4a36bc-a4e8-49ea-b518-371e58b1fb32","order":92,"text":"Yours faithfully,","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"40","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f8d7b602-be44-4291-accf-ec76573f6b5b","order":93,"text":"[Name of the person signing]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"0","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"0f4b51df-389d-49af-90f5-6bb548c17fa5","order":94,"text":"[Position of the person signing]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"0","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"66ca2471-cc25-444b-9920-45e1455278d7","order":95,"text":"For and on behalf of [Your full legal name]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"30","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"45e1338d-c0ff-4af1-89ef-996144f1418b","order":96,"text":"Enclosures: copies of the invoice or invoices referred to in this letter, together with the supporting documentation.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"eb5cdbe5-d857-44e9-b326-5a7bc1d659ee","value":"enclosed","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"883715e9-8023-4977-bc34-ea54518e9f01","order":97,"text":"Copy to: [Full name of the guarantor], as Guarantor.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"c3c910eb-3c93-4713-936c-c2fda501f3b9","value":"guaranteed","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"31f3cbc2-9d33-47fc-b010-804bafdf0e1f","order":98,"text":"SCHEDULE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"center","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"8ab175cc-bc26-4093-acdf-f76e85f29e92","value":"several invoices","type":"add","operator":"="}],"marginTop":"20"},{"id":"0a64b66c-850d-4427-8f14-d89f267d25d3","order":99,"text":"Particulars of the unpaid invoices referred to in this letter, each of which remains due and owing in full:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"8ab175cc-bc26-4093-acdf-f76e85f29e92","value":"several invoices","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"42b582d1-70bd-4a41-8c5c-feb235be1552","order":100,"text":"[List each unpaid invoice: number, date, amount and due date]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"8ab175cc-bc26-4093-acdf-f76e85f29e92","value":"several invoices","type":"add","operator":"="}]}]