General conditions
All agreements with Van Knippenberg Advocatuur are subject to its general terms and conditions. These terms and conditions were filed at the office of the district court in Almelo on September 22nd, 2006 under number 51/2006 and can be found here (download
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A translation is herewith provided:
General terms and conditions Van Knippenberg Advocatuur (
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1. These terms and conditions apply to all agreements between Van Knippenberg Advocatuur (“Van Knippenberg”) and those commissioning (“clients”). The terms and conditions also apply to the legal relationship preceding and arising from such an agreement and supplemental and further client assignments.
2. Van Knippenberg’s liability is in all events limited to the amount indemnified by Van Knippenberg’s professional liability insurance and/ or third-party indemnity insurance including the deductible, if any, as stated under the appropriate insurance. In the event there is no amount indemnified by the professional liability insurance, for any reason whatsoever, the liability is limited to an amount equal to the amount invoiced with a maximum of EUR 50.000. In the event there is no amount indemnified by the third-party indemnity insurance, the liability is under all circumstances limited to EUR 10.000.
3. Van Knippenberg is authorized to engage employees and/or third parties or cooperate with third parties in connection with the performance of a client assignment. Employees and third parties can also invoke these terms and conditions, even if their legal relationship with Van Knippenberg has ended. The client authorizes Van Knippenberg to accept on his behalf general terms and conditions from third parties. Van Knippenberg is under no circumstance liable for errors committed by engaged third parties. The client indemnifies Van Knippenberg from claims by engaged third parties connected to claims by the client against such third parties.
4. The client is to pay the invoices from Van Knippenberg within thirty days, in the absence of which he is in default by operation of law.
5. Van Knippenberg is entitled to contribute, assign and/or delegate the client assignment and the legal relationship with the client to third parties, in particular in the event of a change of the legal form in which Van Knippenberg practices law and/or in case of a transfer of the law practice. The client consents in advance with the aforementioned contribution, assignment and/or delegation.
6. Van Knippenberg is authorized to change these terms and conditions. After such a change, the client assignment is subject to the changed terms and conditions, unless the client terminates that assignment within three months upon receiving notice of the change.
7. The client bears the risk of communication by e-mail. The client is deemed to be aware of the risks involved with communication by e-mail.
8. The legal relationship between the client and Van Knippenberg shall be governed by Dutch law. The court in the district of Almelo, the Netherlands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from that legal relationship.
9. If a translation of these general terms and conditions is provided to the client, the Dutch language version shall prevail in the event of any dispute arising as to the contents or purport of those conditions.
Lawyers in the Netherlands are in certain cases obliged to identify their clients when establishing an attorney-client relationship.
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