General terms and conditions Employment Injury Lawyers

1.1 Arbeidsletsel Advocaten is the trade name of Arbeidsletsel Advocaten B.V., based in Tilburg, which, in the exercise of its law practice, focuses in particular on the representation of the interests of victims of industrial injuries.

1.2 All stipulations in these general terms and conditions are also made for the benefit of all its affiliated directors, lawyers and legal and secretarial staff.

2. All assignments are accepted and carried out exclusively by Arbeidsletsel Advocaten. This also applies if it is the express or tacit intention that an assignment be carried out by a specific person. The applicability of Article 7:404 of the Dutch Civil Code, which regulates the latter case, and of Article 7:407(2) of the Dutch Civil Code, which establishes joint and several liability for cases in which an assignment is given to two or more persons, is expressly excluded.

3. Any assignment given to Arbeidsletsel Advocaten shall include the authority to engage auxiliary persons and to accept any limitations of liability of such auxiliary persons on behalf of the client.

4.1 The work performed and costs incurred by us shall be invoiced periodically in accordance with our usual hourly rates, calculation methods and working methods.

4.2 Invoices are payable fourteen days after the invoice date and must be paid without recourse to suspension or set-off. Failure to pay on time shall constitute default by operation of law and the client shall be liable to pay the statutory interest and the costs of collection, including a fixum of 15% of the principal amount in respect of internal administration and collection costs.

5.1 If the performance of an assignment leads to our liability, this shall, subject to the provisions of 5.3, always be limited to the amount paid out under the liability insurance policy.

5.2 If for any reason no payment should be made under the insurance referred to in 5.1, any liability shall be limited to the amount charged by us in the relevant case in the relevant year, excluding VAT.
5.3 Our liability for a failure of an auxiliary person engaged as referred to in 3 shall be limited to the amount that the client could have received in a direct claim against that third party.

6. Pursuant to Sections 6:28 to 6:30 of the Regulation on the Legal Profession, the office complaints scheme applies. The office complaints procedure can be consulted at www.arbeidsletseladvocaten.nl. Furthermore, a copy will be sent free of charge upon request.

7. The agreements concluded between Arbeidsletsel Advocaten and its clients are exclusively governed by Dutch law. Without prejudice to the applicability of the office complaints procedure, disputes arising from these agreements shall be settled exclusively before the Dutch courts.