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Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V. is a company with limited liability and is established at Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Applicability
1. These general conditions apply to every instruction accepted by Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V., including any follow-up instructions. The Dutch text of these general conditions shall prevail in the event of any differences between the English text and the Dutch text. These general conditions have been deposited at the Court Registry of the Haarlem District Court under number 11/2006, and are also available at the Cordemeyer & Slager Website: www.cordemeyerslager.nl. Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V. is registered in the Commercial Register of the Chamber of Commerce under number 34237183. Without prejudice to the provisions in Article 4, these general conditions do not apply only to Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V., but also to all persons and their successors involved in carrying out the instruction and/or who have any liability in that connection.
Instructions
2. All instructions from clients are solely accepted and carried out by Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V.. Articles 7:404 and 7:407 paragraph 2 of the Dutch Civil Code are hereby excluded. This shall also apply if the instruction by the client shall be explicitly or implicitly be intended to secure the execution of the instruction by a particular person.
Fee
3. Unless otherwise agreed, professional fees shall be calculated on the basis of the number of hours worked multiplied by the relevant hourly rates established from time to time by Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V.. All amounts are exclusive of VAT. The services rendered shall in principle be charged to the client on a monthly basis, subject to payment within 14 days of the date of the invoice.
Liability
4. Any and all liability of Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V. is limited to the amount paid out, if any, under Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V.’s professional liability insurance policy in the matter concerned, plus the amount of the own risk deductible that is not for the account of the insurers under the policy conditions in the matter concerned. In the event and to the extent that no monies are paid out under the professional liability insurance for whatever reason, any and all liability of Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V. shall be limited the total fees charged by Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V. in the matter concerned during the latest half year and always limited to the amount of € 50.000,--
Involvement of third parties
5. Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V. shall, as far as possible, consult the client before engaging third parties, and shall in any event exercise the necessary due care in its selection of third parties. Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V. is not liable for any acts and/or omissions of third parties. The client hereby authorises Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V. to accept any limitations of liability of third parties on its behalf.
Jurisdiction
6. The legal relationship between the client and Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten B.V. is governed by Dutch law. Any disputes shall be exclusively decided by the competent court in Haarlem, the Netherlands.