terms & conditions
Our general terms and conditions apply to all activities. An assignment is only accepted and performed under the condition of acceptance of those general terms and conditions.
- About Mr. R.C. van den Berg Advocatuur:
- Mr. R.C. van den Berg Advocatuur (trade name Van den Berg Migration Law) is a one-man business of mr. R.C. van den Berg, registered with the Chamber of Commerce under number 62401084.
- mr. R.C. van den Berg is registered with the Dutch Bar Association, Neuhuyskade 94, 2596 XM The Hague.
- Van den Berg Advocatuur is bound by the Law on Advocates, the Regulation on the Legal Profession, the Rules of Conduct 2018 and the Guideline for lawyers on the provisions in the Civil Code as a result of the implementation of the Services Directive.
- The services provided by Van den Berg Advocatuur may fall under the scope of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act (Wwft). If that is the case, we are obliged to carry out a so-called customer due diligence. And an obligation may arise to report a (proposed) unusual transaction to the Financial Intelligence Unit Netherlands (FIU-the Netherlands).
- mr. R.C. van den Berg has registered the main (and sub) legal areas applicable to him in the register of legal areas of the Dutch Bar. The respective registrations can be found on his or her personal page on our website. On the basis of this registration, they are obliged to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered main legal practice area in accordance with the standards of the Dutch Bar.
- These general terms and conditions apply to all R.C. van den Berg contracts for services. Only mr. R.C. van den Berg after it receives and/or confirms the order.
- An assignment agreement is not concluded until the assignment has been accepted by the contractor in writing or unambiguously otherwise.
- The relationship between the lawyer and the client is based on mutual trust. The lawyer and client will keep each other informed of developments that may be considered important for the case. The lawyer will make every effort for your case, without being able to guarantee that the intended result will actually be achieved.
- The contractor carries out the assignment exclusively for the benefit of the client. Third parties cannot derive any rights from the work performed and the results thereof. The client undertakes to indemnify the contractor against claims from third parties and to reimburse the contractor for the reasonable costs of defense against such claims.
- The liability of the contractor is limited to the amount paid out by the professional liability insurance taken out by him or her, plus the deductible under that insurance. If desired, information will be provided about the coverage of the professional liability insurance taken out by the contractor. The contractor is not liable for compensation of any damage if the client is in default with the fulfillment of any obligation towards the contractor.
- Each assignment given to the contractor entitles him or her to engage auxiliary persons in the performance of that assignment on behalf of the client.
- Your personal data will be included in a data file. You have the right to inspect, object and correct your personal data. mr. R.C. van den Berg Advocatuur refers to the privacy statement that has been published on the website which provides insight into how Mr. R.C. van den Berg Advocatuur implements the information obligation laid down in the AVG to those whose personal data it processes.
- For the execution of an assignment, the client owes a fee, plus any disbursements and VAT. The Contractor is entitled to demand an advance on the fee and disbursements before he or she carries out his or her work. A received advance payment will be set off against interim invoices or the final invoice.
- Invoices from the contractor are due and payable from fourteen days after the invoice date and must be paid without invoking suspension or set-off, failing which the client will be in default by operation of law and the contractor will be charged the statutory interest on the amount due from the date of payment. amount of the invoice is due, as well as the (extra) judicial costs of collection.
- All rights of action and other powers, for whatever reason, vis-à-vis the contractor in connection with the work performed in the context of the assignment lapse, if these have not been submitted to the contractor in writing and with reasons within one year after the client became aware, or could reasonably be, with the aforementioned rights and/or powers, as well as the facts on which he or she bases those rights and/or powers.
- The legal relationship between the contractor and his or her client is exclusively governed by Dutch law. All disputes arising from that legal relationship will be settled exclusively before the competent Dutch court.
January 2023