Terms and Conditions

Here you will find the Terms and Conditions followed by JPR advocaten. You can always contact us if you have any questions about the Terms and Conditions or if you would like to obtain an additional copy of them.

Article 1.
JPR Advocaten Coöperatief U.A., hereafter JPR advocaten, is a cooperative consisting of affiliated private limited liability companies (professional corporations). A list of directors will be sent on request.

Article 2.
In these Terms and Conditions, the term “Client” is understood to mean:
the natural person or legal entity commissioning JPR advocaten to perform work.

Article 3.1.
All assignments will be accepted and carried out exclusively by JPR advocaten with due observance of these Terms and Conditions.

Article 3.2.
All assignments are deemed to have been exclusively given to and accepted by JPR advocaten, even if it is the explicit or tacit intention that an assignment be carried out by a specific person. The effect of Article 7:404 of the Dutch Civil Code (BW), which regulates the latter case, and the effect of Article 7:407(2) of the BW, which establishes joint and several liability in the event that two or more persons have received an assignment, is entirely excluded.

Article 4.
All stipulations in these general terms and conditions are also made for the benefit of JPR advocaten’s affiliated companies, the (indirect) directors of these companies, and all those who work for JPR advocaten, whether or not employed by JPR advocaten, as well as former (legal) persons working for JPR advocaten (companies, directors, and employees), including their heirs, if any, if they are held liable, after they have left employment at JPR advocaten.

Article 5.
JPR advocaten determines who within JPR advocaten will be charged with carrying out the assignment, where appropriate involving third parties, including auxiliary persons.

Article 6.
JPR advocaten will follow best practices in its work. The assignment will never cover tax issues. Any comments and advice given by JPR on tax matters are always without obligation and the Client may not assume that such advice is always correct and complete. The Client should consult his or her own tax advisor on tax issues if necessary.

Article 7.
Unless agreed otherwise, the Client will owe JPR advocaten a fee in accordance with JPR advocaten’s usual rates, plus turnover tax and disbursements.

Article 8.1.
The total joint liability of JPR advocaten, including all those mentioned in Article 4, is always limited to the amount paid out under JPR advocaten’s professional liability insurance for the relevant case, increased by the amount of the excess payable by JPR advocaten under the insurance agreement applicable to the relevant case.

Article 8.2.
If, for whatever reason, no payment is made under such an insurance policy, any liability will be limited to twice the amount charged by JPR advocaten to the Client in the relevant case, up to a maximum of EUR 100,000.00.

Article 8.3.
JPR advocaten is only liable for shortcomings of third parties if and insofar as the resulting damage can be recovered from the third party. JPR advocaten is authorised to accept any limitations of liability of third parties on behalf of the Client.

Article 8.4.
The Client indemnifies JPR advocaten against all claims by third parties, including the costs incurred by JPR advocaten in connection with those claims, arising directly or indirectly from or relating to the work done by JPR advocaten for the Client.

Article 8.5.
The limitations of liability and obligation to indemnify arising from the above do not apply insofar as the damage is the result of intent or gross negligence on the part of JPR advocaten.

Article 9.
The legal relationship to which these Terms and Conditions apply is governed by Dutch law. JPR advocaten is a member of the Dutch Foundation for Consumer Complaints Boards (Geschillencommissie Advocatuur). This dispute settlement procedure applies to the services provided by JPR advocaten in all cases in which the Dutch Foundation for Consumer Complaints Boards has jurisdiction. The regulations can be consulted on the website of the Dutch Foundation for Consumer Complaints Boards. All other disputes that may arise between the parties will be submitted to the judgement of the Dutch court. Unless a mandatory statutory provision dictates otherwise, in the event of a dispute, the court in the district of the office where the lawyer handling the case works or last worked has jurisdiction in the first instance.