Terms & Conditions

  1. KKF B.V., trading under the name Franssen Tolboom Advocaten, hereinafter referred to as the 'company', is a private limited liability company with its registered office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, registered with the Chamber of Commerce under number 56967373, with the objective of practising law as a attorney-at-law at its own expense and risk..
  2. All assignments are accepted and executed exclusively by the company. The effect of Articles 7:404, 7:407 subsection (2) and 7:409 of the Dutch Civil Code is excluded.
  3. The work is in principle charged to the client on a monthly basis with a payment period of fourteen (14) days from the date of the invoice. The company shall be entitled to charge statutory interest in instances of late payment.
  4. In instances where a client is in default of payment of any amounts owed by it, the company has the right to suspend its work on behalf of that client. The company accepts no liability for any loss or damage suffered by the client, which arises as a consequence of work being suspended for the purposes referred to herein.
  5. The company shall be entitled to request advance payment for work which is to be performed and costs which are to be incurred. The company is entitled to suspend or terminate work if no advance payment has been provided, without prejudice to the obligation of the client to pay outstanding and future invoices on time. The company is entitled to hold any advance payment received as security.
  6. If the performance of an assignment results in liability, such liability will always be limited to the amount which can be claimed under the professional liability insurance concluded by the company, increased by an amount equating to the excess which the company bears under the said insurance. Further information about the content of the conditions of the insurance policy will be provided upon request.
  7. If by, or in connection with, the execution of a client assignment, damage is caused to persons or property, liability will be limited to the amount which can be claimed under the general liability insurance concluded by the company, increased by an amount equating to the excess which the company bears under the said insurance policy.
  8. BThe company shall exercise necessary care when engaging third parties. The company is not liable for any shortcomings of third parties which are engaged for the purposes of an assignment. When engaging a third party, the company is entitled to accept, also on behalf of the client, an eventual limitation of liability by the third party.
  9. The provisions contained in these General Terms and Conditions apply to the company, all persons affiliated with the company and all third parties the company engages in the execution of an assignment or in connection therewith are liable or could be liable. For the purposes of these General Terms and Conditions “all persons affiliated with the company” means every person and legal entity who, by any means, whether or not on the basis of an employment contract, work or worked for the company, as well as their successors. All provisions contained within these General Terms and Conditions which are to the benefit of the company apply in full and irrevocably to the aforementioned persons and third parties, and not as a third-party clause for the purposes of Article 6:253 Civil Code.
  10. The General Terms and Conditions have been drawn up in Dutch and English. The Dutch text shall be binding in the event of a dispute regarding the content or meaning. 
  11. The company is entitled to amend, and to supplement, these General Terms and Conditions. The client will be notified, in advance, in writing of every amendment/addition. The company rejects the applicability of a client’s own general terms and conditions.
  12. Dutch law governs the relationship between the company and its clients. Only a Dutch court of law can rule on any dispute between the company and a client.