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General disclaimer

Our website (www.nelissengrade.com) contains general information about Nelissen Grade Advocatenassociatie CVBA (Cooperative Society With Limited Liability) and its lawyers.

The information on legal topics that you may encounter on this website is purely informative and general discussions and can in no case be deemed to be legal advice. Nelissen Grade Advocatenassociatie accepts no liability for any damage anyone might suffer by proceeding on the information on this website. If you would like to have legal advice please contact a qualified lawyer who will advise you based on your personal situation.

 

Lawyer-client relation

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The Lawyers are actively engaged in the areas of law described under 'Practice Groups' on this website.

 

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General Terms and Conditions

1. These present general terms and conditions apply to all services that the lawyers of the firm of Nelissen Grade (hereinafter “NG”) provide to their clients. Each time a client calls upon the services of NG, he is deemed to know these general terms and conditions and to accept them without reservation. Any conflicting general terms and conditions of the client shall apply only with their advance and explicit acceptance in writing by NG. Barring any publication or notice by NG, in whatever its form, these present general terms and conditions shall also apply to the future relations between the parties. NG must explicitly accept in writing any supplement to, amendment of, or departure from these general terms and conditions.

2. If the client contracts with a particular lawyer of the law office of NG, such agreement shall be deemed to have been concluded between the client and the law office of NG. NG thereby retains the option to direct the assignment and matters to any lawyer who is part of the law office of NG and is also free to substitute one lawyer by another without the client being able to object to such a decision. NG also has the option to contract out certain assignments to other lawyers who are not part of the law office of NG to perform certain specific assignments.

3. NG undertakes to deliver its performance within a reasonable period of time. Should any specific periods of time be agreed, NG undertakes to make reasonable effort to meet these terms. NG is never liable for having exceeded any term due to the client, third parties, or force majeure.

4. The lawyers of the law office of NG are subject to professional privilege. All letters, advice, procedural documents, etc. that NG may provide to its clients are subject to the express reservation that the client shall maintain their confidentiality. The client may disclose said documents and their content to third parties only with NG’s express advance consent in writing.

5. The advice, opinions, written documents, etc. issued by NG are protected by intellectual property rights and may in no case be used or reproduced without NG’s express advance consent in writing. Said documents are unique to specific situations and clients and therefore cannot be simply transposed or used for other situations or persons without a new analysis by NG.

6. NG’s contractual and noncontractual liability in respect to any material damage or intangible loss (including but not limited to moral damage, loss of clientele, or of production, time, loss of data or commercial opportunity,) that the client may suffer, as well as such liability of all lawyers who are part of the law office of NG or of the lawyers who work on NG’s account, is limited to the amount of cover by NG’s professional liability insurer (the amount applicable on a case by case basis shall be disclosed by NG upon the client’s request ). The client indemnifies NG as well as all lawyers who are part of the law office of NG or of the lawyers who work on NG’s account, against any third party claim consequential to the delivery of performance by NG for the client unless due to error by NG.

7. Unless otherwise agreed between NG and the client, NG will invoice for its performance and costs at its usual and customary rates that may be adjusted from time to time with the change in market prices without NG needing to give advance notice of such adjustments. NG reserves the right to request an advance before delivery of services.

8. NG’s invoices are due and payable in cash without any discount to NG’s registered office, or to the bank account stated on the invoice. Upon failure to make payment default interest shall be owed, without advance notice of default, in accordance with the Act of 2 August 2002, to be calculated as from the invoice date, along with an additional fee (which shall be at least 10% of the amount invoiced). All costs of payment or for bills of exchange shall be for the client’s account. Any complaint with regard to an invoice must be made to NG by registered mail within eight days of the invoice date, in absence of which the invoice shall be deemed to be irrevocably accepted.

9. If unforeseen circumstances arise after concluding the agreement which make execution of the agreement more difficult or more costly for NG, NG is entitled to suspend performance of the agreement or to modify its obligations proportionately.

10. The agreement between NG and the client is subject to the law of Belgium. In case of any dispute, the courts in Leuven (Belgium) have exclusive jurisdiction, with the proviso that NG remains entitled to bring the case before the courts in the client’s place of residence or where it has its registered office,

11. If one of the provisions or a portion of a provision of these present general terms and conditions proves to be void or unfeasible, the other provisions remain valid.