General Terms & Conditions

  1. Evers Soerjatin N.V. (the ‘company’) is a public limited company, with its registered office in Amsterdam. Its object is that of conducting of a legal practice as an attorney (advocaat), for its account and risk, whether or not in collaboration with other practitioners of liberal professions, and having regard to all laws and regulations applicable to the profession of advocaat, in particular the Netherlands Advocates Act (Advocatenwet).
  2. These general terms and conditions apply to every engagement accepted by the company, including any supplementary engagements or subsequent engagements. All engagements are exclusively accepted and performed by the company. The effect of articles 7:404 and 7:407(2) of the Dutch Civil Code is excluded.
  3. The provisions of these general terms and conditions do not apply for the benefit of the company only, but also for all persons and legal entities that work, or have worked, for the company in any manner, including the partners and Stichting Beheer Derdengelden Evers Soerjatin, and the heirs of said persons. These persons and entities may all rely on these general terms and conditions.
  4. Any liability arising under the performance of an engagement will at all times be limited to the amount to which the professional liability insurance taken out by the company grants entitlement, plus the sum of the policy excess that the company bears in connection with said insurance.
  5. Liability for any damage to persons or goods that arises by or in connection with the performance of an engagement for a client or otherwise will at all times be limited to the amount to which the general liability insurance taken out by the company grants entitlement, plus the sum of the policy excess that the company bears in connection with said insurance.
  6. The company is not liable for any non-performance by any third party engaged in the context of the engagement. When engaging a third party the company is entitled to accept, also on the client’s behalf, a limitation of liability on the part of the third party.
  7. Every engagement accepted by the company is subject to the firm’s complaints regulation (which complies with the applicable rules pursuant to the Advocatenwet). This regulation may be consulted at www.everssoerjatin.com.
  8. The legal relationship between the company on the one side and on the other side the client and/or any third party is subject to Dutch law. All disputes between the company and the client and/or any third party will exclusively be decided by the competent court in Amsterdam.
  9. These general terms and conditions have been prepared in Dutch and English. In the event of any dispute on their content or scope, the Dutch text will be binding.
Evers Soerjatin N.V. is a limited liability company domiciled in Amsterdam and registered with the Chamber of Commerce, file number 70188793. All services are subject to the general conditions of Evers Soerjatin N.V. which contain a limitation of liability clause. The general conditions are filed at the Amsterdam District Court, and are available at www.everssoerjatin.com. A copy thereof will ben provided upon request and free of charge.