5.1 The client shall owe a fee for work performed by the firm, plus out-of-pocket expenses, one-off administrative costs, firm expenses, and taxes.
5.2 An intake interview will take a maximum of fifteen minutes and will be charged at the applicable intake rate. If advice is given immediately, the hourly rate will be charged after the first fifteen minutes. Cancellation of an appointment must take place at least twenty-four hours before the scheduled time of the appointment. No costs will be charged in the event of timely cancellation. In the event of late cancellation or failure to show at the appointment, the intake rate will be charged.
5.3 The administrative costs are in principle equal to the applicable net hourly rate. Administrative costs will be charged per file or case. For immigration law, a maximum of five related cases comprises a single file. In the case of a first application for a permit, the administrative costs shall not exceed three times the hourly rate.
5.4 The work shall be charged pro rata to the time spent, according to the firm’s usual hourly rates. Hours shall be written in time units of six minutes. Only if deviating arrangements have been made in writing, a different rate will apply, in which case the parties may also agree on a fixed fee.
5.5 For urgent cases, the administrative costs and hourly rate will be doubled. Emergencies are, with the exception of criminal law, when any document, permit and/or term is due to expire within two months or when work has to commence within seven days or when a consultation is required within twenty-four hours.
5.6 The attorney salaries awarded in proceedings belong entirely to the firm.
5.7 The firm is entitled to set off any price changes that have occurred after the contract has been concluded with the client. In the event of an increase in tax rates, the hourly rate will be adjusted in the sense that it will be rounded up in units of ten guilders.