User Terms – January 2025
These user terms apply to all visits to and use of any website of Hoek Legal B.V. (“Hoek.legal”) including www.hoek.legal and all subfolders and sections thereof (together, the “Website”), and to all information, recommendations, and services that Hoek.legal provides to you on the Website (together, the “Information”).
The Information is for general purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. No rights whatsoever can be derived from the Information. Always seek legal advice before acting or deciding.
Hoek.legal and all persons affiliated with Hoek.legal are not liable for any damage resulting from the use of Information. This includes damage caused by viruses or any inaccuracy or incompleteness of the Information, unless the damage is caused by deliberate recklessness or intentional misconduct on the part of Hoek.legal.
Hoek.legal and all persons affiliated with Hoek.legal are also not liable for any damage resulting from the use of electronic communication, including damage resulting from a failure to deliver or a delay in delivering electronic communication, from interception or manipulation of electronic communication by third parties or computer programs used for electronic communication and from transmission of viruses.
The Website provides links to external internet sites. Hoek.legal is not liable for the use or content of external sites that link to or from the Website.
“Hoek Legal”, “Hoek.legal” and “Hoek.Legal” are registered tradenames and/or trademarks of Hoek.legal.
Unless otherwise indicated, Hoek.legal is the owner or holder of all rights to the Website and the Information, including copyrights and other intellectual property rights.
Users may read the Website and the Information and make copies for their own personal use, for example by printing or storing the Information. Users may not make any other use of the Website or the Information without prior written consent of Hoek.legal. This includes the storage or reproduction of the Website or parts of the Website on any external internet site or the creation of links, hyperlinks or deep links between the Website and any other internet site.
If you post unsolicited ideas or materials consisting of texts, images, sounds, software, information or otherwise (together, the “Materials“) on the Website or send these to Hoek.legal by email or otherwise, Hoek.legal may use, copy and commercially exploit the Materials fully and free of charge and will not be bound by any confidentiality obligation in respect of those Materials.
By using the Website, you agree to indemnify Hoek.legal and all persons affiliated with Hoek.legal against any action or claim against and any liability incurred by them that result from the use or exploitation of the Materials infringing the intellectual or other property rights of any third party or otherwise being unlawful towards a third party.
These user terms are governed exclusively by Dutch law. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these user terms, including disputes concerning their existence or validity, will be exclusively resolved by the courts in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
These user terms are available in Dutch and English. In the event of a dispute on its contents or intention, only the Dutch version is binding.