Terms of Business DAHL’s terms of business apply to the legal assistance and the services which DAHL provides to the client unless otherwise agreed in writing. The terms of business apply to assignments given to DAHL on January 1 st 2024 or later. 1.SCOPE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE ASSIGNMENT 1.1.The scope of the legal assistance and other services is agreed between DAHL and the client for each assign- ment. 1.2.The legal assistance will be provided in accordance with the Danish Bar Council’s rules on ethics, the Danish Administration of Justice Act’s rules on lawyers and other relevant legislation. 1.3.DAHL is subject to the provisions of the Danish Money Laundering Act and it must therefore obtain and file in- formation on each client’s identity to the extent required under the Act. 1.4.All case documents will be retained in DAHL’s archives for at least five years from the case’s conclusion. Such storage may be in electronic form. All original docu- ments are returned to the client on conclusion of the case. 2. FEE AND INVOICING 2.1.DAHL fixes the fee on the basis of the extent of the work involved, including with respect to whether work will be performed outside normal working hours and particularly urgent work, the interest which the case has for the client, the value of DAHL’s services, the level of responsibility associated with the performance of the assignment, the case’s complexity, the degree of spe- cialist knowledge required in the case, and the result achieved. 2.2.Outlays and costs incurred in relation to the assign- ment, including travel and accommodation costs, provisioning, fees, major copying and postage/courier costs are paid by the client in addition to the fee. 2.3.On request, the client will be given an estimate of the fee if the nature of the assignment so permits. If the fee cannot be estimated, the applicable hourly rates can be advised, and the client will be regularly advised of the total number of hours spent on the case. The hourly rates can be adjusted without notice, and the client will be notified. In his or her position as a consumer, the cli- ent will receive information on the fee before the work is commenced in accordance with applicable rules. 2.4.DAHL is entitled to invoice fees for work performed on account, monthly in arrears. The client is required to pay a deposit on demand of an appropriate size, typically corresponding to one quarter’s estimated fee. Payment for major external costs, including outlays, may be required in advance or immediately after the sum in question is paid. 2.5.The terms of payment are eight (8) days net from invoice date. Interest on late payments is charged in ac- cordance with the provisions of the Danish Interest Act. 3. CLIENT FUNDS 3.1.Client funds are managed in accordance with applica- ble rules and the funds will be deposited in client ac- counts. Accrued interest reverts to the client in accord- ance with applicable rules. 3.2.Client account deposits through DAHL are treated as any other deposit made by a client directly to a bank. Consequently, client funds are covered up to a limit of EUR 100,000 per client through the Danish Guarantee Fund (Indskydergarantiordningen) in the event of the fi- nancial collapse of the account-holding bank. However, specific rules apply for client account deposits made in connection with private property transactions. 4. CONFIDENTIALITY 4.1.DAHL is required to handle all information received from or about the client in confidence. DAHL is also re- quired to comply with the current duty of confidentiality applying to lawyers. 4.2.DAHL will primarily communicate per. e-mail. Normally, emails sent by DAHL will be encrypted during shipment (TLS). Since special technical circumstances may cause that this is not possible in certain matters, we do not guarantee that all emails are sent with TLS encryption. It is thus assumed that the client agrees that informa- tion of a confidential nature will also be exchanged by email, and that because this information is not en- crypted, the exchange may carry a risk that confidential information in this form of communication may come to
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