{"id":1147,"date":"2022-03-14T13:28:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T13:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanzonquint.nl\/?page_id=1147"},"modified":"2022-03-14T13:47:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T13:47:35","slug":"complaints-procedure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vanzonquint.nl\/en\/complaints-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Complaints Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-385594 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-640969 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><section class=\"page-header pad-min-top pad-min-bottom fph-padding fph-display-none-480\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-header-inner add-top-half add-bottom-half\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"liner highlight-bg\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon ion-coffee\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title dark title-font\">Kantoor\u00adklachtenregeling<br \/>\r\n<dfn>Van Zon & Quint<\/dfn> <br \/>\r\nadvocaten<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"page-header-geometrical-shapes\"><div class=\"shape geometrical-parallaxify square-2x\" style=\"background-color: #778798;\"><\/div><div class=\"shape geometrical-parallaxify circle-1x\" style=\"background-color: #1a3055;\"><\/div><div class=\"shape geometrical-parallaxify square-3x\" style=\"background-color: #deac27;\"><\/div><div class=\"shape geometrical-parallaxify triangle-1x\" style=\"border-bottom-color: #1a3055;\"><\/div><div class=\"shape geometrical-parallaxify square-3x\" style=\"background-color: #778798;\"><\/div><div class=\"shape geometrical-parallaxify circle-3x\" style=\"background-color: #deac27;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n            <\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-210228 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-368491 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-472392 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 1 Definitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following definitions apply in this office complaints procedure:<\/p>\n<p><em>complaint<\/em>: any written expression of dissatisfaction on the part of or on behalf of the client towards the lawyer or the persons working under his responsibility about the formation and execution of an assignment agreement, the quality of the services or the amount of the invoice, other than a complaint as referred to in section 4 of the Advocatenwet;<\/p>\n<p><em>complainant<\/em>: the client or his representative who submits a complaint;<\/p>\n<p><em>complaints officer<\/em>: the lawyer charged with handling the complaint, not being the lawyer who was involved in the handling of the complainant&#039;s case;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 2 Scope of application<\/strong><br \/>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This office complaints procedure applies to every assignment OF agreement between Van Zon and Quint Advocaten and the client.<br \/>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Every lawyer of Van Zon and Quint Advocaten is responsible for handling complaints in accordance with the office complaints procedure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 3 Objectives<\/strong><br \/>This office complaints procedure aims to:<br \/>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 establishing a procedure for constructively handling complaints from clients within a reasonable period of time;<br \/>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 establishing a procedure to determine the causes of complaints from clients;<br \/>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 maintaining and improving existing relationships by means of proper complaints handling;<br \/>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 train employees to respond to complaints in a client-oriented manner;<br \/>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 improving the quality of the services with the aid of complaint handling and complaint analysis.<br \/><strong><br \/>Article 4 Information at the start of services<\/strong><br \/>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This office complaints procedure has been made public. Before entering into the assignment agreement, the lawyer informs the client that the office uses an office complaints procedure and that this applies to the services.<br \/>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Van Zon en Quint Advocaten has included in the general terms and conditions to which independent party or body a complaint that has not been resolved after handling can be submitted in order to obtain a binding decision and has stated this in the order confirmation.<br \/>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Complaints as referred to in art. 1 of this office complaints procedure that are not resolved accordingly to this procedure, will be submitted to the Oost-Brabant District Court, location \u2019s-Hertogenbosch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 5 Internal complaints\u00a0procedure<\/strong><br \/>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If a client approaches the office with a complaint, the complaint will be forwarded to the complaints officer.<br \/>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complaints officer will inform the person against whom the complaint has been lodged of the submission of the complaint and will give the complainant and the person against whom the complaint has been made the opportunity to explain the complaint.<br \/>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The person who is the subject of the complaint tries to reach a solution together with the client, whether or not after the intervention of the complaints officer.<br \/>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complaints officer will deal with the complaint within four weeks of receipt of the complaint or will inform the complainant about a deviation from this term, stating the reasons and stating the term within which an opinion will be given on the complaint.<br \/>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complaints officer will inform the complainant and the person against whom the complaint has been made in writing of the opinion on the validity of the complaint, whether or not accompanied by recommendations.<br \/>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If the complaint has been handled satisfactorily, the complainant, the complaints officer and the person who is the subject of the complaint sign the opinion on the validity of the complaint.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 6 Confidentiality and free complaint handling<\/strong><br \/>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complaints officer and the person who is the subject of the complaint will handle the complaint confidentially.<br \/>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complainant does not owe any compensation for the costs of handling the complaint.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 7 Responsibilities<\/strong><br \/>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complaints officer is responsible for the timely handling of the complaint.<br \/>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The person who is the subject of the complaint will keep the complaints officer informed about any contact and a possible solution.<br \/>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complaints officer will keep the complainant informed about the handling of the complaint.<br \/>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complaints officer keeps the complaint file up to date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 8 Complaint registration<\/strong><br \/>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complaints officer registers the complaint, stating the subject of the complaint.<br \/>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A complaint can be divided into several subjects.<br \/>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complaints officer periodically reports on the handling of the complaints and makes recommendations to prevent new complaints, as well as to improve procedures.<br \/>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At least once a year, the reports and recommendations are discussed at the office and submitted for decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1147","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","blog-post white-bg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Complaints Procedure - Van Zon Quint Advocaten<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vanzonquint.nl\/en\/complaints-procedure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Complaints Procedure - Van Zon Quint Advocaten\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kantoor\u00adklachtenregeling Van Zon &#038; 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