Our fees

Getting acquainted free of charge

If you doubt your case has any change of succeeding or if you want to know more about the costs of your case call or email lawyer’s office Appelman for an appointment. The first 30 minutes are allways free of charge.

First appointment free of charge and hourly rate

A lawyer of our office will try to make a first judgement about your case within the 30 minutes free of charge appointment. If the 30 minutes are to short to make this first judgement we will ask you your approval to go further on our hourly rate of € 199,-. Maybe we are even able to say if you qualify for subsidized legal aid. If you compare our hourly rate against that of some other lawyer’s offices in Alkmaar you will notice that other offices are often far more expensive. We have chosen to make our legal aid accessible for a broad audience.

If you most likely qualify for subsidized legal aid we will hand out to you the form “Declaration concerning income and wealth”. This form has to be filled in by you and returned to us. In the case you probably qualify you will not be charged for any additional time the appointment took.