Court dismisses lawyer fee claim for lack of transparency and rejects collection costs due to missing payment deadline.

The court ruled that the lawyer's fee agreement failed the transparency requirement under Dutch law because the total cost could not be reasonably calculated beforehand. While the plaintiff's claim for collection costs was rejected due to the absence of a statutory 14-day payment deadline in the demand letter, the court awarded the base fee of €1,582.24 plus interest. Additionally, the defendant was ordered to pay the plaintiff's legal costs and the plaintiff's counterclaims were dismissed.