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Onno Hennis

Courts must make case details and hearing dates public

Groundbreaking ruling In a groundbreaking ruling, the Supreme Court has ruled ...

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Sjoerd Yntema

Virtual general meetings after COVID-19

COVID-19 Emergency Act The Dutch Temporary COVID-19 Emergency Act Justice and ...

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Hasnaa Beni Driss

Sound reasons to doubt the policy and the course of business at Centric

On 27 January 2023, the Netherlands Enterprise Court ordered an investigation. ...

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Onno Hennis

DJ Paul van Dyk successfully claims millions from dance organiser after falling off stage

DJ Paul van Dyk fell off a stage during a performance in Utrecht in 2016. He suffered ...

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Rosa Ruimschotel

Expansion of dispute resolution Board of Arbitration by introducing new Fast Track procedures

In the construction industry, disputes are regularly referred to the Board of ...

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Lennard Noordzij

The Vienna Sales Convention: general terms and conditions, obligation to investigate and obligation to complain

The Vienna Sales Convention applies to international agreements for the purchase ...

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Lennard Noordzij

Exit by a shareholder

Recently the Gelderland Court determined that a shareholder is permitted to exit. ...

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Onno Hennis

The squatters of the villa in Amsterdam of a Russian oligarch are allowed to stay by the Dutch court.

The judge in preliminary proceedings of the Amsterdam Court has yesterday dismissed ...

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Onno Hennis

When is a request for an inquiry considered to have been made on unreasonable grounds, which results in the applicant being ordered to pay the costs?

If there are good reasons to doubt the correct policy, the right of inquiry offers ...

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Onno Hennis

Obtaining of a copy of a confidential arbitral award by a third party

One of the basic principles of arbitration is that the proceedings and the award ...

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Rosa Ruimschotel

Simply passing on price increases for raw materials to a customer, is that permitted?

It has escaped nobody’s attention: the prices of various raw materials and ...

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Onno Hennis

How do the Dutch courts deal with documentary evidence in a foreign language?

It frequently happens that a document in a foreign language is used as evidence ...

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Hasnaa Beni Driss

Expulsion of a 50% shareholder in summary proceedings

Earlier this year, the Amsterdam District Court granted in summary proceedings ...

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Nienke Bobbert

Turboliquidation – or bankruptcy?

With an expected increase in companies winding down business, the tension between ...

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Sjoerd Yntema

Commission at the end of the agency agreement

Pursuant to Article 7:442 Paragraph 1 of the Dutch Civil Code, an agent is, in ...

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Lennard Noordzij

Personal or business suretyship?

A recent case before the Amsterdam Court of Appeal concerns the question of whether ...

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Lennard Noordzij

Conclusive evidential value of a signed agreement

In a recent case the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal ruled on the basis of the ...

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Lennard Noordzij

Directors’ and officers’ liability for tax and pension debts

If an enterprise is in a situation of inability to pay, a director must report ...

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Lennard Noordzij

Director liable towards financier for misleading figures

In a recent case the Amsterdam District Court deemed a director liable for € 2.5 ...

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Thomas van Vugt

Breaking off negotiations was not unlawful

For many years, the parties had been conducting negotiations with each other on ...

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