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Courts must make case details and hearing dates public
Groundbreaking ruling In a groundbreaking ruling, the Supreme Court has ruled ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Personal or business suretyship?
A recent case before the Amsterdam Court of Appeal concerns the question of whether ...
Conclusive evidential value of a signed agreement
In a recent case the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal ruled on the basis of the ...
Directors’ and officers’ liability for tax and pension debts
If an enterprise is in a situation of inability to pay, a director must report ...
Arbitration award between the City of Amsterdam and a ship entrepreneur is maintained
A protracted legal dispute between the City of Amsterdam and entrepreneur X has ...
Litigating at the Netherlands Commercial Court: when is a choice of forum clause valid?
Recently, the Netherlands Commercial Court (a court that is part of the Amsterdam ...
Does the assignment of a claim in respect of which arbitration has been agreed lead to a lack of jurisdiction of the court?
Nowadays, parties are increasingly choosing to have their disputes settled by ...
Dutch court stays the enforcement of an arbitration award of USD 622 million against Petrobras
Vantage’s request for permission for the enforcement of an arbitration award requiring ...
How are interlocutory proceedings conducted in the Netherlands? A procedural lawyer explains!
In the Netherlands, interlocutory proceedings can be instituted if a party cannot ...
How are substantive proceedings conducted with the Civil-Law Sector of a District Court in the Netherlands?
No legal proceedings are ever the same. Interlocutory proceedings, for example, ...
How long does it take for a court to pronounce judgment in the Netherlands?
The procedural lawyers of AMS Advocaten in Amsterdam and Naarden regularly publish ...
How does an emergency arbitrator under ICC Rules decide on a request for security?
The Dutch Court in preliminary relief proceedings for lifting attachments put ...
Ruling in summary arbitral proceedings: Skipper must be allowed to return to the helm in the Volvo Ocean Race
Last october, a drama occurred involving Akzo Nobel’s participation in the ...
Enforcement of a Dutch arbitration award is easy!
More and more parties in the Netherlands are deciding to settle their disputes ...
Enforcement of arbitral award: permission of the court required!
In the Netherlands, enforcement of an arbitral award requires the permission of ...
Limitation period for an official report; five or twenty years?
During a hearing a Dutch court may establish agreements between parties upon request ...
Court decisions in camera, when is this an option?
In the Netherlands, court decisions are public: judgments are available (anonymised) ...
