Thomas van Vugt

Judge stretches liability hosting provider!

Creating a website and putting it on the internet is a piece of cake. The content ...

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Hidde Reitsma

Essilux claim rejected: GrandVision is not required to provide access to accounts

The law sets out that a party may demand access to the accounts and documents ...

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Sjoerd Yntema

The UBO register

It was made known on 7 July 2020 that the UBO register will go live on 27 September ...

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Mariëlle de Wild

Completion of the liquidation due to lack of revenue: the creditor’s position

A creditor can apply for the liquidation of his debtor. Thereupon this liquidation ...

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Hidde Reitsma

Directors’ and officers’ liability for a creditor’s claim in case of unjust expedited liquidation

If there are no more assets (revenue) present in the event of the dissolution ...

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Onno Hennis

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 ...

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Thomas van Vugt

Court in summary proceedings: Facebook measures to prevent fake advertisements suffice

After John de Mol’s successful summary proceedings by the end of last year, Facebook ...

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Thomas van Vugt

Netherlands Commercial Court: COVID-19 does not justify amendment of multimillion contract

The (fairly) new Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC) recently rendered an interesting ...

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Onno Hennis

Court enforces a share transfer against the seller’s will

A recent decision of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal shows that the Dutch Court ...

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Thomas van Vugt

Interim relief proceedings Thierry Baudet: paraphrasing is not the same as quoting – also from a legal point of view

The preliminary relief proceedings of Thierry Baudet (a Dutch MP) and Forum voor ...

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Hidde Reitsma

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 ...

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Denise Janssen

Approval VvE required for installation of air-conditioning system

An owner of an apartment who wants to change the appearance of his house, almost ...

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Sjoerd Yntema

Important points of attention for groups (in difficult times)

Group financing has many advantages. Large enterprises that are organised within ...

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Onno Hennis

How should privileged information be handled in the inquiry procedure?

A recent ruling of the Supreme Court concerned the question of whether a legal ...

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Sjoerd Yntema

Emergency law for AGMs via live stream

Many companies have their Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled in the near future. ...

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Sjoerd Yntema

Reopening the liquidation of a dissolved company

The dissolution of a legal entity can occur in several ways. In this blog, Corporate ...

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Hidde Reitsma

Court sides with H&M in the stripe war with Adidas!

For 23 years, Adidas and H&M have waged war over ‘stripes’. Adidas is the ...

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Gea Flapper

Fake review? Google compelled to release name and address details

Many businesses suffer from fake reviews on Google. They are easy to post. But ...

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Sjoerd Yntema

The corona outbreak: what should Dutch businesses do?

As a result of the recent outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID–19), a lot of businesses ...

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Onno Hennis

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 ...

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