Due diligence: ensure the scope of the investigation!
Participating in foreign property development projects is always a risky type ...
Who is the client: one-man business or limited company?
In commercial transactions, orders are not always recorded in writing. Negotiations ...
Substitute authorization for shareholders’ meeting
In the Netherlands, a shareholder can exert influence on the board in different ...
Informal loans: make up a contract and keep receipts of payments
In daily life people frequently lend money to family or friends. These loans are ...
Resolving a deadlock between shareholders
Many companies have only two shareholders who each hold 50% of the shares. In ...
European Court: publication of rapper in newspaper is breach of privacy
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is a body where individuals, groups, ...
Do bank guarantees provide security for underlying legal relationship?
In the Netherlands, bank guarantees are common financing arrangements and are ...
Reputational damage due to negativity on Facebook?
Nowadays, reputational damage due to incorrect statements on the internet is a ...
Muslim slaughterhouse sues State for instructions on slaughtering
Shortly before last month’s Feast of Sacrifice, a Muslim slaughterhouse instituted ...
Suspension of non-competition clause in a franchise agreement
A franchisor defaults on the franchise agreement with his franchisees. The franchisees ...
Marital attachment of spouse’s shares in BV: is that possible?
Marital attachment is a special type of preservation order that one of the spouses ...
Company has duty of care towards minority shareholder in The Netherlands
According to recent Dutch corporate case law a company has a special duty of care ...
Judgement: Contractor infringes an architect’s copyright
It is not unusual that a contractor is declared bankrupt during a construction ...
Imputable shortcoming when acquiring a company?
In this case, the acquiror of a company claims the seller is liable for not mentioning ...
If you have received a summons: advice from a Dutch lawyer
If a party has a monetary money claim against another party, but the other party ...
Suspension non-competition clause in a franchise agreement
When you start a franchise in the Netherlands, you will probably sign a post-contractual ...
Bank in breach of duty of care in the case of excessive lending?
In the current economic climate, more and more people in the Netherlands have ...
Director personally liable for debt to creditor?
Creditor X was ordered by the Dutch court to pay more than € 45,000 to a private ...
Prohibition on eviction commercial space in enforcement dispute possible?
In the Netherlands if a judgement has been declared provisionally enforceable, ...
Unlawful trademark infringement via Google Adwords
We previously published a blog about an IP action involving the same issue as ...
