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- Dutch contract law 24 May 2016 3 min
Can liability be excluded in an exoneration clause?
Most general terms and conditions include an exoneration clause. In this clause the user of the terms and conditions limits his liability for loss due to possible failure in…
- General 17 May 2016 1 min
AMS Advocaten opens location in Naarden
On 1 April 2016 AMS Advocaten opened the doors of its new location in Naarden. The office is at Ijsselmeerweg 100 on the fields of the Naarderbos Golf Course. This easily…
- Intellectual Property law in the Netherlands 2 May 2016 4 min
Copycat behaviour: the nightmare of every designer
It is every designer’s nightmare to design a product with a characteristic or specific form and then a competitor produces a similar product, or at least tries to latch on to your…
- Litigation 25 April 2016 6 min
How do proceedings in the Subdistrict Court work?
Each dispute, and therefore each legal action, is different. There are not only differences in the court that is competent in the first instance (the subdisctrict court or the…
- Intellectual Property law in the Netherlands 14 April 2016 3 min
Copyright issue: Google refuses to provide BREIN account data
Google was recently sentenced by the Court in Preliminary Relief Proceedings to provide the data of a provider of illegal e-books to the BREIN Foundation. This is not the first…
- Litigation 11 April 2016 3 min
Foreign party involved in Dutch proceedings: who pays the legal costs?
If legal action succeeds, the other party can be sentenced to pay the legal costs. We explained earlier what these legal costs are, and how the amount of the legal costs is…
- Debt collection in The Netherlands 1 April 2016 3 min
Directors’ liability for unpaid bills?
Every company has to deal with nonpaying clients. Starting collecting debt procedures might offer recovery. But what if the debtor goes into administration? Can a creditor hold the…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 22 March 2016 5 min
Enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in The Netherlands
A great advantage of arbitration compared to court litigation is that arbitral awards are relatively easy enforceable abroad. Under Dutch law a foreign arbitral decision will in…
- Dutch contract law 15 March 2016 4 min
New employment law: employer has to substantiate necessity of non-competition clause
…possible to include a non-competition clause in employment contracts for a definite period, unless the employer states in writing, giving the […]
- Debt collection in The Netherlands 15 March 2016 3 min
Couple which committed fraud has to pay the church over €800,000!
Luxury meals, fancy chocolates, skiing trips, school books for the children and large sums spent at consumer electronics stores. These are only a few of the many private expenses…