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Termination a rental contract

Liability of contractors

Contracting work

Pre-contractual phase

The financial risks of a contractor wrongfully terminating a construction contract

When a contractor accepts a construction contract, it is a serious and usually long-term commitment. The work must be completed as agreed and that may take months. During that…

When interpreting a contract, the ‘actual intention’ of the parties is what matters

…the interpretation of agreements and looks at the case. Contract takeover and credit facility A group of companies […]

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

…order, the question was raised whether a party to the contract could avoid the obligation to pay a fee of € 30 million to the other party if unforeseen circumstances were invoked.…

What about termination due to (a fundamental) breach of contract and the Vienna Sales Convention (CISG)?

…the agreement in the event of a ‘fundamental’ breach of contract. Dutch contract Law Lawyer Lennard Noordzij explains how it […]

Does an employment contract exist between a director and a private limited company in formation?

A German GmbH (a company incorporated under German law) planned to incorporate a new private limited company in the Netherlands and authorised the appellant to do so. After its…

Works contract

The agreement between a contractor and a principal to create tangible work, other than under an employment contract. It must be work of a material nature (building a garage). When…

Ratification of pre-incorporation contract

…in the Netherlands, the performance of legal acts and contracts may be necessary. According to Dutch law these legal acts can be ratified by the company subsequent to its…

On-call contract

An on-call contract is a flexible employment contract in which an employee works on an on-call basis and not on the basis of a fixed number of hours. The employer calls the on-call…

contractor agreement

A contractor agreement according Dutch law is a contract between a (building) contractor and a client to create a tangible work (not constituting an employment contract). The…

Injunction: contractor rightly suspended work; client must pay (In our track record)

Denise successfully represented a contractor in summary proceedings brought by the client to force resumption of the work. The contractor had suspended performance because invoices…

Court: no proof of additional work; contractor’s claim rejected (In our track record)

In this case, the contractor claimed that the clients represented by Denise had to pay more than €55,000 extra because the contractor claimed to have incurred those costs on a…

Subcontractor liable for repair costs after failing to remedy defects (In our track record)

In court proceedings, Rosa claimed on behalf of a contractor reimbursement of costs incurred to repair defects caused by a subcontractor. The court held that, despite having been…