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Termination of a lease agreement for business premises

Mandatory lease term in commercial premises

Urgently required for one’s own occupancy

Transfer of business premises

Fake review? Google compelled to release name and address details

Many businesses suffer from fake reviews on Google. They are easy to post. But a lot harder to remove. What can businesses do about this? Liability attorney Thomas van Vugt…

Is a short-term lease of a studio apartment permitted?

Renting out one’s own apartment as a holiday home: is that permitted or not? Many rulings have been made on this issue, but it remains controversial. Recently, an owners’…

The Party Autonomy Rule of Article 32a of the Code of Civil Procedure: when does the NCC have jurisdiction?

Whose party is this? NCC further discusses Article 32a of the Code of Civil Procedure Earlier this year, we published a three-part series on the Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC).…

Mutual suspension in construction: a classic impasse

The Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court recently issued a ruling on a classic impasse during the execution of a construction contract: a client refuses to pay a (progress) invoice from the…

Is the trustee responsible for someone else’s belongings?

A trustee who terminates a lease agreement pursuant to Article 39 of the Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet) must clear the rented property. This means, among other things, that…

Pub tenancy / pub lease

…business. The contractual form in which this is done is a lease: a party leases the business from another party and runs it in his own name and for his own risk. Often this…

take-over

…right of substitution of the acquiring company in the lease contract.

right of first refusal

…involve other business contracts like a cooperation or a lease. This right is commonly used in Dutch contracts. The entity who has the right of first refusal is not required to…

Eviction notification

…of an office or other business premises to vacate the leased premises. Following notice of termination of the lease agreement for an office or other business premises (not intended…

Director released from liability: all claims dismissed (In our track record)

Lennard represented a Belgian director in a director’s liability case before the Rotterdam District Court, in which he was being held liable for €300,000. All claims against the…

Director liability claim dismissed (In our track record)

…operating licence would be granted, the BV terminated the lease agreement. The landlord claimed that the BV’s directors were liable for the damages suffered (missed rental…

CBRE loses injunction: eviction claim dismissed (In our track record)

…Amsterdam retailer. CBRE sought eviction, claiming that the lease had ended and that it urgently needed the premises for its own use due to a shopping centre renovation. The…