Track Record

Following a land consolidation, certain easements had lapsed. Together with Denise, Marco successfully represented parties opposing the lapse of these easements. The district court held that the easements had been re-established through acquisitive prescription, because the claimants had been possessors in good faith for at least ten years. The Court of Appeal reached the same conclusion.

Sander, Kelly and Lennard assisted a Danish/American client at a WHOA hearing. The client had a claim against a Dutch debtor who tried to prevent and/or delay attachments by obtaining a cooling-off period. Sander, Lennard and Kelly managed to prevent this. The client was then better able to collect the remainder of its claims.

Kelly and Lennard successfully claimed performance of a services agreement for the purchase of software on behalf of their client. The agreement and the general terms and conditions must be interpreted to mean that an interim termination ban had been agreed. The defendant was therefore not permitted to terminate before the end of the initial term and must perform the agreement.

Sander represented the owner of fashion brand SAPPH in a dispute with a (former) licensee. The former licensee had breached the licence agreement and continued to use the brand unlawfully after the client terminated the agreement. In summary proceedings, Sander obtained an order against the former licensee and its directors to cease use of the brand and to refrain from making unlawful statements about who owned the brand.

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 remained unpaid. The Midden-Nederland District Court largely ruled in favour of the contractor, ordering the client to pay and holding that the contractor only had to resume work after payment.

Xagan represented a company in an inquiry procedure initiated by one of the shareholders concerning the minority shareholder’s right to information and possible conflicts of interest of directors.

Together with Denise, Marco successfully held a home seller liable on behalf of the buyer for a defect that impeded normal use of the property. In assessing the damage, the court estimated the actual repair costs, taking into account depreciation (“new for old”). In this interim judgment, the court put questions to the seller.

Nienke and Lennard assisted a client who had been asked to provide information to a German claimant. That request was largely denied; only a few anonymised invoices had to be provided.

In summary proceedings about an investment dispute between private investors and an investment fund in managed accounts, the monetary claim of AMS’s clients was allowed. The company was ordered to repay and to provide insight into returns and – conditionally – the director was held personally and jointly liable if the company failed to pay.

In 2024, Clemens represented a client in a dispute with a car dealer about a camper van worth €50,000 that developed defects shortly after purchase. The seller refused to carry out repairs and argued that the buyer was not allowed to engage a third party to perform them. Clemens demanded payment of €11,000 in repair costs and, after the seller rejected the demand, brought proceedings before the subdistrict court. The court ruled in favour of his client: the seller was ordered to pay the full amount, plus extrajudicial collection costs, statutory interest and legal costs.