Track Record

Thomas won summary proceedings brought by CBRE against his client, an 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 preliminary relief judge of the Amsterdam District Court dismissed the claims and ordered CBRE to pay the legal costs.

Lennard conducted summary proceedings for a Danish client. The court ordered the defendant to disclose her sources of income and assets by, among other things, providing insight into her bank statements, debtors and other income in the Netherlands and abroad.

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 were dismissed because it had not been established that he could personally be seriously blamed. The opposing party was ordered to pay €8,000 in legal costs.

Onno successfully claimed access to sales figures on behalf of his client, based on an agreement entitling the client to 8% of the gross margin on COVID-19 tests sold by the parties.

Onno successfully represented a foundation in proceedings in which a third party claimed to have lent substantial sums to the foundation. The district court ultimately allowed only a small part of the claim.

Thomas obtained a rectification of an article in the Leeuwarder Courant that had damaged his client’s reputation.

On behalf of a Danish client, Lennard requested recognition in the Netherlands of a foreign arbitral award under the New York Convention for an amount of €1 million and permission to enforce that award in the Netherlands. The Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal granted the request. It held that there was no conflict with Dutch public policy, recognised the arbitral award, granted leave for enforcement in the Netherlands and ordered the opposing party to pay €11,000 in legal costs.

In this case, AMS represented an association that had terminated a member’s membership. The member contested the termination. The articles of association provided for an internal appeal in case of termination. Because the member wished to appeal but the board refused to convene the required general meeting, the board’s termination decision was held to be contrary to the reasonableness and fairness required by Article 2:8 Dutch Civil Code.

The claimants sought an order that the defendant, represented by Denise, lift all conservatory attachments on the grounds of, among other things, breach of the duty of truth under Article 21 CCP. The defendant successfully contested this; only part of the attachments was lifted because that part turned out not to be necessary.

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 cost-plus basis. The clients disputed that arrangement and that they owed more than the fixed contract price. The court held that the contractor had insufficiently substantiated that the clients owed him more.