Bijna 10 jaar geleden hebben wij Stibbeblog.nl opgezet als experiment. Bloggende advocaten, zat men daar wel op te wachten? Meer dan 1.500 goed gelezen blogs later weten wij dat dit absoluut het geval is en we gaan hier dan ook zeker mee door. Maar wel op een andere plek dan u van ons gewend bent. Vanaf 2 oktober 2023 vindt … Read more
Begin september informeerden wij u al over de aanstaande verhuizing van onze blogs van het vertrouwde platform Stibbeblog.nl naar onze corporate website Stibbe.com/Stibbeblog. Graag herinneren wij u eraan dat u eventuele RSS-feeds van Stibbeblog.nl dient te vervangen om vanaf begin oktober geen berichten te missen. Klik hier voor ons eerdere bericht hierover. Hebt u hierover vragen? Mail dan naar Tess.Linders@Stibbe.com of Jeroen.Heymans@Stibbe.com. Wij … Read more
Bijna 10 jaar geleden hebben wij Stibbeblog.nl opgezet als experiment. Bloggende advocaten, zat men daar wel op te wachten? Meer dan 1.500 goed gelezen blogs later weten wij dat dit absoluut het geval is en we gaan hier dan ook zeker mee door. Maar wel op een andere plek dan u van ons gewend bent. Vanaf 2 oktober 2023 vindt … Read more
Introduction A contract, once entered into, gives parties a sense of security. After a period of close negotiation, agreement is reached and the signing of the contract provides closure. But what if it turns out that the facts presented when the contract was entered into were incorrect or incomplete? If essential information was missing at that time and if the … Read more
In bankruptcy proceedings, directors under the articles of association (“formal directors”) of a Dutch B.V. or N.V. can be held liable by a bankruptcy trustee on the basis of specific articles of the Dutch Civil Code concerning manifestly improper management. This specific liability regime for directors does not apply to other third parties, such as shareholders or high-ranking employees. However, … Read more
Dutch contract law provides three supplementary remedies for breach of contract: specific performance, damages as an alternative to performance, and termination of the contract. While these general remedies provide relief, the various criteria may be difficult to navigate. Our abstract flow charts guide an injured party through the process of invoking one of these remedies. Introduction Enforceable obligations are an … Read more
A right of usufruct on a claim cannot be used to appropriate what is received through collection of that claim, as the Dutch Supreme Court ruled in its decision of 30 September 2022 (ECLI:NL:HR:2022:1331), in a case between KPN and Telecom Vastgoed about an alleged right of usufruct on rent payments. Background: telephone antennas KPN is a provider of mobile … Read more
Lawyers occasionally wonder how the law ended up as it is. We had that experience after the Dutch Supreme Court’s decision of 1 July 2022 (Rabobank/Ten Berge q.q.; ECLI:NL:HR:2022:984), regarding the possibility or impossibility of pledging a claim. The Supreme Court decided that claims that have been made non-transferable under property law in a contractual agreement between a creditor and … Read more
Recent case law on the standing of ‘idealistic’ claim foundations shows courts’ lenient approach. Under the class action regime that entered into force in January 2020, claim foundations face stricter admissibility requirements as a counterbalance to their newly gained power to institute an opt-out damages claim. The legislator however also implemented an exemption to the requirements for ‘idealistic’ claim foundations, … Read more
Since 9 January 2022, the public type of the Dutch Scheme is automatically recognized in the EU under the European Insolvency Regulation. This will be further discussed in this blog. Last year saw the introduction of the Dutch Scheme (we refer to our previous blogs for further details on the Dutch Scheme). The Dutch Scheme provides for two types of … Read more