Members of Stibbe’s Commercial Litigation practice group have participated in the public consultation of a draft bill to modernise and simplify the law of evidence in civil procedure. An overview of the draft proposal was provided previously on this blog by Petra Vos and Daan Barbiers. The main goal of the draft bill is to enhance truth seeking in civil … Read more
On 1 September 2017, the KEI legislation for claims with mandatory representation (Civil 1.0) will enter into force at the courts of Gelderland and Central Netherlands. From this date, litigation will only be processed digitally in these courts. In principle, the KEI legislation for Civil 1.0 procedures will be rolled out nationally at the other first instance courts five months … Read more
On 12 July 2016, four bills were adopted by the Senate in the context of the KEI-programme with the aim of digitizing, improving and also simplifying civil and administrative procedures. Publication of the legislative proposals in the Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (‘Staatsblad’) followed on 21 July 2016. For an overview of the KEI-bills see the previously published blog ‘KEI: … Read more