Noot onder vonnis Rechtbank 's-Hertogenbosch van 11 maart 2011

Short Reads - Een risico-inventarisatie en -evaluatie met bijbehorend plan is verplicht voor iedere werkgever, maar veel werkgevers hebben deze niet. In dit blog gaan we in op de inhoud en achtergrond van de RI&E en op de risico's voor werkgevers die geen RI&E hebben.

Short Reads - In Dutch commercial legal practice, contracting parties frequently act as representatives of a company. Generally, this representation is unproblematic, but intermediaries sometimes exceed their authority or act as representatives without the required authorization.

Short Reads - The draft temporary bill on Expedited Liquidation Transparency presented by the Dutch Minister of Justice on 28 June 2021 aims to increase transparency, improve protection of creditors and reduce the risk of abuse. We expect that this bill could be in effect indefinitely, as the issues it addresses were pressing long before COVID-19.

Short Reads - Under Dutch law, a general principle is that contracting parties conclude agreements in their own name, i.e. they conclude agreements for themselves. However, in Dutch commercial legal practice, contracting parties frequently act as representatives of a company.