Actions for Damages in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Germany

Articles - 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 a debtor, cannot be pledged either.

Seminar - Branda Katan will speak at a webinar of Herbert Smith Freehills & Stibbe about Dutch Class Actions – What international companies need to know. The webinar will take place on Wednesday 16 March 2022, 12.00 - 1.00pm UK time.

Articles - Gertjan Boekraad schreef voor het Tijdschrift voor Insolventierecht een annotatie bij een arrest van de Hoge Raad over de vraag hoe in het faillissement van een bedrijf om te gaan met de vordering van de overheid die een milieuovertreding van dat bedrijf moet herstellen.  

Short Reads - 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.