The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Investigation

Short Reads - The Court of Appeal of Arnhem-Leeuwarden ruled on 3 March 2020 that an accountant did not properly advise her client with respect to a sale of real estate (ECLI:NL:GHARL:2020:1875). In her research concerning the consequences of the sale, the accountant had failed to properly review the contracts between the seller and the financier of the real estate. The accountant had therefore acted unlawfully.

Inside Stibbe - In a special Q&A (in Dutch), lawyers from our Amsterdam office share their legal expertise and strive to provide answers to questions put to us by consumers, self-employed persons, enterprises large and small, foundations and NGOs as a result of the corona crisis.

Short Reads - In a recent case, the Court of Appeal of Arnhem-Leeuwarden dismissed a claim of the bankruptcy trustee of Welsec against an audit firm for failing to ensure that the audited company, Welsec, included a provision in its annual accounts for a third party claim (ECLI:NL:GHARL:2020:2492).

Articles - In de regel gaat het leggen van bewijsbeslag en het instellen van een exhibitievordering op grond van art. 843a Rv vooraf aan de procedure. In dit artikel gaat Tim de Greve in op het belang van een succesvolle exhibitievordering om zo de focus van het geschil nog meer naar de fase van het onderbouwd stellen en betwisten te brengen.