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The prohibition of (as the Latin saying goes) reformatio in peius means that the outcome of appeal proceedings may not be that a party ends up in a worse position as a result of its own appeal against a decision by the District Court.

Under Dutch law, the interpretation of contracts is governed by the 'Haviltex' standard. Parties who favour legal certainty sometimes opt for their own standard instead by including an 'interpretation clause'.

The authors discuss a recent judgment by the Dutch Supreme Court that extends the right of setoff for banks before and during bankruptcy and suspension of payments.

The applicability of a choice-of-court clause in general terms and conditions referred to by a hyperlink in the contract does NOT require the other party to have ticked a separate box for consent to the applicability of those GT&C.

In bankruptcy proceedings, directors under the articles of association 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.

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.

Het bestuur is belast met het besturen van de rechtspersoon, behoudens beperkingen volgens de statuten. Deze taak geldt voor het bestuur van elke rechtspersoon.

The legal journal Maandblad voor Vermogensecht has published an article by Gertjan Boekraad on ‘the scope of the non-contractual liability of the accountant who performs a non-statutory task’.

This second of two blogs discusses the enforcement of UK court judgments in the Netherlands and applicable law. It also gives a brief overview of other EU PIL instruments that have ceased to apply to the UK from 1 January 2021.

Since 1 January 2021, EU regulations simplifying cross-border litigation no longer apply in relation to the UK and – in most cases – to parties based in the UK.

Het bonus- en dividendverbod is een veelbesproken onderdeel van de Tijdelijke noodmaatregel overbrugging voor behoud van werkgelegenheid ("NOW").

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.

In deze column uit Monique haar zorg over de zichtbare tendens waarbij de toegevoegde waarde van deze incidentrapportages onder druk komt te staan.

The long-awaited new law amending Book XX of the Code of Economic Law and the Income Tax Code 1992 just came into force. This replaces the "COVID-moratorium" and creates the possibility to restructure a company through a “preparatory agreement”.

Op 23 maart heeft de Eerste Kamer het wetsvoorstel aangenomen dat aan het bestuur van een beursvennootschap1 de mogelijkheid verschaft om, in het geval van aandeelhoudersactivisme of een vijandig openbaar bod, 250 dagen bedenktijd in te roepen.

Steven Hijink plaatst in zijn column in Ondernemingsrecht kritische kanttekeningen bij enkele aspecten van het voorontwerp voor de Wet toekomst accountancysector, dat op 9 juli 2021 is gepubliceerd.

"Bol.com mistakes scammers for Brabantia and pays €750,000" read headlines in The Netherlands in May 2021.

Oliver Stevens and Sophie Bourgois (Stibbe Brussels) updated their overview on the regulation of the legal profession in Belgium to reflect advancing insights and regulatory rulings.