40 results Branda Katan teaches course on Dutch class action regime Branda Katan will co-teach the current affairs ‘WAMCA’ course on 2 February 2022 from 14:00 to 18:15 at the Centrum voor Postacademisch Juridisch Onderwijs. Branda, together with co-teacher Professor Ruud Hermans, will discuss all aspects of the Dutch cla Termination of an agreement: compelling grounds? When does a reason given for termination of an agreement qualify as a compelling ground? That was the central question in the Dutch Supreme Court's decision of 29 March 2019 (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:446). Handbook on the Netherlands Commercial Court published To coincide with the opening of the Netherlands Commercial Court, Matthijs Kuijpers of Stibbe Amsterdam has released the handbook on this new court setting out all relevant information concerning this new international court and what it may offer parties Special regulation on franchise agreements proposed: more protection for franchisees On 12 December, a draft legislative proposal ("proposal") was published containing a special regulation on franchise agreements. Until now, there have been no special regulations regarding franchise agreements. Stibbe launches website on the new Netherlands Commercial Court To coincide with the opening of the Netherlands Commercial Court on 1 January 2019, Stibbe has launched a new website to provide you with the latest developments on this new international court. Collaborative Law - A new form of alternative dispute resolution On 1 January 2019, the legal provisions on collaborative law entered into force. In this article, we explain the mean features of this new form of alternative dispute resolution. Stibbe announces new Counsel and Of Counsel appointments Brussels, 9 January 2020 – The Brussels office of Stibbe has promoted Delphine Gillet, Jan Proesmans and Sophie Bourgois to Counsel and Elisabeth Baeyens to Of Counsel. Stibbe benoemt nieuwe Counsels en Of Counsel Het Brusselse kantoor van Stibbe benoemt Delphine Gillet, Jan Proesmans en Sophie Bourgois tot Counsel en Elisabeth Baeyens tot Of Counsel. Dutch court rules that investors suffer investment loss in the market where securities are listed and traded On 29 January 2020, the Rotterdam District Court ruled on the question of which laws are applicable to the tort claims brought by (former) Petrobras investors against Petrobras (ECLI:NL:RBROT:2020:614). Third-party effect of exoneration clauses in commercial contracts Under Dutch law, the general principle is that contracts only have legal effects for the contracting parties themselves. In principle, contracts have no legal effects for third parties. Sustainability of exoneration clauses and commercial contracts In Dutch legal practice, contracting parties often agree on exoneration clauses in commercial contracts. Exoneration clauses limit or exclude the debtor’s liability. Unauthorized representation: liability of the intermediary This blog is one of the blogs in a series called “Commercial contracts in the Netherlands”. It is discussed as to under which circumstances third parties can hold the intermediary liable for damage suffered due to unauthorized representation. Stibbe represents Simed in dispute with Slotervaart hospital Stibbe represented Simed International in a dispute with the privately-owned Slotervaart hospital in Amsterdam. The Slotervaart hospital claimed that Simed International had sent incorrect invoices to the Slotervaart hospital, which would therefore have b Stibbe represents Bombardier Transportation Successfully defended the global train manufacturer Bombardier Transportation in a dispute with the Israeli insurance company Phoenix. The dispute related to two fire incidents that occurred in Israel in 2001, involving trains supplied by Bombardier Tran District Court ruled on the recognition of the res judicata effect of a Turkish judgment and dismissed an antitrust follow on damages claim regarding the cathode-ray tube markets The District Court of Oost-Brabant recognized the res judicata effect of a Turkish court of appeal judgment, in which the Turkish court had dismissed antitrust damages claims brought by Vestel against Philips, Samsung, LGE, Technicolor, TTD and TDP. The new sustainability advertising code: lessons from one year of review by the advertising code committee In the first year since the SAC came into force there have been 22 rulings by the ACC and the AT in which an advertisement has been tested against the SAC. This blog addresses the lessons that can be drawn from an analysis of these rulings. Repsol: Dutch parent company cannot simply be used as anchor defendant to create jurisdiction Foreign entities are often sued in the Netherlands on the basis of the ‘anchor defendant’ construction. EU lift cartel damage claim rejected by Brussels Court of Appeal After 16 years of court battle, the Brussels Court of Appeal has rejected the EU’s EUR 12 million (+ interest) damage claim against the four lift producers that participated in the lift cartel fined in 2007. Pagination Previous page Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page
Branda Katan teaches course on Dutch class action regime Branda Katan will co-teach the current affairs ‘WAMCA’ course on 2 February 2022 from 14:00 to 18:15 at the Centrum voor Postacademisch Juridisch Onderwijs. Branda, together with co-teacher Professor Ruud Hermans, will discuss all aspects of the Dutch cla
Termination of an agreement: compelling grounds? When does a reason given for termination of an agreement qualify as a compelling ground? That was the central question in the Dutch Supreme Court's decision of 29 March 2019 (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:446).
Handbook on the Netherlands Commercial Court published To coincide with the opening of the Netherlands Commercial Court, Matthijs Kuijpers of Stibbe Amsterdam has released the handbook on this new court setting out all relevant information concerning this new international court and what it may offer parties
Special regulation on franchise agreements proposed: more protection for franchisees On 12 December, a draft legislative proposal ("proposal") was published containing a special regulation on franchise agreements. Until now, there have been no special regulations regarding franchise agreements.
Stibbe launches website on the new Netherlands Commercial Court To coincide with the opening of the Netherlands Commercial Court on 1 January 2019, Stibbe has launched a new website to provide you with the latest developments on this new international court.
Collaborative Law - A new form of alternative dispute resolution On 1 January 2019, the legal provisions on collaborative law entered into force. In this article, we explain the mean features of this new form of alternative dispute resolution.
Stibbe announces new Counsel and Of Counsel appointments Brussels, 9 January 2020 – The Brussels office of Stibbe has promoted Delphine Gillet, Jan Proesmans and Sophie Bourgois to Counsel and Elisabeth Baeyens to Of Counsel.
Stibbe benoemt nieuwe Counsels en Of Counsel Het Brusselse kantoor van Stibbe benoemt Delphine Gillet, Jan Proesmans en Sophie Bourgois tot Counsel en Elisabeth Baeyens tot Of Counsel.
Dutch court rules that investors suffer investment loss in the market where securities are listed and traded On 29 January 2020, the Rotterdam District Court ruled on the question of which laws are applicable to the tort claims brought by (former) Petrobras investors against Petrobras (ECLI:NL:RBROT:2020:614).
Third-party effect of exoneration clauses in commercial contracts Under Dutch law, the general principle is that contracts only have legal effects for the contracting parties themselves. In principle, contracts have no legal effects for third parties.
Sustainability of exoneration clauses and commercial contracts In Dutch legal practice, contracting parties often agree on exoneration clauses in commercial contracts. Exoneration clauses limit or exclude the debtor’s liability.
Unauthorized representation: liability of the intermediary This blog is one of the blogs in a series called “Commercial contracts in the Netherlands”. It is discussed as to under which circumstances third parties can hold the intermediary liable for damage suffered due to unauthorized representation.
Stibbe represents Simed in dispute with Slotervaart hospital Stibbe represented Simed International in a dispute with the privately-owned Slotervaart hospital in Amsterdam. The Slotervaart hospital claimed that Simed International had sent incorrect invoices to the Slotervaart hospital, which would therefore have b
Stibbe represents Bombardier Transportation Successfully defended the global train manufacturer Bombardier Transportation in a dispute with the Israeli insurance company Phoenix. The dispute related to two fire incidents that occurred in Israel in 2001, involving trains supplied by Bombardier Tran
District Court ruled on the recognition of the res judicata effect of a Turkish judgment and dismissed an antitrust follow on damages claim regarding the cathode-ray tube markets The District Court of Oost-Brabant recognized the res judicata effect of a Turkish court of appeal judgment, in which the Turkish court had dismissed antitrust damages claims brought by Vestel against Philips, Samsung, LGE, Technicolor, TTD and TDP.
The new sustainability advertising code: lessons from one year of review by the advertising code committee In the first year since the SAC came into force there have been 22 rulings by the ACC and the AT in which an advertisement has been tested against the SAC. This blog addresses the lessons that can be drawn from an analysis of these rulings.
Repsol: Dutch parent company cannot simply be used as anchor defendant to create jurisdiction Foreign entities are often sued in the Netherlands on the basis of the ‘anchor defendant’ construction.
EU lift cartel damage claim rejected by Brussels Court of Appeal After 16 years of court battle, the Brussels Court of Appeal has rejected the EU’s EUR 12 million (+ interest) damage claim against the four lift producers that participated in the lift cartel fined in 2007.