37 results International Comparative Legal Guide - Insurance & Reinsurance 2023 - Belgium Chapter The ICLG to Insurance & Reinsurance covers common issues in insurance and reinsurance laws and regulations – including regulatory authorities and procedures, (re)insurance claims, litigation – overview, litigation – procedure and arbitration. Are you ready for the new Dutch and EU transactional hurdles? Companies beware: new Dutch and EU transactional hurdles are coming closer. In the Netherlands, new national security investment screening rules are imminent. Right to free choice of lawyer also applies to stages in a dispute that may lead to proceedings The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has found in a judgment of May 2020 that the right of a legal assistance insured person to freely choose his or her lawyer applies not only to proceedings before a court or an administrative body [...]. WAMCA: massaschadeclaims in Nederland In deze Stibbe Legal Insights bespreken Branda Katan en Jeroen Kortmann massaschadeclaims, waarmee stichtingen namens een grote groep gedupeerde consumenten schadevergoeding kunnen eisen. Op naar hoe: de volgende stap in het AFM-toezicht op duurzaamheidsclaims De Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) maant financiële ondernemingen tot uitgebreidere, concretere en duidelijkere communicatie over duurzaamheid. PFAS-regulering onder druk: wat betekenen nieuwe rechtszaken voor bedrijven en overheden? PFAS blijven de gemoederen bezighouden. Terwijl het RIVM nieuwe risico’s onderzoekt en bestuursorganen zoeken naar handhaafbare normen, groeit het aantal juridische procedures rondom deze omstreden stofgroep. Dutch Supreme Court refers questions to CJEU in trucks case On 20 June 2025, the Dutch Supreme Court referred questions to the CJEU in an antitrust damages case on trucks manufacturing. This blog explores the events leading to this pivotal moment and the key questions posed. Financial Regulation – Q2 2023 Update Changes to Dutch financial regulations entered into force on or around 1 July, including notable amendments for holders of a qualifying holding in certain Dutch regulated financial institutions. We have listed the main changes in this publication. Asset intensive reinsurance agreements – new requirement to obtain DNB’s prior consent As of 1 January 2025, Dutch insurers must obtain the Dutch Central Bank’s prior consent before making any amendments to, or entering into an asset-intensive reinsurance agreement that allows the reinsurer to hold assets in a third country. Climate case Milieudefensie et al. – The Hague District Court orders Shell to reduce CO2 emissions On May 26, 2021, the District Court of The Hague rendered its judgment in the case between Milieudefensie and others against Shell. Klimaatzaak Milieudefensie e.a. – rechtbank beveelt Shell te zorgen voor CO2-reductie Op 26 mei 2021 deed de rechtbank Den Haag uitspraak in de zaak tussen Milieudefensie e.a. tegen Shell. Een multidisciplinair team van Stibbe geeft in dit blog haar eerste visie op deze uitspraak en legt uit waarom dit een baanbrekende uitspraak kan zijn. Stibbe advises BP Stibbe successfully acted as counsel for BP in proceedings before the Dutch courts and the CJEU. WAMCA: imperfections come to the surface Dutch courts have not yet developed procedural rules for the WAMCA, the new Dutch regime for collective redress. This adds to pre-existing uncertainty around many procedural aspects of this new law. Claims assigned to a litigation vehicle: who needs to prove what? Two recent decisions from the Amsterdam Court of Appeal have confirmed that litigation vehicles cannot come empty-handed to the court, and should provide documentation regarding the assignments of claims they submit. EU Council suggests fundamental changes to proposal for Directive on representative actions The proposed text for a Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers has radically changed – again. Courts take lenient approach to standing of ‘idealistic’ claim foundations under Dutch class action regime Recent case law on the standing of ‘idealistic’ claim foundations shows courts’ lenient approach. NRC en BNR: Massaschadeclaims in Nederland hebben meer toezicht nodig Jeroen Kortmann gaat in NRC en op BNR Nieuwsradio in op de toename van het aantal massaclaims in Nederland en de risico’s die er kleven aan een gebrek aan toezicht. Compensation after infringement of the General Data Protection Regulation: European developments The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is one of the most significant development in the European data strategy in the past years and is continuously evolving. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page
International Comparative Legal Guide - Insurance & Reinsurance 2023 - Belgium Chapter The ICLG to Insurance & Reinsurance covers common issues in insurance and reinsurance laws and regulations – including regulatory authorities and procedures, (re)insurance claims, litigation – overview, litigation – procedure and arbitration.
Are you ready for the new Dutch and EU transactional hurdles? Companies beware: new Dutch and EU transactional hurdles are coming closer. In the Netherlands, new national security investment screening rules are imminent.
Right to free choice of lawyer also applies to stages in a dispute that may lead to proceedings The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has found in a judgment of May 2020 that the right of a legal assistance insured person to freely choose his or her lawyer applies not only to proceedings before a court or an administrative body [...].
WAMCA: massaschadeclaims in Nederland In deze Stibbe Legal Insights bespreken Branda Katan en Jeroen Kortmann massaschadeclaims, waarmee stichtingen namens een grote groep gedupeerde consumenten schadevergoeding kunnen eisen.
Op naar hoe: de volgende stap in het AFM-toezicht op duurzaamheidsclaims De Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) maant financiële ondernemingen tot uitgebreidere, concretere en duidelijkere communicatie over duurzaamheid.
PFAS-regulering onder druk: wat betekenen nieuwe rechtszaken voor bedrijven en overheden? PFAS blijven de gemoederen bezighouden. Terwijl het RIVM nieuwe risico’s onderzoekt en bestuursorganen zoeken naar handhaafbare normen, groeit het aantal juridische procedures rondom deze omstreden stofgroep.
Dutch Supreme Court refers questions to CJEU in trucks case On 20 June 2025, the Dutch Supreme Court referred questions to the CJEU in an antitrust damages case on trucks manufacturing. This blog explores the events leading to this pivotal moment and the key questions posed.
Financial Regulation – Q2 2023 Update Changes to Dutch financial regulations entered into force on or around 1 July, including notable amendments for holders of a qualifying holding in certain Dutch regulated financial institutions. We have listed the main changes in this publication.
Asset intensive reinsurance agreements – new requirement to obtain DNB’s prior consent As of 1 January 2025, Dutch insurers must obtain the Dutch Central Bank’s prior consent before making any amendments to, or entering into an asset-intensive reinsurance agreement that allows the reinsurer to hold assets in a third country.
Climate case Milieudefensie et al. – The Hague District Court orders Shell to reduce CO2 emissions On May 26, 2021, the District Court of The Hague rendered its judgment in the case between Milieudefensie and others against Shell.
Klimaatzaak Milieudefensie e.a. – rechtbank beveelt Shell te zorgen voor CO2-reductie Op 26 mei 2021 deed de rechtbank Den Haag uitspraak in de zaak tussen Milieudefensie e.a. tegen Shell. Een multidisciplinair team van Stibbe geeft in dit blog haar eerste visie op deze uitspraak en legt uit waarom dit een baanbrekende uitspraak kan zijn.
Stibbe advises BP Stibbe successfully acted as counsel for BP in proceedings before the Dutch courts and the CJEU.
WAMCA: imperfections come to the surface Dutch courts have not yet developed procedural rules for the WAMCA, the new Dutch regime for collective redress. This adds to pre-existing uncertainty around many procedural aspects of this new law.
Claims assigned to a litigation vehicle: who needs to prove what? Two recent decisions from the Amsterdam Court of Appeal have confirmed that litigation vehicles cannot come empty-handed to the court, and should provide documentation regarding the assignments of claims they submit.
EU Council suggests fundamental changes to proposal for Directive on representative actions The proposed text for a Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers has radically changed – again.
Courts take lenient approach to standing of ‘idealistic’ claim foundations under Dutch class action regime Recent case law on the standing of ‘idealistic’ claim foundations shows courts’ lenient approach.
NRC en BNR: Massaschadeclaims in Nederland hebben meer toezicht nodig Jeroen Kortmann gaat in NRC en op BNR Nieuwsradio in op de toename van het aantal massaclaims in Nederland en de risico’s die er kleven aan een gebrek aan toezicht.
Compensation after infringement of the General Data Protection Regulation: European developments The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is one of the most significant development in the European data strategy in the past years and is continuously evolving.