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On 10 February 2022, the District Court of East Brabant ruled on a highly topical issue, that of (sexually) transgressive behaviour. It follows from this ruling that it does not always warrant summary...

The Dutch Act on Court Confirmation of Extrajudicial Restructuring Plans ( Wet homologatie onderhands akkoord ) (“CERP”) entered into force on 1 January 2021. It provides struggling businesses with an...

In the Legal Update 'The Dutch Senate approves gender quota for large companies' of 30 September 2021, we wrote about the bill ( wetsvoorstel ) to improve gender diversity on corporate boards that the...

Pre-packs have been keeping the Dutch legislature and case law quite busy in recent years. For some time, the question has been whether, in the case of an insolvency restart prepared by means of a pre...

Introduction Most entrepreneurs will not have escaped noticing the considerable increase in price of many raw materials and construction materials. Over the past few months, newspaper headlines have...

On 11 November 2021, the bill ( Wetsvoorstel) implementing the EU Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union was submitted to the Lower House. The proposed date...

On 28 September 2021, the bill ( Wetsvoorstel ) to improve gender diversity on corporate boards was approved by the Dutch Senate. The new Act aims at improving gender diversity at the top of large...

On 13 September 2021, the Amsterdam District Court ruled that all drivers offering their services through the Uber app in the Netherlands are employees and not, therefore, self-employed contractors...

Under Article 6:185 of the Dutch Civil Code (“DCC”), a manufacturer can be held liable for damage caused by a defect in its product. An injured party's right to receive compensation from the...

On 20 July 2021, the European Commission presented four legislative proposals to harmonise the EU’s anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (" AML/CFT") rules. Member States...

At the end of June, the European Court of Justice issued a new judgment regarding framework agreements. In it, the Court upheld its earlier judgment of 19 December 2018 (case C-216/17) and clarified a...

The Management and Supervision of Legal Entities bill (“ WBTR”) has recently been keeping foundations and associations quite busy, particularly as it is due to be enacted next week (1 July 2021). We...