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Last Friday, the Dutch Supreme Court answered the question as to whether the cancellation of the right to payment due to a violation by the insured of its obligation to inform the insurer should be...

The obligation to pay the transition payment (i.e. statutory severance pay) following long-term work incapacity has been the subject of debate for some time. We previously informed you about the bill...

A case is currently pending before the European Court of Justice (“ ECJ”) concerning the definition of a payment account within the meaning of the Payment Services Directive (“ PSD”). On 19 June 2018...

The world has seen many technological developments in the nearly 130 years that have passed since the introduction of the Bankruptcy Act. However, bankruptcy proceedings have remained virtually...

In previous Legal Updates we discussed various fining decisions of the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets ( Autoriteit Financiële Markten) (“ AFM”). We have already discussed the possibility...

Last month the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets ( Autoriteit Financiële Markten) (“ AFM”) once again published a fining decision that it imposed on the person who had actual control of the...

In Bedrijfsjuridische berichten (Bb) 2018, no. 20, Marcel Ruygvoorn wrote the article "Choice of forum and battle of forums in international agreements; better beware!" General terms and conditions...

In Gezondheidsrecht Updates (GZR), Bastiaan Wallage and Eva Jabobs wrote an annotation to the ruling of the District Court of Noord-Holland of 30 January 2018. In this ruling, the District Court of...

Since the Dutch Work and Security Act came into force on 1 July 2015, employers can no longer terminate the employment contract after two years of illness without the employee being entitled to a...

In Jurisprudentie Aansprakelijkheid (JA) 2018, no. 20, Petra klein Gunnewiek wrote a note to the partial dispute ruling of the District Court of Rotterdam of 3 November 2017. This procedure concerned...

On 6 March 2018, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) published two penalty decisions on its website with regard to daily policymakers. The suitability and integrity of all daily...

On 9 February 2018, the District Court of North Holland ruled on the question as to whether the Municipal Executive of Bloemendaal had laid down a sufficiently objective and concrete basis for an...