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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...

Last Friday, 18 June, the Draft Opinion on Socio-Economic Policy 2021-2025 , which had been presented by the Social and Economic Council (SER) on 2 June 2021, was adopted by the SER council meeting...

The impact of the COVID pandemic on working arrangements has meant that employers are increasingly likely to have staff working remotely. Van Benthem & Keulen has worked together with best friend (UK)...

We already discussed the new Dutch Remote Betting and Gaming Act ( Wet kansspelen op afstand) earlier. Expectations were high, especially among the sports associations, who had hoped that the act...

123Wonen, a franchiser, terminated the franchise agreement with one of its franchisees and subsequently initiated interim relief proceedings against it demanding performance of the non-compete and non...

The amount of astonishing case law directly related to coronavirus politics is gradually increasing. The best known example is the interim relief judgment regarding the curfew (which was subsequently...

In November 2017 Deliveroo decided to offer its food delivery workers – which Deliveroo calls riders - agreements for services instead of employment agreements. That started a debate on whether the...

The District Court of North Holland recently issued a decision in interim relief proceedings in a case in which two daughters had claimed access to a care home in order to visit their mother who...

Implementation of the Directive with regard to cross-border distribution of collective investment undertakings (the ‘Directive’) is taking shape. Currently, a consultation on the implementing act...