by Darin Crouch | May 31, 2022 | Court Related, Civil
The Court of Appeals of ‘s-Hertogenbosch recently rendered a decision in a claim for affection. Affection damages concern a compensation for the grief and pain caused by the fact that a person (the primary injured party) with whom one has an affective bond suffers... 
by Darin Crouch | Apr 16, 2022 | Court Related, Administrative Law
A Dutch resident of New York applied for a new Dutch passport in 2014. The Secretary of State did not process the application. She would have lost Dutch nationality because she had lived abroad for more than 10 years. She appealed against this to the Administrative... 
by Darin Crouch | Mar 28, 2022 | Court Related, Labor
The Court of Appeal in Arnhem-Leeuwarden had to render a decision in a case whereby an employee sank through a plaster ceiling. The employee argued that no reasonable instructions that were required form a safety point of view were given by the employer. The Court of... 
by Darin Crouch | Mar 22, 2022 | Court Related, Criminal
Last the year, the Supreme Court of The Netherlands gave an judicial opinion as part of a procedure known as cassation in the interest of the law (“casssatie in belang der wet”). The question posed to the Supreme Court was if the forcible use of a suspect’s... 
by Darin Crouch | Mar 16, 2022 | Court Related, Corporate
The Court in Gelderland recently took the following into consideration when accessing the director’s liability in bankruptcy. If a managing director has failed to comply with his obligation to keep accounting records as referred to in article 2:10 of the Dutch Civil... 
by Darin Crouch | Mar 16, 2022 | Court Related, Labor
The Court in Overijssel recently had to determine if an employer had the right to unilaterally lower the salaries. Salaries are a primary condition of employment and as a rule the employer is not free to unilaterally lower salaries. It is not disputed that between the...
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