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The cadastral boundary does not match the fence: who owns the strip of land?

6 August 2026 | Juriaan de Vries

A fence stood beside the cadastral boundary, leaving a strip of 25 m2 on the wrong side. The Supreme Court left the cadastral parcel intact.…

The legislative history of the Dutch statutory dispute resolution: from 1989 through 2012 to the Wagevoe

2 August 2026 | Juriaan de Vries

Almost everything the Wagevoe introduces was already on the table in 2004 and was rejected in 2007, with the promise of a separate bill. It…

AI Act deferred: what actually applies from 2 August 2026

2 August 2026 | Juriaan de Vries

Nine days before the deadline, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 pushed the high-risk regime to 2027 and 2028. The transparency obligations in Article 50 do apply, including…

How does a Dutch WHOA restructuring work?

29 July 2026 | Juriaan de Vries

Each step of the Dutch WHOA procedure and the test the court applies, in each case with a published decision in which that test was…

Franchise agreement annulled: the standstill cannot be replaced

29 July 2026 | Juriaan de Vries

A gym signed five days after the first meeting. The Court of Appeal in The Hague upholds the annulment: a contractual cooling-off period afterwards does…

A pledge follows the receivable, even after resale to your own funds

29 July 2026 | Juriaan de Vries

A financed group resold receivables to its own bond funds. The Court of Appeal in The Hague: the bank's pledge followed those receivables, and the…

A neighbour's camera: being able to look in is already an intrusion

29 July 2026 | Juriaan de Vries

The Court of Appeal in Amsterdam orders both neighbours to remove their cameras. What decides it is that the camera can capture the other's plot,…