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