50/50 deadlock: provisional relief judge compels a share transfer
Preliminary relief proceedings as an emergency brake in a shareholder deadlock The provisional relief judge breaks a 50/50 deadlock at a health-sector company by ordering…
Three times no: when the Enterprise Chamber declines to intervene
The limits of the right of inquiry Three 2025 rulings of the Enterprise Chamber illustrate when the Chamber declines to intervene. In Archirodon it declares…
Lawyer's fee clause: when is an hourly rate insufficient?
Introduction A woman launches a crowdfunding campaign to pay for legal assistance. She has already had one lawyer who proved too expensive. She finds a…
Court of appeal grants substitute authorisation for a B&B on a VvE member's private section
Substitute authorisation for new construction in the garden The Amsterdam Court of Appeal grants a substitute authorisation under Section 5:121 DCC for the construction and…
Storage or shop? Court of appeal confirms Section 7:230a regime for a car showroom
Classifying commercial premises: storage or shop? The Hague Court of Appeal holds that commercial premises let as "storage/showroom" fall under the regime of Section 7:230a…
Compulsory withdrawal in a conflict of interest: Vlees Online B.V.
Compulsory withdrawal and conflict of interest in a joint venture Two shareholders of Vlees Online B.V. are shut out physically and digitally by their fellow…
What happens to instalment payments when the contractor fails to deliver up the works?
Conversion into substitutionary damages does not make an employer's outstanding instalments fall due: the contractual payment schedule remains decisive.