Zojuist hebben Legaltree-partners Liesbeth Driest en Irene Verheijen voor de tweede keer in evenzoveel werkdagen geadviseerd over dreigende sluiting bij een ‘cluster’ van Corona-besmettingen. Het lijkt erop dat de veiligheidsregio’s, burgemeesters en GGD’en over het...
Year: 2020
Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA)
Foto: Thought Catalog A first introduction On 12 September 2020, a draft Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA) was leaked to the press. While this is only a draft which hasn't been adopted yet and it is only expected to apply from 18 months after its entering...
Dutch decision on Hague Service Convention: award creditors must play by the book or suffer delays (but there is potential for procedural time gains)
Earlier this week an interim decision of the The Hague Court of Appeal of 8 September 2020 was published, issued in enforcement proceedings between a Dutch ConocoPhillips entity as applicant and the Venezuelan state oil and gas company and one of its subsidiaries as...
Product Liability Laws and Regulations 2020 – Netherlands
C.J. van Weering & A.F. Collignon, 'Netherlands', in: Product Liability Laws and Regulations 2020, ICLG, 2020. ICLG - Product Liability Laws and Regulations - Netherlands covers common issues in product liability laws and regulations - including liability systems,...
Arbitration specialist Wouter de Clerck joins Legaltree
As from 1 April 2020 Wouter de Clerck will join the dispute resolution practice of Legaltree as partner. Wouter was previously employed with DLA Piper and before that with Houthoff. He specialises in international arbitration and cross-border litigation. According to...
Start trial MH17 case
On 9 March 2020 the trial of a number of suspects in the MH17 case will start. Our colleague Antoinette Collignon is among the members of the team of legal experts and will assist a number of surviving relatives. We wish all surviving relatives and all those who are...
Brexit: it is finally there (but it is still unclear)
At 00:00 hrs on 1 February 2020, Brexit is finally a reality and the United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union. However, now that the UK Parliament and the EU Parliament ratified the Withdrawal Agreement on 23 and 29 January 2020, there will be no hard...
Het arbeidsrecht weer op de schop? (Dutch)
De Commissie Borstlap komt met vergaande adviezen om de arbeidsmarkt te hervormen De inkt van de Wet Arbeidsmarkt in Balans (WAB) is nog amper droog en er ligt al een nieuw plan om de arbeidsmarkt te hervormen. Door tal van ontwikkelingen op het terrein van...
Bevestiging per e-mail is genoeg voor lage WW-premie (Dutch)
In onze nieuwsflash van 16 december jl. lieten we u weten dat Minister Koolmees bekend had gemaakt dat werkgevers, om in aanmerking te komen voor de lage WW-premie, tot 1 april 2020 de tijd zouden krijgen om te regelen dat zij beschikken over een door beide partijen...
Maximale transitievergoeding per 2020: € 83.000,- bruto (Dutch)
In 2019 bedroeg de maximale transitievergoeding € 81.000,- bruto of een jaarsalaris als dat hoger was dan € 81.000,- bruto. Per 1 januari 2020 geldt een maximum van € 83.000,- bruto of een jaarsalaris als dat hoger was dan € 83.000,- bruto. Het maximum voor de...