Contract Law

Most disputes in a partnership or general partnership (VOF) are about money. This often occurs when the partnership ends and final settlement must be discussed. Another source for discussion is whether profits and losses should be divided equally, or whether that division should be pro rata...

Last summer, the Zeeland-West Brabant District Court (ECLI:NL:RBZWB:2025:4871) ruled on a dispute in a partnership. Two partners had resigned. The remaining partners then drew up a final settlement. According to them, the exiting partners still had to pay a substantial amount to the partnership. This is because they are not only entitled to a share of the profits, but must also...

Peter Gillis' Oostappen Group must pay damages to the buyer of a chalet. This was decided by the East Brabant District Court (ECLI:NL:RBOBR:2025:5727) on September 11, 2025. According to the buyer, the operator of Vacation Park Prinsenmeer (which is the Oostappen Group) had violated its duty of disclosure to the buyer of a chalet. That buyer, a former tenant, claimed damages....

Appeal to old-age clause in renovated home, is it possible? In today's tight housing market, it is more important than ever to refurbish old homes so that they can be sold and lived in again. Consequently, this is happening a lot. But even with those renovated homes, one often encounters hidden defects. Given the aging clause included in...

Agreement with MKB Clickservice successfully annulled for error Early this year, the Amsterdam District Court's subdistrict court (ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2025:687) annulled an agreement between MKB Clickservice and an entrepreneur for error. MKB Clickservice had made several attractive promises to the entrepreneur. As a result, the entrepreneur thought that certain services would be provided free of charge (based on a...

Deal or no deal? Agreeing on the essentials of the purchase agreement That a deal is not always a deal, you could read earlier in our blog about the drunk buyer of a golf course. That deal was not valid due to drunkenness. From a Rotterdam District Court ruling published today (ECLI:NL:RBROT:2025:7289), even the...