Contract Law

Statutory commercial interest: when may you apply it? Statutory commercial interest or ordinary legal interest can be charged in the event of late payment. But when may you do so? What is the difference between ‘ordinary’ statutory interest and statutory commercial interest? And how do you set the rate? In this blog,...

Judge finds COA the same as a hotel, justified or unjustified? In the middle of last year, the District Court of The Hague (ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2024:12605) ruled that the reception of refugees can be equated with operating a hotel. The tenant who first operated a hotel in the building, but then gave it in use to COA (the Central...

Canton judge does not book upgrade: economy remains economy Father, mother and two children are about to fly back to Amsterdam after two weeks of vacation on tropical St. Maarten, with a stopover in Paris. Because the family values extra legroom, larger entertainment screens and more luxurious snacks, they opted for Premium Economy...

Lawsuit over crashed Ferrari claps: no fraud or mistake A former Quote-500 member buys a 2005 Ferrari 575M Super America F1 from a high-end sports car dealer in Hengelo. The purchase price at the time was €240,000. Two years later, the man crashed his car. A sister company of the seller handles the repairs. The Ferrari is in bad shape...

Court puts angry soccer father out of action Recently, the District Court of Midden-Nederland ruled (ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2024:6053) in a remarkable case, resulting in a hat trick for an amateur soccer club. The club announced its new team roster in June 2024. Not everyone was happy about it. In fact, an eight-year-old boy was placed in a lower team than his father had hoped....

Buyer cheated when buying vacation home on rental plot Investing in vacation homes is increasingly popular. Europarcs is one of the best-known providers of such vacation homes. Yet the company recently faced a legal nightmare. In June of this year, an Amsterdam judge ruled that Europarcs had misled a woman when purchasing a...