Contract Law

Agreement via Whatsapp legally valid? An app with the text “Agreed as promised!” turns out to be worth over 1.7 million euros. This is the result of the ruling made by the preliminary relief judge in Rotterdam early this summer. Where we recently wrote about a man who bought a golf course in a drunken stupor and, given his intoxicated state, underwent the purchase...

A deal is a deal! Unless you were drunk... One of the first things you learn in law school is that agreements must be kept. ‘Pacta sunt servanda,’ is that adage in Latin. And in plain Dutch: a deal is a deal. Simply put, it comes down to the fact that agreements must be kept. But what if you...

Cancel purchase agreement after delivery, is that possible? Suppose you buy a house and after delivery everything turns out to be wrong. You find all kinds of hidden defects and the house is not what you expected. Can you dissolve the purchase agreement? Lawyer Robert van Ewijk explains what the possibilities and impossibilities...

Sometimes a dispute between contracting parties runs so high that they want to get out of the agreement. For example, if agreements are not fulfilled or the quality of what has been delivered is far below par. Dissolution of the agreement can then be an option. However, this is a tricky business. There has to be...

Statutory interest rate increased to 4% Effective January 1, 2023, the statutory interest rate was increased to 4%. This was announced by royal decree. Although the statutory interest rate can be adjusted every six months, this is the first change in the interest rate since 2015, when the former rate was set at 2%. Setting statutory interest rate...

Didam Supreme Court ruling: government bound by rules when selling real estate The Didam town hall, a master plan of the municipality and the battle between Albert Heijn and Coöp are the reason for a Supreme Court ruling, which will be discussed for a long time to come. Indeed, late last year the Supreme Court ruled...