Liability Law

A former homeowners' association director from the Hague region must repay €45,000 to the association. The court found him guilty of wrongfully collecting insurance money and then spending it without being able to account for it. That money must therefore be returned to the association. In addition, he is liable for nearly €6,000 in legal costs. That...

Building liability and the homeowners' association: here's how it works! As a homeowner, you know that you can be liable for damage caused by a defect in your home. Think, for example, of a loose roof tile that causes damage to your neighbor's car during a storm. In such a case, you are liable as the owner. That...

The Aruba Court of First Instance has ruled that a broker is liable for damages suffered by a buyer (ECLI:NL:OGEAA:2025:255). According to the court, those damages are directly causally related to the inaccurate disclosures made by the broker to the buyer. The ruling is under Aruban law, but as in...

There may be times when you make (or have to make) the choice to cut a lawsuit in two. In one case, you claim that your opposing party should be ordered to pay damages, to be made out in state. In the proceedings that follow (the damages state proceedings), the extent of the damages must be determined. If you have the...

Causal relationship is a concept from compensation law. Literally translated, it means ‘causal relationship. Causal relationship involves the question of whether there is a relationship between a cause and a direct effect. This is often determined by looking at whether there is a so-called ’conditio sine qua non. Thereby...

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....