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Can landlords change locks and vacate? Sometimes they are! A thorn in every landlord's side: a tenant who does not pay. You often have to wait until the rent arrears reach three months before you can successfully initiate summary eviction proceedings. Does it concern a house? Then nowadays you even have to file a report first...

Does mediation clause prevent initiation of litigation? The Supreme Court ruled yesterday on the question of whether a mediation clause in an agreement obliges parties to actually try mediation first, before initiating litigation. According to the Supreme Court, mediation may indeed be mandatory. This may result in the judge before whom a...

Lawyer acts for both member and owner of an association, is that allowed? In a recent ruling by the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Board of Discipline, a lawyer was reprimanded for acting for both an Owners' Association and a member of that association. According to the Council he had violated the core values of independence and partiality. Lawyer...

VvE to tolerate advertising and delivery bikes from New York Pizza An Association of Owners (VvE) in the Amersfoort area is experiencing nuisance from an establishment of New York Pizza. The delivery restaurant is located in one of the apartments belonging to the VvE. The nuisance is caused by scooters and bicycles blocking the entrances, odors from...

When you enter into a purchase agreement for real estate, it almost always includes a penalty clause. Whether or not you can successfully invoke it, or to what extent such an appeal is possible, depends on the wording of the penalty clause. This is again evident from a fairly...

Requirement in writing when buying real estate: this you need to know When buying real estate, there is sometimes a requirement that the purchase must be in writing. A verbal agreement is then not sufficient. This is the case when a consumer buys a home. Outside of those cases, it usually applies that the purchase is also verbally...