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Café Hesp and Grolsch stechelen over contract takeover, this is what the judge found The owners of the 135-year-old Amsterdam café Hesp have sued beer brewer Grolsch. The dispute concerned a bonus of more than €40,000. Hesp, recently taken over by the owners of the also Amsterdam café De Ysbreker, felt they were entitled to...

Be Sharp When Reading (and Drafting) Unit Ownership Deed It goes without saying, of course, that you should read the unit ownership deed of an MoU carefully. And hopefully that deed is then sharply and cleanly worded. Especially if you want to know what is or is not allowed in the building. That actually applies to everything...

Changing the purpose of an apartment: what is allowed and what is not? With some regularity, owners of apartment rights wish to use their private part other than in accordance with the destination of the apartment. For example, the subdivision deed of the VvE states that the apartment right has the destination office, but the owner wants to use it...

The Code of Civil Procedure (Rv) states in which court a summons must be filed. Which court has jurisdiction varies depending on the type of case. The main rule is that the court of the defendant's domicile has jurisdiction. There are several exceptions to this rule. A few examples. If an employee sues his employer, the employer may...

Single glass of a monumental building is a defect according to judge The Amsterdam District Court recently issued a remarkable ruling in a rental case. The judge ruled that single glass of a monumental building from 1665 is considered a defect within the meaning of Article 7:204 paragraph 2 of the Civil Code. Lawyer rental law Robert van...

Tenant has arrears of more than 3 months, nevertheless no dissolution... The tenant of a property owned by housing corporation Stichting Goed Wonen in Gemert has allowed arrears in rent payments of almost 7 months to accumulate. Goed Wonen therefore went to the subdistrict court and claimed dissolution of the lease. The subdistrict court rejected the...