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When does a judgment or order expire? Here's how it is! If you have a monetary claim, in principle it lapses after 5 years. The statute of limitations can be interrupted by filing a claim (e.g. by suing) or by sending a summons. However, if the claim is fixed in a judgment or other court order,...

Tenant violates association rules: court orders eviction Most owners and users know that owners must adhere to the regulations in force within their Owners' Association. That this is also the case for tenants is less well known. For one Amsterdam tenant this led to dissolution of the lease....

Terminating residential lease: watch out for snags! Housing tenants enjoy rent protection. This (and more) has been in the news a lot recently. Moreover, this protection is getting stronger and stronger. This makes termination of a lease even more difficult. One solution is to terminate the lease by mutual consent. However, this does not hold either...

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...