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“This is not how the government should treat citizens,” concluded the preliminary relief judge of the District Court of East Brabant in a ruling last week (ECLI:NL:RBOBR:2026:1572). At issue was a dispute over a strip of land. Waterboard De Dommel claimed to be the owner, but the neighbor (a private person) claimed to have become the owner by prescription....

An auction buyer ‘accidentally’ makes a bid for a vacant hotel of as much as €23 million. This happened to a real estate trader from Lelystad. According to the trader, he had not wanted to offer such a high price at all, but ‘only’ € 2.3 million. The man would have typed one ‘zero too many’. Therefore, according to him, no purchase agreement would...

In consumer law, the protection of the weaker party (the consumer) plays an important role. If an entrepreneur uses general terms and conditions that weaken the consumer's position, such a clause may be considered unreasonably onerous. This is regulated by law in Section 6:233 of the Civil Code in conjunction with the black list of Section 6:236 of the Civil Code and...

The fancy W Hotel on the Spuistraat in Amsterdam is to be evicted due to rent arrears of up to €22.7 million. The operators of the W Hotel, Palace Hotel Operational B.V. and B&F Palace Amsterdam B.V. have been ordered to evict in a ruling by the Amsterdam subdistrict court (ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2026:1903). The payment arrears are not only quite substantial,...

These are the 4 most common legal misconceptions about VvE There are a lot of misconceptions about Owners' Associations (VvE). Lexys Advocaten specializes in VvE law and made a video about the 4 most common misconceptions about VvE. The first one may surprise you, but it gets right to the heart of the matter: namely, the distribution of...

VvE tip: this is how to take a legally valid decision on topping up The Netherlands faces an immense housing challenge, and ‘optop constructions’ - adding residential layers to existing complexes - are hailed as an efficient solution. They save building land and often provide opportunities for sustainability and renovation of the existing building. In 2024, therefore, a ‘National Approach...