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Cycling lawyers get a lesson in liability law from judge After two cycling lawyers end up in the Amstel River because they were startled by a dog, they try to hold the dog's owner liable for damages. Since the man won't pay voluntarily, the lawyers decide to hire their own lawyer and give the...

Construction contract on a cost-plus basis, or not? When a contractor and a client agree that the building contract is “on a cost-plus basis,” it means that the contractor may charge the actual costs incurred. With a cost-plus contract on a cost-plus basis, only hourly rates and unit prices of materials are agreed upon. The client in that case has...

Agreement via Whatsapp legally valid? An app with the text “Agreed as promised!” turns out to be worth over 1.7 million euros. This is the result of the ruling made by the preliminary relief judge in Rotterdam early this summer. Where we recently wrote about a man who bought a golf course in a drunken stupor and, given his intoxicated state, underwent the purchase...

Composition of the VvE audit committee, what about it? There is often discussion as to whether the audit committee of an Owners' Association (VvE) must consist of members of the VvE or whether third parties may also sit on it. This discussion is fueled by a ruling of the Amsterdam subdistrict court dated November 5, 2013....

A deal is a deal! Unless you were drunk... One of the first things you learn in law school is that agreements must be kept. ‘Pacta sunt servanda,’ is that adage in Latin. And in plain Dutch: a deal is a deal. Simply put, it comes down to the fact that agreements must be kept. But what if you...

Precedent in the CoE: here's how it works! Many Owners‘ Associations (OE 's) face the same dilemma. What if they give permission to one owner to install an air conditioner or a roof terrace, does this automatically mean that the CoE must also give that permission to other owners? In other words, does giving...