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Severe flooding leads to dissolution of purchase agreement The District Court of Noord-Holland (ECLI:NL:RBNHO:2025:6641) earlier this month dissolved the purchase agreement of a house in Bloemendaal due to severe flooding in the basement. The leakage was such that the house could not be used normally. The buyers, an elderly couple of 76 and 86 years old) dissolved the purchase agreement because of that...

Deal or no deal? Agreeing on the essentials of the purchase agreement That a deal is not always a deal, you could read earlier in our blog about the drunk buyer of a golf course. That deal was not valid due to drunkenness. From a Rotterdam District Court ruling published today (ECLI:NL:RBROT:2025:7289), even the...

Court lifts seizure: seizer concealed information In a recent judgment by the District Court of Northern Netherlands on April 18, 2025, a seizure of a supplier's products was lifted. The preliminary relief judge ruled in summary proceedings that the garnishee had concealed essential information in the attachment request and for that reason had acted in violation of...

Reliance on sustainable own use by landlord business premises due to renovation: does it hold? The lease of 290 business premises can be terminated by the lessor due to sustainable own use. Based on Section 7:296 (1) (b) of the Dutch Civil Code, this includes renovation of the business premises. For the termination due to permanent own use, the...

Money claim in summary proceedings: is it possible? Suppose you have a money claim against someone and want to get it paid as soon as possible. You decide to start summary proceedings, understandably, because you may be waiting for that money and still have bills to pay. But beware, there are strict...

Court of Appeal finds expiry period in AGM2013 unfair Late in 2024, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal (ECLI:NL:GHAMS:2024:3490) made an interesting ruling the use of expiry periods in general terms and conditions in building contracts. In this case, a consumer and a contractor had concluded a building contract for the construction of a house. On this, the so-called General Conditions for Contracting Work 2013...