The Netherlands Supreme Court rendered its opinion on this issue in three cases in April 2017. One of these cases is the focus of this blog post.

Criticised by some but lauded by others, it's no longer possible to ignore the ever-increasing presence of artificial intelligence (AI) in our daily lives. While some applications remain under lock...

Published today, and sparking a great deal of public interest, was the Opinion of Dutch Council of State’s Advocate-General Keus on gathering evidence in cases involving administrative fines.

Commercial leases generally contain provisions stipulating that the rent is index-linked annually. What happens when there has been no indexation for several years?

On 28 March, the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘ECJ’) held that the sanctions imposed by the European Union (‘EU’) against Rosneft, a Russian oil and gas group, are valid.

It is common practice for businesses to commission an external party to conduct an internal investigation when wrongdoing within the business is suspected.

Assume a Belgian chocolate supplier provides chocolate to a Bulgarian chocolate maker which unfortunately fails to pay its invoices, despite multiple reminders. In order to get paid, the Belgian su...

Under very exceptional circumstances, the professional privilege of a lawyer (attorney-client privilege) or of a civil law notary (notary-client privilege) can be lifted in a criminal case.

The legislature tries to protect tenants by means of mandatory and semi-mandatory legal provisions.

On 23 February 2017, the Flemish government and provinces introduced the so-called single permit which replaces and consolidates the urban development permit, the environmental permit, and the perm...