[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Groundbreaking Court of Appeal judgment: Privacy Shield invalid [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]The European Court of Appeal passed a groundbreaking judgment this summer on the exchange of personal data between the EU and the USA. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides that...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]It is not unusual in disputes that one party knows that the other party has a certain document in its possession that it will not allow the other party to inspect: a document containing information that might improve...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since the introduction of the Wet arbeidsmarkt in balans (Balanced Labour Market Act), the (i) ground has been added to the previously introduced termination grounds (a) to (h). The (i) ground was intended to make it easier for courts...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Dutch Supreme Court's decision in the Kolom case in September 2018 has resulted in a cascade of follow-up questions. In that decision, the Supreme Court held that an employee with long-term illness may in certain circumstances have...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Minister of Justice & Security published the preliminary Bill for Amendment of the Dispute Resolution Rules and Clarification of Admissibility Requirements in Enquiry Proceedings (the "Bill") on 22 August 2019. The law in practice is in dire...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The New Year also marks the operational start of the Balanced Labour Market Act ('Wet arbeidsmarkt in balans'). As you will know, this also entails the introduction of a new system for the WW contribution. The sectoral classification...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]A company must always pay its debts. If it fails to do so, a creditor may hold the company liable on that ground. In some cases the creditor may also hold the company’s managing director liable, in addition to the company. That is possible, for instance,...