After over eight years of working with great enthusiasm for the IJI Jacques Keltjens resigned as director on 1 February 2020. On the same date he was appointed vice-president and member of the Joint Court of Justice on Aruba. We would like to convey our heartfelt...
Dutch private international law draws from many different sources: international treaties, European regulations, national legislation and unwritten law. In addition, the various international treaties and European regulations each have their own scope of application,...
Today and tomorrow, the Court of Appeal in The Hague will hear another case in the well-known lawsuit that four Nigerian farmers (and ‘Milieudefensie’) initiated against Shell in 2008. The farmers hold Shell responsible for oil pollution caused by leakages from...
1. On 17th August 2020, it had been five years since the European Regulation on Succession 650/2012 (Succession Regulation) became applicable in all Member States of the European Union, with the exception of Ireland, the United Kingdom and Denmark. This Regulation...
The current corona crisis is impacting on many aspects of society, obviously including health and safety, the economy and education. It also has consequences for the legal profession, including implications for fundamental rights and health and safety. Some of the...
