Clashing Fundamental Rights in the USA
On May 14, a news item appeared on the website of SCHMDT advocatuur. It is about an academic debate in Germany, in Die Zeit, about the tensions that exist between [...]
COVID-19 and conflicting fundamental rights
Die Zeit of 7 May 2020 featured an exchange of views between the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas and Klaus Günther, professor of legal theory, criminal law and criminal procedure at [...]
Goodwill compensation after termination of Franchising contract?
If the contractual relationship between Franchisee and Franchisor terminates, the question is then whether the franchisee is entitled to a so called goodwill fee. Apart from cases where a contract [...]
SCHMDT Advocatuur sponsor the Netherland Club Vienna
The Netherland Club Vienna offers dutch citizens as well as everybody else with affinity with the dutch society a social and cutural platform. The Club sees it as one of its goals to honour [...]
Modernisation of arbitration law
The bill to modernise arbitration law is being considered by the Dutch House of Representatives. If everything goes well, the law will come into force on 1 January 2014. The aim is [...]
Real estate transactions in Austria
As is the case in the Netherlands there is a requirement under civil law that for the transfer of property ownership rights a valid title must be available and that [...]
Termination of contractnegotiations
The precontractual good faith concerns the legal relationship between parties as soon as they are in negotiations. The Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) has provided case law for this doctrine, starting [...]
SCHMDT Advocatuur sponsors SAM Foundation
SCHMDT Advocatuur official sponsor SAM Foundation. SAM Foundation offers children with down syndrome and autistic behavior the opportunity to further develop their emotional, cognitive and social skills by means of [...]
A new Dutch procedure for addressing complaints concerning public procurement
On April 1st 2013, the new Dutch procurement law (the “Aanbestedingswet 2012”) came into force. It entails two new procedures for addressing complaints that arise during public procurement processes. The procedures [...]
Efficient debt collection in Austria
In Austria the so called Mahnverfahren is a very efficient way for creditors to obtain an enforcement order. In Austria there is a simple way to obtain a so called [...]
