Pretium vs TROS - Interesting Judgment For Consumer Programs And Investigative Journalists

The Court of The Hague ruled on 11 July 2012 in proceedings on the merits in the umpteenth case between Pretium and the Dutch broadcaster TROS. The introduction of the judgment immediately demonstrates the exceptional size of the legal battle of Pretium against the TROS. The judgment starts with a list of as much as 42 procedural steps that have occurred until the date of the judgment. Mind you: these are only the proceedings on the merits in the first instance. Earlier, in preliminary relief proceedings, the parties have fought their battle up to the Supreme Court, culminating in a judgment of the Supreme Court of 8 April 2011, which ruled in favour of the TROS. This judgment of the Court of The Hague of 11 July 2012 is therefore yet another judgment between the parties, but therefore not less interesting.