This case dealt with the sale of a car that caught fire four weeks after purchase. The owner of the car took the seller to court, and the case was eventually brought before the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal.

Developments in EU law are unfolding rapidly.

The judgment in the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Besançon v Thomas Dutrueux, Caisse primaire d'assurance maladie du Jura case that I wrote about earlier has been handed down by the EU Court on 21 December and as expected, the EU Court followed its Advocate General.

The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has published its comprehensive annual review of online counterfeiting on marketplaces, with sites ranked in order of ‘notorious...

The Netherlands has a comprehensive system for collective actions and the collective settlement of claims but currently, there is no possibility to seek monetary damages in collective actions.

On 8 December 2024, the new Product Liability Directive (new PLD) came into force, replacing the Product Liability Directive of 1985 (previous PLD). The new regime will apply to products placed...

langsam kehrt der Frühling ein –in bewegten Zeiten eine kleine Veränderung, deren Herbeisehnung nach einem sonnenarmen Januar in Amsterdam wohl sämtliche (politischen) Lager vereint haben dürfte.

Now here is an important case for the medical devices industry. Although product liability litigation has not (yet) evolved into the type of bet the company litigation it can be in the United States and cases about interpretation of the Product Liability Directive have been few, they do shape the scope of no fault liability in the EU of manufacturers of medical devices for their products.

Aansprakelijkheidsrecht. Op een notaris rust een ministerieplicht. De ministerieplicht houdt in dat een notaris verplicht is opgedragen werkzaamheden te verrichten ...

De Hoge Raad heeft onlangs een arrest gewezen waarin het ging om de vraag welke rechter onder de EEX-Verordening een grensoverschrijdend geschil over een onrechtmatige daad kan behandelen.

De Verordening Algemene Productveiligheid (EU 2023/988) vervangt de oude richtlijn productveiligheid (2001/95) en is sinds 13 december 2024 van kracht.

The product liability provisions are without prejudice to all other rights or actions of the injured party.