Sofja Goldstein
Stibbe
Articles
ECJ answers preliminary questions on jurisdiction in cartel damage case
Belgium, European Union - September 9 2019 On 29 July 2019, the ECJ handed down a preliminary ruling concerning jurisdiction in follow-on damages proceedings in what is termed the trucks…
Amsterdam District Court puts a halt to unlimited forum shopping
Netherlands - January 12 2021 On 25 November 2020, the Amsterdam District Court (the “Court”) declined jurisdiction over all non-Dutch defendants (the “foreign defendants“) in…
Climate case Milieudefensie et al. - The Hague District Court orders Shell to reduce CO2 emissions
Netherlands - June 4 2021 On 26 May 2021, (ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2021:5339) the District Court of The Hague rendered its judgment in ‘the climate case of the century’. An alliance of…
Tom Barkhuysen, Anna Collignon, Twan Heikens, Neeltje Walgemoed
Lifting attachments on assets of international organisations in another state - Preliminary questions regarding jurisdiction and immunity
Belgium, European Union, Netherlands - March 7 2019 Are Dutch courts entitled to lift a prejudgment attachment levied against an international organisation on its assets in another state? On 22…
Claims assigned to a litigation vehicle: Who needs to prove what?
European Union, Netherlands - April 20 2020 Two recent decisions from the Amsterdam Court of Appeal have confirmed that litigation vehicles cannot come empty-handed to the court, and should…
