Litigation in the Netherlands: Civil Procedure, Arbitration and Administrative Litigation

Abstract

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Foreword to the First Edition -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Civil Procedure -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Differences Between Netherlands and Common Law -- 2.1 No Jury and the Role of the Judge -- 2.2 Evidence -- 2.2.1 Order -- 2.2.2 Admissibility -- 2.2.3 Burden of Proof -- 2.2.4 Witness Hearings -- 2.2.5 No Document Discovery or Depositions -- 2.3 Available Remedies -- 2.4 Duration of Proceedings -- 2.5 Costs of Litigation -- 3. Court System, Parties, Sources of Law and Fair Trial -- 3.1 The Court System -- 3.1.1 District Courts -- 3.1.1.1 General -- 3.1.1.2 Cantonal Division of the District Court -- 3.1.2 Courts of Appeal -- 3.1.3 Supreme Court -- 3.2 Parties, Attorneys and Judges -- 3.2.1 Parties -- 3.2.2 Attorneys -- 3.2.3 Judges -- 3.3 Sources of Law -- 3.4 Fair Trial, Due Process and Abuse of a Procedural Right -- 4. Jurisdiction -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 International Jurisdiction -- 4.2.1 Sources of International Jurisdiction -- 4.2.2 The EC Regulation -- 4.2.3 National Rules -- 4.2.3.1 General -- 4.2.3.2 Attachment Creating Jurisdiction -- 4.2.3.3 Jurisdiction and Petition Proceedings -- 4.2.3.4 No Forum Non Conveniens -- 4.2.4 Lis Pendens -- 4.3 Absolute Jurisdiction -- 4.4 Venue (Relative Jurisdiction) -- 5. Evidence -- 5.1 Rules of Evidence -- 5.1.1 General -- 5.1.2 Range of Application -- 5.1.3 Burden of Proof -- 5.1.4 Admissibility of Evidence -- 5.2 Types of Evidence -- 5.2.1 Documents -- 5.2.1.1 Value as Evidence -- 5.2.1.2 Submission -- 5.2.2 Witnesses -- 5.2.2.1 General -- 5.2.2.2 Value as Evidence -- 5.2.2.3 Written Witness Declarations -- 5.2.2.4 Witness Hearings -- 5.2.2.5 Preliminary Witness Hearing -- 5.2.3 Experts -- 5.2.3.1 General -- 5.2.3.2 Preliminary Expert's Report -- 5.3 Attorney-Client Privilege -- 5.4 Pre-trial Discovery or Disclosure -- 5.5 International Aspects.