Blog articles → Karel Frielink

Celebrating 10 years of sharing knowledge.

A lawyer (attorney at law) is expected to be independent. This independence involves an attitude: this is the lawyer's disposition toward his client but also toward the court and in actual fact toward any other party involved.

Liable or not? The answer depends on all the facts and circumstances.

The bankruptcy of a general partnership ('VOF') does not automatically mean the bankruptcy of its partners.

Supreme Court creates clarity.
The National Ordinance on Partnerships (Landsverordening personenvennootschappen) of Curacao (1 January 2012) and St. Maarten (1 April 2014) mentions two main variants of the partnership: the public partnership and the silent partnership.

On 9 December 2014 the Supreme Court pronounced a ruling (ECLI:NL:HR:2014:3677; JOR 2015/33) which is also relevant to the law of the Caribbean (Is)lands of the Kingdom.

Common Court of Justice: No lighter liability system for Trust Directors.