NEWSLETTER
Judgment in main case Selikor versus Asjes adjourned
- December 05, 2011 3:14 AM
The judgment in the main case, in which refuse collection company Selikor submitted a 90,000-guilder claim against States chairman Ivar Asjes (PS) is adjourned until January 9th next year.
Simpson Bay Resort, WIFOL continue legal trench warfare
- December 01, 2011 3:46 PM
PHILIPSBURG--Simpson Bay Resort and Marina (SBRM, former Pelican Resort) and Workers Institute for Organised Labour (WIFOL) met in court once again on Tuesday afternoon, this time during the resort's appeal against Friday's ruling by the Court of First Instance that barred the resort from implementing two verdicts of the Court of Appeals.
Bloem loses his court case against Today newspaper
- December 01, 2011 3:01 PM
PHILIPSBURG - Attorney at law Jairo Bloem has lost the injunction he filed against Today newspaper because he believed his honour and good reputation had been tarnished in two articles that were published on the Bobby Velasquez rape case.
Simpson Bay Resort ordered to adhere to labour agreement
- December 01, 2011 2:44 PM
PHILIPSBURG--"Fantastic" and "courageous" said attorney at law Maarten Le Poole after it became known the judge of the Court of First Instance had suspended implementation of an Appeals Court ruling that could have had dramatic consequences for almost 200 workers of Simpson Bay Resort (former Pelican Resort Club).
Appeals Court once again voids decision in resort workers case
- November 11, 2011 5:04 AM
PHILIPSBURG--While repairing what Workers Institute for Organised Labour (WIFOL) lawyers had called a "judicial error," the Appeals Court issued a new ruling on Monday in which it once again declared null and void the Simpson Bay Resort (former Pelican Resort Club) workers' victory of February 8 over Simpson Bay Resort Management Company BV (SBRMC) and Royal Resorts Management Company Ltd.
Retailers win appeal over sale of decoded products
- October 24, 2011 7:12 AM
PHILIPSBURG--Diageo, the world's leading premium drinks business, has lost another battle in court against six Front Street retailers it had accused of illegally selling decoded products.
No free sédula for former Antilles
- September 26, 2011 10:41 AM
THE HAGUE — The governments of Curaçao, St. Maarten, Aruba and the BES-Islands are allowed to charge for issuing a sedula despite a judgment from the Supreme Court that Dutch municipalities may not charge people for the Dutch ID-card.
Court rules in favour of SMHDF to evict 15 delinquent tenants
- September 26, 2011 10:34 AM
Owe combined NAf. 150,000 in rent
PHILIPSBURG--The Court of First Instance on Friday ruled in favour of St. Maarten Housing Development Foundation (SMHDF) and its actions to evict fifteen of its apartment tenants, who combined owe the housing foundation approximately NAf. 150,000 in back rent.
Judge orders Rainbow, Sabra N.V. to pay damages to apartment owners
- September 26, 2011 10:27 AM
PHILIPSBURG--The Court of First Instance of St. Maarten has ruled in favour of the Rainbow Beach Club apartment owners, and has ordered Rainbow to pay damages on grounds that the building in which the apartment owners reside was built in conflict with the building and planning permit and in violation of the sales and purchase agreement that was signed by the parties.
Court: School may refuse pupil for incorrect hairdo
- September 26, 2011 10:15 AM
The Association for Protestant Christian Education (VPCO) was recently put in the right again for refusing a pupil because of his hairdo.
Test case forces government to indexation of alimony
- August 26, 2011 7:01 AM
ORANJESTAD — Yesterday’s judgement in a case of a divorced mother against the Aruban government compels the government to publish the indexation percentage on an annual basis.
Court rules against STKO committee members
- July 31, 2011 5:26 PM
This morning, the judge ruled against the three committee members of the Aqualectra trade union STKO, who believed they had been wrongfully dismissed.
Judge calls American-Dutch Friendship Treaty applicable
- July 27, 2011 10:44 AM
PHILIPSBURG--The American-Dutch Friendship Treaty is directly applicable in St. Maarten, which means that citizens of the United States are subject to the same rules as European Dutchmen, where residence permits are concerned. A judge in the Court of First Instance established this Monday in a case filed by US national Ricardo Perez.
Judge permits preparatory work for Statia Terminal expansion
- July 27, 2011 10:39 AM
ST. EUSTATIUS--The Court of First Instance turned down on Monday St. Eustatius Monument Foundation's (SEMF's) request for an injunction against the possibility outlined in the St. Eustatius Spatial Development Plan of constructing a new oil terminal in the area known as The Farm.
Woonplaats van sterk moeiende aandeelhouder was beslissend voor vestigingsplaats beleggingsvennootsc
- June 08, 2011 10:21 AM
Rechtbank Den Haag heeft onlangs in een feitelijke procedure uitspraak gedaan over de vestigingsplaats van een zuivere beleggingsvennootschap die haar zetel eind 2001 had verplaatst naar de Nederlandse Antillen.
Het (toekomstig) eenzijdig wijzigingsbeding
- May 05, 2011 6:49 PM
Op 18 maart 2011 heeft de HR een arrest gewezen over het eenzijdig wijzigingsbeding ex art. 7:613 BW. Vindplaats: www.rechtspraak.nl, LJN BO9570.