Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal

Op 1 augustus 2018 treedt een nieuw procesreglement voor civiele zaken - het Procesreglement 2018 - in werking. Dit aangepaste reglement is door het bestuur van het Gemeenschappelijk Hof vastgesteld op 21 juni 2018.

PHILIPSBURG--Civil notaries can finally return to dealing with land transfers and mortgage deeds after almost a month of stagnation due to the Land and Mortgage Registry (referred to as the Kadaster in Dutch) not having a mortgage conservator in place.

PHILIPSBURG--Chief Prosecutor Jeroen Steenbrink has sent a letter to Minister of Justice Cornelius de Weever in which he expressed the Prosecutor’s Office’s concern about the ongoing strike of pro-bono lawyers and the “enormous impact” this has on criminal justice.

PHILIPSBURG--It is almost a month now that the country’s civil notaries’ ability to register property transfer and mortgage deeds has been thwarted.

PHILIPSBURG--The pro-bono lawyers who have been on strike since May 18 due to non-payment of fees due to them will continue their strike, as talks between the Ministry of Justice and St. Maarten Bar Association Criminal Lawyers Section Chairman Cor Merx broke down last Friday.

PHILIPSBURG - A proposed law to establish the long-in-the-pipelines St. Maarten Tourism Authority (STA) foundation as an independent governing body ZBO with the ability to issue tour operator’s licences, review destination product quality control and general standards for tourism operators (and staff) in the form of licences, certification and training has drawn heavy criticism from Oyster Bay Beach Resort (OBBR).

WILLEMSTAD – De balie (Front Office) en de afdeling administratie (Back Office) van de vestiging Curaçao van het Hof van Justitie zijn maandag 30 juli 2018 gesloten tussen 8:00 en 12:00 uur.

KRALENDIJK - Vandaag zijn de ministers van Justitie Grapperhaus (Nederland), Bikker (Aruba), Girigorie (Curacao) en De Weever (Sint Maarten) samen gekomen voor het halfjaarlijks Justitieel Vierpartijen Overleg (JVO).

PHILIPSBURG--The Court has given Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) Operating Company N.V. and National General Insurance Corporation N.V. NAGICO one more week to settle PJIA’s post-Hurricane Irma insurance claims.

PHILIPSBURG--A temporary solution is said to have been found to get the Mortgage Conservator and Land Registry (referred to as the Kadaster in Dutch) functioning again.

PHILIPSBURG--Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin addressed the audience gathered in front of the Government Administration Building for the celebration of International Justice Day on Sunday.

AMSTERDAM - Na 10 jaar lang onderhandelingen en gerechtelijke procedures gaat het gerechtshof in Amsterdam akkoord met een megaschikking: de Belgische verzekeraar Ageas, voorheen Fortis Holding, moet gedupeerde aandeelhouders betalen. Het gaat in totaal om 1,3 miljard euro.

PHILIPSBURG--The important function of the Land and Mortgage Registry (referred to as the Kadaster in Dutch) is stalled due to vital personnel, who are legally empowered to sign off on all titles and deeds, not being in place.

BES ISLANDS - Drone owners on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba are reminded to adhere to the rules when operating drones on these islands.

PARAMARIBO - Echtgenoten en overige gezinsleden van Caricom-burgers die zich in Suriname vestigen mogen ook ongehinderd in Suriname wonen.

WILLEMSTAD - Op 14 maart 2018 vond op de Amandelweg een schietincident plaats, waarbij geschoten is door agent N.I.V.M., als gevolg waarvan Heric Nicolaas N. Ricardo (1973), is komen te overlijden.

PHILIPSBURG--The Prosecutor of St. Maarten has requested a hearing with the Joint Court of Curaçao, Aruba and St. Maarten to seek permission to bring criminal charges against Member of Parliament (MP) Theodore Heyliger.

WASHINGTON DC/PHILIPSBURG--United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo released the 2018 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on Thursday and the Dutch Caribbean islands are mentioned in the report as strong partners in the fight against modern slavery.

WILLEMSTAD - Het Openbaar Ministerie (OM) Curaçao en het Ministerie van Justitie hebben in het kader van samen staan wij sterk/union ta hasi forsa de handen ineen geslagen.

NETHERLANDS --The Board of Police Chiefs, consisting of Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten and the BES islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba top cops on a working visit in the Netherlands met with chief of the Dutch police force Erik Akerboom last week Wednesday.