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Interlocutory or summary proceedings provide for immediate relief
Article 110 of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Code of Civil Procedure (‘the Code’) provides that all adversarial proceedings shall be initiated by means of a petition to the court of first instance. Proceedings so initiated are ordinary proceedings a.k.a. proceedings on the merits.
A petitioner may opt for [...]

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www.spigthoffcuracao.com
Today was the official launch of the new website for Spigthoff Attorneys at Law and Tax Advisers Curacao. Spigthoff Curacao is a well-established commercial and full service law firm.
The success of a law firm is not measured by its age or size, nor by just words. Spigthoff Curacao is not the oldest, nor the largest law [...]

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FAQ
Question 1
In which cases and by whom may bankruptcy proceedings be initiated in accordance with Aruban bankruptcy law?
Filing for bankruptcy may be done either by the debtor itself or by one or more of its creditors. If the debtor is a company, generally speaking the managing directors do not have the authority to petition for [...]

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Netherlands Antilles
According to PLC Cross Border (Which lawyer?), Spigthoff Attorneys & Tax Advisers is one of two firms dominating the Netherlands Antilles market for international work, both on- and offshore.
Spigthoff ranks high in corporate / M&A and dispute resolution.
Martijn Welten, who specializes in corporate law, mergers & acquisitions and corporate litigation, is (highly) recommended in [...]

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The foreign law governed claim must be sufficiently identifiable
Many financing arrangements are of a cross-border nature. For instance, a loan agreement governed by English law with the loan secured by a right of pledge governed by the laws of Aruba. This raises all kinds of questions.
Any foreign right, for instance a claim, in which an [...]

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A bank has less freedom than an ordinary legal entity
What would be the requirements, from a regulatory point of view, if a Netherlands Antilles bank wished to sell its entire business or a substantial part thereof? Would it require approval from the Netherlands Antilles Central Bank (de ‘Bank van de Nederlandse Antillen’)?
Generally, if the activity at [...]

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Abstract rules are the starting point
The Netherlands Antilles are an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Kingdom of the Netherlands is composed of three parts: the Kingdom in Europe (popularly known as Holland, north of Belgium and west of Germany), the Netherlands Antilles (in the Caribbean Sea, north of Venezuela), and Aruba (also [...]

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Restrictions on termination
With regards to damages, the aim thereof is generally to restore the creditor to the position he would have been in had the contract been fulfilled. In case of breach of contract, the damages will usually be assessed by considering the situation the creditor would be in if restored to the position he [...]

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Non-performance as a response to non-performance
Whenever a party to a contract is faced with non–performance by the other party, the party’s first reaction might well be to suspend its part of the contract. In the legal sense of the word, suspending or withholding performance may be described as both a defense and a self help [...]

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Different cases of breach of contract
Any question of breach starts with an inquiry into the type of obligation at hand. It is necessary to know more about the type of obligation at hand in order to determine whether a party has failed to perform that obligation. When determining whether a party has failed to perform, [...]

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