Getting the Dutch pre-pack done: The options after Heiploeg Together with the emergence of the Dutch pre-packaged bankruptcy practice came the call for a legal basis to set a framework for the pre-pack. Establishing a legal basis for pre-packaged bankruptcy seemed over time to become like flogging a dead horse. Barend Vos and Gert-Jan Boon • May 05, 2020
Civil Justice and Covid-19 The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the civil justice system across the globe. Fifteen countries contribute to provide interesting reading now contained in a report Bart Krans • May 04, 2020
Ensuring the right to education in times of COVID-19 The right to education is a human right. State measures to combat the corona crisis mean that 1.2 billion students are affected by school closures worldwide. Could education systems have prepared better? Aliona Normandin • May 01, 2020
Global health diplomacy in times of COVID-19 In times of COVID-19 politics must be quarantined from healthcare efforts. Transparent information sharing between the WHO and States should be encouraged. But will the issue of Taiwan hamper this? Anmol Gulecha • April 30, 2020
Are you a boy or a girl? Judicial recognition of trans* and intersex children’s gender identity Two Dutch non-binary people were able to change the gender marker in their passport from ‘F’ to ‘X’. If a right to recognition of gender identity exists, can trans* and intersex minors claim this right too? Samantha Frederique Smidt • April 24, 2020
Indonesian lawyers in crisis: The ugly truth in times of corona There is a longstanding crisis of ethics among litigating lawyers in Indonesia, and the corona crisis is revealing their true colours. Santy Kouwagam • April 22, 2020
Covid-19 en het notariaat: ‘Heden verscheen – met gebruikmaking van audiovisuele hulpmiddelen – voor mij…’ Het notariaat kent tot op de dag van vandaag niet de mogelijkheid om een notariële akte langs elektronische weg te verlijden. Dat wringt in tijden van thuisisolatie waarin een fysieke ontmoeting met de notaris niet altijd mogelijk is. Peter van Es • April 21, 2020
Corporate raiders at the gate: Screening of investments in Dutch companies by non-EU parties The European Screening Regulation allows Member States to screen investments in national companies by parties from outside the EU. The grounds for this are very broad. Jelle Nijland and Cees de Groot • April 20, 2020
Wash your hands often… and your newsfeed even more: disinformation in COVID-19 times In the midst of a public health crisis, only one thing is more contagious than the virus itself – lies. How does disinformation affect our fundamental rights? María de Arcos Tejerizo • April 20, 2020
