In the media
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Home carer goes to court to demand pension and unemployment benefits 08 November 2021
Ms. Kollmann, a home care worker in the Netherlands, is demanding pension and unemployment benefits from the Dutch Employee Insurance Agency (UWV). An...
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Hendriks: Spanish euthanasia law important, but with teething problems 04 November 2021
Earlier this year, Spain passed a law that legalises euthanasia and assisted suicide. Spain is now the fourth country in Europe with such a law. Its i...
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Ministry enlisted support of provincial executive in gas debate: ‘Unprecedented’ 04 November 2021
At the request of outgoing minister Stef Blok, the Province of Groningen wrote a letter to support the minister in his rejection of two amendments by ...
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Wim Voermans: 'Employers can’t just request a coronavirus entry pass' 04 November 2021
The introduction of a compulsory coronavirus entry pass in the workplace is currently being considered behind the scenes. Dutch Minister of Health Hug...
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Jan Vleggeert and Jan van de Streek on ethics and tax law 01 November 2021
If we want tax evasion to become a thing of the past then there has to be more balance in how tax advisers are educated, according to tax professors J...
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De Volkskrant on professors of tax law and the commercial sector 28 October 2021
The majority of professors of tax law in the Netherlands have links to accounting and law firms, writes Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant.
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Simone van der Hof in online talk show about Behavioral Design in Video Games 14 October 2021
On 7 October 2021 Simone van der Hof participated in an online talk show as part of the Dutch Media Week. The theme was the research project she is wo...
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Federica Casano about EU tax haven blacklist 11 October 2021
One of the EU's most heralded weapons against tax avoidance and evasion falls prey to political whims, is applied arbitrarily, and lacks transparency,...
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Interview with Tanja Masson-Zwaan on the ESA website 20 September 2021
The European Space Agency (ESA) introduces the members of the European Center for Space Law (ECSL) on its website through interviews with its members....
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Yet another minister resigns: 'Moral democratic compass is lacking' 03 September 2021
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (VVD) has resigned as Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management with immediate effect. She has decided to take up a posit...
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'Amending tax system would provide quarter million extra jobs' 27 August 2021
In 2017, at the start of the Rutte III cabinet, tax scholars Leo Stevens and Koen Caminada presented a blueprint for a new tax system. Today, four yea...
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Geerten Boogaard: 'Netherlands moving towards constitutional court' 27 August 2021
The House of Representatives in the Netherlands has requested advice from the Council of State about combining membership of the House of Representati...
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Wim Voermans in podcast on minority government 26 August 2021
The formation of a new government is in full swing in the Netherlands. Or more accurately, it is in full deadlock. As a result, the possibility of a m...
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Ben van Rompuy editor new journal on legal aspects of football and sport 17 August 2021
The new scholarly journal ‘Voetbal- & Sportjuridische Zaken’, published by Boom Juridische Uitgevers, will focus on current legal aspects related to s...
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The limits of open government 17 August 2021
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Netherlands is being flooded with applications for information under the Dutch Public Access to Gover...