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Support for class action for damages
The Senate today passed a bill from Sander Dekker, the Minister for Legal Protection, which will henceforth enable citizens and ...
Press conference by Rutte and Grapperhaus on shooting in Utrecht
Press conference by Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Justice and Security Ferdinand Grapperhaus on shooting in Utrecht.
172 officers to become available in Amsterdam thanks to more efficient police custody care
The police custody care in Amsterdam will be centralised from three locations to one site at the Schiphol Detention Centre. This ...
Fugitive convicts strategy yields first positive result
The number of convicted persons who are yet to serve their sentence has fallen slightly over the past year. Figures on the number ...
New law to help fight computer crime
The Computer Crime Act III (wet Computercriminaliteit III) will take effect on 1 March 2019. It gives the courts and the police ...
Threat level remains at 4, situation convoluted
The threat situation in the Netherlands was convoluted in the past year, due partly to the threat of a complex planned attack ...
Partnerships to be revamped
Launching a company as a group of entrepreneurs is about to become easier. Minister for Legal Protection Sander Dekker has ...
Online games of chance safer thanks to new legislation
Today, the Senate approved the Remote Betting and Gaming Act. Thanks to the new Act, which was approved by the House of ...
RIVM concludes exploratory analysis of hexavalent chromium in prisons
There is no evidence to suggest that additional health risks were present in Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI) facilities as a ...
Thinking along with the judge
Under a proposal launched by Minister Dekker (Legal Protection), the most senior administrative judges in the country will be ...