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Articles by Branda Katan
Consumer law and online ‘order buttons’: Supreme Court takes strict approach with far-reaching consequences
You would think it would be clear to anyone who clicks on an order, place order or complete order button when making an online purchase that they are then required to pay. But in two recent rulings, the Dutch Supreme Court found otherwise: such buttons do not make it sufficiently clear to consumers that their orders imply an obligation to pay. A consumer can void contracts entered into through such order buttons.
Consumentenrecht en online ‘bestelknoppen’: Hoge Raad kiest strikte lijn met vergaande gevolgen
Je zou denken dat voor iedereen die klikt op een knop “bestellen”, “bestelling plaatsen” of “bestelling afronden” bij een online aankoop, duidelijk is dat je dan ook moet betalen. Maar in twee recente uitspraken oordeelde de Hoge Raad anders: zo’n knop maakt consumenten onvoldoende duidelijk dat zij een betalingsverplichting aangaan. Een consument kan overeenkomsten die via deze bestelknoppen tot stand zijn gekomen, vernietigen.
Aansprakelijkheidsstelling Bij Duurzaamheid: Een Ritselende Revolutie
In het Transformation Forums Magazine gaat Branda Katan in op de effectiviteit van het aansprakelijk stellen van bedrijven voor de impact die ze hebben op mensenrechten, milieu en klimaat, oftewel op duurzaamheid. Dat verschijnsel zal naar verwachting blijven toenemen. Toch is aansprakelijkheidsstelling niet dé manier om structurele verduurzaming te bewerkstelligen.
Structural sustainability cannot be enforced through liability
In her inaugural lecture at Leiden University on 22 March, Branda Katan spoke about enforcing sustainability through liability. The number of civil cases against companies is expected to increase in the coming years. According to Branda, this is not the right way forward if the aim is to achieve behavioural change.The number of civil cases brought against companies is expected to increase in the coming years.
‘The battle for sustainability won’t be won in the civil courts’
Sustainability through liability? Don’t get your hopes up. That is the title of Branda Katan’s inaugural lecture on 22 March. Katan is Professor by Special Appointment of Corporate Litigation at Leiden Law School and a partner at Amsterdam law firm Stibbe. In her work as a lawyer, she is seeing an increasing number of civil cases aimed at making companies act more sustainably. A trend that she says will continue.
Can somebody else’s conduct qualify as your acknowledgement of a claim?
The acknowledgement of a claim interrupts the five years’ prescription period for claims for payment (art. 3:318 DCC). On 21 April 2017, the Dutch Supreme Court answered the question whether the conduct of one company can qualify as the acknowledgement of a claim by another company (ECLI:NL:HR:2017:755).
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