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Vienna Convention on International Sale of Goods: Inclusion or exclusion?

The French and the Dutch law perspective In most international commercial contracts for the sale of goods, the parties choose to exclude the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods (‘CISG’). This is not always to their advantage. In this article, Mathijs van Riet, Lawyer at SPIEGELER International Attorneys-at-law & Mediators will highlight the …

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Precedent or sui generis in the art world: Judge condemned an artist to create a big and ‘roomfilling’ piece of art

The 24th of June the Court in Rotterdam, gave judgement in the case Kreuk vs. Vo. [1] In this case Bert Kreuk, a Dutch art collector, sued the Danish-Vietnamese artist Danh Vo because of a default of contract. Vo had failed to deliver a piece of art for “Transforming the Known”, an exhibition of Kreuk’s …

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