Equine news

In a legal procedure at the court of Gelderland Schelstraete is representing a Dutch equestrian firm in a dispute concerning the sale of a horse

Freedom of competition in show jumping and its organisation part 2 Click here to read the article.

Preliminary injunction relief Click here to read the article.

Legal duties and liability of an arena constructer and arena requirements Click here to read the article.

GCL Decision Click here to read the article.

Our client, a consumer buyer from the US, purchased a showjumper from a Belgian horse dealer. Soon after the horse arrived in the US it

On the 13th of January 2016 the Court of Oost-Brabant an interlocutory judgment was made on the contractor’s duty to warn when carrying out the agreement.

On June 17th 2015 the Court rejected the counterparties claims. Our client was summoned by her former business partner who wanted her to return to

Recently the Dutch Court delivered its final judgement in a case concerning  the sale of a horse. In 2009 our client bought a horse. In

Together with Mr Katrien Beelen, EEL’s alliance partner in Belgium,  EEL was successful in representing a London buyer in order to defend the arrest on

The judge of the District Court of Limburg ruled that as EEL’s client (the defendant) had already lifted the arrest on a horse and its

After a long legal procedure, the Court recently put an end to the dispute between two private horse owners. The seller, represented by mr. Loeffen

On 31 March the Court of Appeal in the Hague decided that it is up to the seller– in this case a Dutch trading stable

An alternative procedure of litigation in front of a district Court is possible for KWPN-members. According to the KWPN Procedural rules its members can bring

As of 1 January 2015, the execution of a sentence from an European Union member state in another member state will become simpler and quicker.

In our legal practice, which is focused completely on equine law, we are offered cases involving the purchase or sale of a horse or pony

On January 13th 2015, the Court of Appeal Arnhem-Leeuwarden confirmed an earlier positive judgment in a short law suit. The issue involved five horses from

On January 13th 2015, the Court of Appeal Arnhem-Leeuwarden confirmed an earlier positive judgment in a short law suit. The issue involved five horses from

An interesting statement was recently placed on the website of the BHA (www. Britishhorseracing.com): ‘Regarding the finding of the Disciplinary Panel that seven horses which

Question On account of a rent arrears the creditor has had my horse seized through a bailiff. As a result I, for example, cannot transport

On October 2, 2014, the  Provisional Judge of the District Court of Overijssel (location Almelo) issued a positive judgment in a short law suit. The

Question: I took my mare to the vet clinic for artificial insemination. In the stable my horse got clamped when lying down and due to this

Question: I have put my four year old horse in training in order to “break” him. I got the affirmation that normally after a month

A client of Schelstraete, (hereafter referred to as ‘A’)was again vindicated by the Court of Appeal on August 5th 2014. The case concerned a swap of

Dutch equestrian competition organisers frequently use liability exclusions, or so-called exoneration clauses. Prior to competing, participants often are required to sign an exoneration clause, so

On July 22 2014, the provisional judge of the District Court of Oost-Brabant gave a positive judgement in a short law suit that a client

Organizing committees of Dutch equestrian competitions more than often use exclusions of liability; so-called exemption clauses. By using this, participants declare to agree to these

Pony or horse? That was the main question which the Judge of the District Court Zeeland-West Brabant was confronted with on February 7, 2014. An

On April 24, 2014, the Amsterdam District Court ruled in a remarkable case about the damaged tails of five horses. The owner of these horses

Question: My horse has tested positive for doping at an international jumping competition. Later it turned out that it was a medicine that my horse

Question: Who is responsible when I buy a pregnant mare and something goes wrong what leads to the death of the foal? And what if

Our client, a professional trading stable, purchased a jumping horse from an amateur rider. The horse became very ill within a few days after delivery

The Court Central Netherlands (Utrecht) vindicated Matthijs Maat from Stud Geerestein in the lawsuit between him and his former partner Aletta Swanborn. Maat was assisted

On January 9th 2014, the Court of Amsterdam gave their final judgement in a case concerning the sale of a three year old Trakehner gelding.