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Luc Schelstraete and colleague Piotr Wawrzyniak were brought on board by Hermès’ owner Joop van Uytert in the case between the KNHS and the FEI concerning the rejection of Hermès’

It is the end of the line for Dinja van Liere and Hermès. Participation in the Olympic Games is now definitively out of the question for Joop van Uytert’s nine-year-old

Just imagine. As an athlete you have a good chance to go to the Olympics, but because of an administrative error by someone else you may miss it. It happened

In this case, Schelstraete Lawyer’s client had brought her horse to the counter party’s yard for boarding and training in early 2020. Over a year later, the client terminated the

The client of Schelstraete sold a pony in 2019. Prior to this sale, the pony was stabled with a rider to train and compete the pony to benefit the sale.

With Cachet, Micky started last weekend at ZZ-L level, scoring over 75% with both judges. “He was doing very well and we showed some good movements.” See video Gregwaard she competed for the

The judge in preliminary relief proceedings of the District Court of Almelo recently allowed the enforcement (execution) of a judgment obtained on appeal in a judgment dated 7 May. After

The Longines CSIO St. Gallen (3-6 June) will host this year’s first FEI Nations Cup™ competition after the long enforced break due to  the Corona virus. As there were no

The Schelstraete team is going to create 3 interesting videos on the following topics, ICSI, Brexit and VAT. The aim of these videos is to provide more insight into the legal aspects surrounding these subjects.

A client of Schelstraete Lawyers had bought a horse for €18,000. In a Facebook ad, the horse was presented as free of (stable) defects. Six days after delivery, the client

Recently the court ruled in favour of a client of Schelstraete Lawyers, named Inna Logutenkova, in a case about unpaid commissions in connection with the sale of horses. Inna Logutenkova

Schelstraete lawyers wins summary proceedings about a horse that is said to have a horn column, an inflammation of the hoof capsule and osteoarthritis of the hoof joint. The vendor

Schelstraete Lawyers reaches a very favourable settlement in a purchase case where the pre-purchase X-rays were suspected of being false. After a prejudgment attachment was levied in Belgium by Katrien

Dressage horse with a defect (in coordination of the hind legs due to a cause in the cervical vertebrae); purchase validly annulled out of court on the grounds of mutual

The client, a professional broker in show jumpers, acted as an intermediary in 2015 with regard to the purchase of two show jumpers. Following an audit in 2020, a substantial

Schelstraete Lawyers resolves dispute for Mexican jumper regarding income tax and social insurance premiums. Former employer had withheld around €10,000 in social insurance premiums from employee’s salary. Legal proceedings were

The counterparty, a Dutch horse trader, claimed a right of retention on the horse. The District Court of Gelderland refused this claim; the horse trader was convicted to pay damages

The counterparty claimed substantial amounts from our client: € 175.000. According to the counterparty our client sold horses in his assignment without his permission and did not pay him the

Dutch client of Schelstraete Lawyers wins a by the English counterparty alleged neurectomy case: the judge rejected the claims of the English buyer because buyer failed to prove that the

Schelstraete Lawyers managed to reverse the burden of proof in favour of its clients. Clients mare and foal died after being entrusted to a professional yard. The District Court of