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Insolventierecht | Ondernemingsrecht | Verbintenissenrecht 28 mei 2013 t/m 1 juni 2013, The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London

Prof. mr. J.H. Nieuwenhuis emeritus Hoogleraar Burgerlijk recht Universiteit Leiden Prof. mr. N.E.D. Faber hoogleraar Burgerlijk recht Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Senior Adviser Clifford Chance Prof. mr. S.M. Bartman hoogleraar Ondernemingsrecht, Universiteit Leiden, advocaat DLA Piper

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London De Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk gaat voor de Magna Charta een studiereis organiseren naar de plek waar de originele Magna Charta ligt, namelijk Londen. Dit willen we doen met top sprekers en op toplocaties. De combinatie tussen beide maakt de naam Magna Charta Premium meer dan waar.

We zijn niet over een dag ijs gegaan bij het opstellen van het programma, zo hebben we het inhoudelijke programma breed opgezet en zullen de actualiteiten worden besproken met een behoorlijke mate van diepgang. We zijn dus erg blij dat prof. S.M. Bartman, prof. N.E.D. Faber en prof. J.H. Nieuwenhuis hebben toegezegd.

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Magna Carta De UNESCO heeft de Magna Carta in 2009 opgenomen op de Werelderfgoedlijst voor documenten omdat het een mijlpaal is van vrijheid en democratie met een wereldwijde invloed. De Magna Carta is een uniek document omdat voor het eerst gedetailleerd is vastgelegd op welke wijze de absolute macht van de koning beperkt wordt bij belastingheffing, feodale rechten en rechtspraak. Ook wordt het gewoonterecht in ere hersteld om koninklijke willekeur tegen te gaan. Regelmatig wordt dan ook gesteld dat het document de hoeksteen is van Engelse vrijheid, recht en democratie. De Magna Carta is een van de beroemdste documenten uit de Engelse geschiedenis.

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Programma Dinsdag 28 mei 18.00 uur ontvangst en diner in hotel Waldorf Dag 1 Woensdag 29 mei 07.00 uur Ontbijt hotel Waldorf 08.00 uur College actualiteiten ondernemingsrecht in the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn 10.00 uur Pauze 10.15 uur College vervolg actualiteiten ondernemingsrecht 12.15 uur Lunch in the Great Hall 13.00 uur College vervolg actualiteiten ondernemingsrecht 14.00 uur Vrij 18.00 uur Verzamelen in het Waldorf hotel 19.00 uur Diner in The Tower of London Dag 2 Donderdag 30 mei 07.00 uur Ontbijt hotel Waldorf 08.00 uur College actualiteiten insolventierecht in the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn 10.00 uur Pauze 10.15 uur College vervolg actualiteiten insolventierecht 12.15 uur Lunch in the Great Hall 13.00 uur College vervolg actualiteiten insolventierecht 14.00 uur Vrij 18.00 uur Verzamelen in het Waldorf hotel 19.00 uur Diner op de Wellington Arch

Dag 3 Vrijdag 31 mei 07.00 uur Ontbijt hotel Waldorf 08.00 uur College actualiteiten verbintenissenrecht in the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn 10.00 uur Pauze 10.15 uur College vervolg actualiteiten verbintenissenrecht 12.15 uur Lunch in the Great Hall 13.00 uur College vervolg actualiteiten verbintenissenrecht 14.00 uur Vrij 14.30 uur Verzamelen in het Waldorf hotel 15.00 uur Rondleiding Royal Courts of Justice Dag 4 Zaterdag 1 juni 08.00 uur Ontbijt 11.00 uur Uitchecken hotel 11.30 uur OPTIE; Lezing Magna Charta London in the British Library 13.00 uur Afscheid met lunch in het Waldorf

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Inhoud programma College 1 Prof. mr. S.M. Bartman Hoofdonderwerp: Actualiteiten Ondernemingsrecht Sub onderwerpen: • Bestuurders/commissarisaansprakelijkheid • Enquêterecht • Concernfinanciering

College 2 Prof. mr. N.E.D. Faber Hoofdonderwerp: Actualiteiten Insolventierecht Sub onderwerpen: • Uitwinning van pand en hypotheek tijdens faillissement • Girale betaling, verrekening en stornering rond de faillissementsdatum • Actio Pauliana, onrechtmatige daad (Peeters q.q./Gatzen-vordering) • Boedelvraagstukken

College 3 Prof. mr. J.H. Nieuwenhuis Hoofdonderwerp: Actualiteiten Verbintenissenrecht Sub onderwerpen: • Afgebroken onderhandelingen • Uitleg van (commerciële) contracten

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Algemene informatie Aanvullend programma 29 mei: op woensdag zullen we ons rond 17.30 richting The Tower of London begeven. Daar zullen wij genieten van een aperitief op The Wall Walk om aansluitend te dineren in The Upper Wakefield Tower.

Na het diner staat er een privé bezichtiging van de Kroon Juwelen op het programma en zullen we ook The Ceremony of Keys bijwonen. Het is een unieke kans om The Tower of London te bezichtigen en meer te weten te komen over de beruchte toren die een grote rol heeft gespeeld in de geschiedenis van het Verenigd Koninkrijk.

30 mei: donderdagavond zullen wij dineren op een andere historische locatie in het Hyde Park: Wellington Arch, met een geweldig uitzicht op de Londense skyline.

31 mei: op vrijdag om 15.00 krijgen we na de cursus een rondleiding in The Supreme Court of London. Dit is de rechtbank waar de zaken die onder de Engelse, Noord Ierse en Schotse wet vallen, worden behandeld. Hierna bent u vrij om uw eigen programma in te vullen.

Lincoln`s Inn The exact origins of Lincoln’s Inn, and indeed of the other three Inns of Court, are not fully known. The extant records of Lincoln’s Inn open in 1422, the earliest of any of the Inns of Court; but a society of lawyers by that name was then already in existence. It is likely that it evolved during the late part of the fourteenth century. In contrast to many of the colleges of Oxford or

Cambridge, which it resembles, there was no conscious founding or dated charter.

First, why “Inn”? As well as applying to the houses used by travellers and pilgrims - the usage that usually comes to mind - the term, or its Latin equivalent hospitium, also applied to the large houses of magnates of all kinds, such as statesmen, bishops, civil servants, and lawyers, whose business brought them to town, especially when Parliament and the courts were in session. The area in which many were situated were then suburbs, salubrious but convenient for both Westminster and the City. This type of inn was often not simply an individual residence but provided accommodation for a whole retinue of guests, and typically included, both as a focus for medieval living arrangements and as a status symbol, a hall (indeed, the bishops’ inns were also called palaces). Law students, or “apprentices” of law, who at the period learnt their craft largely by attending court, sought shared accommodation during the legal terms, sometimes in part of an inn of a magnate who did not need it.

Originally there were at least twenty inns associated with lawyers.

Gradually they became places of legal education, and there emerged the four principal Inns of Court (ie Inns of the men of Court) that we know today. The other Inns became known as the Inns of Chancery. You may come across their names, such as Staple Inn or Clement’s Inn, in the vicinity. They were treated at first as preparatory schools for the main Inns of Court and then during the seventeenth century became the Inns exclusively for attorneys (ie solicitors) and clerks (they had all vanished as societies by the

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The term “barrister” was originally a purely internal or domestic rank - a graduate of the Inn who had successfully negotiated the elaborate legal exercises set in Hall, which was laid out for moots like a court, with a bar. Although there were various attempts to regulate those who appeared in court, any requirement that they be barristers of an Inn of Court emerged at first only as a matter of practice - a case in 1590 finally confirmed it as a matter of law.

And once that happened the process of excluding mere attorneys from membership of the Inns of Court was accelerated.

The recognition of barristers’ exclusive right of audience was no doubt due in part to the thoroughness of the original medieval system of legal education provided by the Inns - at least seven years between admission as a student and call to the bar. That system completely broke down with the English Civil War in 1642. It has to be said that legal education in the Inns from then until the nineteenth century, or later, cannot be regarded as the most glorious part of their history. The old residence requirements for students were diluted into the mere ritual of dining, and the old exercises were reduced to the perfunctory formality of reciting the first few lines of a standard formula from a preprepared card. Bar exams were only introduced in 1852 and were not even compulsory until 1872, and in any event could be passed by anyone with a modicum of application with a few weeks study. So a far cry from today.

Then, why “Lincoln’s” Inn? Tradition has it that the name comes from Henry de Lacy, third Earl of Lincoln (d. 1311) whose own house was near by and may have been patron of the Inn. Tradition is not to be entirely gainsaid, and indeed the Earl’s arms form

part of the Inn’s arms, but it is more likely that the name came from Thomas de Lincoln, one of the serjeants at law (senior practitioners, before the days of QCs) during the fourteenth century.

The Tower of London In 1078 gaf Willem de Veroveraar als koning Willem I opdracht voor de bouw van de White Tower, een vierkant fort dat moest dienen ter bescherming van de Normandische veroveraars tegen aanvallen van binnen en buiten. Eerdere forten op die plaats waren voornamelijk van hout geweest, maar hij beval om zijn Tower van steen te laten maken. De White Tower dankt zijn naam aan de witte stenen, een soort kalk, die erin zijn aangebracht en aan de torens op de hoeken. Koning Richard Leeuwenhart liet de slotgracht graven, gevuld met water uit de Theems. Later werden om het fort heen extra verdedigingsmuren gebouwd en er ontstond een uitgebreid gebouwencomplex, dat eenvoudig "Tower" genoemd werd. Het oorspronkelijke fort stond (en staat) nu feitelijk midden in een groter kasteel.

De Tower diende voor het laatst als paleis in de tijd van Jacobus I (1566-1625). Het is in de geschiedenis vooral bekend geworden als gevangenis voor met name gevangenen uit de hogere kringen.

Zo zat koningin Elizabeth I een tijdlang gevangen in de Tower tijdens het bewind van haar zuster Maria Tudor. Een van de laatste gevangenen die vastzat in de Tower was Rudolf Hess tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. De tweeling Ronald en Reginald Kray zaten er in 1952 een paar dagen vast wegens dienstweigering.

In de 13e eeuw werd een koninklijke menagerie geopend, mogelijk al in 1204 ten tijde van koning John, en waarschijnlijk voorzien van dieren uit een eerdere menagerie uit 1125 van

koning Hendrik I uit zijn paleis in Woodstock bij Oxford. De oorsprong ervan wordt vaak gedateerd in 1235, toen Hendrik III een huwelijkscadeau ontving, bestaande uit drie luipaarden (waarschijnlijk waren het leeuwen) van Frederik II, keizer van het Heilige Duitse Rijk. In 1264 werd de menagerie verplaatst naar het bolwerk (the Bulwark), dat dan ook toepasselijk de naam Lion Tower verkreeg. Tijdens de regering van Elizabeth I werd de menagerie opengesteld voor publiek.

Ceremony of Keys Probably the best known such ceremony is the one that takes place every night at the Tower of London, and has done so in some form or another since the 14th century. At exactly 9.53pm, the Chief Yeoman Warder, dressed in Tudor Watchcoat, meets the military escort, made up of members of the Tower of London Guard. Together, the CYW and the Yeoman Warder 'Watchman' secure the main gates of the Tower. Upon their return down Water Lane, the party is halted by the sentry and challenged to identify themselves: Sentry: Who comes there?

Chief Warder: The keys.

S: Whose keys?

CW: Queen Elizabeth's keys. (identifying the keys as being those of the current British monarch) S: Pass Queen Elizabeth's Keys. All's well.

Following this, the party makes its way through the Bloody Tower Archway into the fortress, where they halt at the bottom of the Broadwalk Steps. On the top of the Stairs, under the command of their officer, the Tower Guard present arms and the

Chief Warder raises his hat, proclaiming: CW: God preserve Queen Elizabeth.

S: Amen!

He then takes the keys to the Queen's House for safekeeping, while the Last Post is sounded.

As with many events of ceremony in the United Kingdom, it takes some significant outside influence to interrupt the Ceremony of the Keys. The one time when the ceremony was interrupted was during the Second World War, when there was an air raid on London, and a number of incendiary bombs fell on the old Victorian guardroom just as the Chief Yeoman Warder and the escort were coming through the Bloody Tower archway. The shock and the noise of the bombs falling blew over the escort and the Chief Yeoman Warder, but they stood up, dusted themselves down, and carried on. The Tower holds a letter from the Officer of the Guard apologising to King George VI that the ceremony was late, along with a reply from the King which says that the officer is not to be punished as the delay was due to enemy action.

The Royal Courts of Justice The 11 architects competing for the contract for the Law Courts each submitted alternative designs with the view of the possible placing of the building on the Thames Embankment. The present site was chosen only after much debate.

The Great Hall in 1882 In 1868 it was finally decided that George Edmund Street, R.A. was to be appointed the sole architect for the Royal Courts of Justice and it was he who designed the whole building from

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Algemene informatie foundation to varied carvings and spires. Building was started in 1873 by Messrs. Bull & Sons of Southampton.

Floor of the foyer of Royal Courts of Justice There was a serious strike of masons at an early stage which threatened to extend to the other trades and caused a temporary stoppage of the works. In consequence, foreign workmen were brought in – mostly Germans. This aroused bitter hostility on the part of the men on strike and the newcomers had to be housed and fed in the building. However, these disputes were eventually settled and the building took eight years to complete and was officially opened by Queen Victoria on the 4 December 1882.

Street died before the building was opened. Much of the preparatory legal work was completed by Edwin Wilkins Field including promotion of the Courts of Justice Building Act 1865 and the Courts of Justice Concentration (Site) Act 1865. A statue of Field stands in the Courts.

The Strand facade of the Royal Courts of Justice in 1890 Parliament paid £1,453,000 for the 6-acre (24,000 m2) site upon which 450 houses had to be demolished. The building was paid for by cash accumulated in court from the estates of the intestate to the sum of £700,000. Oak work and fittings in the court cost a further £70,000 and with decoration and furnishing the total cost for the building came to under a million pounds.

The dimensions of the building (in round figures) are: 470 feet (140 m) from east to west; 460 feet (140 m) from north to south; 245 feet (75 m) from the Strand level to the tip of the fleche.

Entering through the main gates in the Strand one passes under two elaborately carved porches fitted with iron gates. The carving over the outer porch consists of heads of the most eminent Judges and Lawyers. Over the highest point of the upper arch is a figure of Jesus; to the left and right at a lower level are figures of Solomon and Alfred the Great; that of Moses is at the northern front of the building. Also at the northern front, over the Judges entrance are a stone cat and dog representing fighting litigants in court.

On either side are gateways leading to different courts and to jury and witness rooms from which separate staircases are provided for them to reach their boxes in court. During the 1960s, jury rooms in the basement area were converted to courtrooms. At either end of the hall are handsome marble galleries from which the entire Main Hall can be viewed.

The walls and ceilings (of the older, original Courts) are panelled in oak which in many cases is elaborately carved. In Court 4, the Lord Chief Justice’s court, there is an elaborately carved wooden Royal Coat of Arms. Each court has an interior unique to itself; they were each designed by different architects.

There are, in addition to the Waiting Rooms, several Arbitration and Consultation Chambers together with Robing Rooms for members of the bar and solicitor-advocates.

Wellington Arch Set in the heart of royal London at Hyde Park Corner, Wellington Arch was built in 1825-7 as part of a campaign to improve the royal parks. Intended as a victory arch proclaiming Wellington's

defeat of Napoleon, it is crowned by the largest bronze sculpture in Europe, depicting the Angel of Peace descending on the ‘Quadriga’ – or four-horsed chariot – of War. Today it is a landmark for both Londoners and visitors and a great addition to a memorable day out in London. Visitors can enjoy the glorious panoramas over London's Royal Parks and the Houses of Parliament from the balconies below the spectacular bronze sculpture. The view of the Household Cavalry on their way to and from the Changing of the Guard is a joy to behold!

Shutterstock: 89954095 wellington arch The Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the supreme court in all matters under English law, Northern Irish law and Scottish civil law. It is the court of last resort and highest appellate court in the United Kingdom; however the High Court of Justiciary remains the supreme court for criminal cases in Scotland. The Supreme Court also has jurisdiction to resolve disputes relating to devolution in the United Kingdom and concerning the legal powers of the three devolved governments or laws made by the devolved legislatures.

The Supreme Court was established by Part 3 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and started work on 1 October 2009. It assumed the judicial functions of the House of Lords, which were exercised by the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (commonly called "Law Lords"), the 12 professional judges appointed as members of the House of Lords to carry out its judicial business. Its juris-

diction over devolution matters had previously been held by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Because of the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, the court is limited in its powers of judicial review, unlike the constitutional and supreme courts of some other countries. This means that it cannot overturn any primary legislation made by Parliament.

However it can overturn secondary legislation if, for example, that legislation is found to be ultra vires of the powers in primary legislation allowing it to be made.

Furthermore, under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998, the court may make a declaration of incompatibility which means that it believes that the legislation subject to the declaration is incompatible with one of the rights of the European Convention on Human Rights and such a declaration can apply equally to primary and secondary legislation. The legislation is not overturned by the declaration but powers under section 10 of the act are triggered to allow ministers to amend the legislation by statutory instrument to remove the incompatibility.

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Euro 3.900,-- excl Btw. Dit bedrag is inclusief studiemateriaal, 4 hotelovernachtingen, 4 keer ontbijt, 4 keer lunch en 3 keer diner, excursies naar Magna Carta en Supreme Court.

Euro 2.100,-- excl Btw. Dit bedrag is inclusief, 4 hotelovernachtingen, 4 keer ontbijt, 3 keer diner, excursies naar Magna Carta en Supreme Court

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