Property and Government
Everybody comes into contact with the government in their
everyday business and personal lives, whether in the form of
municipal or provincial authorities, water boards, central
government or autonomous government agencies.
The main task of these government institutions is to implement
legislation and regulations by taking certain decisions. Those
decisions can be challenged by interested parties.
DVDW Advocaten can provide you with advice in this area and if
necessary assist you with litigation and other proceedings against
government bodies in any area of administrative law, including
environmental law.
Furthermore, government institutions often engage in private law
transactions, giving rise to legal questions in relation to
contracts, property rights and land acquisition, not to mention
liability issues.
DVDW Advocaten can also help if you work for the government and
require assistance or advice in relation to administrative law or
civil law matters.
Benefit from our expertise
DVDW Advocaten has experience and expertise in dealing with all
kinds of government-related legal issues, providing assistance to
both citizens and the government itself. As a result, we are
perfectly placed to offer you legal services in this specialist
area as well. This may include advice or assistance in the
following areas:
- general administrative law: for instance
enforcement (enforcement orders/penalties) and freedom of
information requests
- spatial planning: for instance construction
issues arising under the Crisis and Recovery Act, the Environmental
Permitting (General Provisions) Act, other environmental
permit-related issues, zoning plans, and other environmental and
water-related issues
- liability and compensation: for instance
unlawful government acts, and compensation for losses caused by
government acts and planning decisions
- land acquisition and use: for instance
municipal preferential rights and expropriation, land use, the
recovery of costs and public/private partnerships
- property: leasing and purchasing property,
property rights (e.g. ground leases), project/area development and
construction contracts
- other areas, such as contracts, tendering
processes and subsidies.