Administrative law

Whether you are the owner of a business or private individual: sooner or later in the Netherlands you will have to deal with the government. It is the government that decides what activities may be conducted and where, it is the government that grants (or refuses to grant) licences, and it is the government that decides whether a housing estate or industrial estate may be built in a particular area or whether such interests are outweighed by the interests of nature and the environment. The government can stimulate procedures, or it can prevent them. The government can be an opponent, or it can be a partner.

Private citizens, the business sector and the government meet each other in a variety of areas, often related to property. BANNING’s Administrative Law property group is ready to assist you in the field of planning and zoning law (realizing building plans inside and outside built-up areas) and in the area of environmental law (noise nuisance, soil pollution, air quality), and naturally in land matters (the Expropriation Act and Municipalities (Preferential Rights) Act), or where government acts lead to damage (planning blight, compensation for loss resulting from administrative acts, and unlawful government action).

All of the lawyers in the Administrative Law practice group have extensive litigation experience before the administrative courts and the civil courts, but also around the negotiating table. Imminent disputes can be solved through negotiations, but if necessary they can also be resolved in legal proceedings.

Lawyers:

» mr. E. (Eric) Beele
» mr. M.J.M.G. (Marga) van Gerwen
» mr. G.W.B. (Rob) Heijmans
» mr. drs. H.A. (Herbert) Pasveer
» mr. T. (Tim) Segers