Court rulings & orders · On the timeline
7 May 2025
C/17/199273 · Request for provisional evidence, Leeuwarden
Court schedules the evidence hearing for 9 July 2025
District Court (Leeuwarden), registry
Court decision · binding on the parties
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A one-page letter (in Dutch) from the court clerk to the claimants' lawyer setting the hearing date for the separate request by three other people to have experts heard under oath. It opens the 'second case' track that later went to appeal in Amsterdam.
Cheat sheet
- The letter answers the request for provisional evidence (hearing experts before any lawsuit), case C/17/199273 / HA RK 25/17.
- The hearing is set for 9 July 2025 at 13:15 in Leeuwarden.
- Judge J.A. Werkema is named, but the clerk says the judge may still change shortly before the hearing.
- The lawyer, P.W.H. Stassen, is asked to inform his clients.
Key passages · underlined
Naar aanleiding van het door u ingediende verzoekschrift bijzondere bewijsverrichtingen deel ik u mede dat de behandeling van het verzoekschrift zal plaatsvinden op 9 juli 2025 om 13:15 uur.IoJ translation — “Further to the petition for special evidentiary measures you submitted, I inform you that the petition will be heard on 9 July 2025 at 13:15.”
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Northern Netherlands District Court · Private Law Department · Leeuwarden location · Commercial law section
To: Mr P.W.H. Stassen, PO Box 7004, 5605 JA Eindhoven · Date: 7 May 2025 · Our reference: C/17/199273 / HA RK 25/17 · Subject: special evidence measures in the matter of the claimants v. Hofstra et al.
In response to the petition for special evidence measures that you filed, I inform you that the petition will be heard on 9 July 2025 at 13:15.
I ask you to inform your client(s) of this.
The case will be heard by Mr J.A. Werkema. The name of the judge is not yet final: your case may still be assigned to another judge, because the final assignment takes place shortly before the hearing. If another judge will hear your case, you will be told at least two working days before the hearing.
Yours faithfully, F. Bravenboer, court clerk
Interest of Justice translation from the Dutch original. Only the Dutch text is authoritative. IoJ translation, not official; the Dutch original prevails.
Every defendant denies the claims, and the court has not ruled on them. Allegations are the claimants' pleaded positions, quoted as theirs. This is analysis and commentary, not legal advice. Interest of Justice is not a party to the case.