Ajax acknowledges liability case Nouri
Ajax player Abdelhak Nouri is in (sub)comatose condition and has been in a care facility since he suffered a cardiac arrest during a practice match in Austria on July 8, 2017. After the event, questions were raised among his family about the way Abdelhak was treated immediately after the cardiac arrest on the field in Austria by Ajax's medical staff [...]
Press release: Nouri case before KNVB arbitration committee
Ajax player Abdelhak Nouri has been in comatose condition and in a care facility since he suffered a cardiac arrest during a practice match in Austria on July 8, 2017. After the event, questions were raised among his family about the way Abdelhak was treated by Ajax medical staff immediately after the cardiac arrest on the pitch in Austria [...].
Press Release: Beer Impulse Foundation presents thesis award to Idya Karimi and Molengraaff Institute University of Utrecht
Stichting Beer impuls, founded by Amsterdam victim lawyers, encourages, among other things, the development of young talent with an interest in the legal field of liability and personal injury. In that context, the foundation has - for the third year in a row - issued a national thesis prize. One master's thesis per registered department (university) could be submitted to the board of the foundation [...].
Trafigura not required by judge to answer for Probo Koala poisoning disaster
Today, the multiple commercial chamber of the District Court of Amsterdam ruled that the proceedings brought by the Victimes des déchets toxiques Côte d'Ivoire Foundation (abbreviated to ‘Ivory Coast Poison Disaster Foundation’) against Trafigura regarding the consequences of the dumping of poison by the ship Probo Koala in Ivory Coast in 2006, are shipwrecked on procedural grounds. See here the [...]
Senate also approves bill on affection damages
After previously the bill for compensation of affection damage was approved by the House of Representatives on May 9, 2017, the Senate also approved this bill on April 10, 2018. This is an important step for victims and survivors of personal injury. Victims of personal injury are entitled to full compensation for damages in the Netherlands. The [...]
John Beer receives Dean's Award from Amsterdam Bar Association
Today John Beer received the Dekenprijs for his achievements for the legal profession, an award that was presented last year to Eberhard van der Laan. He received this award in De Rode Hoed, during the annual meeting of the Amsterdam Bar Association. John Beer is honored by receiving this award; ‘It is nice to receive this [...]
Alphen aan den Rijn shooting tragedy
6 people died and 16 were wounded because Tristan van der Vlis shot at them in the De Ridderhof shopping center (Alphen aan den Rijn) on April 9, 2011. Van der Vlis could legally possess firearms because he had been granted a firearms permit by the Hollands Midden police region shortly beforehand. Beer advocaten [...]
Beer advocaten supports ‘port dinner’ for refugees from AZC
Our firm represents the interests of personal injury and death injury victims. It is our conscious choice to assist precisely the vulnerable party in the personal injury process and not to represent the interests of insurers and other professional parties. We like to support projects that also have an eye for the interests of other vulnerable [....]
John Beer on Jinek about the Nouri case
On Jan. 8, Eva Jinek's program featured an item about Ajax soccer player Abdelhak Nouri and the news that recently came out about a heart defect diagnosed in him back in 2014. In her broadcast, Khalid Kasem (spokesman for the Nouri family) and John Beer were interviewed. See the interview here.
Alphen aan den Rijn shooting tragedy
On April 9, 2011, in the shopping center De Ridderhof in Alphen aan den Rijn, Tristan van der Vlis shot and killed five people, wounded seventeen (one of whom later died) and then took his own life. Shortly after this tragedy, it became known that Tristan suffered from mental illness, but nevertheless [...]