Roberto M

Thanks, we are not going to use it in a court. It's for other purposes.

The same rules in Italy.

We've made written agreements via emails, additionally we have a basic contract, which was signed in the beginning of our cooperation.

Yes, it's related. Each country has it's own local laws, so I've decided to research first to decide how to act. Asking lawyers having some country specific info is better than just asking without any prior knowledge) This company was involved in some lawsuits before (this we know from their contractors), but there are no details. It's not about "three strikes out or similar measures in criminal versus civil right." - we just want to have some proofs that this company was doing some illegal activities in the past.

Good morning! Is it possible to check online if a Dutch company has/had lawsuits in courts? I've found only rechtspraak.nl. But I don't see there our ex-business partner despite he was involved in several lawsuits. Thank you!

I've also read at https://business.gov.nl/running-your-business/business-management/legal-matters/agreements-and-contracts-all-you-need-to-know/ that:

Italy. You mean why we haven't sent a reminder via regular mail? Other party can say that they have received something and it wasn't a reminder, but some other document... Prior this project we've worked together for many years - our relations were trustful. Yes we do have. It has happended earlier. I'm co-owner of the italian company. Regards, Roberto

Unfortunately, we've only included terms in the contract, which was never signed by the Dutch company. We've agreed on duration, amounts and price. The rest was in the contract. We haven't expected for them to break the agreement, taken in account 8+ years of doing business together.

Good evening! We have an issue with a Dutch company: a company wasn't paying us according to the agreement and haven't followed initial agreements, which resulted in a loss for our company. Some background: we've worked with a Dutch company for many years, after some time, we've started a new project with them. In brief: we invest in equipment, Dutch company buys our services for 3 years for a certain price and a certain amount of services per month. We've prepared and sent a contract with all details related to this new project to CEO (also founder) to sign. He hasn't replied, nor asked any questions. In total we've asked to sign via email like 5 times in 3 months period, but silence instead. During these 3 months we were working with Dutch compnay as usual, but CEO somehow has forgotten to sign the contract. No problem, we've worked for many years before and trust each other. After we had have invested and bought some equipment we've started the project, but with 1 month delay or so. The contract wasn't signed by the date we've started. Immediately we've encountered some issues with this new project: Dutch company was buying 1/3 less services than we've agreed (via emails, via messengers, via phone calls). Price was also 20% less, resulting in total 50% revenue per month than was initially agreed. Constant delays with payments etc. CEO was saying "wait, we are working to fix it". After 1,5 years Dutch company has stopped this project completely. In total we've received only 25% of initial revenue we've agreed prior project start. And now Dutch company denies to pay any compensation of our losses, because we've invested money in equipment and time as well. Equipment was sold for a much lower price, resulting in a loss. CEO escapes any responsibility for issues and our losses. So, dear colleagues, can we have some compensation from a Dutch company, taken in account, that we have written agreements? Unfortunately, it's not a signed contract, but emails and messenges. Thank you! Roberto