UNLAWFUL ACTS UNDER ARUBAN LAW

Several requirements apply

Article 6:162 section 1 of the Aruba Civil Code (Aruba CC) stipulates four conditions for someone’s obligation to compensate damage based on an unlawful act (tort):

  • A person has committed an unlawful act (‘onrechtmatige daad’) against another person; and
  • The act can be attributed (‘toegerekend’) to that person; and
  • Some other person has suffered damage (‘schade’); and
  • The unlawful act has caused these damages (‘causaal verband’).
  • Article 6:163 Aruba CC provides for an exception to the general rule of article 6:162 Aruba CC: “There is no obligation to repair damage when the violated norm does not have …
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    STATUTORY LIMITATIONS FOR FILING A CLAIM UNDER ARUBAN LAW

    Five year period

    With respect to the limitations under Aruban law for filing a claim, the pertinent legal provisions governing limitations are set out in Book 3, Title 11 (Rights of Action) of the Aruban Civil Code.

    According to Article 310 the right of action for compensation for damage is prescribed up to the end of a five year period from the beginning of the day following the one on which the person who is prejudiced becomes aware of both the damage and the identity of the person responsible for it.

    If an accident occurred on August 1, 2004, for …
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    FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS UNDER THE LAWS OF ARUBA (II)

    Case law regarding termination

    It can be concluded from a Netherlands Antilles case regarding failed negotiations for the continuation of a license agreement (franchising) (Antillean Family Foods NV vs Mc Donald’s Corporation, Supreme Court, February 26, 1993, NJ 1993, 289), that under certain circumstances the termination of an agreement may constitute an obligation (to negotiate a renewal of contract or) to pay damages / compensation.

    Possible areas of relevance are: the contents of the agreement and the circumstances under which the agreement was entered into; the amount invested by the franchisee and the extent to which the investment was recouped; …
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    THE LAWS OF TORT IN THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN

    Unlawful acts and damage

    Section 6:162 paragraph 1 Netherlands Antilles Civil Code (NACC) stipulates four conditions for someone’s obligation to compensate damage based on an unlawful act (tort):

  • A person has committed an unlawful act (onrechtmatige daad) against another person (the victim); and
  • the act can be attributed (toegerekend) to that person; and
  • the victim has suffered damage (schade); and
  • the unlawful act has caused these damages (causaal verband).
  • Section 6:163 NACC provides for an exception to the general rule of Section 6:162 NACC: “There is no obligation to repair damage when the violated norm does not have as its …
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