Over Recht.nl
Recht.nl was in 1998 één van de eerste websites voor juristen in Nederland. Wij richten ons met onze vakinformatie al meer dan 25 jaar op juridische professionals - en op docenten en studenten rechtsgeleerdheid.
Wij leveren onze diensten dagelijks aan duizenden advocaten, alsmede aan bedrijfsjuristen, provincies en gemeenten, de Hoge Raad, de Raad van State en Het Juridisch Loket.
About Recht.nl
Foundation, Mission & Coverage
Recht.nl is an independent online platform specialised in Dutch legal news, case law and abstracts of legal scholarly articles, established in 1998.
Recht.nl aggregates and categorises content from verified sources of professional legal information, whether it be Dutch courts, Dutch University’s law departments, websites of governmental agencies and law firms or Dutch legal journals. Recht.nl keeps daily track of over 200 of such verified, professional online sources (third party websites), circa 150 trade journals, as well as postings of hundreds of Dutch legal organisations and individual legal professionals on LinkedIn.
These de facto media partners join together to ensure that coverage from all across the Dutch legal domain is reflected on Recht.nl; categorised in 18 areas of law (‘rechtsgebieden’).
Recht.nl’s values
Objectivity & impartiality
Recht.nl disseminates daily updates on developments relevant to the Dutch legal community. Recht.nl covers legal processes upstream of ‘regular’ daily news, summarising issues relevant to Dutch legal professionals without taking sides.
Recht.nl’s content is produced in full impartiality, without favouring the political views of any national or international institution, government, political party or pressure group. We report on the latest case law as passed by the judiciary and changes in codified law as decided by the legislator without passing any personal opinion.
Transparency
Recht.nl clearly demarcates news from opinion and commercial communications.
Media independence
Recht.nl maintains its independence with a diversified business model and it does not privilege views from sponsors.
This obligation of independence dictates the conduct of all editors and staff members participating in preparing editorial content, from news-gathering to publication - to ensure continued reader confidence in our content.
Recht.nl’s editor-in-chief acts as the guardian of the website’s editorial independence and impartiality and is the guarantor of its editorial policy and respect for the principles of honesty and pluralism of information.
Recht.nl takes seriously the need to avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived. Anyone in a professional relationship with Recht.nl must:
- Disclose a potential unavoidable conflict.
- Refuse gifts (financial or in-kind), favours, and special treatment, that may compromise integrity or impartiality, or may damage credibility.
- Deny favoured treatment to advertisers, donors or any other special interests.
Legal News content
Recht.nl consists of a mixture of different types of News content aimed exclusively at Dutch legal professionals:
- News Articles: daily governmental and judiciary developments relevant to the legal community, featuring 18 main legal fields.
- Analysis News Articles: commentaries on recent case law by lawyers and legal scholars.
- Background News Articles / Scholarly Articles: reflections on and trend analysis of current developments in Dutch law.
Verification standards
Recht.nl is committed to accuracy in all its content and being factually correct both as a value in its own right and because accuracy is absolutely vital for legal professionals. Where possible Recht.nl goes back to primary rather than secondary sources and links to sources are provided with every article.
The standard verification procedure is as follows:
- Articles are first checked by the editor, who fact-checks the article using their policy expertise.
- A second check is carried out by an editor for structure, grammar and style, along with additional fact verification.
Corrections
Though every article published on Recht.nl is reviewed twice before publication, even the best news coverage can contain errors or require further clarification. Any reader can propose a correction on the content of any article via our contact form.
When a mistake is identified, an editor will look at the original and double check if it is appropriate to amend it.
Feedback
The founding mission of Recht.nl is to create an online service exclusively dedicated to Dutch legal news, where there had not been one previously.
If you have feedback you wish to give to Recht.nl the most direct way to reach us is through the contact form on our website.
Privacy Policy
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Team
Maurits Hertzberger, Editor-in-Chief
Whilst completing his master’s degree in library science in 2000, Maurits was one of Recht.nl’s co-founders. He’s written and compiled over 1,200 editions of our weekly Magazine over the past decades and oversees the company’s day-to-day. He contributed significantly to the development of our additional legal information services; notably JurisprudentieTracker and ECLI-checker. (LinkedIn)
Anneke de Lange, Case law editor
Anneke de Lange studied Computational Linguistics (1986) as well as Dutch law (2001). In 2018 she gained additional expertise in privacy-management (CIPP/e and CIPM). Anneke has worked for different Dutch law firms as a knowledge manager. Since 2014 she’s been working with us. (LinkedIn)
Carlijn Urlings, News editor
Carlijn has been a news editor for Recht.nl since 2005. She earned master's degrees in Philosophy and Dutch Literature from Leiden University. In addition to her experience as a writer and editor for Dutch legal and educational magazines at Reed Business Information (now RELX), she's worked as a senior news producer for the U.S. foreign desk of a major European TV network since 2011. (LinkedIn)
Reinoud Baker, Tech lead
Reinoud studied electrical engineering at the University of Delft. He gained broad experience as a full-stack developer working with international teams, and has a deep interest in the intersection of law and computing. (LinkedIn)
Ownership
Recht.nl is owned by LexIQ B.V. which is headquartered in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Recht.nl’s funding comes from subscriptions (80%) and advertising revenues (20%). None of the subscribers is in any way dominant and activities are spread across commercial partnerships and sponsorship of Recht.nl content (always clearly labelled as such) and separate products such as the Recht.nl Vacaturebank.
Where content is not produced independently by the editorial team, it is always flagged as advertiser content, with a beige background distinguishing it from the rest of Recht.nl’s editorial coverage.
Where content is editorially produced but the piece itself is directly made possible through funding, this is made clear with a “Supported” label and information identifying the sponsor.
Contact information
If you need to contact Recht.nl whether with corrections, comments, complaints, compliments, questions, or tips, you can do so via the options listed below:
- Contact form (your message will be forwarded to the relevant team member)
- Social Media channel: LinkedIn