Case law
Tuchtrecht.nl
Tuchtrecht.overheid.nl is the section of the Dutch government portal that collects decisions of statutory non-hierarchical disciplinary law: the disciplinary regimes for the liberal professions and for economic sectors. The database covers seven domains, each with its own tribunals, and decisions carry an ECLI so they can be cited unambiguously. You can search by keyword, ECLI, the tribunal's own case number, date of decision or date of publication.
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What this source does not give you
Not every disciplinary regime appears here. Association-based disciplinary law without a statutory basis, and hierarchical disciplinary law for the armed forces and civil servants, fall outside the database, and banking disciplinary law is only linked to externally. More importantly: a disciplinary tribunal rules on whether the professional is culpable in disciplinary terms and can impose a measure on them. It awards the complainant no damages; that is a matter for the civil courts.
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Dutch legal domains; each link opens the domain page on leo.prudai.com.
Frequently asked questions
- Which disciplinary tribunals publish on tuchtrecht.overheid.nl?
- Seven domains. Accountants: the Accountants Disciplinary Tribunal. Lawyers: the Disciplinary Boards and the Disciplinary Appeals Tribunal. Veterinarians: the Veterinary Disciplinary Tribunal and the Veterinary Appeals Tribunal. Bailiffs: the Chamber for Bailiffs. Healthcare: the Regional Disciplinary Tribunals and the Central Disciplinary Tribunal for Healthcare. Civil-law notaries: the Chambers for the Notariat. Shipping: the Disciplinary Tribunal for Shipping.
- Is the appeal instance on this site as well?
- It varies by domain. For lawyers, veterinarians and healthcare the site names both first instance and the appeal body: the Disciplinary Appeals Tribunal, the Veterinary Appeals Tribunal and the Central Disciplinary Tribunal. For accountants, notaries and bailiffs it names only the first-instance body: the Accountants Disciplinary Tribunal, the Chambers for the Notariat and the Chamber for Bailiffs. Do not assume a search on this site captures the full chain of instances.
- What measures can a disciplinary tribunal impose?
- Each profession has its own statutory list. Article 48 of the Individual Healthcare Professions Act provides for a warning, a reprimand, a fine of up to 4500 euro, suspension of registered powers for up to a year, partial withdrawal of the right to practise, removal from the register, and being bound by special conditions. Article 48 of the Counsel Act provides, where a complaint is upheld, for a warning, a reprimand, a fine, suspension from practice for up to a year, and striking off the roll.
- Does disciplinary law get me damages?
- No. Disciplinary law reviews how a profession is practised, and the measures a tribunal can impose are exhaustively listed in statute; they affect the professional's standing and right to practise, not the complainant's finances. Anyone seeking compensation has to bring civil proceedings.