Reasonableness and Fairness

Reasonableness and Fairness

Tags: 3:12 BW, aanvullende werking, additional operation, beperkende werking, derogating effect, derogerende werking, fairly fair, limiting effect, onaanvaardbaar, reasonableness and fairness, redelijk billijk, redelijkheid en billijkheid, unacceptable.

Reasonableness and fairness are socially acceptable standards that can have an additional effect or restrictive effect (derogating effect) on statutory regulations or provisions from an agreement. Whether this is the case depends on the specific circumstances of the case.

Article 3:12 of the Dutch Civil Code contains a legal definition for the term “reasonableness and fairness”. Under this article, in determining what is reasonable and fair, account must be taken of generally recognized legal principles, of the legal convictions living in the Netherlands and of the social and personal interests involved in the specific case.

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