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Leiden Insolvency Thesis receives Bronze Prize From International Insolvency Institute 12 June 2023
On 11 June 2023, the International Insolvency Institute (III) announced its 2023 prizes in International Insolvency Studies during its 23rd Annual Con...
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Kimia Heidary and Helen Pluut win Best Paper Award 01 June 2023
Kimia Heidary and Helen Pluut received the Best Paper Award at the Munich Summer Institute for their paper on consumer perceptions and personalized pr...
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Inaugural lecture Wannes Vandenbussche accepting TPR rotating professorship 30 May 2023
On 24 May 2023, Professor Wannes VandenBussche of Ghent University delivered his inaugural lecture to accept the TPR rotating professorship in the Lei...
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'Writing a judgment is far easier than writing a dissertation' 15 May 2023
Doing a PhD on the side? External PhD candidates, like Joost Van der Helm, just get on and ‘do it’. Besides his hectic job as a justice at the Court o...
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CERIL Lustrum Conference on Harmonisation of EU Insolvency Law 09 May 2023
To celebrate its 5th anniversary as an independent non-profit think tank, the Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL) held its...
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GLOBTAXGOV team meets Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations 09 May 2023
On 15 March 2023, the GLOBTAXGOV team at Leiden Law School met with the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT) to explore opportunities f...
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Ann Skelton elected as Chair United Nations Children’s Rights Committee 08 May 2023
Professor Ann Skelton has been elected as Chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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Philippe van Gruisen receives KNAW grant for interdisciplinary research on (labour) migration from a broad perspective on societal wellbeing 04 May 2023
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has awarded a KNAW Early Career Partnership 2023 to Philippe van Gruisen for interdisciplina...
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Tirza Cramwinckel wins 2023 Research Prize 04 May 2023
Tirza Cramwinckel, Assistant Professor in tax law, has won one of the 2023 Research Prizes awarded by the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation.
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Bob Wessels appointed as Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau 21 April 2023
On 20 April 2023, during the first lustrum congress of the Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL), professor emeritus Bob Wes...
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The future belongs to the youth, but perhaps not in Netherlands 13 April 2023
Three professors voice their concerns about a vulnerable group in our society: children who come into contact with youth care.
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PhD Ceremony Mees Vergouwen – solutions for colliding tax regulations 06 April 2023
That the tax authorities are allowed to impose taxes is widely known. What is less well known is when the tax authorities must impose taxes. And what ...
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All sixteen applicants for the Leiden Law School Starter Grants awarded research funding 30 March 2023
Stefaan Van den Bogaert, Vice Dean of Leiden Law School was delighted to announce on 29 March 2023 that the faculty has awarded research funding to al...
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Researchers Tax Law in Trouw on potential tax avoidance Cargill 28 March 2023
Dutch newspaper Trouw investigated the tax position of multinational Cargill. Their conclusion? Cargill appears not to pay taxes over their profits. T...
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‘If you know how the system works, you can stand up for your rights’ 15 March 2023
Legal protection. What do those involved in youth care and child protection understand by this concept? And what needs to change to improve legal prot...