EXPERTISE
Administrative law and objections
Decisions by public bodies affect your residence, income, care, permits and taxes. Most can be challenged, but only within a short period. We assess the decision, protect the deadline and build the objection or appeal on the facts and the law.
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How we can help
Objections and appeals against decisions of municipalities, UWV, SVB, DUO, the Tax and Customs Administration and other public bodies
Social assistance, support under the Social Support Act and youth care: refusals, reductions, recovery and fines
Preparing for and attending the objection hearing
A notice of default when an authority decides late, and the statutory penalty where it applies (article 4:17 of the General Administrative Law Act, Awb)
In urgent cases, a request to the court for a provisional measure
Good to know
An objection does not suspend the decision (article 6:16 Awb). If the matter cannot wait, you can ask the court for a provisional measure (article 8:81 Awb). An objection or appeal filed late is declared inadmissible unless you cannot reasonably be blamed for the delay (article 6:11 Awb). If the authority revokes its decision because it acted unlawfully, you can claim the costs of professional legal assistance, provided you ask before it decides on the objection (article 7:15 Awb).
Key deadlines
Decision on an application
Within the statutory period or, if there is none, as a rule within eight weeks (article 4:13 Awb)
If the authority is late
Send a written notice of default. Two weeks later a penalty starts to run, up to €1,442 in total (article 4:17 Awb), and you can appeal straight to the court (articles 6:12 and 7:1 Awb)
Objection or appeal
Six weeks (article 6:7 Awb)
The period starts
The day after the decision is published or sent (article 6:8 Awb)
Decision on the objection
Within six weeks, or twelve with an advisory committee; it may be extended by six weeks (article 7:10 Awb)
QUESTION
Do I need an attorney?
No. In objection and appeal procedures you may be represented by a legal adviser (articles 2:1 and 8:24 Awb), also in further appeals to the Council of State and the Central Appeals Tribunal (article 8:108 Awb).
Tell us what happened. We take it from there.
Call or WhatsApp +31 6 11 61 02 90, e-mail info@justenalaw.nl, or send your question through the form.