Loosduinse Deborah’s cat must go: is this statement from Mr. Frank Visser legally valid?

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Master Frank Visser was in Loosduinen last summer and last week the broadcastof ‘Mr Frank Visser does Uitspraak’ was shown on TV. It was a neighbordispute. Kat Giovanni van Deborah misbehaved in the garden of the neighbours,Rob and Gerda. Master Frank Visser’s statement: The cat must go. But is thisruling legally valid? We find out:

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Rob and Gerda from The Hague are angry with their neighbors across the street.Or rather the cat. Killer cat Giovanni (as Garda calls it) regularly hunts intheir garden and has even taken their beloved chicken. Rob clearly states inthe episode what will happen to Gio if he gets hold of the cat: “OnlyVerweggistan.”

Pronunciation

Since Rob stopped by Deborah to complain about her cat, she has kept the blacktom inside. A cat expert judges that Gio is too stressed because he is used togoing outside. Master Frank Visser understands that the cat should be able togo outside, but thinks that Loosduinen is not the place for that. Hisstatement: Deborah must find a new home for Giovanni within three months. Ifshe does not, she has to pay a fine to Gerda and Rob of 25 euros per day.

Legally valid

Is this ruling legally valid and will Deborah really be fined if she doesn’tget rid of her beloved cat? We find many sources, including law firms, thatexplain to us the validity of the statements of Master Frank Visser. Good toknow: Mr. Frank Visser is actually a judge. He graduated as a master in law,worked for the police and the Public Prosecution Service and was a subdistrictcourt judge in Zaandam.

In the program ‘Mr Frank Visser makes a statement’ Frank Visser does not actas a judge, but as an expert who gives advice. The verdict is therefore not ajudgment of a judge, but a binding advice. That is an agreement between twoparties having a disagreement. They both agreed to let someone else settle theargument. In this case Frank Visser. His binding advice is a valid agreementand therefore legally valid.

Of course Frank Visser cannot just say anything. First, all parties must beheard and the decision must be reasonable. Before participating in theprogram, the participants sign that they both adhere to the pronunciation.They cannot appeal, but the binding advice can be annulled by an ordinarycourt. A judge will not do that quickly, because both neighbors have agreedthat Frank Visser will come up with a solution.

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But suppose Deborah really doesn’t get rid of her cat. So you don’t follow theadvice? Then no police will be called in. But if someone does not keep to theagreement, the arguing neighbors have to talk to each other again. If one ofthe two does not want to do this, then there is default and the other partycan go to court.

Last year, a father and daughter did not obey Mr. Frank Visser. They then hadto pay a fine of 27,650 euros to the neighbors with whom they had an argument,a ‘real’ judge had determined.