UPC_APP_586761/2023

The Hague Local Division rejected Arkyne Technologies' (Bioo) application under Rule 158 RoP requiring Plant-e to provide security for legal costs, finding that the financial strain a cautio would impose on the claimant (a competing SME with limited finances) would be a serious impediment to access to justice, and also noting that Dutch national law does not permit security for costs against EU-domiciled claimants.