Willem A. M. van Schendel (28 August 1950 – 8 February 2024) was a Dutch jurist. He was vice president on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands from 2012 until 2020.
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Willem A. M. van Schendel was born in The Hague on 28 August 1950.[1] His father was a civil servant at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. He had two brothers. Van Schendel studied law at Leiden University.[2] He became a judge at age 33.[3] From 1988 to 2001 he was justice at the court of appeal of Amsterdam.[4] From 21 November 2001 until 1 January 2012 he was justice (Dutch: raadsheer) at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. From 1 January 2012 until 1 September 2020 he was vice president of the Supreme Court.[5] In this position he was talented in finding compromises in cases where there was no actual comprimise to be found between guilty and not-guilty. As Vice President of the Supreme Court he also presided over the trial regarding the Murder of Anne Faber [nl].[2] Having retired in September 2020 he was made substitute justice at Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba in December 2022 to help with the backlog of civil cases.[6]
Van Schendel was well-liked and known for being higly social, interacting with everyone within the Supreme Court and being a mentor to many. He dressed up as Sinterklaas and had a talent for interacting with children.[2] Van Schendel died unexpectedly in Amsterdam, on 8 February 2024, at the age of 73.[7]
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^ (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 17 February 2024. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024.
^ abcMat, Joke (1 March 2024). "Willem van Schendel (1950-2024) was een vooraanstaand magistraat met oog voor iedereen" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
^Louwerse, Peter (8 September 2020). . mr-online.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 19 May 2023.
^ (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 17 February 2024. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024.
^ (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 17 February 2024. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024.
^. curacao.nu (in Dutch). 14 February 2024. Archived from the original on 15 February 2024.
^. mar-online.nl (in Dutch). 17 February 2024. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024.
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