A lot of interest this afternoon in the court in Assen in the case between the board of the As-Soennah mosque Assen and the contractor HTO. They faced each other during summary proceedings. The mosque has seized a number of the contractor’s accounts. And the contractor, who wants the attachment to be lifted.
Contractor HTO is building a new mosque on the Meester Groen van Prinstererlaan in Assen. Construction has been at a standstill for several months because the mosque board accuses the contractor of making mistakes. The board feels reinforced in this by a report from a construction consultancy firm.
The contractor disputes the conclusions of that investigation. In addition, the contractor says that the mosque is still in arrears with payments.
Many topics were discussed during the trial, but the judge must ultimately make a decision on the seizure. According to the contractor’s lawyer, the seizure will affect the contractor’s business operations. “The company cannot survive another six months, then the company will get into trouble. That is why the seizure must stop as soon as possible,” the lawyer said in her plea.
The mosque’s lawyer disputes that ruling and claims that the seizure does not affect HTO. “The contractor will not have any liquidity problems. The seizure has been made on accounts that she cannot actually access herself. So she has no access to the money in those accounts.”
It concerns four accounts from HTO. The contractor himself cannot access two of those accounts.
It is not yet clear whether the seizure of the accounts will be lifted. The verdict is expected in two weeks.
A further substantive procedure will follow for the other matters over which the two parties are at odds. This includes, among other things, the construction errors that were made, the five points that the mosque does not meet according to the environmental permit and who should pay for them.