News item | 17-10-2025 | 6:45 PM
On the recommendation of State Secretary Rutte of Justice and Security, the Council of Ministers has approved the appointment of 2 new justices to the Supreme Court. Mr. AJ (Ad) van Doesum will be appointed on January 1, 2026 and TJ (Thijs) Kelder on October 1, 2026.
Mr. Van Doesum will be part of the tax chamber of the Supreme Court. He now works as head of the Knowledge Center at PwC Belastingadviseurs NV, professor of Cost-Price Increasing Taxes at Maastricht University and deputy judge in the court of The Hague.
Mr. Kelder will be part of the criminal chamber of the Supreme Court. He currently works as a lawyer, deputy judge in the Amsterdam Court of Appeal and a member of the Banking Disciplinary Committee.
Counselors are judges in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is the highest court in civil, criminal and tax matters. As the highest court, the Supreme Court can rule on judicial decisions against which an appeal in cassation is open. The Supreme Court then assesses whether the law has been applied correctly, whether the correct procedures have been followed and whether a ruling is sufficiently and comprehensibly substantiated.