Mirella Peletier has been a certified lawyer since 1999 and from that moment on she has been working almost continuously in the practice of cassation. Within this specialism she advises and litigates across the full range of property law, with a focus on general property law, contract law (including tenancy law), insolvency law, law relating to property held in common ownership, and law of succession.
In the last decade, Mirella has built up an extensive track record in the cassation practice. With success she has dealt with diverse cassation cases, representing claimants and defendants, and has handeled actions by claim and actions by application. Moreover, she has on occassion represented social organizations as speaker in preliminary question procedures at the Supreme Court.
Part of her practice includes advising lawyers that intend to appeal to a higher court. Potentially also with a view of becoming a cassation proceeding. Based on experience it has been seen that a good approach in higher court can increase the chances in cassation.
In her work as laywer, Mirella uses her experience as court legal assistant at the Civil Division of the Supreme Court as well as her scientific background. She obtained a doctorate in 1999 for her doctoral dissertation on discretionary power to make amendments in contract law (Judicial discretion and party autonomy, Boom Juridische uitgevers).
Mirella is deputy justice at the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam. She teaches and publishes regularly.
Mirella is member of the Civil Cassation Lawyers Society (VCCA).
