Top court tells Amsterdam to rethink holiday rental fines

The fines which Amsterdammers have to pay if they are caught wrongly renting their house to tourists are disproportionately high, the Council of State has ruled. The highest Dutch administrative court said the fines which Amsterdam city council levies if people are caught breaking the rules, do not take sufficient account of the difference between private and commercial rentals, whether or not it was a first offence or the scale of the offence. This lack of nuance is important, the...