Walker & Wittensleger Advocaten

About Walker & Wittensleger Advocaten

Walker & Wittensleger Advocaten is a law firm in Amsterdam. The firm assists clients with problems concerning social assistance benefits and other benefit matters, and is also active in criminal law, employment law, and personal and family law.

Social assistance and social security

The firm helps with disputes involving the municipality, UWV and SVB concerning benefits. These may involve repayment claims, termination or rejection of a benefit, fines and sanctions.

• Objecting to a social assistance repayment claim
• Problems with a terminated or stopped benefit
• Rejection of a benefit application
• Fines and sanctions
• Withholding holiday pay or monthly benefit payments
• Shared households and work obligations
• Social assistance applications that were not processed

Other areas of law

The lawyers are also active in criminal law, employment law, and personal and family law.

• Criminal law
• Employment law
• Personal and family law

Approach and legal aid

The firm combines expertise with an informal approach to clients and prioritises results. Clients on a minimum income may qualify for subsidised legal aid; the firm applies for this through the Raad voor Rechtsbijstand (Dutch Legal Aid Board).

Appointments and contact

The first meeting is free. There is a free drop-in consultation every Wednesday; cases can also be discussed via Skype or FaceTime after a telephone consultation.

• Free drop-in consultation on Wednesday from 10.00 to 12.00
• Discussion via Skype or FaceTime
• Get in touch by phone, email or the contact form

Service area

The firm works throughout the Netherlands. Its main office is in Amsterdam; for social assistance cases, appointments can be made in Utrecht after a telephone consultation.

• Alkmaar
• Almere
• Amstelveen
• Amsterdam
• Breukelen
• Bussum
• Diemen
• Haarlem
• Hilversum
• Hoofddorp
• Lelystad
• Naarden
• Ouderkerk aan de Amstel
• Purmerend
• Rotterdam
• Utrecht
• Wormerveer
• Zaandam