Jan van der Grinten is an attorney at Van Doorne in Amsterdam. He gives legal and strategic advice to governments, companies and institutions. Jan is regularly asked to give second opinions and he is a frequent litigator in administrative and civil-law cases. In spite of his academic interest, Jan has a very practical approach.Jan's main areas of attention are:- government liability and other matters at the crossroads of administrative and private law- public order and safety- subsidies- supervision and enforcement- public property (especially the Roads Act)- public access to government informationIn all these fields Jan van der Grinten is active not only as an attorney, but also as: - Lecturer at: Leiden University, Academie voor Overheidsjuristen (Academy for lawyers in public service), Professional Education for the Law Practice of the Netherlands Bar Association, Kluwer, SSR (all about government liability), the Association of Dutch Municipalities (about public order/powers of mayors)- and author for: Gemeentestem, AB (leading Dutch journal on administrative law), Kennisbank Bestuursrecht (Reed Businesss Media) section subsidies.