Sikke Kingma is a highly experienced Supreme Court lawyer, with more than two hundred judgments to his name. From his background as an all-round civil lawyer, Sikke conducts a cassation practice for companies, individuals and public authorities across the entire breadth of civil law. Sikke is often engaged by lawyers from other firms to conduct cassation proceedings, preliminary ruling proceedings or to assist on appeal.
Sikke received master’s degrees in both Dutch Civil Law and Theoretical Chemistry from Leiden University, graduating cum laude in both programmes. He is secretary of the Dutch Association of Civil Cassation Lawyers, secrétaire-général of the Association européenne des Barreaux des Cours Suprêmes and a member of the specialist association of IP lawyers VIEPA. Sikke is a deputy justice at the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal. He teaches and publishes regularly. He is the author of the chapters Cassation and Preliminary Ruling Proceedings in Tekst & Commentaar Burgerlijke Rechtsvordering (the leading commentary on law of civil procedure) and co-author of the Cassation chronicle of the Tijdschrift voor Civiele Rechtspleging (Journal of Civil Litigation).