When is an IT supplier liable for damage and delay under Dutch law? Breach, default, recoverable loss and the limits of exclusion clauses.
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Performance, notice of default, suspension, rescission and damages: the legal route when your IT supplier structurally fails to deliver.
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Paying for bespoke software does not make you the rightholder. Employer copyright, assignment, licence, source code escrow and the writing requirement.
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Agile development calls for different contractual arrangements: best-efforts or results obligation, acceptance criteria, deadlines and the NLdigital Terms.
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A software project that grinds to a halt: breach, the duty to cooperate, expert evidence, possible outcomes and how to prevent a long dispute.
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Connection, transport and congestion management for large consumers under the Dutch Energy Act: new rights, flexible transport products and sharper obligations.
The Energiewet replaces the Electricity Act 1998 and the Gas Act. What changes for connection, transport, data, energy communities and existing contracts.
Governing law, the CISG, jurisdiction and the Dutch first-shot rule on standard terms: what actually distinguishes firms handling international contracts.
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An ordered index of every guide we have written on Real Estate law in the Netherlands.
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An ordered index of every guide we have written on IT law in the Netherlands.
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An ordered index of every guide we have written on Dutch energy law.
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If you have bought a flat in the Netherlands, you have not bought a building. You have bought an appartementsrecht, and with it membership of a Vereniging van Eigenaars (VvE), the owners’ association for the block. Membership is compulsory, it decides a great deal about your home, and you cannot walk away. What an apartment
The VvE and Dutch apartment rights law: a guide for owners in Eindhoven and Amsterdam Read More »
Almost every home in the Netherlands is advertised kosten koper: the price is the price of the house, and the costs of transferring it are yours. The largest of those costs is transfer tax, charged at 2, 8 or 10.4 per cent depending on what you buy and what you will do with it. This
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Dutch tenancy law is among the most tenant-friendly in Europe, and most internationals renting here have no idea how much protection they have. The rules sit mainly in Book 7 of the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek, BW), and many cannot be contracted away. This guide sets out the field in outline: what contract you
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Dutch and EU money reaches companies, universities and non-profits under many names — grant, contribution, allowance, co-financing, innovation credit. Most are, in law, one thing: a subsidie. That classification brings a statutory regime into play which lets the paying body cut the amount years later and reclaim what it has transferred. What counts as a
Solar is the quickest route to renewable capacity in the Netherlands, and the legal work is harder than the engineering. Whether you are putting panels on your own warehouse roof, letting a roof to a developer, or leasing farmland for a solar park, the same four questions decide whether a project is financeable: who owns
The SDE++ (Stimulering Duurzame Energieproductie en Klimaattransitie) is the central Dutch operating subsidy for renewable energy and CO2 reduction, and often decides whether a business case closes. It is also a public law instrument, administered by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO): enforceable obligations, hard deadlines, and a formal objection and appeal route. An operating subsidy,
The SDE++ subsidy in the Netherlands: how the scheme works and where the legal risk sits Read More »
Almost every international who rents in the Netherlands pays a deposit, and many worry at the end of the tenancy whether they will see it again. Since the Wet goed verhuurderschap (Good Landlordship Act) came into force on 1 July 2023 the rules have become clearer: there is a ceiling on the deposit, a deadline
The rental deposit, service charges and the Good Landlordship Act in the Netherlands Read More »
Almost every Dutch tenancy sees the rent go up once a year. What the landlord may ask, and whether the increase is valid at all, depends on which of three segments the property sits in, on what the contract says, and on whether the landlord observed a short but strict set of formalities. This article
Rent increase in the Netherlands: what landlords may charge and what tenants can do Read More »
Almost every company with a Dutch-facing website publishes a privacy policy — a privacyverklaring or privacy statement. Far fewer publish one that would survive a look from the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (the Dutch data protection authority, the AP). The document gets treated as boilerplate, copied from a competitor and left untouched while the business changes underneath
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