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General Terms and Conditions: Why Copying Them Will Cost You Dearly
Copying another company’s general terms and conditions (algemene voorwaarden) is risky on three separate legal grounds, and those risks are cumulative rather than alternatives. First, terms drafted with an original structure and wording enjoy copyright protection under the Dutch Copyright
When is an IT supplier liable for damage and delay under Dutch law? Breach, default,
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Performance, notice of default, suspension, rescission and damages: the legal route when your IT supplier
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Paying for bespoke software does not make you the rightholder. Employer copyright, assignment, licence, source
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Agile development calls for different contractual arrangements: best-efforts or results obligation, acceptance criteria, deadlines and
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A software project that grinds to a halt: breach, the duty to cooperate, expert evidence,
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Connection, transport and congestion management for large consumers under the Dutch Energy Act: new rights,
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The Energiewet replaces the Electricity Act 1998 and the Gas Act. What changes for connection,
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Governing law, the CISG, jurisdiction and the Dutch first-shot rule on standard terms: what actually
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What a foreign founder should look for in a Dutch lawyer before incorporating: BV or
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The criteria that actually matter when an international employee or employer picks a Dutch employment
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The subdistrict court in Amsterdam ruled on 4 August 2026 that a collective move to
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An ordered index of every guide we have written on Real Estate law in the
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