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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

Almost every Dutch tenancy sees the rent go up once a year. What the landlord

Almost every company with a Dutch-facing website publishes a privacy policy — a privacyverklaring or

If your partner, your child or an employee has just been arrested in the Netherlands,

A power purchase agreement is now the ordinary way for a company to buy renewable

If you are buying a house in the Netherlands, you cannot avoid the notaris. Dutch

If you are living in the Netherlands on a residence permit and thinking about a

Someone close to you has died in the Netherlands, or you are planning your own

If you hold a Dutch residence permit for a non-temporary purpose, you are probably under

If you think your rent is too high, the service charge statement is wrong, or

The highly skilled migrant scheme (kennismigrantenregeling) is the route by which most non-EU professionals come

Eviction in the Netherlands is a court-controlled process. A landlord cannot end it himself, and

If you are buying a home in the Netherlands, and particularly in Amsterdam, the particulars