Legal guides
Practical guides to Dutch law, arranged by area of law: from employment and corporate law to family law, immigration, criminal law and real estate. Written by the lawyers of Law & More in Eindhoven and Amsterdam.
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Copying general terms and conditions: the legal risks in the Netherlands
Copying another company’s general terms and conditions (algemene voorwaarden) is risky under Dutch law on three separate grounds: copyright, unlawful act and the validity of the terms themselves. The exception is short standard phrasing, which is too generic for copyright
Summary dismissal based on WhatsApp messages is lawful in the Netherlands only if three requirements
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A Dutch network operator may only refuse a grid connection or transport on the grounds
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A hidden defect in a Dutch home is a fault that existed at the transfer,
- Reading time: 8 min
A Dutch webshop must identify itself clearly, give consumers a fixed set of information before
- Reading time: 10 min
When you end your marriage in the Netherlands, you must settle four subjects: the division
- Reading time: 13 min
In a Dutch divorce, a business is valued in two steps. First you establish whether
- Reading time: 10 min
Dutch employment law gives employees strong protection: an employer generally needs a statutory ground and
- Reading time: 23 min
A software licence is the permission the copyright holder gives you to use a program;
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As a landlord in the Netherlands, you can claim unpaid rent and, if the arrears
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Maritime shipping in the Netherlands is governed by three layers at once: international conventions of
- Reading time: 7 min
Dutch intellectual property law gives you exclusive rights to your inventions, brands, designs and creative
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Under EU Regulation 261/2004 you are entitled to a fixed compensation of EUR 250, 400
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