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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

Parental authority is the right and duty to raise a child and to take decisions

Dutch law currently recognises three partnership forms: the maatschap, used mainly for professional practices, the

An employer may not decide for itself whether an employee is ill. Assessing incapacity for

A declaration of acquiescence is a written statement in which a party declares that it

An employee must carry out reasonable instructions relating to the work; that duty follows from

Whether you can get out of a contract depends first on its duration. A contract

An international divorce raises two questions before any of the substantive ones: which court may

A high-conflict divorce – in Dutch a vechtscheiding – is one in which the parents

A criminal record in the Netherlands is an entry in the Judicial Documentation System, the

Dutch dismissal law is closed by design. An employer cannot simply end an employment contract:

Most Dutch employment relationships end by agreement rather than by dismissal, and the instrument is

The Working Conditions Act places the primary duty on the employer: it must ensure a