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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
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Dutch law currently recognises three partnership forms: the maatschap, used mainly for professional practices, the
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An employer may not decide for itself whether an employee is ill. Assessing incapacity for
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A declaration of acquiescence is a written statement in which a party declares that it
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An employee must carry out reasonable instructions relating to the work; that duty follows from
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Whether you can get out of a contract depends first on its duration. A contract
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An international divorce raises two questions before any of the substantive ones: which court may
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A high-conflict divorce – in Dutch a vechtscheiding – is one in which the parents
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A criminal record in the Netherlands is an entry in the Judicial Documentation System, the
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Dutch dismissal law is closed by design. An employer cannot simply end an employment contract:
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Most Dutch employment relationships end by agreement rather than by dismissal, and the instrument is
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The Working Conditions Act places the primary duty on the employer: it must ensure a
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