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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
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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A debtor who cannot pay will usually try to reach a voluntary arrangement with creditors:
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A geographical indication protects a product name that is tied to a place of origin
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Summary dismissal ends an employment contract immediately, and Dutch law allows it only where three
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A maintenance amount is fixed on the basis of the circumstances at the time it
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Copyright arises in a photograph automatically, at the moment it is taken, provided the photograph
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The value of a company is not the same as the price paid for it,
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Damages assessment proceedings Court judgments regularly include an order for one of the parties to
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Parents in the Netherlands are largely free to choose their child’s first names, and the
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