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
Who is liable for foundation damage depends on the cause: nearby construction work, a drop
- Reading time: 7 min
The EU Data Act gives users of connected products and related services the right to
- Reading time: 8 min
To become an energy supplier in the Netherlands, you need a supply licence from the
- Reading time: 6 min
A divorce settlement agreement (echtscheidingsconvenant) is a written contract in which you and your spouse
- Reading time: 9 min
Suspension (schorsing) and non-active status (op non-actief stelling) mean that your employer temporarily bars you
- Reading time: 5 min
At an OM hearing (OM-zitting), a public prosecutor discusses the offence you are suspected of
- Reading time: 6 min
If your debtor does not pay despite a judgment and owns a property, you can
- Reading time: 8 min
The Enterprise Chamber (Ondernemingskamer) is a specialist division of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal that
- Reading time: 8 min
Three employees who secretly set up a competing business and took their employer’s confidential documents
- Reading time: 8 min
Yes, the operator of a closed distribution system must take part in congestion management. On
- Reading time: 7 min
During a valid probationary period (proeftijd), your employer may end your employment contract with immediate
- Reading time: 6 min
Coercive control is a pattern of domination in which one partner systematically controls, isolates and
- Reading time: 5 min
