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
In the Netherlands your employer may not treat you less favourably because of your religion
- Reading time: 10 min
Whether you may stay in the Netherlands after the IND rejects your residence application depends
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Dutch property law does not recognise narcissism as a legal category, and you do not
- Reading time: 8 min
A civil intellectual property (IP) dispute becomes a criminal case in the Netherlands only when
- Reading time: 8 min
After a Dutch divorce, who stays in the family home is decided by ownership, by
- Reading time: 7 min
A Dutch BV (besloten vennootschap, private limited company) comes into existence when a Dutch civil-law
- Reading time: 8 min
Lying about your degree in a Dutch job application can cost you the job immediately,
- Reading time: 7 min
The transition payment (transitievergoeding) is capped at €102,000 in 2026, or at one gross annual
- Reading time: 7 min
Woonscheiding means that ex-partners keep living in one home after the relationship has ended. It
- Reading time: 7 min
You can protect an invention in the Netherlands through three routes: a Dutch patent (octrooi)
- Reading time: 10 min
Children under 18 in the Netherlands need their parents’ consent to enter into a contract,
- Reading time: 7 min
A cable or pipeline network in the Netherlands cannot be transferred with a signed purchase
- Reading time: 8 min
