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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
Good employer conduct, goed werkgeverschap, is the standard in article 7:611 of the Dutch Civil
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Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) requires that
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A child in the Netherlands has no age at which its wish decides a contact
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Dutch law settles the tension between shareholder and corporate interest in favour of the company.
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Divorcing someone you can't find feels like an insurmountable hurdle, but Dutch law provides a
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Party autonomy is the freedom of contracting parties under Dutch law to decide for themselves
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The investigative questions in Dutch criminal law are the fixed set of questions a criminal
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A knowingly false accusation is a criminal offence in the Netherlands. Reporting a crime that
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Grid congestion (netcongestie) does not give a Dutch grid operator a free hand to refuse
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An employee in the Netherlands may refuse to transfer to the acquirer in a transfer
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Serious bodily injury, in Dutch criminal law zwaar lichamelijk letsel, is the legal qualification that
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Moving abroad during your divorce is lawful only if the other parent gives explicit written
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