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
When you buy a holiday home in a Dutch park, you usually do not buy
- Reading time: 8 min
If the other parent does not follow a contact or care arrangement set by the
- Reading time: 9 min
Cartel damages: if you paid too much because of a cartel, you can claim compensation
- Reading time: 7 min
If another country wants to prosecute or imprison someone who is in the Netherlands, one
- Reading time: 7 min
When reintegration of a sick employee fails in the Netherlands, the employer usually bears the
- Reading time: 6 min
Loop research (lussenonderzoek) is the forensic analysis of data from induction loops in the road
- Reading time: 7 min
A reintegration plan, formally the plan of action (plan van aanpak), is the written agreement
- Reading time: 10 min
Good employer conduct (goed werkgeverschap) is the standard in Article 7:611 of the Dutch Civil
- Reading time: 8 min
Article 3(1) of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) requires that
- Reading time: 5 min
A child’s wishes on contact (omgang) never decide the case on their own, but they
- Reading time: 7 min
Under Dutch law, directors must act in the interest of the company and its business,
- Reading time: 6 min
Absent spouse divorce: you can divorce a spouse whose address is unknown in the Netherlands.
- Reading time: 7 min
