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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
When one parent moves abroad, co-parenting across borders becomes a legal question before it becomes
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A preliminary witness examination (voorlopig getuigenverhoor) is a court hearing at which witnesses are questioned
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A verbal agreement in commercial transactions is binding under Dutch law. Contracts are formed by
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When your contract partner goes bankrupt in the Netherlands, you stop being a supplier or
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Posting workers to the Netherlands triggers a separate compliance regime on top of the employment
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When two spouses are also partners in a general partnership, a divorce ends two relationships
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The six types of workplace conflict that matter legally in the Netherlands are task, process,
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The right to inspect evidence allows a party to a Dutch civil dispute to demand
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A vaststellingsovereenkomst (settlement agreement) is a contract by which parties bind themselves to a determination
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A chatbot deployed in the Netherlands sits at the intersection of three bodies of law:
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Contracting with Dutch parties goes wrong in a small number of predictable ways, and almost
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Being fired on the spot, ontslag op staande voet, means your employer ends your employment
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