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
A settlement agreement (vaststellingsovereenkomst) is a contract by which parties fix what applies between them,
- Reading time: 6 min
A chatbot used in the Netherlands must comply with three regimes at once: Dutch copyright
- Reading time: 9 min
Contracts with Dutch parties mostly go wrong because a contract drafted for another legal system
- Reading time: 8 min
Being fired on the spot (ontslag op staande voet) means your employer ends your employment
- Reading time: 17 min
In a conflict with your employer in the Netherlands, work in a fixed order: secure
- Reading time: 7 min
A foreign judgment can be enforced in the Netherlands, but the route depends on where
- Reading time: 9 min
Co-parenting in the Netherlands rests on three legal building blocks: parental authority (gezag), which decides
- Reading time: 11 min
You can marry a foreign partner in the Netherlands if you both meet the conditions
- Reading time: 9 min
No Dutch or European law regulates quantum computing as such. What applies is the existing
- Reading time: 13 min
If someone damages your reputation online, Dutch law gives you two routes: a criminal complaint
- Reading time: 9 min
Marriage and registered partnership (geregistreerd partnerschap) give you almost the same legal position in the
- Reading time: 7 min
An NDA under Dutch law (geheimhoudingsovereenkomst) is an ordinary contract in which one or both
- Reading time: 14 min
