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
As a director of a Dutch BV or NV you are in principle not liable
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In the Netherlands you freeze a debtor’s assets before judgment with a prejudgment attachment (conservatoir
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Your partner’s debts from before your relationship stay your partner’s debts under Dutch law. You
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An adult suspect in the Netherlands is not obliged to have a lawyer (advocaat) at
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The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) is the independent regulator that enforces the
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Greenwashing is a misleading environmental claim, and in the Netherlands it is unlawful as an
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After a divorce, both of you remain liable for the full mortgage until the bank
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MiCA, Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on markets in crypto-assets, is the single EU rulebook for issuing
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You can use big data and train AI models under the General Data Protection Regulation
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Cross-border work raises four separate legal questions: which employment law applies, which court has jurisdiction,
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You avoid a nasty divorce in the Netherlands mainly by choosing the right process and
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The Digital Services Act (DSA, Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) sets duties for every online intermediary that
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