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
General terms and conditions (algemene voorwaarden) only protect your business if they validly form part
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A Dutch coffeeshop may sell small amounts of cannabis to adults because the authorities tolerate
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A partnership is a business that two or more people run together for shared profit,
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Growing cannabis in the Netherlands is a criminal offence at any scale. Article 3 of
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A legal demerger (juridische splitsing) lets a Dutch legal entity transfer all or part of
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A Dutch cooperative (coöperatie) is a legal entity that does business with its own members
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In a Dutch commercial contract, your risk is decided by a handful of clauses: the
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Stalking is a criminal offence in the Netherlands, known as belaging and set out in
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A liability claim in the Netherlands normally starts with a letter of liability (aansprakelijkstelling): a
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Under Dutch law you are liable for someone else’s loss only where the law says
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