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 an existing home in the Netherlands, you pay transfer tax (overdrachtsbelasting) of
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Dutch tenancy law protects you far more than most international tenants expect, and most of
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A Dutch subsidy comes in two decisions: the award creates a conditional right, and only
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The Dutch start-up residence permit (verblijfsvergunning voor buitenlandse start-ups) lets a founder from outside the
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A solar project in the Netherlands is financeable only if four questions are answered: who
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If a debtor in the Netherlands owes you a few thousand euros and has stopped
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A case of this kind in the Netherlands usually starts with an informative conversation at
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The SDE++ (Stimulering Duurzame Energieproductie en Klimaattransitie) is an operating subsidy: it pays nothing towards
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A landlord in the Netherlands may ask a deposit of no more than twice the
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How much your landlord may raise the rent depends on the segment: for 2026 the
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Under arts. 12, 13 and 14 of the GDPR you must tell people who you
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After an arrest in the Netherlands, a suspect can be held by the police for
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