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
The applicable law in an international contract is the national legal system that governs it,
- Reading time: 12 min
A fixed-term contract ends automatically on the agreed end date; the employer needs no reason,
- Reading time: 6 min
A community service order (taakstraf) is unpaid work imposed as a principal sentence under Article
- Reading time: 7 min
Grounds for exclusion of criminal liability (strafuitsluitingsgronden) mean that you are not punished for a
- Reading time: 8 min
Identity fraud in the Netherlands carries a maximum of five years’ imprisonment or a fine
- Reading time: 7 min
A penalty order (strafbeschikking) is a punishment that the Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie) imposes
- Reading time: 7 min
An unconditional sentence (onvoorwaardelijke straf) is a penalty that is actually enforced once the criminal
- Reading time: 8 min
You do not have to pay alimony in the Netherlands if no maintenance obligation ever
- Reading time: 8 min
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In the Netherlands, both parents must pay child maintenance until the child turns 21, and
- Reading time: 9 min
As an employee in the Netherlands, you can ask your employer to change your contract
- Reading time: 10 min
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