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
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The cost of alternative dispute resolution in the Netherlands consists of three blocks: the fee
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Most refused Dutch visa and residence applications fail on the file, not on the merits.
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Under Article 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, in Dutch the Algemene Verordening
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A cohabitation agreement (samenlevingscontract) ends when one partner gives notice in the way the contract
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On divorce in the Netherlands, each spouse is entitled by law to half of the
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Mediation in a labour dispute means that an independent mediator helps employer and employee reach
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The CMR Convention applies automatically to every contract for the carriage of goods by road
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