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
A settlement agreement (vaststellingsovereenkomst) is a written contract in which you and your employer end
- Reading time: 10 min
A Dutch court declares a company or a person bankrupt when the debtor has stopped
- Reading time: 12 min
In the Netherlands, using drugs is not a criminal offence, but possessing, producing, selling, transporting,
- Reading time: 6 min
An employment contract lawyer is a Dutch employment law specialist who drafts, reviews and negotiates
- Reading time: 12 min
You are a suspect (verdachte) in Dutch criminal law as soon as facts or circumstances
- Reading time: 6 min
The Dutch Corporate Governance Code sets out how listed companies should be governed: the roles
- Reading time: 8 min
A Dutch BV (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) is a private company with its own
- Reading time: 11 min
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If you are not an EU, EEA or Swiss national and want to study in
- Reading time: 13 min
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Dissolution of a company in the Netherlands (ontbinding) is the decision to end a legal
- Reading time: 8 min
In the Netherlands, only an advocaat may conduct civil proceedings for you before a district
- Reading time: 8 min
