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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A power of attorney (volmacht) is the authority you give another person to perform legal
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If your ex refuses to sell the home you own together, you can ask the
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A right of way (recht van overpad) gives the owner of one property the right
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A non-disclosure agreement (NDA), in Dutch a geheimhoudingsovereenkomst, is a contract in which one or
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The articles of association (statuten) are the basic rules of a Dutch legal entity, such
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In a merger two companies combine into one legal entity; in an acquisition one party
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Portrait right (portretrecht) is the right of a recognisable person to oppose publication of an
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