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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Alternative dispute resolution in the Netherlands means settling a dispute outside the ordinary civil courts,
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A Dutch permanent residence permit gives you an indefinite right of residence, but the card
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The fastest route out of a Dutch shareholder dispute is a provisional court measure that
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When a business or an identifiable part of it changes hands and keeps its identity,
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As soon as the police treat you as a suspect, you have three core rights:
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You can apply to the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) yourself: the law does not
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To bring a non-EU spouse or partner to the Netherlands, the Dutch sponsor usually applies
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