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
You enforce an intellectual property right in the Netherlands step by step: usually a cease-and-desist
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The Energy Act (Energiewet) entered into force on 1 January 2026 and replaced the Electricity
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Corporate compliance in the Netherlands is not a single regime but a set of obligations
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An entry ban (inreisverbod) and a declaration of undesirability (ongewenstverklaring) both bar a foreign national
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During a valid probationary period (proeftijd) the employer and the employee can each end the
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Under Dutch law, the only difference between murder and manslaughter is premeditation. Manslaughter (doodslag) under
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In a Dutch reorganisation an employer can only dismiss an employee on business-economic grounds with
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Dutch criminal law distinguishes between offences in which a computer is the target and offences
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In the Netherlands you may not drive with more than 0.5 per mille (‰) alcohol
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If your neighbour builds without a required permit, your most effective remedy is usually a
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The Dutch implementation of the NIS2 Directive, the Cybersecurity Act (Cyberbeveiligingswet, Cbw), has been in
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If you cannot work because of illness in the Netherlands, your employer must continue to
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