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
In Dutch law, child custody is a matter of parental authority (ouderlijk gezag): who decides
- Reading time: 7 min
An employer in the Netherlands cannot simply end a permanent employment contract. It needs one
- Reading time: 10 min
Adopting a child in the Netherlands is possible, but only through a decision of the
- Reading time: 7 min
Discrimination at work is prohibited in the Netherlands, but not by one single statute. The
- Reading time: 11 min
Dutch employment law changed far less in 2026 than the headlines suggest. Dismissal still needs
- Reading time: 11 min
Civil litigation in the Netherlands is the procedure by which a court decides a dispute
- Reading time: 11 min
International business law is not one body of rules. It is the combination of your
- Reading time: 12 min
In a Dutch divorce, the joint estate (gemeenschap van goederen) is in principle divided in
- Reading time: 8 min
A shareholders’ agreement (aandeelhoudersovereenkomst) is a private contract that regulates how the shareholders of a
- Reading time: 6 min
A Dutch court grants a divorce on one ground only: the marriage has broken down
- Reading time: 7 min
A foreign company can do business in the Netherlands through a registered branch or through
- Reading time: 8 min
You change your first name in the Netherlands through the district court (rechtbank). Under Article
- Reading time: 5 min
