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 lawyer in the Netherlands advises, negotiates and litigates for you. In some proceedings a
- Reading time: 6 min
You are owed a transition payment (transitievergoeding) when your employer ends your employment contract or
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The Dutch Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet, Fw) contains four insolvency routes. Bankruptcy (faillissement) is a general
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Your general purchase conditions bind a supplier under Dutch law only if you declared them
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A foreign judgment can be enforced in the Netherlands only if a treaty, an EU
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An earn-out makes part of the purchase price dependent on the results the business achieves
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Where divorcing parents can communicate, almost everything else becomes cheaper and faster: a parenting plan
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If a court, a judge or a member of court staff has not treated you
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The climate case against Shell produced two judgments with very different outcomes. In 2021 the
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A donor agreement records what a sperm donor and the intended parents agree about the
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A licence agreement (licentieovereenkomst) gives someone permission to use your intellectual property right on your
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In a crisis, a supervisory board has to do more than review decisions after the
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