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
The statutory two-tier company (structuurvennootschap) is a Dutch NV or BV that must install a
- Reading time: 10 min
Preventive custody (voorlopige hechtenis) is permissible only if you are seriously suspected of an offence
- Reading time: 5 min
As a tenant in the Netherlands, you have two core rights: quiet enjoyment of the
- Reading time: 6 min
A tenant of residential accommodation in the Netherlands enjoys rent protection (huurbescherming) by operation of
- Reading time: 7 min
A Dutch divorce follows a fixed set of steps, and taking them in the right
- Reading time: 5 min
An employer who wants to employ someone from outside the EU, the EEA or Switzerland
- Reading time: 6 min
As a landlord in the Netherlands, your obligations come down to one principle under Article
- Reading time: 5 min
Dutch transfer tax (overdrachtsbelasting) on a home is 0% for a starter, 2% if you
- Reading time: 5 min
Retention of title (eigendomsvoorbehoud) lets you, as a seller, remain the owner of goods you
- Reading time: 5 min
Dutch company law sets two different rules on the gender balance at the top of
- Reading time: 4 min
A trade secret is protected under Dutch law only if you took reasonable measures to
- Reading time: 4 min
Surrogacy is allowed in the Netherlands, but there is no specific legislation for it, and
- Reading time: 6 min
