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 contract under Dutch law is formed by offer and acceptance (Article 6:217 of the
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If you fall ill and have no employer to keep paying your wages, the Sickness
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A controller decides why and how personal data are processed; a processor processes personal data
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Dutch law bans traders from using unfair commercial practices against consumers. Under Article 6:193b of
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Content does not become free to use just because it is online. Under Article 1
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Dutch law offers two kinds of financial security for a creditor: a second party who
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As a shareholder of a Dutch private limited company (besloten vennootschap, BV) you are in
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An email address is personal data under the GDPR whenever it identifies a living person,
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Dutch immigration law rests on three layers: the Aliens Act 2000 (Vreemdelingenwet 2000), European Union
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A business that accepts, holds or pays in crypto-assets takes on legal risks that have
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Ticking the box “I agree to the general terms and conditions” binds you to them,
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A negative review is not unlawful simply because it is negative: customers may be dissatisfied
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