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By interrupting the statute of limitations, you prevent your claim from becoming time-barred and unenforceable. You interrupt the limitation period by sending the debtor a clear, written demand or notice in a timely manner in which you...
A Service Level Agreement (SLA) specifies the service levels your hosting provider guarantees — such as uptime and response times — and the consequences if these are not met. The most beautiful...
Contracts for work and contracts for services are similar, but are legally different. In a contract for work, the contractor creates a tangible work (Article 7:750 of the Dutch Civil Code); in a contract for services...
If you sell via a webshop, European consumer rules for distance selling apply. Be sure not to forget these five checkpoints: the duty to provide information, the right of withdrawal, your general terms and conditions, the privacy rules, and transparent...
A good dispute resolution mechanism ensures that problems are resolved without immediately going to court. You establish how complaints are reported, how you attempt to resolve them (for example...
If you fail to meet an agreed delivery deadline, the customer may claim compensation or terminate the agreement — but usually only after a notice of default, unless a fixed deadline has been agreed. In...
A clause in general terms and conditions is unreasonably onerous if it unreasonably disadvantages the other party. The court can annul such a clause. For consumers, the law provides guidance with a blacklist...
The statutory warranty entails that a product must meet what the buyer may reasonably expect of it (conformity). You cannot exclude or limit that warranty towards consumers;...
You can invoke force majeure if you are unable to keep an appointment due to a cause that is not attributable to you (Article 6:75 of the Dutch Civil Code). Whether that will succeed,...
In principle, a mediator may not act for two parties simultaneously — the prohibition against 'serving two masters'. If you do so nonetheless in a situation where it is not...
