Legal Affairs

If the tenant of your business premises dies, the lease agreement does not terminate automatically: in principle, the rights and obligations pass to the heirs who accept the estate. What happens after that...

Although the law stipulates that animals are not things (Article 3:2a of the Dutch Civil Code), the same consumer purchase rights apply in principle to the sale of an animal to a consumer as to ordinary things...

A lease agreement for commercial premises must contain at least these agreements: a clear description of the leased property and its intended use, the rent including VAT status, payment term, service charges and indexation, the...

Rate agreements between self-employed professionals fall under the cartel prohibition and are in principle prohibited, but the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) describes four situations in its Guidelines on Rate Agreements for Self-Employed Professionals in which self-employed professionals nevertheless...

Yes, a group structure can limit the scope of a collective labour agreement. This is because whether a collective labour agreement applies is assessed per company, and not for the group as a whole. The Supreme...

A traffic fine incurred during work first lands in the mailbox of the registered owner – in the case of a company or lease car, that is the employer or leasing company – but who the fine...

You take action against transgressive sexual behavior at work using a combination of prevention and enforcement: map out the risks in your Risk Inventory and Evaluation, establish in a clear policy...

In most cases, selling second-hand e-books is not permitted without the permission of the copyright holder. The same applies to the resale of much other digital content. The European Court of Justice ruled...

You are required to include your trade name and Chamber of Commerce number on your letterhead, along with the Chamber of Commerce where your company is registered. If you have a BV or NV, then...

Yes, in principle, the seller is allowed to start their own business or work for a competitor after the acquisition – entrepreneurship is free – but that freedom is not unlimited....