Legal Affairs

The keys to your business premises are more than practical: handing them over often marks the actual transfer of use in the event of rental or sale. Capture the moment of key handover and...

Litigation is expensive because you face multiple cost items: court fees, often attorney fees, and possibly costs for a bailiff, witnesses, or experts. Even if you win, you receive those...

EAN numbers (barcodes via GS1) are unique product numbers assigned to you. If someone else uses your number, or if you use someone else's number incorrectly, this can result in...

A parking garage cannot function without proper parking regulations. With these, the operator establishes the rules of use and — crucially — liability. Without regulations, you may be held liable for damages or...

The Vienna Sales Convention (CISG) applies automatically to international sales contracts for movable goods between commercial parties from contracting countries — even if you choose Dutch law. Whether it is better to exclude it,...

Green advertising — claims such as 'sustainable', 'eco', or 'climate-neutral' — must not be misleading. A sustainability claim must be accurate, concrete, and substantiated. Vague or unproven green claims (greenwashing) can be unfair...

The Squatting Ban Enforcement Act makes it possible to evict squatted properties more quickly. Squatting was already a criminal offense, but the new law allows an owner, through an accelerated procedure, to much...

Affiliate marketing — where partners (affiliates) refer customers to you for a commission — can increase your revenue, but requires legal care. Arrange a good affiliate agreement, ensure that affiliates are transparent...

An agreement concluded under the influence of a defect of will is voidable. The law recognizes four defects of will: coercion, fraud, abuse of circumstances, and error. If these are the case, then there was no...

Through the so-called reflex effect, a small business or self-employed professional can sometimes benefit from protective consumer regulations. Although those rules formally apply to consumers, a small business owner who, in terms of position...