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Practical legal information for entrepreneurs. Read what to look out for, which steps are sensible, and when legal advice is necessary.
Is your business premises lease agreement GDPR-compliant?
Privacy
June 13, 2019
A lease agreement for commercial premises is GDPR-compliant as soon as you transparently record therein which personal data you process, on what legal basis, and how long you retain it. As a landlord, you almost always process...
Client: rigidity is a virtue! It really is
Contracts
June 12, 2019
A firm delivery date in your contract is no guarantee that it will apply. If, as the client, you adopt a flexible stance in practice – by allowing delays to proceed without protest...
5 tips to get customers to pay faster
Financial
June 10, 2019
Customers pay faster if you invoice on time and without errors, apply a short payment term of 14 to 30 days, include clear sanctions in your general terms and conditions, consistently send reminders, and timely payers...
Investment sale price of office building can affect WOZ value
Financial
June 6, 2019
Yes, the investment sale price of a leased office building can influence the WOZ value. By law, the WOZ value is determined as if the property were sold unleased and free of encumbrances (the so-called WOZ fictions). Still...
Caution: act quickly in case of summary dismissal!
Employment matters
June 5, 2019
Summary dismissal must take place without delay: as soon as you, as an employer, establish an urgent reason, you must dismiss the employee with immediate effect and communicate that reason immediately. If you wait too...
Company car from BV to private: new car is a tax killjoy
Legal Affairs
June 3, 2019
Transferring a company car to private ownership is possible, but only if you can substantiate a genuine “special circumstance”—usually a demonstrably changed use. If you do not do this properly and...
Water board can be held liable in the event of flooding
Legal Affairs
May 30, 2019
A water board can be liable for damage caused by flooding, but only if it has breached its duty of care. A water board has a duty of care for water management and for the maintenance of...
Workplace accident and drunk as a skunk: who is liable?
Employment Matters
May 29, 2019
In principle, an employer is liable for a workplace accident based on their duty of care (Article 7:658 of the Dutch Civil Code), even if the employee was drunk. Drunkenness is not, in itself, a free pass: it...
Exemption clause in lease agreement: salvation for a poor indoor climate?
Contracts
May 27, 2019
An exemption clause in a lease agreement for commercial premises by no means always protects the landlord against the consequences of a defective indoor climate. When leasing office and commercial space, you may as...
You may set off the transition payment against the compensation
Employment Matters
23 May 2019
Yes, a paid transition payment (or termination payment) can, under certain circumstances, be set off against compensation for personal injury following a workplace accident — but only to the extent that is reasonable. The legal basis for this is...