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Teacher writes a critical book and receives high, fair compensation
Employment Matters
12 May 2021
An employer may have an employment contract terminated due to a disrupted employment relationship (the g-ground), provided that the disruption is serious and lasting and reconciliation is no longer possible. But if the employer acts himself...
The registrar should not be held responsible for copyright infringement on a domain name
Contracts
May 10, 2021
A registrar (that registers domain names) is not automatically liable for copyright infringement on a website that it does not host. However, a registrar may be required to do three things...
Filing a complaint about rental damage in a timely manner is very important
Blog
May 6, 2021
A tenant must return the rented property in its original condition and may not make any alterations without permission. If he does so anyway, he is in principle liable for the repair costs....
Core clauses in the general terms and conditions are asking for trouble
Entrepreneurship
May 4, 2021
A core clause (which determines the core of the performance or the price) is legally distinct from a general condition, and the one excludes the other. Regarding a core clause...
No Chamber of Commerce registration means no Tozo benefit
Legal Affairs
April 29, 2021
A strict statutory condition is strictly applied if there is no hardship clause — even if that proves unreasonable. A self-employed person without a Chamber of Commerce registration therefore did not receive a Tozo benefit, even though he was...
According to the Supreme Court, Booking.com is a travel agent
Entrepreneurship
April 27, 2021
The Supreme Court ruled that Booking.com is a travel agent, despite calling itself an IT platform. The decisive factor is the concept of “mediation” (Article 7:425 of the Dutch Civil Code): whoever performs activities that are ancillary...
Rental platforms bear more responsibility when renting to tourists
Legal Affairs
26 April 2021
Under the Residential Tourist Rental Act, municipalities can require landlords to use a registration number, impose a maximum number of rental nights, and issue hefty fines (up to 87,000 euros for repeated housing fraud). Since...
Largest Dutch password data breach ever
Privacy
April 26, 2021
At online store Allekabels.nl, the entire database containing data of approximately 3.6 million customers, including passwords, was leaked — the largest Dutch password data breach to date. The lesson: report a...
What does the right of access entail?
Privacy
April 22, 2021
The right of access gives people the right to view their personal data free of charge to verify whether an organization is processing the correct data correctly. In principle, you must within...
Employee does not receive termination letter and the employer is the one who suffers the consequences
Employment Matters
20 April 2021
A notice of termination is only effective when it actually reaches the employee (the receipt theory). If a registered letter of termination is returned, you, as the employer, may not assume that the employee has received it...