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Redeeming a found deposit receipt can have serious consequences for employees

Does a Hiring Freeze Exempt an Employer from the Obligation to Reassign Employees During a Reorganization?

Can a third-party garnishee be ordered to pay the amount for which an attachment was made?

Landlords and compensation due to termination of a rental agreement under the WHOA: a separate class?

Owners association: Is the summoning of all flat owners necessary when amending the division deed?

Changing views on cancellation clauses: what does it mean for consumers and sellers?

Investigation by the Child Protection Council in proceedings about access or parental custody: how does it work and what is the importance of support from a good family law lawyer.

What does 'order' on the order button of online shops really mean according to the Supreme Court?

When does overtime count towards holiday pay?

Does dismissal of director also lead to the end of the management agreement?

Creation of an easement by acquisitive prescription

Judge uses ChatGPT: A welcome development?

Supreme Court clarifies effect of mediation clauses in relation to legal proceedings

Termination of an employment contract after dysfunction and stalled improvement project

VvE's consent required for replacement and installation of skylights?

What is (the purpose of) a bequest and how does one obtain its issue?

Accruing current account debts and imprudent investments: director personally liable

Serious misconduct employer: fair compensation of €100,000 awarded

Rental law changes: the Affordable Rent Act and the Fixed Rent Act

Can an executor appointed by will be dismissed: it remains a complex issue

Is an employer liable for the consequences of an accident of the employee?

Are lost earnings from ‘undeclared’ work eligible for compensation in the case of calculation of damages for reduced ability to work?

File bankruptcy ex-partner to collect unpaid maintenance, or better use mediation?

Do comments about a female colleague's appearance justify summary dismissal?

Breach of contract in sale of penthouse?

Is your property protected from your partner's creditor?

The probationary period in an employment contract, how does it work?

Smoking a joint during a Teams meeting: summary dismissal justified?

Limburg Court Makes Exception to Automatic Beneficial Acceptance for Minor Heirs

Recording conversations: is that even allowed?

Failure to actively reconsider employee's termination request in dormant employment: violation to be a reasonable and fair employer?

General terms and conditions: drafting is good, providing them is better!

VVE: letting rooms to migrant workers violates division regulations

Earning capacity in alimony cases: an important factor in determining child and spousal support

Request for termination rejected: Rotterdam court underlines importance of redeployment in long-term employment cases

Transparent and predictable employment conditions act: what is the state of play on the ban on secondary activities?

Prejudicial questions in a tenancy case: Is the clause that the tenant owes all legal costs unfair?

Enlisting ChatGPT for your deal: a smart move or a risk?

Culpable loss of income and determining (child) support, what about it?

Does the abolition of shiftwork amount to age discrimination?

Request for minor to have contact with half brother or sister possible?

Non-competition clause invalidated by the employee’s promotion?

Workplace accident: employer breaches duty of care

Explanation of policy terms of insurance contract

Why choose a specialised divorce mediator who is also a lawyer?

Calculating transitional compensation: which wage components count?

Extension of the Rent Increases Capping Act?

When is an employer allowed to agree a repayment arrangement with its employee for study costs?

Compensation for higher mortgage interest when taking over property after divorce?

Management agreement assessed under Deliveroo criterion

Termination of a long-term contract

Prenuptial agreement clause and debts, what about it?

Does the occasional payment of 100% wages during illness lead to established practice?

Contractor's liability for third-party property damage

Are employers allowed to engage an external research agency?

Prenuptial agreements and inheritance tax: An illuminating Supreme Court ruling

Is it possible to undo a share transfer due to error?

Unclear penalty clause

Preventive Law: Prevention is better than cure.

Firing an employee without an improvement plan: look before you leap

Can landlord suspend the enjoyment of the rent if tenant fails to pay?

The Legitimate Portion: a safety net in case of disinheritance

You got the job! Or did you?

VvE administrator’s liability

How to deal with shareholder disputes?

Dividing assets after divorce: the important role of the reference date

Balancing the interests of a non-competition clause

Does the requirement of Article 7:2(1) BW in writing apply to the purchase of a building plot by a consumer?

Changes in labour law from 1 January 2024

The benefits of divorce mediation: lasting and solution-oriented

Is an employee entitled to salary during login and start-up time?

Infringement of property rights by the owners Association (VvE)?

The importance of clear financial arrangements for unmarried cohabitants.

Summary dismissal: the requirement of 'immediacy' in case of an urgent cause consisting of various grounds

Duty to disclose when entering into an insurance contract

Roadmap for entrepreneurs in divorce.

Temporary rentals significantly restricted!

Indexation rate of alimony 2024 exceptionally high: are there escapes?

Preliminary questions to supreme court on unfair rent increase clause

Unfair rent review clause?

What is involved in renouncing an estate?

Unforeseen circumstances due to corona pandemic in service agreement

Are you an entrepreneur with a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement containing a regular setoff clause? Take care, especially in case of divorce!

New rules on expedited liquidation as of 15 November 2023

Dissolution of a contract on grounds of breach of contract 'unless'. What about it?

Can an executor appointed by will be dismissed?

Dividing debts in divorce: Mutual carrying obligation and claimability

New insights regarding the interpretation of prenuptial agreements

The benefits of having a specialist inheritance lawyer as a professional liquidator in an estate

The Good Landlord Act

What are compensation rights in unmarried cohabitants?

General terms and conditions: an absolute must for entrepreneurs!

Explanation of presumption of evidence article 7:218 DCC in case of damage to the leased property

Payment or receipt of alimony, how does it work for entrepreneurs or directors and major shareholders?

Continuation of lease by cohabitant after death of tenant

Bill on double surname

The shareholders' agreement: for better or worse

Fixed Leases Bill: end of temporary leases

Heirs’ right to information in an estate

Non-conformity: duty of disclosure and duty to investigate

Update on directors’ liability in case of bankruptcy

Nuisance caused by tenant

New ROZ model retail space

New rules deposit for rental properties

Corporate law update: Temporary law on transparent expedited liquidation approved

Order to sell home in summary proceedings?

Default of an estate agent in mediation assignment

Invoice with specification of care provided: breach of GDPR and confidentiality?

Inflation and rent indexation

Copy passport: the tension between anti-money laundering rules and privacy

Concealment of assets in divorce case

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN DUTCH EMPLOYER AND CROSS-BORDER WORKER LIVING IN BELGIUM: INFORMATION ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

Good intentions? Take a look at your shareholder agreement!

Joint custody through recognition as of 1 January 2023

New calculation of partner alimony from 1 January 2023: the housing budget

Destruction of general terms and conditions and the familiarity exception

Maintenance indexation 2023

Dismissal of foundation director by the court

Informal legal input for minors

Corporate law update: draft bill on partnerships

Eviction for three months of rent arrears?

The relationship between parental wealth and child support amount, what about it?

Managing director liable for actions just before dissolution of BV?

Managing director personally liable after liquidation of BV

Moving house and custody

Deadline for registration of UBOs postponed again

Substitute permission

Mining of crypto currency goes wrong: directors liable?

Modernisation of consumer law

Validity of electronic signature

Defects to the rented property

Personal liability of a BV director for insurance problems

Can a BV be set up digitally?

Breach of duty of care by contractor

Duty to complain for perishable goods

Grace period in the sales contract

Income reduction due to corona and alimony obligations

Personal guarantee for a BV

Interim tenancy

Determining the maintenance obligation of an IB entrepreneur

The portrait right of an employee

Liability of NVM Estate Agent

Co-tenancy

Rent reduction through corona measures

Corona case law: a short anthology from 2021

Fake signature under business lease

Immediate dismissal for acting contrary to house rules

Child asks judge for permission to have corona vaccination

Privacy and the UBO Register

Indexation of alimony 2022

Company takeover: ten tips

Complaint fulfilled in time?

Paid Parental Leave Act

Director dismissed for fraudulent conduct of a subordinate

As of 2022: residential addresses of (many) entrepreneurs and directors no longer visible in Trade Register

Key money

Trouble in the kitchen: what is the evidential value of documents?

Dividing goodwill in a sole proprietorship during a divorce?

Levying a prejudgment attachment: the basics

Payment of a forged invoice

Company takeover? Don’t forget to make agreements on the trade name

"Exclusion of liability" on entrance sign, valid or not?

Company takeover? Don’t forget to consider the employee pensions!

Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) recommends better protection of the privacy of self-employed workers

Administrative employee immediately dismissed for fraud

IP update: amendment to Copyright Act

Eviction protection in the rent of business premises

Emotional Impact of Corona (Measures) Counts When Assessing the Validity of Termination of Employment Contract by an Employee

Buying or selling a (sport) horse: hidden defects, what about them?

Liability purchase agent

Living expenses in case of child support

The UBO register

Attachment of vehicles simplified

Company takeover without explicit non-competition clause: competitive activities are still considered inadmissible

Trial not suitable for summary proceedings

Temporary rent reduction act

Preliminary questions to the Supreme Court on rent reduction during the corona crisis

Enforce attachment on shares

Stock exchange company must pay female stock exchange trader a fair compensation of €350,000

Contractor liable for spreading asbestos?

Free choice of lawyer expanded further legal aid insurance

Digital incorporation of a BV will be possible as of 1 August 2021

Maximising rent increases for non-regulated rental housing

Directors’ and officers’ liability: walking on eggshells

Hidden defects

New legislation in the making: the private limited company with social purpose (BVm)

Limitation of spousal support due to abuse of process

Management and Supervision Act (part 2): new rules for foundations and associations on conflict of interest

Personal liability of directors for phantom invoices!

Management and Supervision Act (part 1): liability of directors of foundations and associations

What costs are covered by child support?

Creditor liability in case of a wrongful bankruptcy petition?

Bill to create joint custody by operation of law through recognition

Wetsvoorstel opkoopbescherming en verruiming mogelijkheden tijdelijke huurcontracten in consultatie!

Arbeidsovereenkomst of niet? Partijbedoeling speelt geen rol bij kwalificatie

Inwerkingtreding WHOA per 1 januari 2021!

Uitkoop van minderheidsaandeelhouder

Indexering alimentatie 2021 bekend!

Proceskostenveroordeling

Wijzigingen in het beslag- en executierecht

Keuze turboliquidatie of faillissement

Uitbreiding zoekmogelijkheden Handelsregister

Verjaring en stuiting

Consumentenbond vangt bot in procedure rondom woekerpolissen Nationale Nederlanden

Permanente bewoning recreatiewoning in strijd met het huurcontract?

Verruiming vrije advocaatkeuze

Werkgevers opgepast, een billijke vergoeding en een netto advocaatkostenvergoeding kunnen zomaar op de loer liggen bij ontbinding van een arbeidsovereenkomst!

De Wet Franchise komt eraan!

Selectieve betalingen doen aan crediteuren ten gevolge van de corona crisis: mag dat?

Huur bedrijfsruimte en Corona: de eerste uitspraken!

Regels voor geldige besluitvorming binnen een coöperatie

Geliberaliseerde huur woonruimte: Hoge Raad begrenst contractsvrijheid servicekosten!

Co-ouderschap: wanneer recht op inkomensafhankelijke combinatiekorting?

Pas op: vermelding ‘directeur’ op LinkedIn kan leiden tot aansprakelijkheid als ‘feitelijk bestuurder’ bij faillissement

Bestuurder niet persoonlijk aansprakelijk in geval van uitbetaling managementvergoeding bij slechte financiële situatie BV (maar toch: opgepast!)

Alimentatie wijzigen in coronatijd

Noodwet COVID-19 geeft lucht aan BV’s en andere rechtspersonen

Kentekenparkeren en privacy

Coronacalculator steunmaatregelen ondernemingen

De statutair bestuurder is ziek, wat nu?

Spoedwet verlenging tijdelijke huurovereenkomsten gedurende coronacrisis

De aandeelhoudersvergadering van de BV in coronatijd

Aanvraag compensatie transitievergoeding slapende dienstverbanden vanaf 1/4 mogelijk.

Versnelde invoer Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord (WHOA) vanwege Corona?

COVID-19: wanneer kan een ondernemer zich op overmacht beroepen?

Voorkeursrecht of koopoptie?

Corona virus: arbeidsrechtelijke do’s en don’ts.

Wetsvoorstel tot wijziging van de faillissementswet bevat nieuwe tussentijdse opzegbevoegdheid voor huurders!

Toekenning 250 euro aan immateriële schadevergoeding wegens schending van de AVG

Aansprakelijkheid bij executie van een vonnis

Aanvragen faillissement BV zonder opdracht van aandeelhouders: bestuurder persoonlijk aansprakelijk

Uitleg versus kwalificatie van overeenkomsten: HR wijst belangrijk arrest voor de rechtspraktijk

Auteursrechtelijke inbreuk op ontwerp van Bylima sjaals

Arbeidsrecht: actualiteiten 2020

Incassoprocedures worden goedkoper en sneller!

Modernisering pensioenverdeling bij scheiding in 2021!

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