Contract

In Dutch law, a Contract can be formed in several phases:

• Contract:
  • Multilateral legal act
  • 2 parties
  • holding one or more obligations
  • an obligation has to be based on law
• Offer AND acceptance
• what is considered an offer?
  • Form
  • Content
  • Validity
• Acceptance?
  • Acceptance different form the offer
  • Acceptance different form the offer on minor issues
• Usually no requirement to have it in writing
  • The risk of non persuasion
  • Mandatory law
    • Specific contracts a.o. consumer purchase property
    • Specific provisions a.o. labor law non-competition clause
    • Be aware in case of e-commerce
• No acceptance and yet not free to walk away