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French law in practice

Practical guides to French property and business law for readers dealing with French notaries, landlords, companies or courts from abroad, and analysis of current legal news.

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British Divorcing in France After Brexit: Who Keeps the French House, How the Compensatory Payment Is Calculated, What Happens to Your English Pension — and How Child Maintenance Is Enforced

British divorcing in France: who keeps the French house, how the compensatory payment is calculated, what happens to your English pension and how child maintenance is enforced — with challen …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Uses a Freelancer While You Live Abroad: URSSAF Requalification, Back Pay Bill and How to Contest

Foreign founder using a freelancer in France? Learn how courts prove subordination, what the URSSAF bill contains and how to contest from abroad.

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British Driver Bringing Your UK Car to Live in France After Brexit: Registration, Controle Technique, Insurance — and How to Challenge a Fine or Impound

Brought your UK car to France after Brexit? Registration within one month, French roadworthiness and insurance explained, plus how to challenge a fine or impound.

Contracts and business

Hiring Your First Employee in France While You Live Abroad: Contract, DPAE, Trial Period, Pay Slip and How to Contest a Dispute

You run a French company from abroad and need a first employee on the ground. This guide covers the DPAE filing, the written contract, the trial period, pay slips and how to contest a disput …

Tax and estate

British Resident in France With a UK Family Trust After Brexit: How to Declare It, What the Annual Levy Costs, and How Death Duties and Challenges Work

Your UK family trust does not shield you once you live in France: TRUST1 and TRUST2 declarations, the 1.5% yearly levy, succession duties by kinship, and how to challenge a wrong bill.

Contracts and business

You Must Part With Your French Employee While You Run the Company From Abroad: Dismissal Procedure, Severance Cost, Settlement Approval and How to Answer a Labour Court Claim

Ending a French employment contract from abroad: dismissal procedure, severance cost, state-approved settlement and defending a Paris labour court claim.

Tax and estate

British Family Buying a French Home Through an SCI After Brexit: Should You Create One, How It Is Taxed and How It Passes to Your Children

British family buying in France? How an SCI works, what it costs in tax, how shares pass to children, and how to challenge a reassessment after Brexit.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Made No Profit in Year One and You Live Abroad: Loss Carryforward, Instalment Relief and the First Corporate Tax Return

First French financial year ends in the red and you live abroad? What you must still file, how your loss cuts future tax, and how to modulate instalments and recover overpayments.

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Your Ex Has Taken Your Child to England Without Your Agreement After Brexit: the Hague Return Claim in France, the Criminal Complaint, and How to Challenge a Refusal

Your child taken to England without your consent? Hague return via the French prosecutor, criminal complaint, and how to challenge a refusal.

Contracts and business

Your French Employee Has Been Declared Unfit and You Live Abroad: Reclassification, Dismissal and the One-Month Clock

Your French employee has been declared unfit for work and you manage from abroad. This guide explains the reclassification search, the fifteen-day challenge window, the one-month salary cloc …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Wants to Hire a Non-EU Worker While You Live Abroad: Work Permit, Salary Floor, Employer Tax and How to Fight a Refusal

Foreign founder guide: which non-EU hires need a French work authorization, how the employer applies via ANEF, salary floor, OFII tax, sanctions and refusal remedies.

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Your UK State Pension in France After Brexit: Annual Increases, French Tax, Claiming from France and S1 Healthcare — How to Challenge Errors

British pensioner in France? Your State Pension keeps its annual rise, France taxes it under Article 18, and an S1 moves your health cover. How to claim, declare and challenge errors.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

Partner, member of the Paris Bar, 11 rue Margueritte, 75017 Paris. Author of the analyses published in this journal. About