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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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Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Switch to E-Invoicing and You Live Abroad: Deadlines, Compliant Invoices and How to Contest Penalties

Since 1 September 2026 every French company must receive electronic invoices. A practical English guide for foreign owners: size-based issuing calendar, compliant invoice mentions, platform …

Tax and estate

British Resident in France Who Still Owns a House in England After Brexit: Where Probate Happens, How France Taxes the English House, and How to Challenge Double Tax

British resident in France still owning a house in England? Habitual residence, English Grant of Probate, French tax on the English house, the 1963 treaty credit, deadlines and how to challe …

Insolvency

You Need to Close or Sell Your French Company From Abroad: Dissolution, Liquidation, Share Sale and the Tax Bills to Clear

Close or sell your French company without flying to France: dissolution, liquidation, share sale, registration duty and capital gains tax, step by step.

News

British Homeowner in France After Brexit: Your Builder Walked Off or Left Defects — Guarantees, Proof and How to Force Repair or Get Your Money Back

Your French builder stopped coming or left defects? Implied acceptance, the 1, 2 and 10-year guarantees, the urgent judge and how British owners force repair or repayment.

Banking, insurance and consumers

Your French Customer Has Gone Bust Owing You Money: Declare Your Claim, Reclaim Your Goods and Get Paid From Abroad

WITHDRAWN DUPLICATE of 2026-09-20 supplier-insolvency article. Draft only, do not index.

News
News

British Dog Owner in France After Brexit: Bringing Your Dog, I-CAD Registration, Dangerous-Dog Permits, Bites — and How to Challenge a Fine or Seizure

Brought your dog from Britain to France after Brexit? AHC rules, microchip and rabies waits, 7-day I-CAD registration, category-dog permits, bite procedure and strict liability — with how to …

Company law
Company law

You Run a French Company From Abroad: Director Status, Social Security, Pay and Personal Liability

withdrawn duplicate of 09-18/19/20 director cluster

Contracts and business

Your French Company Missed Its Annual Accounts Filing Deadline and You Live Abroad: Greffe Filing, Court Orders and How to Catch Up From Abroad

WITHDRAWN DUPLICATE — superseded by 2026-09-13 injunction-regularise and 2026-09-15 depot-penalty-fix coverage; kept as draft, do not publish.

News

British Parent Separating in France After Brexit: Where Your Child Lives, How the Judge Decides, and Taking Your Child Back to Britain

Separating in France as a British parent? Joint parental authority, JAF residence orders, your child's right to be heard, moving back to Britain, and Hague return cases — explained in plain …

News

British Baby Harmed at Birth in a French Maternity After Brexit: the Birth File, the Free CCI Claim, ONIAM and How to Challenge a Refusal

Your baby was harmed during delivery in a French maternity? This English-language guide for British parents explains the eight-day birth file rule, the free CCI claim and its 24 percent thre …

Contracts and business

You Own a French Company and Live Abroad: Paying Yourself by Salary or Dividends, Withholding Tax and How to Contest the Bill

Foreign owner of a French SAS or SARL? Salary or dividends, social regime, 12.8% withholding, treaty relief and how to contest the bill — with the exact texts.

News

British Married in Britain or Gibraltar, Now Living in France After Brexit: Transcription, Livret de Famille and How to Challenge a Refusal

Married in Britain or Gibraltar and living in France after Brexit? How transcription onto the French registers works, the livret de famille, fraud controls and how to challenge a refusal.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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