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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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Property

France Abnormal Neighbourhood Nuisance: Claims and Defences for Foreign Owners (2026 Guide)

Abnormal neighbourhood disturbance in France needs no fault: what counts as abnormal, who can sue, the anteriority defence, and the damages, injunction and penalty orders foreign owners can …

News

British Facing Domestic Violence in France After Brexit: Protection Order, Police Complaint and Residence Rights — How to Get Safe Fast

Hit, threatened or controlled by your partner in France? No complaint is needed for an emergency protection order, the home goes to the victim, and a one-year residence card is yours by righ …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Just Received a Tax Audit Notice and You Live Abroad: Verification, Extra Tax Bills and How to Contest From Abroad

Foreign owner facing a French tax audit from abroad? Verification steps, time limits, 30-day reply, penalties and how to contest, with official sources.

Tax and estate

Your UK ISA in France After Brexit: Why the Tax-Free Wrapper Fails, How Interest, Dividends and Gains Are Taxed, and How to Declare and Challenge the Bill

Your ISA stays open when you move to France, but France taxes the interest, dividends and gains. Residence, 12.8 percent charge, 17.2 percent levies, 3916 declaration and challenge routes.

Contracts and business

Your Foreign-Owned French Company Owes Corporate Tax and VAT: Registration, Instalments, E-Invoicing and How to Contest From Abroad

Foreign-owned French SAS or SARL: IS registration, 25% rate and SME relief, instalments, treaty protection, VAT number, reverse charge, e-invoicing and refunds, plus how to contest from abro …

Property
Property

Getting Your French Rental Deposit Back: Deductions, Deadlines and the 10% Monthly Penalty

Foreign tenant or non-resident landlord? How the French depot de garantie works: caps, one- and two-month refund clocks, lawful deductions, and the 10% monthly late penalty under five recent …

News

British Injured in a French Road Accident After Brexit: the Constat, the Badinter Offer and How to Challenge a Low Payout

Hit on a French road? Your constat, the insurer's 3- and 8-month offer deadlines, the FGAO safety net and the double-interest penalty for late offers, with the exact challenges that work.

News

British Patient Harmed in a French Hospital After Brexit: Your Records in 8 Days, the Free CCI Claim, the ONIAM Offer — and How to Challenge a Refusal

Harmed by care in a French hospital or clinic? How to get your full medical file in 8 days, file the free CCI claim, follow the fault, hospital-infection or national-solidarity track, and ch …

Company law

You Wired Money to Your French Company From Abroad: Shareholder Loans, Capital Increases and How to Get Your Cash Back

Foreign founder? Compare shareholder loans vs capital increases for your French SAS or SARL, then recover your money through repayment, interest or dividends without tax traps.

Property

Evicting a Non-Paying Tenant in France: The Step-by-Step Procedure Foreign Landlords Must Follow

Unpaid rent in a French letting? The exact eviction sequence for foreign landlords: formal demand, prefect notifications, grace periods, winter truce and enforcement.

News
News

British Visitor Hospitalised in France After Brexit: GHIC Emergency Cover, the Bill You Still Pay, and How to Challenge a Refusal

Hospitalised on holiday in France? What your UK GHIC pays at French tariffs, which charges stay yours by law, and the two-month challenge ladder when cover fails.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your Goods Are Stuck at the French Border and You Live Abroad: Import VAT Reverse Charge, Registration, Refunds and How to Contest

Foreign company importing goods through France without a French office: EORI and French VAT number, tax representative or agent, CA3 reverse charge, refunds and how to contest a reassessment …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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