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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 in France After Brexit: Your Neighbour Moved the Fence, Blocked Your View or Runs a Noisy Gite — Boundaries, Proof and How to Make It Stop
English-language guide for British owners in France: fixing the boundary (bornage), trees, views and encroachment, stopping noise and abnormal disturbance, mandatory conciliation and court r …
Your French Company Just Received a Formal Demand From URSSAF and You Live Abroad: the One-Month Clock, the Surcharges and the 15-Day Way Out
URSSAF sent your French company a formal demand while you live abroad. One month to pay, surcharges running, and a 15-day opposition against the enforcement order.
Your French Company Just Received Its First CFE Bill and You Live Abroad: Pay It, Skip It Legally or Contest It
First CFE bill for your French company while you live abroad? Pay by 15 December, claim the creation exemption, and contest errors before the deadline.
News
Your Baby Was Born in France After Brexit: Is Your Child French, British or Both, What Residence Papers You Must Get, and How to Challenge a Refusal
British baby born in France after Brexit: French nationality at 13, 16 or 18, British citizenship by descent, DCEM travel papers, and how to challenge a refused declaration or residence card …
Major Works and Building Defects on a French Property Held in Usufruct: Who Pays and Who Can Sue
A foreign holder's guide to major works and defective works on French split ownership: who pays under Articles 605-606, the May 2026 co-ownership ruling, and who can sue the builder under th …
A Bailiff Froze Your French Company Bank Account and You Live Abroad: Contesting the Saisie-Attribution and Getting the Money Back
Your French company account was frozen by a bailiff while you live abroad. This guide explains what a saisie-attribution seizes, what stays protected, and how to challenge it within the one- …
British Worker Hurt at Work in France After Brexit: Getting the Accident Recognised, Paid and Challenged
Injured at work in France after Brexit? How British employees get the accident du travail recognised by the CPAM, keep their pay, invoke the employer's inexcusable fault and challenge a refu …
British Retiree in France Living on Your UK State Pension After Brexit: Yearly Increases Kept, Tax Due Only in France, and How to Declare and Challenge
Your UK State Pension still gets its yearly increase in France and is taxable only in France under Article 18 of the 2008 treaty. How to declare it, register your S1, stop HMRC deductions an …
Closing Your French Company From Abroad: Dissolution, Liquidation, Debts and Striking Off Without Flying to France
Solvent or insolvent, your French company needs a formal closure you can run from abroad: dissolution vote, liquidator, single-owner shortcut, 45-day court deadline and director liability.
Banking, insurance and consumers
British Resident in France Inheriting a UK House and UK Savings After Brexit: French Worldwide Tax, UK Inheritance Tax and the 1963 Treaty Credit — and How to Challenge the Bill
Your parent died in England and you live in France: when France taxes the UK house and accounts, what Britain takes at 40 per cent, how the 1963 treaty credit stops double tax, and how to ch …
Contracts and business
Your French Company Must Approve Its Annual Accounts While You Live Abroad: the 6-Month Vote, the Greffe Filing and How to Fix a Late Filing
Foreign owner of a French SARL or SAS? Approve the annual accounts within six months, file them at the greffe within one month, and fix a late filing before the daily fine, criminal penalty …
British Early Retiree in France Hit With a CSM Bill on UK Income: PUMA, the S1 Handover and How to Challenge
British early retiree in France billed for cotisation subsidiaire maladie on UK rental and savings income? PUMA rules, the 6.5 percent calculation, the S1 handover at State Pension age and h …
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