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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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You Have Just Inherited a French House With Your Siblings After Brexit: Stay in Joint Ownership, Buy Them Out or Force the Sale — and Challenge an Unfair Share
British siblings sharing a French house after Brexit: joint ownership rights, occupation payments, buyout by preferential attribution, court division and auction, plus lifetime gifts and con …
Your French Company Missed Filing Its Annual Accounts: Greffe Order, Fine and How a Foreign Owner Files Late From Abroad
Your French SARL or SAS never filed its annual accounts at the greffe? Court order under daily penalty, personal liability and the step-by-step late repair from abroad.
British Resident in France Earning UK Savings Interest After Brexit: Where It Is Taxed, What Rate You Pay and How to Challenge Double Tax
UK savings interest arrives gross but France taxes it: treaty Article 12, the 30% flat levy or the progressive scale, form 3916, and how to challenge double tax.
British Parent Living in France After Brexit Wants to Take the Children Back to the UK: Permission, the French Family Judge and How to Challenge a Refusal or an Abduction Order
British parent in France planning a move back to the UK with the children? Permission, the French family judge, Hague return defences and how to challenge a refusal.
Your French Company Cannot Pay: When You as a Foreign Director Must Pay Its Debts From Your Own Pocket
French liquidation or bank guarantee reaching your personal assets? Foreign directors: shortfall liability, personal guarantees and defences.
Your French Employee Committed Serious Misconduct: How a Foreign Employer Runs a Disciplinary Dismissal From Abroad
A foreign employer's guide to disciplinary dismissal in France: the two-month rule, precautionary suspension, summons and notification letters, severance differences and the Macron scale con …
Your UK Photocard Is Expiring While You Live in France After Brexit: Exchange It for a French Licence, Prove Your Right to Drive and Challenge a Refusal
British resident in France with an expiring UK photocard? How long your licence stays valid, how to exchange it via ANTS without a test, and how to challenge a refusal.
Contracts and business
Your French Landlord Refuses to Renew Your Commercial Lease: How a Foreign Company Contests the Notice, Claims the Eviction Indemnity and Controls the New Rent From Abroad
Your French landlord refuses to renew your commercial lease or demands an uncapped rent. This English guide for foreign owners explains the six-month conge, the eviction indemnity, disguised …
A Briton Has Died in France Without a Will After Brexit: Who Inherits the French House, What the Surviving Spouse Gets, and How to Challenge the Tax Bill
A British national dies intestate while living in France: French succession law normally governs the whole estate. Who inherits, what the surviving spouse receives, the deadlines, the death- …
You Have Just Inherited a UK House or UK Savings While Living in France After Brexit: Declare It, Use the Treaty Credit and Challenge Double Tax
British resident in France inheriting a UK house or English savings? When France taxes the estate, which declaration to file within one year, how the 1963 treaty credit wipes out double tax …
Your French Bank Refuses the Share Capital Deposit Certificate: How a Foreign Founder Unblocks the Kbis From Abroad
Bank delays or refuses the capital deposit certificate and your French company cannot be registered. Deposit rules, notaire and Caisse des depots alternatives, and the six-month court action …
News
My Spouse Has Filed for Divorce in England While We Live in France After Brexit: Which Court Decides, What Happens to the Children and the French House, and How to Challenge a Ruling
Your spouse filed for divorce in England while you live in France. Which court decides after Brexit, who rules on the children and the French house, and how to challenge jurisdiction or reco …
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