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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

You Live Abroad and Must Dismiss Your French Employee: Lawful Procedure, True Cost and Labour Court Defence

Dismissing a French employee from abroad: preliminary meeting, notification letter, severance calculation and prudhommes defence for foreign employers.

Property

British Papers Refused in France After Brexit: Apostille, Sworn Translation and How to Challenge a Dossier Incomplet

Your UK birth certificate refused by the prefecture since Brexit? Apostille, sworn translation and legalisation explained, plus how to challenge a dossier incomplet.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Employee Asks for a Rupture Conventionnelle and You Live Abroad: Severance Floor, Homologation and Labour Court Defence

Your Paris employee asks for a rupture conventionnelle. Severance floor, 15-day withdrawal, DDETSPP approval and 12-month challenge rule for foreign employers.

Property

You Bought a French House and the Extension Was Built Without a Permit: Demolition Risk, Regularisation and Claims Against the Seller

Your French house has an extension built without planning permission. Who can order demolition, why ten years of silence is not a permit, and the three 2025 claims against the seller and the …

News

Your English Court Judgment in France After Brexit: Exequatur Routes, Proof the Paris Courts Require, and How to Challenge Enforcement

An English judgment has no automatic effect in France since Brexit. The treaty routes, the evidence Paris judges require, and the defences that work, with three recent grants of exequatur.

Tax and estate

British Couple in France After Brexit: Registering a PACS, Owning the House, Paying Joint Tax, Protecting the Survivor — and Ending It

Unmarried British couple in France? How to register a PACS at the mairie, choose separation or undivided ownership for the house, pay joint tax, protect the survivor with a will, and end the …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Corporate Income Tax While You Live Abroad: 25% Rate, 2065 Return, Instalments, Deficits and How to Challenge a Reassessment

Foreign founder guide to French corporate income tax: 25% rate and 15% SME tranche, 2065 return, four instalments and balance, loss carryforward and carry-back, audits and how to challenge a …

News

Your Spouse or Child Is Stuck Outside France After Brexit: Family Reunification, the Withdrawal Agreement Route, and How to Challenge a Visa Refusal

British resident in France with a non-British spouse or child still abroad? This guide compares the Withdrawal Agreement family route with ordinary regroupement familial, gives the income an …

Insolvency

Your French Company Must Close While You Live Abroad: Dissolve, Liquidate and Strike It Off Without Flying to France

You live abroad and your French SAS or SARL must close: vote the dissolution, appoint a liquidator, pay staff and tax, approve the final accounts and obtain strike-off from the RCS, entirely …

News

Posted to France by Your UK Employer After Brexit: the A1 Certificate, French Pay Rights, and How to Challenge a Fine or a Back-Tax Bill

Sent to France by a UK employer after Brexit? How the 24-month A1 posting, the SIPSI declaration and the 183-day tax rule protect you — and how to challenge a fine or back-tax bill.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Switch to E-Invoicing While You Live Abroad: 2026-2027 Deadlines, Approved Platforms and Penalties

France's e-invoicing mandate applies from 1 September 2026 for reception and large issuers, 2027 for SMEs. Deadlines, accredited platforms, new invoice details and fines for founders abroad.

News

British Divorcee Stuck on a Joint French Mortgage After Brexit: Getting Your Name Off, Refinancing Alone, and Forcing the Sale

Divorced in France but still liable on the joint mortgage? Release, refinance, occupation payments and forced sale for British owners after Brexit.

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