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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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Stopped, Arrested and Held in France After Brexit: A British Citizen’s Guide to Police Custody, Your Rights and How to Challenge the Case
Arrested in France after Brexit? How garde a vue works, your rights to an interpreter, a lawyer, a doctor and the British consulate, and how to challenge an unlawful custody.
Contracts and business
Your French Company Wants to Hire a Non-EU Employee While You Live Abroad: Work Permit, Talent Passport and Employer Fines
Your French company found the right non-EU hire. French law requires the work permit before day one: standard employee route or Talent-qualified card, employer filing from abroad, verificati …
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Your UK Papers Rejected in France After Brexit: Apostille, Legalisation and Certified Translation — and How to Challenge the Refusal
British birth, marriage and criminal-record certificates no longer circulate freely in France since Brexit. This guide explains the apostille, consular legalisation and certified translation …
Contracts and business
Your French Contractor Was Really an Employee and You Live Abroad: Reclassification, URSSAF Reassessment and Labour Court Defence
Your French contractor works only for you, on your schedule, with your tools. French judges can reclassify the contract as employment. Costs, procedure and the fix from abroad.
Water Damage in Your French Flat: How Foreign Owners Trace the Leak, Claim on Insurance, and Recover the Cost (2026)
Ceiling stains found months later in your French flat? Proof, five-day insurance notice, IRSI track, and who pays: neighbour or building.
British Citizen, French Naturalisation After Brexit: Five Years’ Residence, Assimilation and Language, and How to Challenge a Refusal
British in France after Brexit: five years' residence, assimilation and language for naturalisation by decree, the marriage declaration shortcut, and how to challenge a refusal, adjournment …
Your French Company Just Received Its First CFE Bill While You Live Abroad: Check It, Cut It or Challenge It Before 15 December
First CFE notice on your French company while you live abroad? Creation-year exemption, minimum base, Paris rate, 15 December payment and how to challenge from abroad.
British Remote Worker in France for a UK Employer After Brexit: French Payroll, DPAE Registration, Payslips and Challenging the Bill
British citizen working remotely from France for a UK employer with no French office: how your employer registers with the French foreign-firms service, files the DPAE pre-employment declara …
How a foreign director files for cessation des paiements within 45 days when the French company cannot pay its bills from abroad
Your French company cannot cover its due debts and you live abroad. Learn how French law defines cessation des paiements, what to file within 45 days, and how a foreign director limits short …
Paris Rent Caps and the Complément de Loyer: How Foreign Landlords Set, Justify and Defend the Extra Rent
Paris rent ceiling explained for foreign landlords: reference rents, the 20% cap, the three conditions for a lawful complément de loyer, the tenant's three-month challenge and the December 2 …
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Your UK ISA as a French Resident After Brexit: Tax-Free in London, Taxable in Paris — Interest, Dividends, Gains and How to Challenge the Bill
British ISA held while living in France after Brexit: why the UK tax-free wrapper fails in France, how the 31.4 per cent levy, treaty caps and form 3916 apply, and how to challenge the bill.
Your First French Employee Agrees to Leave While You Live Abroad: Rupture Conventionnelle, Severance, Homologation and What to Do If Approval Fails
Your first French hire is not working out and you live abroad. This guide explains how to sign a rupture conventionnelle at a distance, compute the minimum severance to the euro, obtain appr …
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