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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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Your French Employee Committed Serious Misconduct While You Live Abroad: Disciplinary Dismissal, Procedure, Severance and Labour Court Risk
Your French employee stole, vanished or turned threatening and you run the company from abroad. Here is how to dismiss for misconduct without voiding the procedure, what simple, serious and …
Retiring to France After Brexit: How a British Citizen Secures the Long-Stay Visitor Visa, Proves Resources and Health Cover, and Challenges a Refusal or Removal Order
British retirees moving to France need a long-stay visitor visa and a yearly visitor card. This guide explains the resources test, health insurance, the no-work rule, and how to challenge a …
Contracts and business
You Wired Money From Abroad Into Your French Company and Cannot Get It Back: Shareholder Loan Repayment, Interest Cap and Tax Proof
You lent money from abroad to your French SAS or SARL and the company will not repay. How to claim a shareholder current-account advance from outside France, when a lock-in clause binds you …
Buying Property in Viager in France: Price, Annuity and Remedies — Foreign Buyer’s Guide (2026)
How occupied and free life-annuity sales work in France: bouquet and rente calculation, running costs while the seller stays, annulment for absence of uncertainty, and remedies when the annu …
Your French Customer Went Bust While You Live Abroad: Declare Your Claim, Beat the Deadline and Get Paid in the Proceedings
Your French debtor entered safeguard, reorganisation or liquidation and you live abroad: how to declare your claim, the four-month deadline, verification, payment rank and rescue if you file …
British State Pension in France After Brexit: Will It Still Rise, How France Taxes It, and How to Challenge Double Tax or a Frozen Pension
UK State Pension in France after Brexit: yearly increases and the triple lock, French income tax with the 10 percent allowance, S1 exemption from CSG and CRDS, and how to challenge the wrong …
Contracts and business
You Lent Money to Your French Company From Abroad and Want It Back: Shareholder Loans, Blocked Accounts, Interest, Tax and Recovery
WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR 2026-10-03: near-duplicate of the 2026-10-01 shareholder-loan article on the same vertical; kept as draft pending deletion.
Taxed by France and the UK at Once After Brexit: the Mutual Agreement Procedure That Forces Both Tax Offices to Agree
Both Paris and London tax the same income after Brexit. This guide explains why, how the France-UK treaty tie-breaker and credit work, and how the mutual agreement procedure with its three-y …
Insolvency
How to Close Your French Company While Living Abroad: Dissolution, Liquidation, Tax on the Surplus and Creditor Risk
Dissolve first, liquidate second, file everything on the Guichet unique from abroad: the two-stage exit, the tax on the liquidation surplus with non-resident withholding, and what creditors …
You Run Your French SAS From Abroad: Director Status, Social Charges, Pay vs Dividends and How to Challenge URSSAF
Non-resident president of a French SAS? Your assimilated-employee status, salary vs dividends, and how to defeat a defective URSSAF demand, with the exact texts.
Letting Your French Property as a British Owner After Brexit: How Rental Income Is Taxed, What You Must Declare, and How to Challenge the Bill
British owner letting a French property after Brexit: unfurnished vs furnished tax, micro regimes, social charges, Paris rules, and how to challenge a reassessment.
France’s Certificat d’Urbanisme: The Planning Certificate Every Foreign Buyer Should Read Before Signing
Before signing a compromis for a French house or plot, foreign buyers should obtain the certificat d'urbanisme. This guide explains the two certificates, the eighteen-month freeze on plannin …
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