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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 Executor Locked Out of a French House and Bank Account After Brexit: Getting English Probate Past the French Notaire, the European Certificate of Succession, and How to Challenge a Refusal
English Grant of Probate alone moves nothing in France. This guide shows the British executor how to register the will, obtain the European Certificate of Succession, get the bank and notair …
Close Your French Company From Abroad: Dissolution, Liquidation and Radiation Without Flying to France
Solvent French company to close from London, New York or Dubai? Vote the early dissolution, run the friendly liquidation on the guichet unique, clear tax and get the radiation — with the 202 …
British Victim of Domestic Violence in France After Brexit: Protection Order in Six Days, Keeping the Home and Children, Residence Rights and How to Challenge a Refusal
Attacked or controlled by a partner in France after Brexit? A British victim can get a protection order within days, keep the home, organise the children, keep residence rights and challenge …
The French Liquidator Says You Owe Your Company’s Debts From Abroad: How a Foreign Director Answers, Defends and Closes the Risk
You live abroad and the French liquidator summons you to pay your company's debts personally. Shortfall liability, the simple-negligence shield, the three-year deadline and management bans …
British Owner Dies Owning a French House After Brexit: Who Taxes the French Property Under the 1963 Treaty, What the Notaire Must File Within Six or Twelve Months, and How to Challenge Double Tax
A British owner dies leaving a French house: France always taxes it under the 1963 treaty, domicile decides the rest, and the credit wipes out double tax. Deadlines, computation and remedies …
Your French Company Just Received an Order to Pay and You Live Abroad: Oppose Within One Month and Force a Full Hearing
Your French company was ordered to pay without a hearing while you live abroad. This guide shows how to check the order, file an opposition within the one-month deadline extended by distance …
Kept on UK Payroll While Living in France After Brexit: French Social Charges, the URSSAF Bill and How to Challenge It
Living in France but still paid through a UK payroll? France claims French social charges and income tax from day one. How URSSAF builds the bill, and how to challenge or regularise it.
Your French Partner Cuts You Off Without Notice and You Run the Company From Abroad: Notice Periods, Damages and Emergency Relief
French partner ended your distribution or supply relationship overnight. Notice periods, gross-margin damages and emergency relief for companies run from abroad.
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British Newcomer Needs a French Visa After Brexit: Which Long-Stay Visa, Which Carte de Sejour, and How to Challenge a Refusal or OQTF
British citizen moving to France after Brexit? Choose the right long-stay visa, secure your carte de sejour, and challenge any refusal or OQTF within the deadline.
You Lent Money to Your French Company and Cannot Get It Back: Recover Your Shareholder Advance From Abroad
Your French company refuses to repay your shareholder advance (compte courant d'associé)? French law makes it repayable on demand. Procedure, lock-ups, insolvency and director traps explaine …
Buying French Property at a Judicial Auction: Saisie Immobiliere Guide for Foreign Buyers
How judicial auctions work in France: seizure procedure, bidding through a lawyer, 10 percent guarantee, ten-day overbid, payment deadlines and what the buyer really gets.
British Family SCI in France After Brexit: Buying the House Through a Société Civile Immobilière, Paying the Right Tax, and Challenging the Bill
Should your British family hold its French house through an SCI? How the company works, who pays tax on rents and sales, how to escape the 3% yearly tax and IFI, what happens to the shares o …
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