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Manifestation nationale du monde judiciaire

Le 20 mars 2025, au 10ème anniversaire de la 'Journée de l’état de droit', magistrats et avocats avaient remis ensemble à Madame la ministre de la justice Verlinden la lettre de re…

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Lawyer Leader Manager - Programme de formation en gestion et leadership

Les avocats sont déjà experts en droit et en procédure, mais la gestion d'un cabinet nécessite des compétences spécifiques auxquelles ils doivent également se former. Conscient d…

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Baker McKenzie Welcomes New Energy & Infrastructure Team to Brussels Office

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Energy & Infrastructure team in Brussels, effective 1 November. The team includes David Haver…

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Deactivation of mailbox and phone number after termination o…

In a decision of 7 October 2025, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data…

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Cyber-fraud and banking vigilance: French case law and lesso…

Recent French judgments from the Nantes Judicial Court have drawn a clear l…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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Condominium : amendment to the by-laws by 31 August 2014 at the latest

Pursuant to an act of 17 August 2013, the term let to the condominiums in order to amend their articles of association is postponed by one year. The d…

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Gesubsidieerde particuliere bouwwerken onderworpen aan de regelgeving inzake overheidsopdrachten : het Hof van…

Gesubsidieerde werken en verbonden diensten kunnen overheidsopdrachten zijn, ook al is de opdrachtgever geen aanbestedende overheid

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Vermogensbeheer voor pensioenfondsen belast met btw?

Begin dit jaar berichtten we u over het Wheels arrest van het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie. De zaak betrof de vraag of prestaties van ve…

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Issue of building permits : new rules from the 1 September 2013

On 1 September 2013, the regional public servant became the main competent authority in Brussels for issuing building permits.

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Nieuwe Europese douaneverordening

Verordening nr. 608/2013. In 2012 werden door de douaneautoriteiten bijna 40 miljoen namaakgoederen met een totale waarde van ongeveer €1 miljard aan …

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Distress: a mechanism forgotten by the landlords

With a tenant who does not pay rent, the landlord can contact a bailiff who – without any prior judicial authorization – will distrain the chattels co…

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Student housing as property investment asset, a rapid glance

In the United Kingdom investment in student housing has increased explosively during the least years. Due to this increase, which was followed by the …

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The Court of Justice confirms that undertakings can bring an action for damages if the EU Courts fail to adjud…

On 26 November 2013, the Court of Justice ruled in Kendrion v Commission (C-50/12 P), Gascogne Sack Deutschland GmbH v Commission (C-40/12 P) and Grou…

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L'ENTREPRENEUR ET L'ARCHITECTE NE SONT PLUS SOLIDAIREMENT RESPONSABLES POUR LES OFFRES INTRODUITS CONJOINTEMEN…

L'article 52, §2 de l'arrêté royal du 15 juillet 2011 sur la passation des marchés publics dans les secteurs classiques établit que chaque offre doit …

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Caisses d’assurance maladie soumises à la directive relative aux pratiques commerciales déloyales : quid des a…

Il a longtemps été admis que les réglementations européenne et belge relatives aux pratiques commerciales s’appliquaient uniquement aux autorités pour…

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Property finance – Modification for hotel financings

The new legislation on pledges over movable assets will impact existing pledges over hotel businesses and will require registration within a 12 month …

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STIEFMOEDERS EN STIEFKINDEREN IN HET ERFRECHT

De invloed van een door de vader ingestelde vordering tot echtscheiding op het la-tere erfrecht van de kinderen.

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Possessory lien in abuse of rights

In the event of non-payment of fees and expenses, an accountant cannot use the possessory lien to retain the accounting [papers] of his client.

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Belgian Court of Cassation confirms that ISPs can be requested to block all domain names leading to a certain …

The Belgian Court of Cassation recently confirmed an order by an investigative judge to block all domain names leading to the filesharing website, “Th…

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Extension to farmers of the ratione personae scope of the law on the continuity of enterprises – who’s next?

The Constitutional Court decided that former article 3 of the law on the continuity of enterprises violates articles 10 and 11 of the Constitution ins…

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Pijnpunten van de Pachtwet

De enorme evolutie van de landbouw in de voorbije decennia heeft er voor gezorgd dat de 44-jaar oude Pachtwet, die ooit ter bescherming van de pachter…

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Judicial reorganization by collective agreement and the position of public creditors: a never-ending story?

The renewed Act on the continuity of enterprises provides that, from now on, in judicial reorganizations by collective agreement, the debtor cannot tr…

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A national prohibition on the publication of sponsored articles not identified by the term “advertisement” is …

Within a dispute between two German newspapers the ECJ was again asked to bring clarification over the scope of the Directive 2005/29 concerning unfai…

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Aannemer en architect niet langer hoofdelijk verbonden door gezamenlijke, in combinatie ingediende offerte i.k…

Artikel 52, §2 van het Koninklijk Besluit Plaatsing overheidsopdrachten klassieke sectoren van 15 juli 2011 schrijft voor dat elke offerte schriftelij…

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Moving towards a decrease in the number of bankruptcies, thanks to accountants?

Accountants will from now on play an important role in both the identification of companies facing difficulties and in the preparation of the request …

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