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Uitstel voor wet statuut bewindvoerder

In het Belgisch Staatsblad van 6 augustus 2025 werd de wet van 18 juli 2025 tot wijziging van de wet van 8 november 2023 betreffende het statuut van bewindvoerder over een bescherm…

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Universités d'été : les inscriptions sont ouvertes

AVOCATS.BE vous donne rendez-vous les mardi 19 et mercredi 20 août 2025 au Château-ferme de Courrière pour deux journées de formation autour de thématiques actuelles, animées par d…

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Clausebase expands into North America

ClauseBase, the all-in-one legal drafting platform, is proud to announce its expansion into North America with the opening of a new office in Montreal. This strategic move is drive…

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La réparation en nature : un droit pour l’entrepreneur ?

Dans les relations contractuelles entre le maître de l’ouvrage et l’entrepr…

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Supreme Court Clarifies Deadline Calculation for Eviction Co…

On March 28, 2025, the Belgian Supreme Court clarified how the expiration p…

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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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Breyne Act: watch out for artificial splits!

The Breyne Act is not one of those laws the application of which can easily be avoided by contractual arrangements. It is always useful to be reminded…

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Retail leases under new powers of the Commercial Court.

The Act of 26 March 2014 extended the jurisdiction of the Commercial Court to "disputes between enterprises" but maintained the exclusive jurisdiction…

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Een pop-up handelshuur

Pop-up winkels, pop-up restaurants, pop-up bars,... Het recent pop-up fenomeen komt in alle vormen en maten. Er worden pop-ups gestart om verbouwingsw…

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Le Tribunal de la famille, le règlement amiable et la médiation

A l'initiative du Barreau de Bruxelles, et plus particulièrement de la Commission des Modes Alternatifs de Règlement des Conflits dont plusieurs assoc…

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Swap contracts – Unforeseen circumstances

The Portuguese Supreme Court, on the basis of the doctrine of  unforeseen circumstances, created by the financial crisis, has blessed the termi…

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Pre-contractual information Update

The obligations concerning pre-contractual information of commercial collaboration agreements, as introduced by the law of 2005, have been changed on …

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An unambitious reform of the surface right

A draft law that amends the Law of 1824 on surface rights for the first time since its promulgation puts an end to a few controversial points, without…

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Regionalization of the federal jurisdiction on specific leases

As from 1 July 2014, the responsibility for the legislation pertaining to retail, residential and farm leases will be devolved to the three Regions.

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Can an incorporated association be assimilated to a “relative” in the case of termination of a retail lease by…

The Constitutional Court ruled that the family ties which allow the buyer of a property to terminate a retail lease for personal use cannot be assimil…

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L’intérêt du divorce par consentement mutuel : consultez un avocat

Il semblerait que le nombre de divorces par consentement mutuel reste stable, depuis la réforme du divorce de 2007, bien que le nombre d’introductions…

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The effectiveness of a pledge over the shares of an SPRL/BVBA

The effectiveness of a pledge over the shares of an SPRL/BVBA could be jeopardized by the application of the agreement procedure provided for in Artic…

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Over de doorrekening van kosten aan de huurder (1728ter B.W.)

Artikel 1728ter, § 1 van het Burgerlijk Wetboek zet uiteen dat kosten en lasten die aan de huurder worden opgelegd met werkelijke uitgaven dienen over…

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Commercial lease, commercial destination, agreement of the parties

The agreement of the parties on the commercial destination may be tacit when it occurs as from the beginning of the contract. On the contrary, the agr…

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Investeren in winkelvastgoed: juridische valkuilen en voordelen

Een van de cruciale beslissingen die men moet maken wanneer men besluit om te gaan investeren in vastgoed, is het bepalen van het type vastgoed waarin…

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Unforeseen circumstances in Belgian law

Change of circumstances can occur in all kinds of contracts. Denis Philippe takes a closer look at the current Belgian legal discourse on unforeseen c…

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Versoepeling van het formalisme op het gebied van precontractuele informatie in het kader van een commerciële …

Het Wetboek van economisch recht viseert voortaan “samenwerkingsovereenkomsten gesloten tussen meerdere personen, waarbij de ene persoon het recht ver…

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Assouplissement du formalisme en matière d’information précontractuelle dans le cadre d’un accord de partenari…

Le Code de droit économique vise dorénavant « tout accord de partenariat commercial conclus entre plusieurs personnes, par lequel une de ces personnes…

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Incorporation of the Market Practices Act into the New Commercial Code: What's New?

On 30 December 2013, an act to insert Volume VI (Market Practices and Consumer Protection) into the Commercial Code was published in the Belgian State…

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The revision of the contract in case of change of circumstances

Seminar in French - 8 May 2014 - Faculté de droit et de criminologie, Université catholique de Louvain

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Estimate action regarding hidden defects: is the “fair price” estimated by a real estate surveyor or fixed by …

The Supreme Court decides that the court is not bound by the conclusions of the expert it appoints.

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