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België en VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 heeft de Orde van Vlaamse Balies samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland…

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Liberius welcomes Ana Jankov as new partner

Liberius is proud to welcome Ana Jankov as a partner, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in privacy, data protection and emerging digital regulation.

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ABILWAYS Belgium devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Belgium annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à SK…

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22/10/25
Simplifying Rules for Listed Companies

Belgium proposes a draft law to simplify disclosure, marketing, and meeting…

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20/10/25
EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

EU Cybersecurity Month is an annual awareness campaign held every October t…

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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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RESPONSABILITÉ DES DIRIGEANTS POUR LES DETTES FISCALES DE LA SOCIÉTÉ

Dans sa recherche de sécuriser l'encaissement de l'impôt et tenter de limiter l'effet (souvent) néfaste pour le trésor belge de se voir confronté à un…

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Quashing of the DAR decree

In its ruling n°144/2012, the Constitutional Court quashed the Walloon decree of 17 July 2008 relating to “certain permits for which there exist imper…

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The new bill on the organisation of the profession of property broker

On 22 November 2012, the Belgian Government submitted to the Parliament a bill aiming to provide the Institute of real estate professionals with more …

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Belgian Supreme Court Finds Blackout Pre-sales Periods Incompatible With European Law

On 2 November 2012, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation) gave judgment in the long-running legal saga concerning the (lack o…

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Adoption de la loi programme

Suite à nos précédentes newsletters, nous tenions à vous informer que la Chambre des Représentants a adopté aujourd’hui le texte de la traditionnelle …

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Responsabilités aggravées et l’incidence d’une faillite

Perte du capital social : lorsque le conseil d'administration ou le gérant, alors qu'il a connaissance de la réduction de l'actif net de la socié…

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Is the event of sale of a property, is an eviction indemnity due iif the property was never possessed ?

Against the background of a dispute between two candidate buyers, the Belgian Supreme Court has recently clarified the conditions that apply to the ti…

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The tax administration clarifies the VAT system applicable to shopping centres

After several years of negotiation and consideration, the administration has adopted a long-awaited circular on the VAT regime applicable to shopping …

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congés payés et incapacité de travail: impact de l’arrêt anged du 21 juin 2012 sur le droit françai

Dans son arrêt du 21 juin 2012, la CJUE considère que l’incapacité de travail survenant pendant la période de congé d’un salarié ne peut le priver de …

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Délégation de pouvoirs : validité et opposabilité

  Voici un aperçu de certains principes régissant les délégations de pouvoirs au sein des sociétés anonymes qui ne sont pas cotées et dont les a…

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Refusal to renew a retail lease for personal occupancy: should the law be amended?

In a decision of 14 November 2012, the Belgian Constitutional Court ruled that article 17 of the law on retail leases does not violate articles 10 and…

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Belgian Supreme Court terminates controversy regarding increased expulsion indemnity

A recent decision of the Belgian Supreme Court (18 October 2012) has put an end to the controversy regarding the conditions for the payment of an incr…

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Etre gérant ou administrateur de société : les risques du métier

Que l'on soit en présence d'un indépendant désireux, pour des raisons fiscales ou de séparation de ses patrimoines privé et professionnel, de constitu…

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la preuve de la discrimination: l’arrêt meister du 19 avril 2012

La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (ci-après la Cour) a rendu, le 19 avril 2012, un arrêt intéressant au regard des éléments devant être pris en…

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Fonctionnement pratique du conseil d'administration d'une société anonyme et règles de Corporate Governance - …

Une distinction est classiquement opérée entre la gestion d'une société (fonctionnement interne) et la représentation de celle-ci vis-à-vis des tiers …

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The Vale judgment: cross-border conversion of companies finally a fact?

The Vale judgment makes cross-border conversion of companies and legal entities possible and thereby lifts a significant barrier to the freedom of est…

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French Competition Authority imposes EUR 0.9 million fine on Bang & Olufsen for curtailing e-tail

Today, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) has imposed a EUR 0.9 million fine on Bang & Olufsen France and its Danish pa…

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Energy Efficiency Directive taken effect

The Energy Efficiency Directive brings forward legally binding measures to step up Member States' efforts to use energy more efficiently at all stages…

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Simplification of the voluntary liquidation procedure for non-deficit companies and modification of the volunt…

By authorising under certain conditions the dissolution and liquidation of a company in one single act, the new law of 19 March 2012 has put an end to…

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The irrebuttable presumption that foreign directors of a Belgian company exercise their mandate as an independ…

The irrebuttable presumption that foreign directors of a Belgian company exercise their mandate as an independent in Belgium has been declared contrar…

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