French Legal Services
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Paralegal and Trainee Legal Executive gives an insight into the work of the French Legal Services team and explores balancing home-study with full-time work. Working as a Paralegal in the French...
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How to cancel a French property ‘tontine’ clause in case of divorce Question My husband and I are divorcing. We bought a property in France en tontine in 2002. The...
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One of the many impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic is that some people have been re-evaluating where and how they wish to spend their holidays, not just this year but...
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What if an ex-partner does not want to sell our French property? Question A couple have split up. They are not married. The house was on the market but the...
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At the time of writing travel is still severely limited across both sides of the Channel, and many of our readers looking to buy their dream holiday or forever home...
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Will Brexit affect our inheritance choices? Question We made wills in the UK, naming our daughter as our beneficiary on the death of the survivor of us. My husband has...
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I was never really a fan of the tontine clause. So when the EU Succession Regulation came into force, I thought that we would see an ever-decreasing number of instances...
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What happens if inheritance debts outweigh assets in France? Question We are French residents and want to plan our succession to leave our estate to family in the UK. What...
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Virtual viewings are a great tool but they should not replace a physical viewing of the property. Question I am looking to buy a holiday home. Covid has prevented me...
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When writing a legal opinion column, we usually try to avoid drilling down into the minute detail of a point of law, or a particular case, as the more detailed...
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Despite the devastating impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on us over the past year, none of us can lose sight of the fact that the UK is shortly to...
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Which French marriage regime is which? Question We are British, married in a UK register office and now living in France. How is our marriage viewed under the marriage regime...
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