French Legal
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The European Commission has published important clarifications regarding France’s controversial amendments to its inheritance law, offering some reassurance to British nationals who own property or assets in France. However, whilst...
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Preparing a Will is a vital aspect of estate planning, and for UK residents who own a holiday home in France, seeking professional advice from a solicitor in England and...
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The French government recently announced that it was suppressing one of the local taxes applicable to residential property, the taxe d’habitation, although only for ones principal residence. It follows from...
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If you own a holiday home in France, you should be aware of France’s attempts to improve the energy efficiency of its housing stock. For several years, energy efficiency inspections...
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For those looking to own a property in France with the potential for a rental income return, one well-established option might be to buy on a leaseback scheme. This form...
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French reserved heirship is a mechanism that has been enshrined in French inheritance law since Napoleonic times and is intended to protect close family members, and in particular children on...
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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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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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Our French Legal expert, Matthew Cameron, explains the options for those with properties in both France and England in our Q&A below. “My husband and I are in the early...
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Back in the first decade of this millennium, just before the previous recession, gazumping was a relatively common experience in English property transactions. This occurred in a rapidly rising property...
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