French Legal Services
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Until the introduction of a French finance law in 2011, there had been a lot of uncertainty surrounding the French treatment of trusts. Since then, a new regime has brought...
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Question: I am house hunting in France and am aware that by law the seller has to produce various reports giving information about the property. What do these reports cover...
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Question: My husband has recently died and we own a property in France in joint names, en-tontine, we purchased in June 2007. How do I get the property transferred into...
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Question: We bought a property in France last year and have been living here full-time since then. We had always considered setting up a business here once we were settled,...
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Question: I am considering buying a small house in France but am nervous about the pitfalls. Could your legal expert please outline the sort of things which can go wrong...
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Question: I am English but I live in France where I have bought a house. If I wish to appoint somebody to manage my property and affairs once I am...
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It’s a mistake to regard a mortgage as an asset, but many people do. The word mortgage comes from old French, meaning ‘a dead pledge’ i.e. one that dies when...
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It’s a mistake to regard a mortgage as an asset, but many people do. The word mortgage comes from old French, meaning ‘a dead pledge’ i.e. one that dies when...
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Question: We visit our French property 2 or 3 times a year. During the winter months we leave the heating on to keep the house aired and avoid any problems...
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Do you have a right of action against the seller of your house in France if what you bought has a major defect which wasn’t apparent to you before you...
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Question: We had a property built in France and it was completed in 2003. We bought the plot and then found a constructer to build from one of his designs....
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Question I recently read that a French property must be insured in your own name, yet nobody including notaires, can tell me which law stipulates this. I have also asked...
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