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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!
Le 4 février 2014, la Parlement wallon a adopté le nouveau décret sur les implantations commerciales. Les changements sont importants tant pour les op…
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On 26 February 2015, the Brussels Court of Appeal handed down an interlocutory judgment ordering experts to assist the Court in determining whether th…
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On 27 February 2015, the Brussels Court of Appeal (the "Court") delivered a judgment in which it applies the rules on legitimate expectations, on unfa…
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On 11 March 2015, the Brussels Court of Appeal confirmed the conditional clearance decision adopted by the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") in a …
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Vanaf 1 april 2015 zijn een reeks strengere regels voor het verlenen van krediet aan consumenten in werking getreden. De nieuwe regels moeten zorgen v…
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The Belgian Court of Cassation authorizes the judge to temper the effects of a non-competition clause that is contrary to the public order so that it …
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Het Grondwettelijk Hof heeft geoordeeld dat art. 4 Wet Continuïteit Ondernemingen de artikelen 10 en 11 van de Grondwet niet schendt (Arrest van 12 ma…
Read MoreOn 27 January 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority published a notice concerning the informal opinions of its President in order to give guidance o…
Read MoreTUI Travel was subject to dawn raids in February and March 2006 by the Belgian Competition Prosecutor. Along with other actors in the sector, Jetair, …
Read MoreAt the end of last year, the Prosecution Body of the Belgian Competition Authority dismissed a complaint brought by cinema operator NV Handling CO aga…
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Ook bij het vertrek van een oudere werknemer is het belangrijk om rekening te houden met het eventuele bestaan van een niet-concurrentiebeding (klassi…
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On 18 February 2015, the Brussels Court of Appeal (the "Court") held that antitrust dawn raids carried out by the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgi…
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On 22 January 2015, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie / Cour de cassation) partially set aside a judgment of the Brussels Court of Appeal on…
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On 23 January 2015, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie / Cour de cassation) quashed a judgment of the Brussels Court of Appeal which had dism…
Read MoreIn Belgium, shopkeepers are limited in their right to trade on Sundays or after 8pm. The Belgian liberal party has introduced a proposal to amend the …
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Een recent arrest van het Hof van Beroep te Brussel verduidelijkt de mogelijkheid voor een bijkomende schadevergoeding voor de handelsagent boven…
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On February 18, 2015 the Brussels Court of Appeal rendered a groundbreaking judgment regarding the legality of dawn raids organized under the Belgian …
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Picture this: you started working with a new distributor a year ago. However, the sales have not really lived up to expectations. The distributor has …
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On 15 January 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") further strengthened the protection of consumers when booking flights onlin…
Read MoreIn its judgment of 12 November 2014, the Court of Justice reduced by EUR 44 million the antitrust fine imposed on Guardian for its role in the flat-gl…
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