News & Articles

The perfect place for any legal or tax professional to keep abreast of everything that’s happening on the Belgian legal scene

Liedekerke logo
Read More
Liselot Claeys joins law firm Liedekerke as Counsel

Leading independent law firm Liedekerke is pleased to announce the addition of Liselot Claeys as Counsel to its Corporate & Finance practice.

Read More
Monard Law logo
Read More
Monard strengthens its Insolvency and Restructuring team

Monard law welcomes a new member to its Insolvency and Restructuring team. Jente Dengler has joined the firm as of October 1, 2024.

Read More
Liberius logo
Read More
Liberius welcomes new EU Competition and Trade Law Partner in Brussels

Liberius is thrilled to announce the arrival of David Henry as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU, Competition & Trade Practice. David, a member of the Brussels Bar and a quali…

Read More
Loyens & Loeff logo
26/11/24
VAT refunds and compliance: from 2025, you better be complia…

Monard Law logo
23/11/24
The Court of Appeal in the Hague rules on the Shell case: ke…

On November 12, 2024, the international community closely followed the Cour…

Dotted texture left
Dotted texture left

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!

Dotted texture right

More News & Articles

Plus-values internes : premières décisions positives du SDA en cas de « vente » d’actions à une holding (parti…

Depuis la refonte du régime des plus-values internes par la Loi-programme du 25 décembre 2016, l’ « apport » d’actions par une personne phys…

Read More
Mesure entrée en vigueur - Trajet de réintégration

Face à l’augmentation du nombre et de la durée des incapacités de longue durée, le gouvernement a décidé de réformer les règles applicables en instaur…

Read More
Brussels Court of Appeal decides that Aldi’s Buval Pilsner does not infringe InBev’s Jupiler Pilsner

In a decision of 12 December 2017 the Brussels Court of Appeal overturned the first instance decision and decided that Aldi’s Buval beer does not infr…

Read More
Proceedings Before the Data Protection Authority

On 10 January 2018, the Act on the creation of the Data Protection Authority (the "Act") was published in the Belgian State Gazette. Further to our pr…

Read More
De GDPR-trein nadert het perron – Is uw bestuur (al) GDPR-compliant?

De General Data Protection Regulation – afgekort GDPR – zorgde de voorbije maanden al voor heel wat kopzorgen binnen de lokale besturen. En terecht! M…

Read More
Lucky 4 all, le système pyramidal interdit

L’arrêt rendu par la Cour d’appel d’Anvers le 28 septembre 2017 a définitivement mis fin à la saga entourant le jeu Lucky4All. L’affaire portait sur l…

Read More
De activeringsbijdrage maakt vrijstelling van prestaties met loonbehoud duurder

Werkgevers die bepaalde werknemers vrijstellen van prestaties met behoud van loon moeten sinds 1 januari 2018 rekening houden met de activeringsbijdra…

Read More
Changes to Belgian SME financing law relevant to financing transactions

A new Law dated 21 December 2017 amends the Belgian Law relating to the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises ( the “SME Financing Law”).

Read More
Portrait photograph deserves Trade Mark Protection

On 16 November 2017, the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (the “EUIPO Board of Appeal”) reversed the EUIPO examiner’…

Read More
L’imitation n’est contraire aux pratiques honnêtes du marché qu’à titre exceptionnel

Le 5 septembre 2017, la Cour d’appel de Bruxelles a à nouveau considéré qu’en l’absence de violation d’un droit de propriété intellectuelle, un argume…

Read More
Cresco blog – The Brussels International Business Court (BIBC): a new forum for international commercial dispu…

The recovery of international commercial debts, nor the resolution of international (commercial) disputes has ever been easy, but with the Brexit appr…

Read More
GDPR: Part 17 - International Data Transfers

This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation, which was published on 4 May 2016 and must be complied wi…

Read More
Le port du voile au travail: suite mais pas fin

Les premiers arrêts de la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne au sujet de la difficile conciliation entre travail et port de signes religieux sont a…

Read More
Flexi-jobs: no longer just for the Horeca sector!

The law of 16 November 2015 instituted a new form of employment. Employees who already have a principal occupation with one or more employer(s) of at …

Read More
Les réductions de capital effectuées fin 2017 sont-elles vraiment à l'abri ?

Quelque 5.000 sociétés belges ont procédé à des réductions de capital avant la fin de l'année 2017. Ces opérations échappent à la nouvelle taxe frappa…

Read More
Welke versoepelingen biedt de Programmawet voor de e-commerce activiteiten van uw onderneming?

U vindt in deze e-zine een overzicht van de belangrijkste nieuwigheden die een impact kunnen hebben op de e-commerce activiteiten van uw onderneming. …

Read More
Netherlands to become a new hub for international commercial dispute resolution

Recent years has seen a downward trend in international trade and commercial cases brought before Dutch courts. But with the Dutch parliament schedule…

Read More
Clauses abusives et risques relatifs au taux de change dans le cadre de contrats de crédit à la consommation

Une banque roumaine a conclu un contrat de crédit avec un consommateur en franc suisse. En vertu d’une clause du contrat, les consommateurs se voyaien…

Read More
Bill Implementing Unitary Patent and European Unified Patent Court

On 6 November 2017, the Belgian government submitted a bill to the Federal Chamber of Representatives amending various provisions concerning patents i…

Read More
New Data Protection Authority Act Published

On 10 January 2018, the act on the creation of the Data Protection Authority (the "Act") was published in the Belgian State Gazette. The Act will…

Read More