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Donation before transfer of shares to a minor: a judge's authorisation is now essential!

Ordinance no. 2015-1288 of 15 October 2015 simplifying and modernising family law was intended to simplify the rules governing legal administration, but its implementation has been made more complex.
  • Litigation

Time limit for appealing against a building permit, planning permission or demolition permit, or against a decision not to oppose a prior declaration: posting is not enough

As ruled by the Paris Administrative Court of Appeal[1], this period is not a clear period but a "strict" two-month period.
  • Litigation

Regularisation of foreign assets: Bercy increases tax penalties

While taxpayers in the process of regularising their tax affairs may have been pleased to see the proportional fine censured by the Constitution, the government is raising the increases applicable to regularisation requests submitted from 14 September 2016.