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This knowledge base aims to capitalise on the experience gained by the company to :
- improving access to legal information;
- fight against the perception that the litigant may have of the law as something unpleasant;
- offer an innovative legal service based on the technological possibilities of digitisation;
- provide our clients who wish to learn (more) for themselves from qualitative information sources;
- Structure the collective learning of the members of the firm around a common platform (permanent training notes, research carried out in the files, etc.) on which to draw during the following assignments;
- have a reflection of the company’s activity and know-how.
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Creation of an electronic database accessible to the public on judgments and decisions
The Law amending the Code of Criminal Investigation and the Judicial Code with regard to the publication of judgments and rulings was published on 16 May 2019. The main innovation: the creation of an electronic database of judgments and court decisions accessible to the public. Namely that the data allowing the identification of the parties involved in the case will [...]
Entry into force of the new Code of Companies and Associations
On 30 April 2019, the Royal Decree of 29 April 2019 implementing the Companies and Associations Code was published in the Belgian Official Gazette. The new code, composed of 9 books and written in the spirit of simplifying the corporate landscape, came into force on 1 May 2019 and applies immediately to new legal entities from that date. For existing [...]
« Airbnb » is an information society service
Following a complaint against X, the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office issued an introductory indictment for violations of French law regulating the practice of real estate professionals ("Hoguet" law). The French investigating judge referred questions to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling as to whether the services provided in France by Airbnb Ireland, via an electronic platform operated from Ireland, [...]
The Council of the European Union approves the new European Regulation promoting fairness and transparency for companies using online platforms
On 14 June 2019, the EU Council approved the new European Regulation promoting fairness and transparency for companies using online intermediation services. The new Regulation starts from two main observations. First, some online platforms enjoy greater bargaining power, which can lead them to behave unfairly towards companies that depend on them for access to new business opportunities. Secondly, consumers often [...]