How do I dispute my bank charges?

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Question 1: Are there any illegal bank fees that some banks charge their customers? Bank charges  Today, with the role of the Banque de France and consumer associations, these  abuses  can be limited.Indeed, a broad system to fight...

Record compensation for a paraplegic victim

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Record compensation for a paraplegic victim In December 2011, the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Niort ordered MACIF to pay the record sum of 7.6 million euros to a 35-year-old senior executive who became paraplegic following a...

Personal injury: the pianist’s case

Estimated reading time (in minutes) By Grégory DAMY, specialist in insurance law and victim compensation – 04.92.15.05.05.   The case of the pianist in personal injury law. A distinction should be made between damage on the one hand, which is an attack on the...

Tax equality: the Council of State decides

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Decision of the Council of State: End of tax discrimination  The Council of State , in a decision dated November 20, 2013, had to address the question of the tax rate applicable to capital gains on real estate generated in France by...