Tag: Case law
France’s Most Controversial Lease: the Bail Code Civil, Your Second Home, and the 2026 Crackdown
The bail Code civil is the correct lease for a French second home - and the contract Paris's mayor calls industrial-scale fraud when it dodges rent control. Where the line runs after the 2026 rulings, the DGCCRF campaign and the bill in parliament.
A Sewer Three Villages Away No Longer Sets Your Price: France’s Terrain à Bâtir Ruling (2026)
France's Constitutional Court has rewritten how expropriated land is priced in multi-site ZACs: your parcel can no longer be denied building-land value because a distant site lacks pipes. What the 19 June 2026 réserve changes for owners.
The €77,000 Letter: France’s Top Court Tightens the Fast Track for Unpaid Copropriété Charges
A co-owner €77,000 in arrears walked away from a fast-track judgment because the syndic's demand letter lumped the sums together. What the Cour de cassation's 18 June 2026 ruling means for every foreign co-owner in France.
Bought an Underperforming French Tax-Scheme Property? The Clock to Sue Your Adviser Starts Later Than You Think (2026 Ruling)
Bought a French tax-shelter property that underdelivered? A June 2026 Cassation ruling resets when the five-year clock to sue the adviser starts - later than you might think.
You Cannot Serve Notice to Repair a Flat You Knew Was Indecent: France’s Top Court, 4 June 2026
France's top court just closed a landlord trap: if you knew a flat was substandard when you let it, you cannot serve notice to evict the tenant and do the upgrade works. Civ. 3e, 4 June 2026, n 24-16.993.
Forced Works Forever, Damages Capped at Three Years: France’s Top Court on Indecent Rentals
France's top court confirms the double exposure on indecent rentals: tenants can force the works for as long as the breach lasts, while damages reach back exactly three years. What every foreign landlord should take from Civ. 3e, 4 June 2026.