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Savings bonds: definition, legal regime and reforms (2025)
By Raphaël MORENON18 August 2025Find out what a savings bond is, how it works in legal terms and the changes in 2025 that will affect your secure savings.
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> The practice of seizing propertyA practical, chronological and exhaustive study of the implementation of a property seizure procedure.
We put all our expertise to work to achieve a simple objective: to prevent a property seizure.
Between admissibility and admission of defences: the procedural obstacle course
Procedural strategy is a subtle art. For those who wish to defend their interests effectively, the legal arsenal offers three types of defence: defences on the merits, pleas in bar and procedural objections. Each of these is governed by separate rules as regards both admissibility and merits. This distinction...Notification and opposition to the European order for payment: protect your rights
The European order for payment is transforming the recovery of cross-border debts. This procedure, governed by Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006, offers creditors a rapid solution. However, there are crucial subtleties to its implementation, particularly with regard to notification and redress. Authorised methods of notification The regulation...The European order for payment: an effective tool for cross-border debt collection
L'injonction de payer européenne (IPE) est une procédure judiciaire simplifiée permettant à un créancier de recouvrer une créance pécuniaire transfrontalière au sein de l'Union européenne, sans avoir à engager une procédure contentieuse classique dans chaque État membre. Instituée par le Règlement (CE) n° 1896/2006 du 12 décembre 2006, elle constitue…Who will decide my dispute? Determining which court has jurisdiction in European order for payment cases
For any creditor seeking to recover a cross-border debt, the European order for payment procedure offers an attractive solution. But before initiating this procedure, a preliminary question arises: which court should be seised? This is not an insignificant question. An error in determining which court has jurisdiction may result in the case being inadmissible...Recent reforms to the order for payment procedure: a new impetus for debt collection
Injunctions to pay are a fundamental tool for creditors wishing to recover their debts quickly. This procedure has recently undergone substantial changes designed to modernise it and make it more effective. Let's take a look at these changes, which are reshaping the debt collection landscape in France. The reform of the...Understanding injunctions to pay: foundations and applications
Qu'est-ce que l'injonction de payer ? L'injonction de payer est une procédure judiciaire simplifiée permettant à un créancier d'obtenir rapidement un titre exécutoire contre un débiteur qui ne règle pas sa dette. Prévue aux articles 1405 à 1425 du Code de procédure civile (CPC), elle constitue l'un des outils les…The order for payment procedure: stages and competent courts
The injonction de payer is an effective tool for creditors seeking to recover uncontested debts. This fast-track procedure makes it possible to obtain a writ of execution without going to court. Let's take a look at the key stages of this procedure. Jurisdiction Jurisdiction of attribution Jurisdiction to hear applications for injunctions to pay...Opposition in order for payment proceedings: how to regain control
An injunction to pay enables a creditor to quickly obtain an enforceable title without an initial adversarial debate. This procedure, which is effective for recovering debts, may seem unbalanced for the debtor. The legislator has therefore provided an essential mechanism: opposition. This right restores the procedural balance by allowing the debtor to...Injunction to pay: when a writ of execution turns a debt into gold
The order for payment procedure often remains mysterious until its final stage: the signing of the formule exécutoire. This is when a simple piece of paper becomes a formidable legal weapon. The executory clause: the creditor's key word An imperative deadline The creditor has a period of one month...The contractual basis of the judicial contract
In the meanders of judicial litigation, a hybrid mechanism has emerged: the judicial contract. Neither entirely conventional nor entirely judicial, it draws its strength from the will of the parties while benefiting from the anointing of the judge. Often misunderstood, this mechanism enables litigants to work together to find a solution to their dispute,...
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