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Ronde van de Rechtsstaat - Opendeur van de vier hoge rechtscolleges Brussel - 25 oktober 2025

In het kader van de Europese dag voor Justitie zetten de vier hoge rechtscolleges hun deuren open: Grondwettelijk Hof, Hof van Cassatie, Raad van State en het Rekenhof. VRG-Alumni…

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De vernieuwde stageovereenkomst

Op 10 oktober 2025 trad het gewijzigde artikel 31 bis van de Codex Deontologie voor Advocaten in werking. Dat betekent dat alle stageovereenkomsten – zowel nieuwe als lopende – uit…

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Legal Geek Europe 2026

Legal Geek Europe returns on 14 April 2026 at De Hallen Studio’s, Amsterdam.

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Belgian draft law amending the Pillar 2 Law

On 9 October 2025, the Belgian government submitted to Parliament a draft l…

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Maximum wage cost increase margin for the 2025-2026 period s…

On 22 September 2025, the Royal Decree of 12 September 2025 implementing ar…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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Bij vergissing aan een werknemer betaalde bedragen kunnen tot tien jaar worden teruggevorderd

Iedereen weet dat wat onverschuldigd betaald is, moet worden terugbetaald. (Soms kan er wel de discussie bestaan over de vraag of een betaling wel onv…

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Minister Peeters’ General Policy Note Announces Measures to Strengthen Belgian Competition Law Procedures and …

On 27 October 2016, Belgium’s deputy prime minister and minister of Employment, Economy and Consumer Affairs, in charge of Foreign Trade, Kris Peeters…

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'Uiterst hoogdringend' zonder 'gewoon hoogdringend': it doesn't always take two to tango!

Het is intussen alom bekend dat het bekomen van een schorsing van de tenuitvoerlegging van een (stedenbouwkundige) vergunning bij de Raad voor Vergunn…

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Advocate General Wahl concludes that the Court of Justice of the EU should uphold Intel’s appeal against the E…

Advocate General Wahl concludes that the Court of Justice of the EU should uphold Intel’s appeal against the EUR 1.06 billion fine for abuse of domina…

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The Flemish Region Ikea Act

In Flanders, the socio-economic permit will be replaced by the environmental permit as of 1 January 2018. The Flemish De…

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Rechtsplegingsvergoedingen verhoogd

Via een aanpassing van het KB van 26 oktober 2007 werden net voor de zomer de bestaande rechtsplegingsvergoedingen aangepast. De wijzigingen zijn van …

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Court of Cassation: right to privacy encompasses (online) ‘right to be forgotten’

On 29 April 2016, the Court of Cassation dismissed an appeal lodged by the Belgian newspaper Le Soir against the ruling of the Court of Appeal of Lièg…

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EU charge sheet suggests that Google is illegally tying Android to Internet search n contracts with smartphone…

According to the new charge sheet sent to Google by the European Commission, the search engine would be tying its Android to Internet search in contra…

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Zelfstandigen moeten "ongedisciplineerd" zijn

Is het meer dan vijftig jaar na de Loonbeschermingswet van 1965 nog altijd geen uitgemaakte zaak wat loon is in de zin van die wet, meer dan 116 jaar …

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La fin du principe de proportionnalité dans l’appréciation du motif grave ?

En droit du travail, le motif grave est toute faute grave qui rend immédiatement et définitivement impossible toute collaboration professionnelle entr…

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Court of Appeal rejects the Belgian courts’ jurisdictional competence regarding Facebook Inc. and Facebook Ire…

On 29 June 2016 the Court of Appeal of Brussels rejected the suit filed by the Belgian Privacy Commission against Facebook Inc., Facebook Ireland and …

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IP infringements by a 3rd-party user of a WIFI network: who is liable?

Access to a WIFI network is provided in virtually all public areas. So, from time to time, a user of a WIFI network may commit an infringement of an i…

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Commission is likely to open more cartel cases against car-parts manufacturers

It has been reported that high officials within the European Commission have stated that more cartel cases against car-parts manufacturers are likely …

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New data retention obligations for providers of publicly available electronic communications services or netwo…

On 18 July 2016, the Belgian Official Gazette published the Act of 29 May 2016 on the collection and storage of data in the electronic communication s…

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“Losers” lose: transfer of a back-up copy of software, unless authorized, is not allowed

The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”), in the Aleksandrs Ranks and Jurijs Vasilevics case (C-166/15), held that although in applying the UsedSoft case…

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Uber chauffeurs zijn werknemers, geen zelfstandigen

De arbeidsrechtbank van Londen heeft beslist dat taxi chauffeurs die hun diensten aanbieden via de Uber app geen zelfstandigen zijn maar werknemers.&n…

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Openbare raadpleging inzake EU-concentratiecontrole

De Europese Commissie organiseert een openbare raadpleging inzake de evaluatie van procedurele en bevoegdheidsaspecten van de EU-concentratiecontroleG…

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How can an employee validly waive his rights to claims arising from the employment contract?

In principle, an employee can only waive such rights after termination of the employment contract, provided a settlement agreement has been concl…

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Commission launches public consultation on the functioning of certain procedural and jurisdictional aspects of…

On 7th October 2016, the European Commission launched a public consultation in order to seek feedback from citizens, businesses, associations, public …

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Jurisdiction clause in the general conditions of tender contract under Brussels I Regulation

Agreements or clauses that confer jurisdiction to a state court are of great importance in international litigation. The reason for parties to agree o…

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