News & Articles

11/03/25

Reform of Non-Contractual Liability in Belgium: A Guide for Businesses

On January 1, 2025, a major shift occurred with the entry into force of the new Book 6 of the Civil Code concerning non-contractual liability. This re…

27/01/25

Dentons welcomes 2 new partners in its Brussels office

Dentons has strengthened its Brussels office with the recruitment of Jens Debièvre as partner and head of the Public Law and Regulatory practice and J…

08/11/24

E-Evidence in the EU: Fast-Tracking Justice or Fast-Tracking Trouble?

Why is the EU introducing the E-Evidence package? The answer lies in the growing role of electronic evidence in criminal investigations. As more data …

23/10/24

Arrêt de la Cour de cassation | Unification jurisprudentielle de la «perte de chance»

Au terme de son arrêt du 29 mars 2024 (C.23.0253.F-0262.F), la Cour de cassation a eu l’occasion d’unifier sa jurisprudence concernant la perte d’une …

12/07/24

L’instauration des chambres de règlement amiable dans les juridictions civiles et commerciales

Le coût d’une procédure et l’arriéré judiciaire particulièrement important devant de nombreuses juridictions en Belgique, ont amené le législateur, de…

26/02/24

EPPO – First ruling of the ECJ: a Solomon’s judgement on cross-border investigations

In its Grand Chamber judgement of 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union rendered its very first decision on the functioning of …

22/01/24

Extension of the Belgian Reconciliation Procedure

Following the Act of 19 December 2023 (published on 27 December 2023), the legislator has introduced a reconciliation procedure in the commercial and …

10/11/23

Reinvented transfer of business - GRP - PRJ

Reform of the insolvency law from September 1, 2023 (Part 2)

09/11/23

What procedures can be used to collect your claims in Belgium ?

In Belgium, the legal framework provides creditors with several options to address situations where a debtor fails to meet their financial obligations…

14/07/23

Hoe zorg je voor de uitvoering van buitenlandse vonnissen in België?

In België zijn verschillende regels en formaliteiten van toepassing op de tenuitvoerlegging en erkenning van buitenlandse vonnissen, afhankelijk van d…

30/05/23

The Arbitrability of Distributorship Law Disputes in Belgium: a reversal of case law

On 7 April 2023, the Belgian Cour de Cassation reversed its long standing case law and decided that (from now on) disputes concerning the termination …

19/04/23

Dispute Resolution News - How arbitration can facilitate settlements

17/04/23

Het aanwenden van getuigenverklaringen in het arbeidsrecht - vorm (forma) boven inhoud (substantia)?

In het arbeidsrecht wordt vaak een beroep gedaan op het getuigenbewijs. Ongeacht de waarde van het geschil is in het arbeidsrecht dergelijk bewijs imm…

27/02/23

Ongoing innovation of the Belgian insolvency law : change of the current law and a new proposal for a European…

nsolvency law in Belgium will be subject to a lot of change, through the transposition of two consecutive directives of the European Union and the imp…

03/02/23

Changed circumstances in contract law, also in light of the new civil code provisions

If anything has become abundantly clear in the past years is that uncertainty is really one of the few existing certainties. At first, there was the c…

26/01/23

Wettelijke rente en rente betalingsachterstand rijzen tot ongekende hoogten

Na alle prijsstijgingen en loonindexaties, stijgen nu ook de wettelijke rentevoeten. De nieuwe rentevoeten zijn van toepassing vanaf 1 januari 2023. D…

20/01/23

Trends in climate litigation

A global spike in court cases over climate change demonstrates the increasing role of litigation in addressing the climate crisis. Governments, banks …

19/01/23

An unpaid cross-border invoice? Don´t just sit there!

When there exists an - uncontested - cross-border monetary claim between any EU Member States (with the exception of Denmark), the European order for …

01/12/22

Heiploeg’s impact on Belgian insolvency law

The European Court of Justice’s (“ECJ”) Plessers judgment seemed to cause a serious threat for the applicability of the Belgian reorganisation procedu…

10/11/22

Belgian temporary insolvency law measures protecting energy-intensive companies

Energy prices have soared over the last few months. Although this evolution has impacted all economic operators, energy-intensive companies are partic…