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How are prison sentences carried out?

Sentenced to imprisonment from 6 months to 3 years? Introduction How is your sentence carried out when you have been sentenced to one or more prison terms that vary in total between 6 months and 3 years? Two situations can be distinguished: 1. As your total penalty time…
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Bankruptcy and Term of Appeal

In a cassation judgment of september 28, 2023 (no. C. 23. 0043.N) the Court of Cassation annulled a decision of the Ghent Court of appeal of 5 september 2022 and referred the case to the Antwerp court of Appeal. The dispute concerned the deadline to increase…
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Recent reforms to insolvency law

From september 1, 2023, an important reform of insolvency law will come into force in Belgium. This reform is the result of the transposition of a European directive aimed at harmonising insolvency law at European level. The reform has multiple objectives, including…
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