When a BV or an NV is declared bankrupt, the director of the company is in principle not personally obliged to pay the debts of the company, unless there is directors' and/or founders' liability, an open current account and/or (a) personal suretyship(s). The debts, for which the former manager in...
OPPOSITE EPISODE 4: PEGASUS AND PRIVACY
This is Tegenvoets, the sharp view of two lawyers on current affairs and society. With Walter Van Steenbrugge and Johan Vande Lanotte. What is happening in our society and how does this relate to the laws and the law? Pegasus made headlines, but more than a ripple on the surface caused…
WORKING WITH STUDENTS: SOME POINTS TO CONSIDER
Employment of students The summer holidays have meanwhile started. This traditionally means that many students have a holiday job. Although the student agreement is an ordinary employment agreement for blue-collar workers, employees or sales representatives, the student agreement deviates from an ordinary employment agreement on certain points. Additional conditions apply. An...
DON'T FORGET TO LOAD YOUR EVIDENCE DOCUMENTS IN THE UBO REGISTER BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1!
As a result of the application of the anti-money laundering legislation, companies, non-profit organizations and foundations (so-called 'reporting agents') have been obliged since 2019 to register their ultimate beneficiaries in the Belgian UBO register, which is accessible via the MyMinFin platform of the FPS Finance. Since the entry into force of the Royal Decree of September 23, 2020, there is...
THE PLANNED REFORMS WITHIN THE CRIMINAL EXECUTION LANDSCAPE
Through various channels, our Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne announced his plans to effectively implement short prison sentences from 1 December 2021. With these plans, Minister Van Quickenborne wants to put an end to the feeling of impunity. But is this hint of impunity justified and what…
