The Dutch Smart Cities Law Firms partner office of Sirius Legal, Marxman advocaten, was recently interviewed about the Smart Cities Law Firms partnership. We will resume the article below. Who wants to read the original can go here. Sirius Legal and Marxman are two of the founding members of the international partnership Smart Citlies Law …
In the middle of the summer period and while most Belgians stayed in a hotel somewhere in the South, a new law has been published that precisely makes the booking of such a hotel cheaper and more transparent for the consumer and at the same time to the hotel owner or to the operator to …
VAT rate applicable on transportation of goods in e-commerce. The easiest answer is when the transportation has been performed by a third party, e.g. courier service or transportation company. In that case the normal rate of 21% (in Belgium) will be applicable. The customer will pay directly to the transportation company and the relationship is …
Sirius Legal en Bart Van den Brande zijn in 2015 voor het derde jaar op rij uitverkozen door de internationale directory Global Law Experts als ‘recommended firm’ en ‘recommended lawyer’ voor België in ‘Internet law & e-commerce’ en en ‘Media & entertainment law’. Global Law Experts werkt met één exclusieve ‘recommended firm’ of ‘recommended lawyer …
Our international network Consulegis is organizing its Annual General Assembly in Barcelona from 23 to 26 April. Both Bart Van Besien en Ruben Kenis will represent Sirius Legal in Barcelona, where they will take part in the actual AGM conference as well as in the IP Specialist Group, the Sports law specialist group and the …
The IP Specialist Group of our international contact network Consulegis is very active in exchanging legal news from across the world, allowing all partner firms to remain on top of all relevant evolutions in IP-law. As of January 2015, this will allow us at Sirius Legal to periodically share on our firm’s website relevant legal …
Is the Belgian system of capped recovery of lawyer fees compatible with article 14 of the IP Enforcement Directive, that provides for the recovery of reasonable and proportionate legal costs by the party prevailing in an IP case? That is the question that the ECJ has to answer following a referral of preliminary question to …