A payment that has become superfluous "Since 1988, under the divorce decree that dissolved our marriage, I have been paying my ex-wife a maintenance allowance of CHF 50 per month. Today, I'm retired and receive a very small pension. My ex-wife is also retired but has inherited her mother's...
I sold my moped to a private individual. He now wants a refund on the grounds that the moped is faulty and that he can't use it. Am I obliged to refund him, given that the written contract of sale stipulated that the moped was sold as is and without warranty?
Trial period deemed too long My son started an apprenticeship as a mechanic with a small company. Initially, the trial period was not set out in the contract, but my son was later told by his employer that it would be six months, which I think is a long time for a two-year contract....
Hypothetical income fixed in divorce proceedings "I've been married for a year and I've just found out that my wife wants to file for divorce. We have a 9-month-old child. I'm currently unemployed. I've heard that it's possible for the judge to take a hypothetical income into account when setting...
A foreign licence that's making waves I have a boating licence issued by the French authorities a few years ago, when I lived and worked in neighbouring France. I now live in Switzerland and would like to exchange this French licence for a Swiss sailing licence, but I've been told...
A butterfly classified as very dangerous I have a butterfly knife at home, but I was recently told that it is a prohibited weapon in Switzerland. It seemed to me that our weapons legislation was rather tolerant and that it was easy to acquire firearms. Is it true that a simple knife is banned? Vincent,...
Can a fax be used as proof? I'm in dispute about an item I ordered in a shop. I'd like to know whether a fax can be considered valid evidence?" Gilles, Vaud In a court case, each party has a number of ways of proving the truth of its arguments: fax codes,...
Is it possible to have a child sitting in the front seat? "I usually carry my son in the front passenger seat of my car, with a booster seat; some of the mums at school claim that this is forbidden, on the grounds that he's not yet 12. One of them claims to have this information from the police. What does...
An employee doesn't have to pay business tax "I work in the restaurant trade in Geneva; my employer deducts business tax from my salary once a year. It seems to me that this tax is payable by the employer. Does he have the right to do this? Stéphane, Geneva Local business tax is a tax that helps businesses to...
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