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  • Will the taxman take my shirt? (12 October 2026)
  • Too old to qualify for the student fare? (5 October 2026)
  • The Ethics of Etiquette (28 September 2026)
  • Patience is being put to the test (14 September 2026)
  • Need to show ID to have a drink? (7 September 2026)
  • Does a police stop need to be justified?  (31 August 2026)
  • Three breakdowns on: is one enough? (24 August 2026)
  • Is there a referee above the referee?  (14 July 2026)
  • Local residents trained (6 July 2026)
  • Adulthood according to federal judges (29 June 2026)
  • All work deserves a wage (23 June 2026)
  • A vigilante in the city? (16 June 2026)
  • Debt-free summer camps (8 June 2026)
  • Those who pay their taxes stay afloat (2 June 2026)
  • A visa to govern them all? (26 May 2026)
  • When parking meters break down (11 May 2026)
  • Who's pulling the strings? (4 May 2026)
  • Flying over a nest of trouble  (27 April 2026)
  • When advertising is no longer public (20 April 2026)
  • Can I hide my eggs... with them? (6 April 2026)
  • Who makes the rules in our beautiful country? (30 March 2026)
  • Local council or family council? (23 March 2026)
  • Dad, where are you?  (16 March 2026)
  • Rent guarantee or friendship guarantee? (2 March 2026)
  • Is it the one who shouts loudest who wins? (23 February 2026)
  • Are you still around? (16 February 2026)
  • Can I enter into a contract with myself? (9 February 2026)
  • Minors and the new criminal law (2 February 2026)
  • Where to pay for air travel? (26 January 2026)
  • I don't want to look stupid in 2026! (19 January 2026)
  • A festive intrusion? (22 December 2025)
  • All that glitters is not gold (15 December 2025)
  • The problem with certain evidence is well known! (8 December 2025)
  • What happens at the barracks, stays at the barracks? (1 December 2025)
  • Playing the woods, sensibly? (24 November 2025)
  • Just a minute, I want to keep this faulty item! (17 November 2025)
  • The legacy of the distant uncle is not always American (10 November 2025)
  • Health insurance for cross-border commuters (3 November 2025)
  • When it comes to competition, it's better to go straight than too fast (27 October 2025)
  • Smile, you're being filmed! (20 October 2025)
  • Out of order but not outlawed! (13 October 2025)
  • When medication does not mean free consent (6 October 2025)
  • Give up your pension in the name of equality! (29 September 2025)
  • Ink or pixels? The power of signatures (22 September 2025)
  • A good kiss... from the penitentiary! (15 September 2025)
  • The right way to "get" help      (8 September 2025)
  • Renovating your second home? (1 September 2025)
  • Public transport, but individual responsibility (25 August 2025)
  • When sex takes an accidental turn (7 July 2025)
  • Freedom of association: should we be splitting hairs? (28 June 2025)
  • Not just anyone can be served with a summons! (23 June 2025)
  • Welcome to the development zone! (23 June 2025)
  • Elections and foreigners (23 June 2025)
  • I'm being made to toil like an elf... (23 June 2025)
  • Who's chasing the thief? Gendarme or policeman (23 June 2025)
  • Landscaping your garden is not without risks (23 June 2025)
  • Is this commission excessive? (23 June 2025)
  • Sincere condolences and hello debts! (23 June 2025)
  • Am I of legal age abroad too? (23 June 2025)
  • Right to disconnect (23 June 2025)
  • Seller's error: who bears the costs? (23 June 2025)
  • Partial loan: lucrative idea or trap? What is a partial loan? What is its purpose? (23 June 2025)
  • Freedom of expression is a (legal) weapon (23 June 2025)
  • Gun or toy (23 June 2025)
  • How to contest a fine (23 June 2025)
  • I'm freaking out! (23 June 2025)
  • Are elite e-sporters legally recognised? (23 June 2025)
  • Taking flight from a marriage on the rocks (23 June 2025)
  • All in the same net (23 June 2025)
  • Speed limits or chicanes? (23 June 2025)
  • The art of going right (23 June 2025)
  • What about my chances of becoming Swiss? (23 June 2025)
  • How does the consortium work? (23 June 2025)
  • Obligations and contract law (23 June 2025)
  • Are we really allowed to drive without looking at the road in 2025? (23 June 2025)
  • I want to stand up this policeman (23 June 2025)
  • Can I get fired over the phone? (23 June 2025)
  • I've been attacked twice using the same procedure (23 June 2025)
  • A hairball for life? (23 June 2025)
  • Noise to tear up the floorboards (23 June 2025)
  • I've been asked to change my number plates (23 June 2025)
  • Is such a waiver legal? (23 June 2025)
  • How can I lend my car without risk? (23 June 2025)
  • How do you adopt your wife's daughter? (18 January 2025)
  • How do you establish a right of habitation? (18 January 2025)
  • Surprise: the subcontractor has not been paid! (18 January 2025)
  • How do you ensure that heirs succeed each other? (18 January 2025)
  • How to get a dog (18 January 2025)
  • How do I write off a lawsuit? (18 January 2025)
  • How can I recover the money I lent? (18 January 2025)
  • How do you break a company contract? (18 January 2025)
  • How to protect yourself against harassment (18 January 2025)
  • Business for sale (18 January 2025)
  • Conciliation or mediation? (18 January 2025)
  • Construction: it's up to you to find out (18 January 2025)
  • Contesting disqualification (18 January 2025)
  • Modified employment contract. Legal? (18 January 2025)
  • Maintenance contribution and AVS (18 January 2025)
  • Maintenance contribution: what if my ex-husband dies before me? (18 January 2025)
  • Routine check: no calls allowed (18 January 2025)
  • Housing cooperative and renovation costs (18 January 2025)
  • Cutting off the neighbour's branch? (18 January 2025)
  • Claims and limitation periods (18 January 2025)
  • Mountain crossing (18 January 2025)
  • A cook to please... who pays the new (18 January 2025)
  • Imposed holiday dates: an employer's right? (18 January 2025)
  • Enforcement of fines (18 January 2025)
  • The independence of solicitors (18 January 2025)
  • Misuse of a sticker? (18 January 2025)
  • Damage caused in the course of providing a service: what happens next? (18 January 2025)
  • Delayed response and denial of justice (18 January 2025)
  • Moving to an EMS and taking over the lease (18 January 2025)
  • Estimate overrun (18 January 2025)
  • Disturbed by a car wash (18 January 2025)
  • Fines for using visitor spaces (18 January 2025)
  • Rights and duties of the usufructuary (18 January 2025)
  • From 1 July, watch out bikes! (18 January 2025)
  • Are beehives on my roof legal? (18 January 2025)
  • Dog ownership (18 January 2025)
  • Becoming a "public utility (18 January 2025)
  • Becoming Swiss and living in France (18 January 2025)
  • Will I have to work on 1 August? (18 January 2025)
  • Defamation and discharging evidence (18 January 2025)
  • Discriminating against a man is illegal (18 January 2025)
  • Say it with flowers... (18 January 2025)
  • Divorce by mutual consent (18 January 2025)
  • Divorce: do I have to pay for life? (18 January 2025)
  • Divorce in France, application in Switzerland (18 January 2025)
  • Divorce in sight: what about your home? (18 January 2025)
  • Divorce and the concept of fault (18 January 2025)
  • Divorce: occupational pension provision (18 January 2025)
  • Divorce: pension reduced? (18 January 2025)
  • Divorce: am I obliged to share my 2nd pillar? (18 January 2025)
  • Divorced, I'd like to regain my rights as a young woman (18 January 2025)
  • Do I have to finance my child's education until the age of 30? (18 January 2025)
  • Do I have to pay for my parents' EMS? (18 January 2025)
  • Who is responsible for customer damage? (18 January 2025)
  • Employer data relating to COVID-19 (18 January 2025)
  • The garage owner's right of retention : (18 January 2025)
  • Grandparents' visiting rights (18 January 2025)
  • Divorce law, dependent children and alimony (18 January 2025)
  • Tenants' rights when faced with a rent increase (18 January 2025)
  • Proper use of the stop strip (18 January 2025)
  • Brandy: don't get stuck with a plum (18 January 2025)
  • Employing domestic staff (18 January 2025)
  • Off work due to pressure (18 January 2025)
  • In the event of any defects... (18 January 2025)
  • In the event of separation of cohabitees (18 January 2025)
  • While on sick leave, I signed my resignation... (18 January 2025)
  • Divorced and pregnant (18 January 2025)
  • What is separation of property? (18 January 2025)
  • Pregnant and ill: can maternity leave be reduced? (18 January 2025)
  • Whether or not contracted online (18 January 2025)
  • Recording without consent (18 January 2025)
  • Moving into an EMS - do you have to sell your house? (18 January 2025)
  • Maintenance of a right of way (18 January 2025)
  • Maintenance of an adult child (18 January 2025)
  • Sales price error (18 January 2025)
  • Is this grounds for termination? (18 January 2025)
  • And if I ever got divorced... (18 January 2025)
  • What if I took my wife's name? (18 January 2025)
  • If you are an adult student, who is responsible for your debts? (18 January 2025)
  • Speeding (18 January 2025)
  • Invoices: what is the payment deadline? (18 January 2025)
  • Making chocolate without being chocolate... (18 January 2025)
  • Getting a lawsuit struck off (18 January 2025)
  • Should you help your parents? (18 January 2025)
  • Do I have to read all the terms and conditions? (18 January 2025)
  • Cleaning lady and holidays (18 January 2025)
  • Swiss son, Thai mother: what reunification? (18 January 2025)
  • Form of the lawsuit (18 January 2025)
  • Obligation to testify (18 January 2025)
  • If my wife hits me, can I divorce her without her consent? (18 January 2025)
  • Locked-in rental guarantee (18 January 2025)
  • Alternating custody: how do you go about it? (18 January 2025)
  • Keeping grandma's lease (18 January 2025)
  • Road traffic: the same rules for everyone? (18 January 2025)
  • Unemployment: when will I be paid? (18 January 2025)
  • Dog injured by a neighbour: who pays the vet? (18 January 2025)
  • Warm the chestnuts and watch out for the bodywork! (18 January 2025)
  • Change of name (18 January 2025)
  • Certificate of living person (18 January 2025)
  • Is this restaurateur acting within his rights? (18 January 2025)
  • What "it's the law" means (18 January 2025)
  • CLA and CTT (18 January 2025)
  • What exactly is a day's fine? (18 January 2025)
  • Burnt by my iron (18 January 2025)
  • Tickets sold out, shows cancelled. But what about me? (18 January 2025)
  • Baby's on the way: what to plan for? (18 January 2025)
  • Rent cuts: not for everyone! (18 January 2025)
  • Lease terminated after the death of my spouse. Is this legal? (18 January 2025)
  • Rental lease: the impossible reversal (18 January 2025)
  • Cars: beware of hidden defects (18 January 2025)
  • Rent increases: the management company must meet certain deadlines (18 January 2025)
  • Watch your indicators at roundabouts (18 January 2025)
  • Park your motorbike in a car space? (18 January 2025)
  • Health insurance, beware of the home! (18 January 2025)
  • Arranging the condominium landing (18 January 2025)
  • After a death, who decides on the sale of land? (18 January 2025)
  • Surprise fine... (18 January 2025)
  • So, yes or no? (18 January 2025)
  • Alcohol: on boats too! (18 January 2025)
  • Aid in the event of COVID-19 (18 January 2025)
  • Helping people to die. When is it punishable? (18 January 2025)
  • Do I have the right to photograph an object of art? (18 January 2025)
  • Deeds of default: the statute of limitations (18 January 2025)
  • Acquiring Swiss nationality (18 January 2025)
  • Purchase of property by foreigners (18 January 2025)
  • Controversial accident: it is up to the injured party to prove fault (18 January 2025)
  • What is the Criminal Court? (18 January 2025)
  • 30 km/h zones: who has priority? (18 January 2025)
  • Blue zone, white lines: compliant? (18 January 2025)
  • Company cars: who is responsible for paying fines? (18 January 2025)
  • Used car: a fool's bargain (18 January 2025)
  • Smelly neighbours: what legal remedies are available? (18 January 2025)
  • Neighbours and smoking (18 January 2025)
  • Neighbourhood (2): The differences between Geneva and Vaud? (18 January 2025)
  • A holiday to forget your sorrows (18 January 2025)
  • Long live the holidays! But how many days? (18 January 2025)
  • Inappropriate speed, fine and challenge. (18 January 2025)
  • Victims of mobbing: what can you do? (18 January 2025)
  • Lost disco jacket: what are my rights? (18 January 2025)
  • Payment of maintenance (18 January 2025)
  • Sale of movable property coupled with the transfer of a lease (18 January 2025)
  • International boat sales (18 January 2025)
  • How do you come to work here? (18 January 2025)
  • Come and study without waiting for my visa... (18 January 2025)
  • Holidays set in Covid-19 time (18 January 2025)
  • Improper use of municipal services (18 January 2025)
  • Can an aunt marry her nephew? (18 January 2025)
  • A young mother confronts the LAMal (18 January 2025)
  • Can a spanking be justified? (18 January 2025)
  • A bankruptcy remains registered for five years (18 January 2025)
  • One bill offsets another (18 January 2025)
  • Debt can last a very long time (18 January 2025)
  • Maintenance contribution changes (18 January 2025)
  • An unexpected scar (18 January 2025)
  • A garden shed to send back (18 January 2025)
  • A rent reduction in the face of building work? (18 January 2025)
  • Joint life insurance in the event of divorce? (18 January 2025)
  • A payment no longer necessary (18 January 2025)
  • A moped that's bought and running (18 January 2025)
  • A trial period deemed too long (18 January 2025)
  • A hypothetical income set during a divorce (18 January 2025)
  • A foreign licence that's making waves (18 January 2025)
  • A butterfly classified as very dangerous (18 January 2025)
  • Can a fax be used as evidence? (18 January 2025)
  • A child sitting in the front: is it possible? (18 January 2025)
  • An employee does not have to pay business tax (18 January 2025)
  • Does moving house entitle you to a day off? (18 January 2025)
  • A gym contract in COVID-19 time (18 January 2025)
  • An unjustified order to pay (18 January 2025)
  • An employment certificate after the fact? (18 January 2025)
  • A partner cannot leave a simple partnership just like that. (18 January 2025)
  • A tradesman is charging me HGV tax. Is that fair? (18 January 2025)
  • Can an apprentice work at night? (18 January 2025)
  • Can a purchase be returned and refunded? (18 January 2025)
  • Voluntary guardianship: what are the conditions? (18 January 2025)
  • You'll only inherit once you've been trained (18 January 2025)
  • Electric scooter or skateboard? (18 January 2025)
  • Too many people for one lift (18 January 2025)
  • Criminal court (18 January 2025)
  • Crossing a white line by bike (18 January 2025)
  • Work: what can the tenant demand? (18 January 2025)
  • Cross-border worker made redundant (18 January 2025)
  • Temporary work (18 January 2025)
  • Transfer of lease following death (18 January 2025)
  • Transfer of lease to third party (18 January 2025)
  • Translator and interrogation (18 January 2025)
  • TPG: is luggage acceptable? (18 January 2025)
  • Not every commission is worth taking (18 January 2025)
  • Householders and open letters (18 January 2025)
  • Not all roads lead to your neighbour's! (18 January 2025)
  • Receiving the 2nd pillar after a divorce (18 January 2025)
  • Income and wealth tax: what's the difference? (18 January 2025)
  • Taxation of income and wealth: what's the difference? (18 January 2025)
  • Housework (18 January 2025)
  • American and Swiss systems (18 January 2025)
  • Living space in residential areas (18 January 2025)
  • What are sureties and guarantees? (18 January 2025)
  • Do I have to testify against my husband? (18 January 2025)
  • Am I adequately compensated for the use of my car? (18 January 2025)
  • Inheritance: my rights as a partner (18 January 2025)
  • Inheritance and usufruct (18 January 2025)
  • Succession and lease (18 January 2025)
  • Squatters (18 January 2025)
  • His brother inherits, but not his sister. Is this legal? (18 January 2025)
  • Child car seat (18 January 2025)
  • If a spouse dies, what AHV pension is payable? (18 January 2025)
  • If I'm made redundant, what should I do? (18 January 2025)
  • What do I do if I need social assistance? (18 January 2025)
  • Easements (18 January 2025)
  • Separation and marital accommodation (18 January 2025)
  • Doctor-patient confidentiality (18 January 2025)
  • Protecting yourself against the excesses of your neighbours (18 January 2025)
  • Complaining about a lawsuit (18 January 2025)
  • Going green can be expensive (18 January 2025)
  • Seizure: which assets are spared? (18 January 2025)
  • Drive young, but carefully (18 January 2025)
  • Ride young! Grandma on a motorbike (18 January 2025)
  • Drinking and riding a bike or scooter (18 January 2025)
  • How to withdraw your driving licence (18 January 2025)
  • Withdrawal of lease termination: what does the law say? (18 January 2025)
  • Whether or not to return to better fortune (18 January 2025)
  • An eventful evening (18 January 2025)
  • Delayed parcel delivery (18 January 2025)
  • Early surrender of a lease (18 January 2025)
  • Parents' liability for damage to property (18 January 2025)
  • Parents' liability for damage caused to third parties (18 January 2025)
  • Parental responsibility in the event of injury (18 January 2025)
  • Respect the right of way and don't drive in circles (18 January 2025)
  • Cancel without being able to sign (18 January 2025)
  • Cancelling a company lease (18 January 2025)
  • Cancel before the expiry date? (18 January 2025)
  • Cancellation and sick leave (18 January 2025)
  • Termination of employment: protected? (18 January 2025)
  • Termination of lease with spouse's agreement (18 January 2025)
  • Taking over the lease (18 January 2025)
  • Breakdown of heating costs (18 January 2025)
  • Renovation: entitlement to a rent reduction? (18 January 2025)
  • Renouncing a share of an inheritance (18 January 2025)
  • Contested work regulations (18 January 2025)
  • Rejection of self-employed status (18 January 2025)
  • He refuses to divorce (18 January 2025)
  • AI challenge (18 January 2025)
  • Recovering a property (18 January 2025)
  • Debt collection (18 January 2025)
  • Termination of lease for non-payment (18 January 2025)
  • Rent reduction if renovation (18 January 2025)
  • Rent reduction: not always hot! (18 January 2025)
  • Redeeming a deed of default? (18 January 2025)
  • Company takeover: employee rights (18 January 2025)
  • What about the Trade Register? (18 January 2025)
  • What about guarantees? (18 January 2025)
  • What about licence fees for TV on the Net? (18 January 2025)
  • Who pays for a stay in a nursing home? (18 January 2025)
  • If you drive too fast, you won't gather any moss (18 January 2025)
  • Who is entitled to the allowance? (18 January 2025)
  • Who pays for accommodation in an EMS? (18 January 2025)
  • Who pays for new windows? (18 January 2025)
  • Who will compensate the victim? (18 January 2025)
  • Who has the right to go out armed? (18 January 2025)
  • Who has priority on a mountain road? (18 January 2025)
  • Right of way at the wheel (18 January 2025)
  • What are the rights of a cohabiting partner after a break-up? (18 January 2025)
  • What rights does a beneficial owner have? (18 January 2025)
  • What rights do separated fiancés have? (18 January 2025)
  • How much latitude do you have when using a drone? (18 January 2025)
  • What is the difference between defamation and slander? (18 January 2025)
  • What surname for my child? (18 January 2025)
  • How do I take legal action against my employer? (18 January 2025)
  • What impact does divorce have on the State Pension Scheme? (18 January 2025)
  • Which brokers are entitled to commission? (18 January 2025)
  • The Penal Code and penalties for teenagers (18 January 2025)
  • What is the value of a contract if the price is mistakenly too low? (18 January 2025)
  • What does it really mean to be "domiciled" somewhere? (18 January 2025)
  • What does usufruct cover? (18 January 2025)
  • What can an unmarried mother get? (18 January 2025)
  • What should I do if a neighbouring tenant is breathing down my neck? (18 January 2025)
  • How can I protect myself against legal mortgages? (18 January 2025)
  • What should you do when faced with a bad payer? (18 January 2025)
  • What should the minutes contain? (18 January 2025)
  • When can I access the criminal file? (18 January 2025)
  • When can you declare personal bankruptcy? (18 January 2025)
  • When the father is misled (18 January 2025)
  • When Crédit Suisse sells itself on credit... (18 January 2025)
  • When justice is suspended (18 January 2025)
  • When the hedge of the neighbouring villa casts a shadow over your property (18 January 2025)
  • When heritage transcends borders (18 January 2025)
  • When I lend my car to a relative (18 January 2025)
  • When should I change health insurance provider? (18 January 2025)
  • What does the birth certificate show? (18 January 2025)
  • What is AVS splitting? (18 January 2025)
  • So what is lis pendens? (18 January 2025)
  • What is a non-competition clause? (18 January 2025)
  • What about online games? (18 January 2025)
  • Bedbugs! (18 January 2025)
  • Can I check my mailbox? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I prune my neighbour's tree? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I return online purchases? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I reduce the pension paid to my daughter? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I claim old child benefit? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I lose my job if I take part in a parade? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I share my commercial premises? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I take legal action against my landlord? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I have my neighbour's hedge trimmed? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I make my cat my sole heir? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I ask for my flat to be renovated? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I request a DNA test on the father of my twins? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I ask for double-glazing? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I disinherit my daughter who has cut her ties? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I dispute a rent increase? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I bring forward my recruit school? (18 January 2025)
  • Protection in the event of dismissal (18 January 2025)
  • Extending the life of a grave is expensive (18 January 2025)
  • Unpaid premiums to catch up on (18 January 2025)
  • Civil claim in criminal proceedings (18 January 2025)
  • Prescription: what are the terms and conditions? (18 January 2025)
  • Preparing your estate: the three types of wills (18 January 2025)
  • Free first appointment... (18 January 2025)
  • Clarification on usufruct and right of habitation (18 January 2025)
  • PPE: what about the person who doesn't pay? (18 January 2025)
  • PPE: who should pay for the shutters? (18 January 2025)
  • Can we exclude an obnoxious neighbour? (18 January 2025)
  • Can we get divorced in France? (18 January 2025)
  • Power to engage a third party on one's behalf (18 January 2025)
  • Why pay for what I don't use? (18 January 2025)
  • For my partner to inherit (18 January 2025)
  • Bins (18 January 2025)
  • Possible case of tax evasion (18 January 2025)
  • Are there any limits to Air Horns? (18 January 2025)
  • Heat pumps: administrative sweat? (18 January 2025)
  • Do undercover police officers exist? (18 January 2025)
  • Poker, are our games legal? (18 January 2025)
  • Meeting point (18 January 2025)
  • Which way do I walk as a pedestrian? (18 January 2025)
  • Is it illegal to photograph drug dealers? (18 January 2025)
  • Can I still return a purchase? (18 January 2025)
  • Is it possible to collect customer lists? (18 January 2025)
  • Can access rights be changed? (18 January 2025)
  • Can you call someone crazy with impunity? (18 January 2025)
  • Can you use up your sickness benefit? (18 January 2025)
  • Can a fictitious tax domicile be reported? (18 January 2025)
  • Can bankruptcy be postponed? (18 January 2025)
  • Can he sell our business without my signature? (18 January 2025)
  • Can she take the equipment? (18 January 2025)
  • Can she take our son away from me? (18 January 2025)
  • Building permit: neighbours were not specifically informed (18 January 2025)
  • A father separated from his son: how do you maintain the link? (18 January 2025)
  • Maintenance payments and wage garnishments (18 January 2025)
  • Alimony, death and inheritance (18 January 2025)
  • Painting in condominiums (18 January 2025)
  • Paying with coins, yes, but... no more than a hundred! (18 January 2025)
  • Crossing onto your neighbour's land? (18 January 2025)
  • Where do I cross the road? (18 January 2025)
  • No holiday for the boss (18 January 2025)
  • No customs officer at the post to declare VAT (18 January 2025)
  • LPP division (18 January 2025)
  • Division of the estate (18 January 2025)
  • Sharing after ten years of separation (18 January 2025)
  • Car parks: who can issue which fines? (18 January 2025)
  • Photovoltaic panels: my roof is leaking (18 January 2025)
  • Opening my own hairdressing salon? (18 January 2025)
  • Commencement of probate proceedings (18 January 2025)
  • Where can I sue my debtor? (18 January 2025)
  • Where is my legal address? (18 January 2025)
  • Remove my photo from Facebook (18 January 2025)
  • Eleven weeks of hell in Lancy (18 January 2025)
  • You can oppose a criminal court order (18 January 2025)
  • I've been offered a new lease... (18 January 2025)
  • My bank card has been stolen (18 January 2025)
  • I was refused a breathalyser! (18 January 2025)
  • I've been refused my holiday dates! (18 January 2025)
  • I was asked for my bank card. Is this legal? (18 January 2025)
  • It's freezing and the management doesn't want to heat any more (18 January 2025)
  • Obtain the installation of a digital code lock (18 January 2025)
  • Moral obligation to a parent (18 January 2025)
  • The obligation to testify (18 January 2025)
  • Lost property and personal data (18 January 2025)
  • Nuisances in a PPE (18 January 2025)
  • We want to get back to living together... (18 January 2025)
  • We want to give away our French house: which law applies? (18 January 2025)
  • Can our aunt claim our grandfather's inheritance? (18 January 2025)
  • Our maximum AHV pension (18 January 2025)
  • Is our partnership still valid? (18 January 2025)
  • Notification and prosecution of a person living abroad (18 January 2025)
  • Are our grandchildren heirs? (18 January 2025)
  • Don't fall for it! (18 January 2025)
  • Don't let the blues get you down! (18 January 2025)
  • Don't I have the right to set my own holidays? (18 January 2025)
  • Do you no longer have the right to quit your job? (18 January 2025)
  • MPUC or divorce? (18 January 2025)
  • The price on the internet was incorrect. (18 January 2025)
  • My flight is cancelled the day before departure (18 January 2025)
  • My neighbour wants to stop me planting trees... (18 January 2025)
  • My neighbour doesn't trim his hedge (18 January 2025)
  • My phone had a fault (18 January 2025)
  • My landlord and my privacy (18 January 2025)
  • My boss and my extended holidays (18 January 2025)
  • My husband wants to make a will (18 January 2025)
  • My French husband inherits in Switzerland (18 January 2025)
  • My husband is in debt. What are the risks for me? (18 January 2025)
  • My husband is aggressive. How can I protect my child? (18 January 2025)
  • My badge on a loaned car (18 January 2025)
  • My brother lent my sister (18 January 2025)
  • My son lives with me. What about his pension? (18 January 2025)
  • Can my son take over my home after my death? (18 January 2025)
  • Can my son appear on the lease? (18 January 2025)
  • What can I do about my ex-husband's harassment? (18 January 2025)
  • My child is driving on the pavement ... (18 January 2025)
  • My employer is bankrupt: what can I do? (18 January 2025)
  • My right to claim a commission (18 January 2025)
  • My club holds more meetings. (18 January 2025)
  • I don't like my work certificate (18 January 2025)
  • My work certificate is incomplete (18 January 2025)
  • Will my criminal record stand in my way? (18 January 2025)
  • My landlord is forcing me to visit (18 January 2025)
  • Modification of divorce decree (18 January 2025)
  • Terms and conditions for RHT in COVID-19 time (18 January 2025)
  • How do you go about placing someone under guardianship? (18 January 2025)
  • Furniture installed but not paid for ... (18 January 2025)
  • My neighbours are too noisy (18 January 2025)
  • My watchmaking holiday ... (18 January 2025)
  • Can my children oppose the sale of a plot of land? (18 January 2025)
  • Can my children take their stepfather's name? (18 January 2025)
  • My rights in the event of a flight cancellation (18 January 2025)
  • My rights after personal bankruptcy (18 January 2025)
  • My duties as usufructuary (18 January 2025)
  • My problems with my bicycle (18 January 2025)
  • The terrorist threat and Swiss law (18 January 2025)
  • "Medor" has died, can I bury him at home? (18 January 2025)
  • Doctors and professional secrecy (18 January 2025)
  • Married in France, divorced in Switzerland? (18 January 2025)
  • Marriage for nationality, gare ... (18 January 2025)
  • Room for manoeuvre for associations (18 January 2025)
  • Demonstrations: the rules (18 January 2025)
  • Day mothers (18 January 2025)
  • Sick on holiday: leave to resume? (18 January 2025)
  • House: buy or inherit? (18 January 2025)
  • My neighbour doesn't want a fence (18 January 2025)
  • My neighbour has broken into my house! (18 January 2025)
  • My estate without a will? (18 January 2025)
  • Will my daughter keep the pension paid by her father if she marries? (18 January 2025)
  • My wife is no longer paying the rent (18 January 2025)
  • Does my partner have the right to take action? (18 January 2025)
  • My health insurance company owes me 500 francs ... (18 January 2025)
  • Administrative Procedure Act (18 January 2025)
  • Deceased tenant: what about the lease? (18 January 2025)
  • Liquids authorised in accompanied baggage (18 January 2025)
  • Dismissal and late holidays (18 January 2025)
  • Dismissal and pregnancy: the employer's obligations (18 January 2025)
  • Dismissal and end-of-year bonus (18 January 2025)
  • Redundancy and bonuses (18 January 2025)
  • Dismissed after ten years: what is the notice period? (18 January 2025)
  • Am I entitled to sick leave if I've been made redundant? (18 January 2025)
  • Dismissed before the end of the contract (18 January 2025)
  • Releasing accumulated pillars (18 January 2025)
  • Work has not yet started... (18 January 2025)
  • Work on condominiums (18 January 2025)
  • State subsidies for the construction industry (18 January 2025)
  • Rights of way (18 January 2025)
  • The risks of subletting (18 January 2025)
  • The formal rules of the association (18 January 2025)
  • The authorities charge for access to the badge (18 January 2025)
  • Pigeons and their filth in tenancy law (18 January 2025)
  • The neighbour's nuts fall on my doorstep (18 January 2025)
  • Santa's elves work up a sweat (18 January 2025)
  • Parallel imports (18 January 2025)
  • Judicial series (18 January 2025)
  • Are the makers of Switzerland back?  (18 January 2025)
  • The makers of Swiss: the continuation (18 January 2025)
  • Companies also have a right to honour (18 January 2025)
  • Consumer rights (18 January 2025)
  • The rights to my first book (18 January 2025)
  • Civil status data is rarely disclosed to third parties. (18 January 2025)
  • The different ways of guaranteeing a lease (18 January 2025)
  • Periods of notice and protection (18 January 2025)
  • The dangers of subletting (18 January 2025)
  • The prefect's powers (18 January 2025)
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  • The advantages of the 3A pillar (18 January 2025)
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  • The neighbour's trees are taking over my garden (18 January 2025)
  • Leaving our lease to our daughter? (18 January 2025)
  • Legality of a non-competition clause in an employment contract (18 January 2025)
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  • Rape committed within marriage (18 January 2025)
  • The will (18 January 2025)
  • The flatmate's sub-tenant does not pay his share... (18 January 2025)
  • The "CH" symbol is compulsory abroad (18 January 2025)
  • The risk of having an employee without a licence (18 January 2025)
  • The price of music on the Net (18 January 2025)
  • You can't travel with a B licence (18 January 2025)
  • Santa writes to the lawyer (18 January 2025)
  • My son's father doesn't pay child support ... (18 January 2025)
  • Dividing the LPP by half is not always compulsory (18 January 2025)
  • Sharing co-ownership costs (18 January 2025)
  • The Geneva PACS before marriage (18 January 2025)
  • No return to better fortune (18 January 2025)
  • Can children's names be displayed? (18 January 2025)
  • Dismissal without cause is legal in Switzerland (18 January 2025)
  • Redundancy (18 January 2025)
  • The legacy (18 January 2025)
  • Is the gynaecologist responsible? (18 January 2025)
  • The famous principle of "if you don't see it, you won't get caught" (18 January 2025)
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  • The right of habitation is recommended here. (18 January 2025)
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  • Short-time working in COVID-19 time (18 January 2025)
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  • The neighbour's dog bit my son (18 January 2025)
  • Does the work certificate really have to mention everything? (18 January 2025)
  • The benefit of inventory (18 January 2025)
  • The lessor of a property is not always the owner. (18 January 2025)
  • I slammed the office door. What am I risking? (18 January 2025)
  • Does the 3rd sex legally exist? (18 January 2025)
  • The restaurant's attitude struck me as unfair (18 January 2025)
  • The villa in Ticino rented out to a third party (18 January 2025)
  • The sale and purchase of radar detectors is prohibited in Switzerland. (18 January 2025)
  • The sale of alcohol is highly regulated. (18 January 2025)
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  • Switzerland, France and intimate relationships... (18 January 2025)
  • Succession in lease contracts (18 January 2025)
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  • Legal separation as a form of separation (18 January 2025)
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  • The brawl (18 January 2025)
  • Retirement before or after the appointed time? (18 January 2025)
  • Termination is subject to strict rules (18 January 2025)
  • Immediate termination of the employment contract (18 January 2025)
  • Protecting abused animals (18 January 2025)
  • Change of name procedure (18 January 2025)
  • The procedure for fixed penalties (18 January 2025)
  • Participation in acquests (18 January 2025)
  • The new law on prosecutions (18 January 2025)
  • The concept of hereditary reserve (18 January 2025)
  • Notification of proceedings (18 January 2025)
  • Being placed under guardianship against your will (18 January 2025)
  • The procedure to follow at the Employment Tribunal (18 January 2025)
  • How does sexual majority work? (18 January 2025)
  • The lifting of opposition (18 January 2025)
  • The law on prosecutions is set to change (18 January 2025)
  • The white line is like a wall (18 January 2025)
  • The white line, in France and Switzerland (18 January 2025)
  • There are many limits to canine freedom (18 January 2025)
  • The legality of overtaking by the right (18 January 2025)
  • Is it legal to search my bag? (18 January 2025)
  • The donation in question (18 January 2025)
  • The distance between trees and neighbours (18 January 2025)
  • Whistleblowing (18 January 2025)
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  • The creation of a limited liability company is subject to certain rules. (18 January 2025)
  • Contribution to the maintenance of a child (18 January 2025)
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  • Have you heard of youth leave? (18 January 2025)
  • Calculation of time limits (18 January 2025)
  • The cost allocation key (18 January 2025)
  • Does the SNB have the right to act alone? (18 January 2025)
  • The independence of judges at the Federal Court (18 January 2025)
  • Tax on rental value (18 January 2025)
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  • The opposing counsel lied! (18 January 2025)
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  • Assistance for the elderly (18 January 2025)
  • The travel agency won't refund my holiday during COVID-19 (18 January 2025)
  • Adopting a child (18 January 2025)
  • The acquisition of an easement over time (18 January 2025)
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  • How far does this exhereration go? (18 January 2025)
  • How responsible is an uncle? (18 January 2025)
  • How much can the rent be increased? (18 January 2025)
  • How long will child support payments last? (18 January 2025)
  • I want a divorce, my husband won't let me (18 January 2025)
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  • I received a bill five years after the consultation! (18 January 2025)
  • I demonstrated and I'll be paid even less! (18 January 2025)
  • My guarantee was a bit hot! (18 January 2025)
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