Schoups is proud to have authored the Belgian chapter of the renowned Construction Law 2022 Global Practice Guide from Chambers and Partners . The contribution from Marco Schoups , Geert De Buyzer , S...
In a ruling of 14 December 2021, the Antwerp Court of Appeal held that a clause which restricts the time limit for the architect’s liability for hidden defects to one year, and the time limit for brin...
The Cassation Court, through its ruling of 6 January 2022, holds that a buyer who rejects a delivery must bring the action (for non-compliant delivery), pursuant to articles 1604 and 1610 of the old C...
By judgment of 17 March 2022, the Court of Cassation annulled a judgment of the Court of Appeal of Antwerp of 7 December 2020 in which the Court of Appeal had decided, in the event of late payment in ...
Contractors will soon only be able to send their invoices for public contracts and concessions electronically via 'e-invoicing' to the contracting authority. The commencement of this obligation depend...
In a remarkable judgment of 8 December 2021[1], the Council of State ruled that a tender that deviates from the applicable zoning regulations of the Spatial Implementation Plan (RUP) is not a priori s...
In a judgment of 1 December 2021 (T-546/20, Sopra Steria Benelux and Unisys Belgium v European Commission), the General Court considered whether, and if so to what extent, the European contracting aut...
Some time ago we reported on the interpretative Law of 29 October 2021[1], with which the legislator art. 124, § 1, d) of the Insurance Act in a retroactive manner (see here for more information). Thi...
Voor het eerste semester van het jaar 2022 blijft de interestvoet voor de betalingsachterstand bij handelstransacties op 8,0%. Voor interesten in het verleden (vóór 16 maart 2015) bestaat er nog een o...
With a previous news flash we already informed you about the abolition of the Royal Decree of January 29, 2007 on professional skills in construction companies (the so-called establishment legislation...
In 2021, the legal interest rate applicable in civil and commercial matters was still 1.75%. In the attached document you will find a complete overview of the interest rates of the past years. [1] Com...
Renovations and repairs of private homes are, in principle, subject to the standard rate of 21%; for homes older than ten years the reduced rate of 6% applies. Since 1st January 2022 the formalities h...